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

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and works of fiction.

Life

Emerick was born into an American

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Christian family, and converted to Islam in 1989 while a freshman at

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. 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

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. Emerick's ''Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam'' has been distributed worldwide by

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. From 1998 until 2008 his books were all published by Noorart Inc.Noorart Inc. Products
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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''

References

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