Maryam Jameelah
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1934 – 2012
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Who was Maryam Jameelah?
Maryam Jameelah was an author of over thirty books on Islamic culture and history and a prominent female voice for conservative and fundamentalist Islam, known for her disparaging writings on the west. Born Margret Marcus in New York to a non-observant Jewish family, she explored Judaism and other faiths during her teens before converting to Islam in 1961 and emigrating to Pakistan. She was married to and had five children with Muhammad Yusuf Khan, a leader in the Jamaat-e-Islami political party, and resided in the city of Lahore.
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- Born
- May 23, 1934
New York City - Religion
- Islam
- Education
- New York University
- Died
- Oct 31, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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