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

• Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam
• Critical Lives: Muhammad
• Learning About Islam
• Complete Idiot's Guide to Rumi Meditations
• The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an in Today's English
• My First Book About Islam
• What Islam is All About
• The Seafaring Beggar and Other Stories
• How to Tell Others About Islam
• Ahmad Deen and the Curse of the Aztec Warrior
• Ahmad Deen and the Jinn at Shaolin
• Layla Deen and the Case of the Ramadan Rogue
• The Holy Qur'an for School Children
• Muslim Youth Speak
• Color and Learn Salah
• In the Path of the Holy Prophet
• Test Masters for What Islam is All About
• Test Masters for Learning About Islam
• My First Book about Eman
• Full Circle: Story and Coloring Book
• Isabella: a Girl of Muslim Spain
• Layla Deen and the Popularity Contest

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