About the Author

Yahiya Emerick is the vice-principal of a full-time Islamic parochial school in Westbury, New York, and president of the Islamic Foundation of North America. He's the author of several books, including "The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Understanding Islam, Second Edition," and "What Islam Is All About," the standard textbook on Islamic studies used in hundreds of parochial schools throughout the English-speaking world.