The Drowned Book
by Coleman (trn) Barks


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The Lost Words of the Sufi Master and Father of Rumi Bahauddin, Rumi's father, was not only a major force in the development of Islamic spirituality, but also a deeply influential force in his son's life. In this, the first ever substantial English... (read more)

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Introducing Islam
by Ziauddin Sardar


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This informative guide recounts the history of Islam from the birth of the Prophet Muhammad to its status as a global culture and political force today, explaining the message of the Qur'ran and the features of Islamis law.... (read more)

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Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam
by John L Esposito


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'The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon left us stunned, angry, and uncomprehending. As it became clear that these horrifying acts had been committed in the name of religion, the media, the government, and ordinary citizens... (read more)

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The Early Muslim Tradition of Dream Interpretation (Suny Series in Islam)
by John C Lamoreaux


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There is a rich tradition of dream interpretation manuals in the early history of Islam in which dream was seen as one of only paths to revelations from God after the death of the Prophet. Lamoreaux (religious studies, Southern Methodist U.) explores... (read more)

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Islamic Humanism
by Lenn Goodman


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This book is an attempt to explain how, in the face of increasing religious authoritarianism in medieval Islamic civilization, some Muslim thinkers continued to pursue essentially humanistic, rational, and scientific discourses in the quest for knowledge,... (read more)

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Islam
by Matthew Gordon


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From angry street demonstrations in the Middle East to the terrorism of Osama bin Laden, the news is filled with images of Islam as a militant and rabidly anti-American religion. Now, in this lavishly illustrated volume, Mathew Gordon offers a different... (read more)

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Between God and the Sultan: A History of Islamic Law
by Knut S Vikor


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The contrast between religion and law has been continuous throughout Muslim history. Islamic law has always existed in a tension between these two forces: God, who gave the law, and the state--the sultan--representing society and implementing the law... (read more)

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Quest for Divinity: A Critical Examination of the Thought of Mahmud Muhammad Taha
by Mohamed A Mahmoud


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Taha stood between mystical Islam and the tradition of modernity, and as a result was publicly executed for apostasy in 1985, in part for his interpretations of the Qur'an and his radical theory of Islamic prayer. Mahmoud (religion, Tufts U.) not only... (read more)

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My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir
by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross


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Raised by parents who were Jewish by birth but dismissive of strict dogma, the author reveals his experience of converting to Islam and recounts a story of how a good faith can be distorted and a decent soul can be seduced away from its principles.... (read more)

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Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
by John Esposito


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In a post-9/11 world, many Americans conflate the mainstream Muslim majority with the beliefs and actions of an extremist minority. But what do the world’s Muslims think about the West, or about democracy, or about extremism itself? Who Speaks for... (read more)

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Women Claim Islam: Creating Islamic Feminism Through Literature
by Miriam Cooke


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"Women Claim Islam" analyzes the stories and autobiographies of contemporary Muslim Arab women who have literally written themselves into the history of the twentieth century. This provocative collection addresses the ways in which Arab women writers are... (read more)

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Islam in History
by Bernard Lewis


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<div>Recent events have made an understanding of the turmoil in the Middle East more important than ever. In these essays, Bernard Lewis, a leading expert on Islam, gives essential background on Middle Eastern conflicts with the West and... (read more)

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The Prophet Muhammad
by Barnaby Rogerson


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The Prophet Muhammad is a hero for all mankind. In his lifetime he established a new religion, Islam; a new state, the first united Arabia; and a new literary language, the classical Arabic of the Qur'an, for the Qur'an is believed to be the word of God... (read more)

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The Last Crusade: Americanism and the Islamic Reformation
by Michael A Plamer


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The United States, argues Michael A. Palmer, is engaged in a political crusade to modernize the Islamic world. Americanism is in the vanguard of modernity's relentless advance, promoting capitalist markets and democratic institutions. To compete, Islamic... (read more)

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Abrahamic Dialogues #3: The Mosque: The Heart of Submission
by Rusmi Mahmutcehajic


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The Mosque is an extended meditation on a dimension of Islam unfamiliar to most Western readers. The mosque, Rusmir Mahmutcehajic argues, is not an analogue of the Christian church, not least because in Islam there is no priesthood and no... (read more)

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Islam for the Western Mind: Understanding Muhammad and the Koran
by Richard H Drummond


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More than a billion people consider themselves Muslim, making it the world's second largest religion. Yet western portrayals of the Islamic mind are often flawed if not openly biased. Islam for the Western Mind is an intensive look?from a Christian... (read more)

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What's Right with Islam Is What's Right with America: A New Vision for Muslims and the West
by Imam Feisal Ab Rauf


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An American Imam offers straightforward answers for today's toughest questions about Islam.... (read more)

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Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier
by Magnus Marsden


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Marsden's book is a powerful contribution to the understanding of religion in the Muslim societies of southern Asia and beyond.... (read more)

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