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Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World Order by Kambiz Ghaneabassiri Publisher Comments Muslims began arriving in the New World long before the rise of the Atlantic slave trade. The first arrivals date to the turn of the sixteenth century when European explorers and colonists crossed the Atlantic in search of new horizons and trading routes.... (read more) List Price $28.25 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui by Deborah Scroggins Publisher Comments A riveting look at militant Islam, Muslim women’s rights, and the war on terror—brought into focus through two lives on opposite sides: activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali and religious extremist Aafia Siddiqui. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born former... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Early Caliphate by Maulana Muhammad Ali Publisher Comments Authoritative and carefully researched history of Islam under the first four righteous Caliphs. Refutes the myth that Islam was spread by the sword. Wonderfully free of all sectarian influences.... (read more) Your price: $2.99 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital To Islam and America (07 Edition) by Anouar Majid Synopsis A Call for Heresy discovers unexpected common ground in one of the most inflammatory issues of the twenty-first century: the deepening conflict between the Islamic world and the United States. Moving beyond simplistic answers, Anouar Majid argues that... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict and Cooperation (07 Edition) by Zachary Karabell Publisher Comments In a narrative that is at once thoughtful and passionate, hopeful but without illusions, award-winning historian Zachary Karabell reveals the history of peaceful coexistence among Muslims, Christians, and Jews over the course of fourteen centuries until... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ibn Taymiyya and His Times by Yossef (edt) Rapoport Publisher Comments Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328), one of the most controversial thinkers in Islamic religious history, was repeatedly imprisoned during his lifetime. Today, he is revered by the Wahhabi movement and championed by Salafi groups who call for a return... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Hardcover
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The Children of Time: The Aga Khan and the Ismailis by Malise Ruthven Publisher Comments From highland peasant farmers in Central Asia to Canadian industrialists, South Asian businessmen and Europe-based scholars, the Nizari Ismailis are one of the Muslim worlds most diverse Shia communities. With adherents living in more than twenty-five... (read more) Available August 21, 2012 Your price: $50.95 New - Hardcover 
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The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists by Charles Kurzman Publisher Comments Why are there so few Muslim terrorists? With more than a billion Muslims in the world--many of whom supposedly hate the West and ardently desire martyrdom--why don't we see terrorist attacks every day? Where are the missing martyrs? In this startlingly... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Early Caliphate by Maulana Muhammad Ali Publisher Comments Authoritative and carefully researched history of Islam under the first four righteous Caliphs. Refutes the myth that Islam was spread by the sword. Wonderfully free of all sectarian influences.... (read more) Your price: $2.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Holy Cities, the Pilgrimage and the World of Islam: A History: From the Earliest Traditions Till 1925 (1344H) by Sultan Ghalib Bin 'awadh Al Quaiti Publisher Comments Tracing the history behind the rise of the Islamic world's great pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, this account proceeds from the earliest traditions to the fall of the Ottoman Empire. From there the discussion turns to the short-lived... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Modern Islamic Political Thought by Hamid Enayat Publisher Comments This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http: //www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800 by Khaled El-Rouayheb Publisher Comments Attitudes toward homosexuality in the pre-modern Arab-Islamic world are commonly depicted as schizophrenic—visible and tolerated on one hand, prohibited by Islam on the other. Khaled El-Rouayheb argues that this apparent paradox is based on the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $18.50 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Truth about Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer Publisher Comments Traces the founder of Islam's rise to political and military power, focusing on controversial aspects of the prophet's beliefs and actions without adhering to political correctness.... (read more) List Price $22.36 Your price: $19.84 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions about the World's Fastest-Growing Religion by Robert Spencer Publisher Comments In Islam Unveiled, Robert Spencer dares to face the hard questions about what the Islamic religion actually teaches — and the potentially ominous implications of those teachings for the future of both the Muslim world and the West. Going beyond the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Arabia and the Arabs by Robert G. Hoyland Publisher Comments Knowledge of pre-Islam Arabia is essential for anyone seeking to understand how Islam arose and the shape it took. Further, knowledge of the cultures, commerce, and conflicts of the Mediterranean from the Bronze Age to Muhammed is fatally incomplete... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $37.49 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence by Joseph Schacht Publisher Comments This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http: //www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: A New Cultural Synthesis for Muslims in the West by Mohamed Wa Baile Publisher Comments In today's ever-changing and often uncertain world, encouraging healthy dialogue between all cultures and religions is vital. In Beyond the Clash of Civilizations, Mohamed Wa Baile carefully explores how Muslims and people of other faiths can achieve a... (read more) Your price: $29.75 New - Hardcover
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Ceramics From Islamic Lands by Oliver Watson Publisher Comments "This splendid catalog serves as the most current and magnificently illustrated introduction to Islamic ceramics now available. Essential."--"Choice" <BR>Islamic pottery--the fine ceramics made in the lands of Islam, from the Arab world and Turkey... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Divine Flood the Divine Flood: Ibrahim Niasse and the Roots of a Twentieth-Century Sufi Revibrahim Niasse and the Roots of a Twentieth-Century Suf by Rudiger Seesemann Publisher Comments Until recently, academic studies of Sufism have largely ignored the multiple ways in which Islamic mystical ideas and practices have developed in the modern period. For many specialists, Sufism was "on the way out" and not compatible with modernity. The... (read more) Your price: $76.25 New - Hardcover
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