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Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

British writer

Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, (born Rosalyn Rushbrook in 1942, later Rosalyn Kendrick) is a British author of some forty books on Islam and other subjects.

Biography

Maqsood was born in London in 1942.[1][2] She graduated from the University of Hull in 1963 with an honours degree in Christian Theology,[1][2][3] and gained a DipEd in 1964.[2] Maqsood was a convert to Islam from Christianity in 1986.[3][4][5] She taught religious studies in the United Kingdom for more than thirty years.[4] Prior to her retirement in 1996,[1][3] she had been head of religious education at a Hull secondary school.[6]

She has written more than forty books on religious topics.[7] Under her first married name Rosalyn Kendrick, she wrote several books about aspects of Christian theology.[2] From 1992, she published a large body of writing to introduce Islam to English speaking people.[8] Her book for children, Islamic Mosques (2005), includes information about mosques and how to pronounce Islamic terms.[9] Need to Know?: Islam (2008) was considered a contemporary "Tablīgh" by Insights.[8]

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  1. [1]
    Meehan, Sumayyah (4 October 2007). "Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, an Interview". The Muslim Observer. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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    "Introduction to 'I was Ready'". Insights (S. 1) (20724586). 1 (4): 151–162. June 2009. ISSN 2072-4586.
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    Ahmad, Anis (Spring 2002). "Reviewed Work: What Every Christian Should Know About Islam by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood". Islamic Studies. 41 (1). Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University: 120–124. JSTOR 20837170.
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    Maishanu, Isa Muhammad (Spring 2003). "Reviewed Work: A Muslim Study of the Origins of the Christian Church by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood". Islamic Studies. 42 (1). Islamabad: Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University: 160–167. JSTOR 20837259.
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    "Women in Islam". Canada & the World Backgrounder. 72 (1): 6. 2006 – via EBSCOhost.
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    Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris (March–April 2004). "A week in the life of.. Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood". Emel. No. 4. London, England. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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    Kressel, Neil J. (2012). "The sons of pigs and apes" : Muslim antisemitism and the conspiracy of silence (1st ed.). Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-59797-811-8. OCLC 967589479.
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    Zafar, Muhammad Imtiaz (2010). "Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Need to Know? Islam Understand the Religion behind the Headlines". Insights. 3 (2): 267–278 – via EBSCOhost.
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    Moore, Ann W. (November 2005). "Hindu Mandirs/Buddhist Temples/Islamic Mosques …". School Library Journal. 51 (11): 114–115 – via EBSCOhost.
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    Donovan, K, S.J. (1978). "Review: Does God have a Body?". The Month: 139. Retrieved 22 November 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    "First Flush: Young Adults". Books Ireland (212). Wordwell Ltd.: 111 April 1998. JSTOR 20623607.
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    "Review: The Mysteries of Jesus". Q News: The Muslim Magazine: 30–31. 2000. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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