Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
{{short description|British writer}}
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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.{{Cite web|url=http://muslimobserver.com/ruqaiyyah-waris-maqsood-an-interview/|title=Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood, an Interview|last=Meehan|first=Sumayyah|date=2007-10-04|website=The Muslim Observer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-20}}{{cite journal|title=Introduction to 'I was Ready' |journal=Insights (S. 1) (20724586) |date=June 2009 |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=151–162 |issn=2072-4586}} She graduated from the University of Hull in 1963 with an honours degree in Christian Theology, and gained a DipEd in 1964. Maqsood was a convert to Islam from Christianity in 1986.{{Cite journal|date=2006|title=Women in Islam|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=22697238&site=ehost-live|journal=Canada & the World Backgrounder|volume=72|issue=1|pages=6|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}} She taught religious studies in the United Kingdom for more than thirty years. Prior to her retirement in 1996, she had been head of religious education at a Hull secondary school.{{cite news |last1=Maqsood |first1=Ruqaiyyah Waris |title=A week in the life of.. Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood |url=https://www.emel.com/article?id=5&a_id=1552 |access-date=21 November 2019 |work=Emel |issue=4 |date=March–April 2004 |location=London, England}}
She has written more than forty books on religious topics.{{Cite book|title="The sons of pigs and apes" : Muslim antisemitism and the conspiracy of silence|last=Kressel|first=Neil J.|publisher=Potomac Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1-59797-811-8|edition=1st|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=26|oclc=967589479}} Under her first married name Rosalyn Kendrick, she wrote several books about aspects of Christian theology. From 1992, she published a large body of writing to introduce Islam to English speaking people.{{Cite journal|last=Zafar|first=Muhammad Imtiaz|date=2010|title=Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood Need to Know? Islam Understand the Religion behind the Headlines|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=97056223&site=ehost-live|journal=Insights|volume=3|issue=2|pages=267–278|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}} Her book for children, Islamic Mosques (2005), includes information about mosques and how to pronounce Islamic terms.{{Cite journal|last=Moore|first=Ann W.|date=November 2005|title=Hindu Mandirs/Buddhist Temples/Islamic Mosques …|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=18797642&site=ehost-live|journal=School Library Journal|volume=51|issue=11|pages=114–115|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}} Need to Know?: Islam (2008) was considered a contemporary "Tablīgh" by Insights.
Bibliography
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! Title ! Year ! Publisher ! Notes | |||
| Does God Have a Body? and Other Questions | 1977 | SCM Press, London | as Rosalyn Kendrick{{cite journal |last1=Donovan |first1=K, S.J. |title=Review: Does God have a Body? |journal=The Month |date=1978 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fi0jAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rosalyn+Kendrick%22+%22The+Problem+of+Evil%22 |access-date=22 November 2019}} |
| Jesus of Nazareth: Plays for the Classroom | 1979 | Edward Arnold, London | as Rosalyn Kendrick |
| Setting the Foundations: A Guide to the Study of the Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ as Presented in the First Three Gospels | 1983 | Hulton Educational, Amersham | as Rosalyn Kendrick |
| The Trouble with God: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 1983 | H.E. Walter, Worthing, West Sussex | |
| In the Steps of Jesus: Insights into the Life and World of Christ | 1985 | Hulton Educational, Amersham | as Rosalyn Kendrick |
| Examining Religions: Moral Issues in Six Religions, ed. W. Owen Cole | 1991 | Heinemann, Oxford | as Rosalyn Kendrick |
| The Separated Ones: Jesus, the Pharisees, and Islam | 1991 | SCM Press, London | |
| Where Did I Go Wrong? | 1992 | St. Paul Publications | as Rosalyn Rushbrook |
| Sacred Texts: The Qur'an | 1993 | Heinemann, Oxford | |
| Petra: A Traveller's Guide | 1994 | Garnet Press, Reading | |
| For Heaven's Sake | 1994 | Ta-Ha Publications, London | |
| Thinking about God | 1994 | American Trust Publications, Plainfield, Indiana | |
| Living with Teenagers: A Guide for Muslim Parents | 1995 | Ta-Ha Publications, London | |
| The Story at I'd | 1995 | Heinemann Educational, Oxford | |
| Life Beyond Death: Christian Response to Bereavement | 1995 | Canterbury Press, Norwich | as Rosalyn Kendrick |
| The Muslim Marriage Guide | 1995 | Quilliam Press, London | |
| Islam: A Dictionary | 1996 | ||
| The Beautiful Commands of Allah | 1997 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | |
| Bride of the Nile | 1998 | Wolfhound Press | YA fiction{{cite journal |title=First Flush: Young Adults |journal=Books Ireland |date=April 1998 |issue=212 |page=111 |publisher=Wordwell Ltd.|jstor=20623607 }} |
| The Muslim Prayer Encyclopaedia: A Complete Guide to Prayers as Taught by the Prophet Muhammad | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | |
| After Death, Life: Thoughts to Alleviate the Grief of All Muslims Facing Death and Bereavement | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | |
| Living Islam: Treading the Path of the Ideal | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | |
| A Basic Dictionary of Islam | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | |
| The Beautiful Promises of Allah | 1998 | Goodword Books, New Delhi | |
| The Beloved Prophet | 1999 | Able Publishing, Knebworth | |
| The Problem of Evil | 2000 | Adam Publishers, Delhi | |
| The Sign of the Gnat | 2000 | Adam Publishers, Delhi | |
| The Mysteries of Jesus: A Muslim Study of the Origins and Doctrines of the Christian Church | 2000 | Sakina Books, Oxford | {{cite journal |last1=Maishanu |first1=Isa Muhammad |title=Reviewed Work: A Muslim Study of the Origins of the Christian Church by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood |journal=Islamic Studies |date=Spring 2003 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=160–167 |publisher=Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University |location=Islamabad|jstor=20837259 }}{{cite journal |title=Review: The Mysteries of Jesus |journal=Q News: The Muslim Magazine |date=2000 |pages=30–31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NmUkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+Mysteries+of+Jesus%22 |access-date=22 November 2019}} |
| GCSE Islam – the Do-it-Yourself Guide | 2001 | Goodword Books, New Delhi; IPCI, Birmingham | |
| What Every Christian Should Know about Islam | 2002 | Islamic Foundation, Leicester | {{cite journal |last1=Ahmad |first1=Anis |title=Reviewed Work: What Every Christian Should Know About Islam by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood |journal=Islamic Studies |date=Spring 2002 |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=120–124 |publisher=Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University |location=Islamabad|jstor=20837170 }} |
| Islamic Mosques | 2005 | Raintree, Oxford | |
| Teach Yourself Islam | 1994; 3rd ed. 2006 | Hodder and Stoughton, London | |
| Islam – An Introduction: Teach Yourself | 2010 | ||
| Islam Made Simple: Flash | 2011 | ||
| Islam (Collins Need to Know?) | 2012 | HarperCollins, London |
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External links
- [https://archive.org/details/AishahAStudyOfHerAgeAtTheTimeOfHerMarriageWithProphetMuhammad Aishah - A study of her age at the time of her marriage to Muhammad]
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