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Yahiya Emerick is a former president of the Islamic Foundation of North America, vice-principal at an Islamic school, and a Muslim author. He has written several published articles and works of fiction.

Life

Emerick was born into an American Protestant Christian family, and converted to Islam in 1989 while a freshman at Michigan State University.[1] He later obtained a graduate degree in history.

Emerick has served as a Muslim lecturer, educator, prayer leader, and author. He founded Amirah Publishing in 1992, in order to further his goal of publishing American-oriented literature on Islam. Emerick's Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam has been distributed worldwide by Alpha Books. From 1998 until 2008 his books were all published by Noorart Inc.[2]

Books

References

  1. ^ Emerick, Yahiya, Understanding Islam, Alpha Books, 2004. Second Edition. From the foreword by Qusim Najar.
  2. ^ Noorart Inc. Products


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