In 2007, Dr. Ghilan began his full-time studies in the Islamic Tradition under the tutelage of traditional teachers. He founded the Al-Andalus Book Club in 2017 with the aim of offering students the opportunity to study contemporary works through an Islamic lens. This initiative was expanded in 2020 with the founding of Al-Andalus Academy with the aim of facilitating access to traditional Islamic education and applying it in navigating modern issues.

Dr. Ghilan began his podcast in 2016 where he discusses a wide breadth of issues related to religion, philosophy, science, society, and culture. Dr. Ghilan has also taught various courses including The Creed of Deliverance, The Creed of Imam Tahawi, Imam Al-Ghazali’s Dear Beloved Son, the Inner Dimensions of Fasting, the Prohibitions of the Tongue, The Reliever by Imam Ibn Al Nahawi and many others. Dr. Ghilan has an extensive body of writing on a variety of topics related to his interests.

Dr. Mohamed Ghilan holds a Bachelor of Science (honours) with a major in microbiology and a minor in business administration, and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Victoria, BC. In 2020, Dr. Ghilan earned an M.D. from the University of Queensland where he is currently practicing medicine. Dr. Ghilan has published works in peer-reviewed scientific journals including Behavioural Brain Research, Brain Research, and Neurobiology of Disease.

For the past 5 years, Dr. Ghilan was included in The Muslim 500, a list of the most influential Muslims in the world today.