Maryam Jameelah, a New York based Jewish woman who reverted to Islam at the age of 27, passed away in Lahore yesterday. Maryam Jameelah formerly Margret Marcus, was born in New York in a non-observant Jewish family but at the age of nineteen, she developed a keen interest in religion. She explored Judaism and other faiths and converted to Islam in 1961 after meeting Abul Ala Maudoodi. She left for Pakistan the following year in 1962 and had never returned to the United States.
She is an author of over thirty books on Islamic culture and history and a prominent female voice for Islam. Among the books she authored are “Western Civilization condemned by itself”, “Islam and modern man”, “Who is Maudoodi?”, “Orientalism” and “Western Civilizations and Man”
The legendary Islamic Scholar, passionate writer passed away in Lahore on Wednesday. She has rekindled the spirit of Islamic mission in numerous young men and women.
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