Todd is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Thought at the University of Toronto. Todd has published numerous articles and books on the relationship between the Bahaacute;#39;iacute; Faith and Islam. Todd#39;s most recent publication is a large two-volume reference collection on Islamic eschatology entitled href="http://www.brill.com/products/reference-work/roads-paradise-eschatology-and-concepts-hereafter-islam-2-vols" target="_blank"Roads to Paradise which he edited with his colleague, Sebastian Guenther, Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Goettingen in Germany. Todd is now finishing a new book on the Baacute;b#39;s earliest writings, and a book on the Qur#39;an. Two volumes on the wriitngs of the Bab and Baha#39;u#39;llaacute;h - a collection of previously published material newly edited and revised, will be published by Kalimat in early 2018. We talk about who the Bab was in the interview.