Aisha Gray Henry
Aisha Gray Henry

Aisha Gray Henry is the Founder and Director of the non-profit publishing house, Fons Vitae, which specializes in the translation of classics from the spiritual heritage of Islam. It continues bringing out Imam al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din in English—now nearing completion—as well as an Educational Series based on these volumes for children, parents and teachers. The Books of Knowledge, Creed, Purity, Prayer, Zakat, Fasting, Hajj and the Banes of the Tongue are now available and being used worldwide in pilot and home schools. Resources can be found on the interactive website: ghazalichildren.org. Translations into Urdu, Arabic, Indonesian, French, Uzbek, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Malay and other languages are complete or underway. The many other Fons Vitae titles are used as university texts, for interfaith involvement, and in Fons Vitae’s prison outreach program.

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