Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

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]

Bibliography

Title	Year	Publisher	Notes
Does God Have a Body? and Other Questions	1977	SCM Press, London	as Rosalyn Kendrick[2][10]
Jesus of Nazareth: Plays for the Classroom	1979	Edward Arnold, London	as Rosalyn Kendrick[2]
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[2]
The Trouble with God: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion	1983	H.E. Walter, Worthing, West Sussex	[2]
In the Steps of Jesus: Insights into the Life and World of Christ	1985	Hulton Educational, Amersham	as Rosalyn Kendrick[2]
Examining Religions: Moral Issues in Six Religions, ed. W. Owen Cole	1991	Heinemann, Oxford	as Rosalyn Kendrick[2]
The Separated Ones: Jesus, the Pharisees, and Islam	1991	SCM Press, London	[2]
Where Did I Go Wrong?	1992	St. Paul Publications	as Rosalyn Rushbrook
Sacred Texts: The Qur'an	1993	Heinemann, Oxford	[2]
Petra: A Traveller's Guide	1994	Garnet Press, Reading	[2]
For Heaven's Sake	1994	Ta-Ha Publications, London	[2]
Thinking about God	1994	American Trust Publications, Plainfield, Indiana	[2]
Living with Teenagers: A Guide for Muslim Parents	1995	Ta-Ha Publications, London	[2]
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	[2]
Islam: A Dictionary	1996		[2]
The Beautiful Commands of Allah	1997	Goodword Books, New Delhi	[2]
Bride of the Nile	1998	Wolfhound Press	YA fiction[11]
The Muslim Prayer Encyclopaedia: A Complete Guide to Prayers as Taught by the Prophet Muhammad	1998	Goodword Books, New Delhi	[2]
After Death, Life: Thoughts to Alleviate the Grief of All Muslims Facing Death and Bereavement	1998	Goodword Books, New Delhi	[2]
Living Islam: Treading the Path of the Ideal	1998	Goodword Books, New Delhi	[2]
A Basic Dictionary of Islam	1998	Goodword Books, New Delhi	[2]
The Beautiful Promises of Allah	1998	Goodword Books, New Delhi	[2]
The Beloved Prophet	1999	Able Publishing, Knebworth	[2]
The Problem of Evil	2000	Adam Publishers, Delhi	[2]
The Sign of the Gnat	2000	Adam Publishers, Delhi	[2]
The Mysteries of Jesus: A Muslim Study of the Origins and Doctrines of the Christian Church	2000	Sakina Books, Oxford	[2][4][12]
GCSE Islam – the Do-it-Yourself Guide	2001	Goodword Books, New Delhi; IPCI, Birmingham	[2]
What Every Christian Should Know about Islam	2002	Islamic Foundation, Leicester	[2][3]
Islamic Mosques	2005	Raintree, Oxford
Teach Yourself Islam	1994; 3rd ed. 2006	Hodder and Stoughton, London	[2]
Islam – An Introduction: Teach Yourself	2010
Islam Made Simple: Flash	2011
Islam (Collins Need to Know?)	2012	HarperCollins, London	[2][8]