🩸 Shia Identity

Explorations of Shia Muslim faith, history, and community, illuminating the theological traditions, cultural practices, and lived experiences that shape Shia identity across the world.

The Shia Revival

by Vali Nasr • 2006

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

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🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🗳️ Political Islam

The Shia Revival 90%

America's Iraq invasion accidentally broke a 1,400-year Sunni order. Iran seized the opening.

by Vali Nasr 2006

3.88

2k+ ratings

🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Islamic History 🗳️ Political Islam

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ

by Hooman Majd • 2008

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ 90%

Iran's paradoxes are a platform, not a bug, built from Shia ritual and Persian pride.

by Hooman Majd 2008

3.76

2k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Politics 🕌 Shia Islam 🏡 Persian Culture

Lipstick Jihad

by Azadeh Moaveni • 2005

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Lipstick Jihad 89%

A pink headscarf, a bugged apartment: she returned to Iran to belong, but the country disagreed.

by Azadeh Moaveni 2005

3.70

5k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🇮🇷 Post-Revolutionary Iran 🌉 Hyphenated Identities

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

by Ranya Tabari Idliby • 2014

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

3.47

204

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie 88%

In a post-9/11 living room, three faiths built the conversation America was avoiding.

by Ranya Tabari Idliby 2014

3.47

204 ratings

🕌 Muslim American Identity 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 🎯 Islamophobia

Persian Girls

by Nahid Rachlin • 2006

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

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🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

Persian Girls 88%

One sister left Iran for America. One stayed through revolution. Letters bridged the distance.

by Nahid Rachlin 2006

3.92

4k+ ratings

🧳 Iranian Diaspora 🌍 Immigrant Memoirs 🪞 Dual Identity

The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran

by Robert Spencer • 2016

Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.

3.53

🏛️ Iranian Politics 🕌 Islamic Theocracy 📜 Political Islam

The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran Summary

The Complete Infidel's Guide to Iran 88%

Iran's theology commands deception and world conquest. The nuclear deal ignored both.

by Robert Spencer 2016

3.53

73 ratings

🏛️ Iranian Politics 🕌 Islamic Theocracy 📜 Political Islam

The House Divided

by Barnaby Rogerson • 2024

Three ethnic rivalries, not just the Sunni-Shia split, have shaped the Middle East for a millennium.

4.01

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📜 Islamic History ☪️ Sunni Shia Divide 🏛️ Colonial Legacies

The House Divided 88%

Three ethnic rivalries, not just the Sunni-Shia split, have shaped the Middle East for a millennium.

by Barnaby Rogerson 2024

4.01

338 ratings

📜 Islamic History ☪️ Sunni Shia Divide 🏛️ Colonial Legacies

After the Prophet

by Lesley Hazleton • 2009

Islam's great schism began with a succession crisis, a scandal, and a grandson's massacre.

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🕌 Sunni-Shia Divide 📜 Early Islamic History 👑 Succession Crisis

After the Prophet 88%

Islam's great schism began with a succession crisis, a scandal, and a grandson's massacre.

by Lesley Hazleton 2009

4.09

10k+ ratings

🕌 Sunni-Shia Divide 📜 Early Islamic History 👑 Succession Crisis

Reading Lolita in Tehran

by Azar Nafisi • 2003

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

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🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir

Reading Lolita in Tehran 88%

Risking arrest, seven Iranian women gather weekly to read forbidden classics.

by Azar Nafisi 2003

3.66

141k+ ratings

🕌 Iranian Memoir 🇮🇷 Women In Iran 📖 Literary Memoir

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

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🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Americanized 88%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

We Have Always Been Here

by Samra Habib • 2019

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

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🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

We Have Always Been Here 88%

Arranged marriage at sixteen. Queer awakening in secret. Then a camera gave her a voice.

by Samra Habib 2019

4.16

20k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Faith 🕌 Muslim Memoir

Iran Awakening

by Shirin Ebadi • 2006

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

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🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Iran Awakening 88%

Iran stripped her of her judgeship. She became the regime's most dangerous opponent: a lawyer.

