Islam
Sacred texts and scholarly works illuminate the rich tapestry of Islamic faith, from ancient wisdom and mystical poetry to contemporary Muslim experiences around the globe. These pages explore Islamic history, philosophy, and spirituality while examining both traditional Islamic teachings and modern interpretations, including interfaith perspectives and personal journeys of faith.
Islam Book Summaries
Islam and Democracy
The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.
Islam
Politics
Religion
Middle East
Feminism
Islam and Democracy
The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.
Islam
Politics
Religion
Middle East
Feminism
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.
Religion
Islam
India
Politics
History
The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.
Religion
Islam
India
Politics
History
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.
History
Islam
Religion
Biography
Women
A History of Islam in 21 Women
Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.
History
Islam
Religion
Biography
Women
The Muslims Are Coming!
The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.
Politics
Islam
Religion
Race
History
The Muslims Are Coming!
The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.
Politics
Islam
Religion
Race
History
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran
Syriac reveals the Quran's virgins are grapes, boys iced juice, and source a Christian lectionary.
Islam
Religion
History
Language
Writing
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran
Syriac reveals the Quran's virgins are grapes, boys iced juice, and source a Christian lectionary.
Islam
Religion
History
Language
Writing
From Fatwa to Jihad
The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.
Politics
Religion
History
Islam
Sociology
From Fatwa to Jihad
The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.
Politics
Religion
History
Islam
Sociology
Palestine
Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.
History
Middle East
Politics
Religion
Colonialism
Palestine
Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.
History
Middle East
Politics
Religion
Colonialism
The Qur'anic Prescription
An MD unpacks the anti-inflammatory, gut-healing health prescription hidden in the Qur'an.
Islam
Health
Religion
Self Help
Spirituality
The Qur'anic Prescription
An MD unpacks the anti-inflammatory, gut-healing health prescription hidden in the Qur'an.
Islam
Health
Religion
Self Help
Spirituality
A Concise History of the Middle East
Three faiths, a dozen empires, one century of oil, and a conflict the world can't quit.
History
Middle East
Politics
Religion
Islam
A Concise History of the Middle East
Three faiths, a dozen empires, one century of oil, and a conflict the world can't quit.
History
Middle East
Politics
Religion
Islam
Great World Religions
Islam's core beliefs unite 1.2 billion people. Its internal debates will define the next century.
Religion
Islam
History
Theology
Philosophy
Great World Religions
Islam's core beliefs unite 1.2 billion people. Its internal debates will define the next century.
Religion
Islam
History
Theology
Philosophy
It's All About Muhammad
Muhammad wasn't a prophet: epilepsy produced the Koran and psychopathy drove the conquests.
Religion
Islam
History
Biography
Theology
It's All About Muhammad
Muhammad wasn't a prophet: epilepsy produced the Koran and psychopathy drove the conquests.
Religion
Islam
History
Biography
Theology
Does My Head Look Big In This?
She decides to wear the hijab full-time. Her elite private school decides to weigh in.
Young Adult
Contemporary
Islam
Religion
Coming Of Age
Does My Head Look Big In This?
She decides to wear the hijab full-time. Her elite private school decides to weigh in.
Young Adult
Contemporary
Islam
Religion
Coming Of Age
The Management of Savagery
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
Politics
History
War
Middle East
America
The Management of Savagery
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
Politics
History
War
Middle East
America
In the Shadow of the Sword
Two centuries after Muhammad died, scholars wrote his life story. An empire needed a founding tale.
History
Religion
Islam
Middle East
Christianity
In the Shadow of the Sword
Two centuries after Muhammad died, scholars wrote his life story. An empire needed a founding tale.
History
Religion
Islam
Middle East
Christianity
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
How a shy literary critic in Cairo forged the ideology that fuels global jihad.
History
Biography
Religion
Islam
Politics
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
How a shy literary critic in Cairo forged the ideology that fuels global jihad.
History
Biography
Religion
Islam
Politics
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran
Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.
Politics
Islam
Iran
Middle East
History
The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran
Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.
Politics
Islam
Iran
Middle East
History
Islam and the Destiny of Man
Islam's law, art, and mysticism flow from one claim: Divine Unity. A Western convert explains.
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Philosophy
Muslim
Islam and the Destiny of Man
Islam's law, art, and mysticism flow from one claim: Divine Unity. A Western convert explains.
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Philosophy
Muslim
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran
Western leaders call the Koran peaceful. Read fully, it commands war and subjugation.
Islam
Religion
Christianity
Politics
Theology
The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran
Western leaders call the Koran peaceful. Read fully, it commands war and subjugation.
Islam
Religion
Christianity
Politics
Theology
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam
The Qur'an's last verses cancel its peaceful ones. The Crusades were a reply, not an invasion.
Islam
Religion
Politics
History
Middle East
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam
The Qur'an's last verses cancel its peaceful ones. The Crusades were a reply, not an invasion.
Islam
Religion
Politics
History
Middle East
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.
History
Politics
Islam
Religion
War
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.
History
Politics
Islam
Religion
War
Iran's Grand Strategy
Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.
History
Politics
Iran
Middle East
International
Iran's Grand Strategy
Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.
History
Politics
Iran
Middle East
International
They Must Be Stopped
The Muslim Brotherhood's hundred-year plan to infiltrate and dominate the West is already underway.
Islam
Politics
Religion
History
Middle East
They Must Be Stopped
The Muslim Brotherhood's hundred-year plan to infiltrate and dominate the West is already underway.
Islam
Politics
Religion
History
Middle East
Powers and Thrones
How a millennium of barbarians, crusaders, and merchants built the foundations of the modern world.
History
Medieval
Historical
War
Religion
Powers and Thrones
How a millennium of barbarians, crusaders, and merchants built the foundations of the modern world.
History
Medieval
Historical
War
Religion
Practical Sufism
A Sufi path for the modern seeker: how to dissolve the ego without renouncing the world.
Religion
Spirituality
Islam
Self Help
Philosophy
Practical Sufism
A Sufi path for the modern seeker: how to dissolve the ego without renouncing the world.
Religion
Spirituality
Islam
Self Help
Philosophy
Türkiye'nin Yakın Tarihi
Two centuries, six constitutions, three coups: Turkey's struggle between empire and republic.
History
Turkish
Politics
20th Century
Middle East
Türkiye'nin Yakın Tarihi
Two centuries, six constitutions, three coups: Turkey's struggle between empire and republic.
History
Turkish
Politics
20th Century
Middle East
Communicating with Allah
The prayer you rush through was built to transform you. Learn what the pauses unlock.
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Theology
Muslim
Communicating with Allah
The prayer you rush through was built to transform you. Learn what the pauses unlock.
Islam
Religion
Spirituality
Theology
Muslim
Loin des mosquées
A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Adult
Cultural
Europe
Loin des mosquées
A solitary undertaker in Belgium gives refuge to a Turkish woman fleeing an honor killing.
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Adult
Cultural
Europe
Unveiling Islam
Disowned by their father for converting to Christ, two brothers dissect Islam's core doctrines.
Religion
Islam
Christianity
Theology
Christian
Unveiling Islam
Disowned by their father for converting to Christ, two brothers dissect Islam's core doctrines.
Religion
Islam
Christianity
Theology
Christian
