Summary: Zahra' Langhi is a researcher in Islamic history, Sufism, metaphysics, and female spirituality in comparative religions. She is also the co-founder of of the Libyan Women's Platform for Peace, and is a member of the Libyan National Dialogue. Todd Lawson has published widely on Qur'an commentary, the Qur'an as literature, Sufism, Shi'i Islam and the Babi and Bahai traditions. His book on Jesus in Islamic thought, The Crucifixion and the Qur'an was published in 2009, his Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam in 2011