by Shirin Ebadi 2006

4.18

6k+ ratings

🧕 Iranian Women 🏛️ Post-Revolutionary Iran 📜 Islamic Feminism

Black Wave

by Kim Ghattas • 2020

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

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🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

Black Wave 88%

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

by Kim Ghattas 2020

4.40

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

Untitled

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh • 2016

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

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🗣️ Muslim Women'S Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America

Untitled 88%

Post-9/11 America told her story for her. She built MuslimGirl.com to take it back.

by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh 2016

3.76

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Muslim Women'S Voices 🕌 Islam In America 🏙️ Post-9/11 America

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action

by Arun Shourie • 1995

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

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243

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action Summary

The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action 88%

Fatwas build a totalitarian legal order. Clerics enforce it. Reformers cannot stop it.

by Arun Shourie 1995

4.17

243 ratings

📜 Islamic Jurisprudence 🕌 Shariah Studies 🔒 Religious Separatism

Justice and Remembrance

by Reza Shah-Kazemi • 2006

To rule justly, the heart needs more polishing than the mind needs training.

4.41

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🕌 Shia Islam 🤲 Islamic Ethics ❤️ Purification Of The Heart

Justice and Remembrance 88%

To rule justly, the heart needs more polishing than the mind needs training.

by Reza Shah-Kazemi 2006

4.41

124 ratings

🕌 Shia Islam 🤲 Islamic Ethics ❤️ Purification Of The Heart

If the Oceans Were Ink

by Carla Power • 2015

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

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📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam

If the Oceans Were Ink 88%

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

by Carla Power 2015

4.12

2k+ ratings

📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam

Joseph Anton

by Salman Rushdie • 2012

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

3.65

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📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy

Joseph Anton 87%

A novelist with a bounty on his head. A decade in hiding. The books he wrote to survive.

by Salman Rushdie 2012

3.65

9k+ ratings

📖 Literary Memoir ✍️ Writers Under Threat 🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy

Sufi Political Thought

by Milad Milani • 2019

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam

Sufi Political Thought 87%

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

by Milad Milani 2019

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam

In the Land of Invisible Women

by Qanta A. Ahmed • 2008

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

In the Land of Invisible Women 87%

A Muslim doctor arrives in Riyadh. Her first patient hides her face, even in the ER.

by Qanta A. Ahmed 2008

3.74

8k+ ratings

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🩺 Medical Memoir 🚻 Gender Segregation

Discover Your True North

by Bill George • 2015

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

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🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women

Discover Your True North 87%

One bareheaded selfie became a movement; a million Iranian women turned their hair into a weapon.

by Bill George 2015

3.9

1k+ ratings

🧕 Compulsory Hijab 📱 Digital Activism 👩🏽 Iranian Women

Laughing Without an Accent

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2008

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

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🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor

Laughing Without an Accent 87%

First they asked about flying carpets; then bumper stickers read 'Cowboys and Iranians'.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2008

3.81

4k+ ratings

🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🧳 Cultural Assimilation 😂 Family Humor

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

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🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

The Road to Mecca 87%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality

Iran

by Abbas Amanat • 2017

Shi'ism became Iran's state religion in 1501, creating a unique nation and centuries of conflict.

4.23

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🧱 Safavid Iran 🕌 State Religion 🐎 Nomadic Empires

Iran 87%

Shi'ism became Iran's state religion in 1501, creating a unique nation and centuries of conflict.

by Abbas Amanat 2017

4.23

829 ratings

🧱 Safavid Iran 🕌 State Religion 🐎 Nomadic Empires

Daughter of Persia

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian • 1992

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

4.13

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🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

Daughter of Persia 87%

Born to a prince in Persia, she builds a social work school, then revolution exiles her.

by Sattareh Farman Farmaian 1992

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏴 Revolution Memoir 🧳 Exile And Displacement 👩 Iranian Women'S Stories

Islam

by Karen Armstrong • 2000

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

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🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology

Islam 87%

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2000

4.04

11k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology

The Voice of Human Justice

by George Jordac • 2008

Ali governed with a justice so radical that fourteen centuries later, no state has matched it.

