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
The House Divided
Three ethnic rivalries, not just the Sunni-Shia split, have shaped the Middle East for a millennium.
History
Middle East
Islam
Religion
Politics
The House Divided
Three ethnic rivalries, not just the Sunni-Shia split, have shaped the Middle East for a millennium.
History
Middle East
Islam
Religion
Politics
The New Orientalists
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
Philosophy
Religion
Islam
Literary
History
The New Orientalists
Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.
Philosophy
Religion
Islam
Literary
History
The Great Betrayal
Arab Spring didn't cause chaos; its brutal suppression did, continuing a century of betrayal.
History
Politics
Political
Colonialism
Military
The Great Betrayal
Arab Spring didn't cause chaos; its brutal suppression did, continuing a century of betrayal.
History
Politics
Political
Colonialism
Military
Sufi Political Thought
Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.
Islam
Religion
History
Politics
Spirituality
Sufi Political Thought
Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.
Islam
Religion
History
Politics
Spirituality
Iran and Israel
Iran gets the bomb, Israel strikes, Russia invades: the sequence Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago.
Christian
Religion
Theology
War
Politics
Iran and Israel
Iran gets the bomb, Israel strikes, Russia invades: the sequence Ezekiel predicted 2,600 years ago.
Christian
Religion
Theology
War
Politics
The Curse of God
Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.
Islam
Atheism
Religion
Philosophy
Memoir
The Curse of God
Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.
Islam
Atheism
Religion
Philosophy
Memoir
Islam, Israel and the West
Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.
Islam
Politics
Religion
Israel
Middle East
Islam, Israel and the West
Not about land. A former Muslim traces the theology that makes peace with Israel impossible.
Islam
Politics
Religion
Israel
Middle East
The Alchemy of Happiness
True happiness is not a feeling but a vision; the map lies inside your own soul.
Islam
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Self Help
The Alchemy of Happiness
True happiness is not a feeling but a vision; the map lies inside your own soul.
Islam
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Self Help
The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa
Africa’s faiths must confront fourteen centuries of Islamic slavery, not a romantic myth.
History
Islam
Religion
Africa
Race
The Legacy of Arab-Islam in Africa
Africa’s faiths must confront fourteen centuries of Islamic slavery, not a romantic myth.
History
Islam
Religion
Africa
Race
Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy
Pamuk's novels defy Turkey's secular state, resurrecting the Islamic past the nation tried to bury.
Literature
Politics
Religion
Islam
Literary
Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy
Pamuk's novels defy Turkey's secular state, resurrecting the Islamic past the nation tried to bury.
Literature
Politics
Religion
Islam
Literary
