Their journey to Islam

• Studied at Cornell and the University of Chicago
• Wrote on Islamic law and theology
• Taught at universities in the US and abroad

The full story

Born Wymann-Landgraf, he accepted Islam in 1970 while a graduate student. He went on to earn a doctorate in Arabic and Islamic studies and became a respected American Muslim scholar, writing on theology, law and the place of Islam in Western societies, and teaching widely on both sides of the Atlantic.