4.36

128

🕌 Islamic Governance 📜 Early Islamic History ⚖️ Justice Philosophy

The Voice of Human Justice 87%

Ali governed with a justice so radical that fourteen centuries later, no state has matched it.

by George Jordac 2008

4.36

128 ratings

🕌 Islamic Governance 📜 Early Islamic History ⚖️ Justice Philosophy

Myth of Islamic Tolerance

by Robert Spencer • 2005

Behind Islam's tolerance story lies a legal caste system for non-Muslims, and its logic never left.

3.68

⚖️ Sharia Law 🌐 Islam And The West 📖 Critique Of Islam

Myth of Islamic Tolerance 87%

Behind Islam's tolerance story lies a legal caste system for non-Muslims, and its logic never left.

by Robert Spencer 2005

3.68

62 ratings

⚖️ Sharia Law 🌐 Islam And The West 📖 Critique Of Islam

From Miniskirt to Hijab

by Jacqueline Saper • 2019

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

4.16

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🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

From Miniskirt to Hijab 87%

A Jewish girl's Tehran: cocktail parties, then revolution, then air raids, then one desperate exit.

by Jacqueline Saper 2019

4.16

667 ratings

🏴 Iranian Revolution ✡️ Jewish Diaspora ✈️ Exile Memoirs

Demystifying Islam

by Harris Zafar • 2014

Jihad, shariah, and Islam's most misunderstood terms: a Muslim sets the record straight.

3.83

🛡️ Islamic Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Demystifying Islam 87%

Jihad, shariah, and Islam's most misunderstood terms: a Muslim sets the record straight.

by Harris Zafar 2014

3.83

29 ratings

🛡️ Islamic Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

The Curse of God

by Harris Sultan • 2018

Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.

3.91

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🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices ⚛️ New Atheism ☪️ Islamic Theology

The Curse of God 87%

Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.

by Harris Sultan 2018

3.91

159 ratings

🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices ⚛️ New Atheism ☪️ Islamic Theology

Understanding Iran

by William R. Polk • 2009

Start with Cyrus, not Khomeini. Iran's long civilizational memory drives everything the news misses.

3.84

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🏺 Iranian History 👑 Persian Empires ☪️ Shia Islam

Understanding Iran 87%

Start with Cyrus, not Khomeini. Iran's long civilizational memory drives everything the news misses.

by William R. Polk 2009

3.84

391 ratings

🏺 Iranian History 👑 Persian Empires ☪️ Shia Islam

Misquoting Muhammad

by Jonathan A.C. Brown • 2014

How a chain of scholars kept Islam's scriptures from chaos. The modern forces that broke it.

4.34

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🕌 Islamic Theology 📜 Hadith Criticism 🏛️ Religious Authority

Misquoting Muhammad 87%

How a chain of scholars kept Islam's scriptures from chaos. The modern forces that broke it.

by Jonathan A.C. Brown 2014

4.34

1k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Theology 📜 Hadith Criticism 🏛️ Religious Authority

Islam and Democracy

by Fatema Mernissi • 1992

The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.

3.83

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🕌 Political Islam 👩 Islamic Feminism 🌍 Arab Modernity

Islam and Democracy 87%

The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.

by Fatema Mernissi 1992

3.83

210 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 👩 Islamic Feminism 🌍 Arab Modernity

Resistance

by Alastair Crooke • 2009

The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.

4.00

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics ✊ Islamist Resistance

Resistance 87%

The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.

by Alastair Crooke 2009

4.00

36 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics ✊ Islamist Resistance

American Like Me

by America Ferrera • 2018

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

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🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness

American Like Me 87%

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

by America Ferrera 2018

4.32

6k+ ratings

🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness

Love Thy Neighbor

by Ayaz Virji • 2019

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

4.14

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🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia

Love Thy Neighbor 87%

His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.

by Ayaz Virji 2019

4.14

2k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 😔 Islamophobia

Infidel

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali • 2006

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

4.20

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☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation

Infidel 87%

FGM at five, a forced marriage, a flight to Holland, and a pen that triggered death threats.

