Saida Miller Khalifa

Saida Miller Khalifa is an author and convert to Islam.^[1] She was born Sonya Miller in Great Britain and converted in 1959.^[2] She met her husband, an Egyptian professor named Yusry Khalifa,^[3] a year later after having taken the name Saida.^[1] They both went on the Hajj in 1970,^[2] three years after moving to Cairo.^[1] Saida then published a short narrative of the trip entitled The Fifth Pillar of Islam.^[1]^[4]

Currently out of print, The Fifth Pillar is reprinted in Michael Wolfe's One Thousand Roads to Mecca.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shahid, Muhammad Haneef (2002). Why Women Are Accepting Islam. Darussalam. pp. 282–284. ISBN 978-9960-861-72-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wolfe, Michael (1998). One Thousand Roads to Mecca. Grove Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-8021-3599-5.
^ Salam, Khair Abdul; Khair, Zulkifli (2007). Cerita-cerita motivasi untuk ibadah haji dan umrah. PTS Litera Utama. p. 46. ISBN 978-983-3372-46-1.
^ Khalifa, Saida Miller (1977). The fifth pillar: the story of a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Exposition Press. ISBN 978-0-682-48772-6.

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[whywomen-1] Shahid, Muhammad Haneef (2002). Why Women Are Accepting Islam. Darussalam. pp. 282–284. ISBN 978-9960-861-72-2.

[roadstomecca-2] Wolfe, Michael (1998). One Thousand Roads to Mecca. Grove Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-0-8021-3599-5.

[3] Salam, Khair Abdul; Khair, Zulkifli (2007). Cerita-cerita motivasi untuk ibadah haji dan umrah. PTS Litera Utama. p. 46. ISBN 978-983-3372-46-1.

[4] Khalifa, Saida Miller (1977). The fifth pillar: the story of a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Exposition Press. ISBN 978-0-682-48772-6.

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