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. 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. 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.
She has written more than forty books on religious topics. 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. Her book for children, Islamic Mosques (2005), includes information about mosques and how to pronounce Islamic terms. Need to Know?: Islam (2008) was considered a contemporary "Tablīgh" by Insights.
Bibliography
Title Year Publisher Notes Does God Have a Body? and Other Questions 1977 SCM Press, London as Rosalyn Kendrick 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 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 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 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
References
External links Aishah - A study of her age at the time of her marriage to Muhammad