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

☪️ Leaving Islam 🕌 Islamic Fundamentalism 🩸 Female Genital Mutilation

Muhammad

by Karen Armstrong • 2006

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

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🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue

Muhammad 87%

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

by Karen Armstrong 2006

4.08

3k+ ratings

🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue

The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran

by Robert Spencer • 2009

Western leaders call the Koran peaceful. Read fully, it commands war and subjugation.

3.72

891

🧕 Islamic Doctrine 📜 Scriptural Criticism 🗳️ Political Islam

The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran Summary

The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran 87%

Western leaders call the Koran peaceful. Read fully, it commands war and subjugation.

by Robert Spencer 2009

3.72

891 ratings

🧕 Islamic Doctrine 📜 Scriptural Criticism 🗳️ Political Islam

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

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🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology

Hijab Butch Blues 87%

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023

4.46

20k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology

From Fatwa to Jihad

by Kenan Malik • 2009

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

4.03

285

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique

From Fatwa to Jihad 87%

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

by Kenan Malik 2009

4.03

285 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique

Unveiling Islam

by Ergun Mehmet Caner • 2002

Disowned by their father for converting to Christ, two brothers dissect Islam's core doctrines.

3.79

590

🚶 Ex-Muslim Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Theology ✝️ Christian Apologetics

Unveiling Islam 87%

Disowned by their father for converting to Christ, two brothers dissect Islam's core doctrines.

by Ergun Mehmet Caner 2002

3.79

590 ratings

🚶 Ex-Muslim Memoirs 🕌 Islamic Theology ✝️ Christian Apologetics

Who Speaks for Islam?

by Dalia Mogahed • 2008

Gallup asked Muslims what they believe. The data upends most Western assumptions about Islam.

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🕌 Muslim Societies 🌍 Islam And The West 📊 Empirical Sociology

Who Speaks for Islam? 87%

Gallup asked Muslims what they believe. The data upends most Western assumptions about Islam.

by Dalia Mogahed 2008

4.05

1k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Societies 🌍 Islam And The West 📊 Empirical Sociology

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

4.39

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☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Holy Envy 87%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

بی‌حجاب

by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

4.36

3k+

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism

بی‌حجاب 87%

Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.

by Yasmine Mohammed 2019

4.36

3k+ ratings

🕌 Leaving Islam 💍 Forced Marriage ⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism

Muhammad

by Karen Armstrong • 1993

Traces Islam's violence to its founder: an orphan who built a cult, not just a religion.

4.18

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🕌 Religious Biography 📜 Islamic History 🧠 Psychological Biography

Muhammad 87%

Traces Islam's violence to its founder: an orphan who built a cult, not just a religion.

by Karen Armstrong 1993

4.18

7k+ ratings

🕌 Religious Biography 📜 Islamic History 🧠 Psychological Biography

Sex and Lies

by Leïla Slimani • 2017

Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.

3.96

5k+

🕌 Women In Islam 🔒 Virginity Culture 🔇 Sexual Repression

Sex and Lies 87%

Morocco demands female purity while excusing male excess. The women bearing the cost finally speak.

by Leïla Slimani 2017

3.96

5k+ ratings

🕌 Women In Islam 🔒 Virginity Culture 🔇 Sexual Repression

The Truth About Muhammad

by Robert Spencer • 2006

Jihadists follow a Muhammad who conquered through fear. Islam's canonical texts agree.

3.88

2k+

🕌 Islamic History 📝 Critique Of Islam 📖 Quranic Studies

The Truth About Muhammad 87%

Jihadists follow a Muhammad who conquered through fear. Islam's canonical texts agree.

by Robert Spencer 2006

3.88

2k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic History 📝 Critique Of Islam 📖 Quranic Studies

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

3.38

501

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History

A History of Islam in 21 Women 87%

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021

3.38

501 ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History

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