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- Country of residence: United States
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Lamia Al-Farouqi, wife of Ismail
Raji Al-Farouqi. Her name was Louise, originally a Christian, then she
converted to Islam.
She is known to specialize in church
music and to have a master's degree in Christian religious music. After her
conversion to Islam, she became one of the leading scholars specializing in
Islamic art, especially the art of Islamic architecture and others. She
co-authored the English-language Atlas of Islamic Civilization with her
husband, which was translated into Arabic after his death. Through it, they
tried to define the essence of Islamic civilization and its distinctive
characteristics, and to emphasize the role of monotheism in shaping all its
aspects, even the material ones.
her death
She died with her husband, Dr.
Al-Farouqi, who was stabbed with a knife in the United States of America, on
the night of Ramadan 18, 1406 AH, corresponding to May 27, 1986 AD.
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