Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood is a British Muslim author who served as Head of Religious Studies at William Gee High School, Hull, England. She is the author of some forty books on Islam and other subjects. Before converting to Islam in 1986, she was a devout Christian who earned a degree in Christian theology in 1963 at Hull University, and the post-graduate certificate in education in 1964 with distinction in both theory and practice.