Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

[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.

[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.

[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.