Ameer was born and raised in the UK. At a young age, he had the fortune of gaining Islamic knowledge in the city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia where he memorised Qur'an under the late Shaykh UbaidAllah al-Afghani - a teacher in the Prophet's Mosque. He continued seeking knowledge from senior scholars in the Arabian peninsula, namely Syria,. Lebanon and Jordan. Returning to the UK he studied Computer Science at the University of Aston. He subsequently returned to Amman, Jordan, where he opened a company (CommnetiX) specializing in providing cutting edge technology in the healthcare sector. He also advised local Arab firms with marketing and gaining foreign investment for their new projects. He founded TurnToIslam in 2006 after meeting many non-Muslims who had little knowledge about Islam
