John Andrew Morrow
John Andrew Morrow is a Canadian Scholar of Islam studies.
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Biography
John Andrew Morrow, Known as Ilyas Islam is from Quebec. He is a Métis Canadian Muslim scholar who embraced Islam at the age of sixteen. He has studied the Islamic sciences in Western academics and completed post-doctoral studies in Arabic in Fez and Rabat. he received an ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) Leadership Award in 2016.
Activities
Dr Morrow is a full professor of foreign languages, a senior scholar of Islam. He is also the Chairman of The Covenants of the Prophet Foundation which promotes peace and justice according to the model of religious pluralism and interfaith friendship established by the Prophet Muhammad.
He is the author of large body of academic works and has also edited or translated several works. He has taught in the University of Toronto, Park University, Northern State University, Eastern New Mexico University, the University of Virginia and Ivy Tech Community College.
Publications
Book
- The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World (This book has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Indonesian)
- Islamic Images and Ideas: Essays on Sacred Symbolism
Article
- From Iraq with Love (It is about his travel to Karbala)
Lecture
Johm Andrew Morrow delivered a lecture in Toronto, Canada in 1996 about Imam Hussain, "Sacrifice: The Message Of Imam Hussain by John Andrew Morrow (Ilyas Islam)". This speech was published as an article in the August 1996 edition of Mahjubah15:8 (147). It was later reprinted in Islamic Insights: Writings and Reviews, an anthology of academic articles, published by Ansariyan Publications in 2012.