John Andrew Morrow

John Andrew Morrow embraced Islam at the age of sixteen. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, where he focused on Hispanic, Indigenous, and Islamic Studies. He has also completed over four decades of Islamic seminary studies, both independently and at the hands of a series of Muslim scholars. Dr. Morrow has taught at universities around the world and reached the rank of Full Professor of Foreign Languages. Recognized as a Master Teacher and a Distinguished Faculty Member, he received a Student Impact Award, an Interfaith Service Award, and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition. He has lectured around the globe and has acted as an advisor to world leaders, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Dr. Morrow has published over one hundred articles and over thirty books, including, Hijab: Word of God or Word of Man?, Islam & Slavery, Controversies in Islam, The Messenger of Mercy, The Most Controversial Qur'anic Verse, Finding W.D. Fard, Restoring the Balance, Islamic Images and Ideas, Religion and Revolution, the Encyclopedia of Islamic Herbal Medicine, Arabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon, Islam and the People of the Book, and, the most impactful of all, The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World.

A prolific, pioneering, and path-forging author, academic, and activist, he is considered a leading authority on Islam. In fact, the Interfaith Institute of Long Island has included him as one of the one hundred most influential American Muslims alongside Malcolm X, Warith Deen Mohammed, Suhaib Webb, Hamza Yusuf, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr.