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By Ian Buruma. 2006
Reporter describes returning to his Dutch homeland after the November 2004 murder of film director Theo van Gogh by a…
second-generation Muslim to examine the crime's social implications. Buruma presents interviews of alienated Muslims and van Gogh's friends to explore divisions in Dutch culture. Strong language and some violence. 2006By Jann Einfeld. 2005
Eleven essays by authors with opposing viewpoints on the nature of the Islamic religion. Includes Osama bin Laden's justification for…
attacking America, President George W. Bush's claim that Islam is a peaceful religion, Pat Robertson's counterargument, and analyses of women's rights. For junior and senior high readers. 2005By Robin S. Doak. 2005
Summarizes the history of the Islamic Empire (632 to 1258) and its lasting contributions to the modern world including the…
guitar, sugarcane, and the Arabic numerical system. Discusses the empire's knowledge and practice of astronomy and mathematics, literature, art, religion, sports, and military science. For grades 6-9. 2005By Hesham A. Hassaballa, Kabir Helminski. 2006
Two Muslims present an introduction to the Islamic religion. Covers its main beliefs represented by the Five Pillars, its founder…
Muhammad, and its holy text, the Qur'an. Also explains the meaning of jihad and discusses gender issues. 2006By Reza Aslan. 2005
Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies reconstructs the origins of Islam from the prophet Muhammad's message of moral accountability…
and social egalitarianism, and its evolution into ideologies of rigid legalism and uncompromising orthodoxy. Discusses Muslims' current struggle to define the future of their faith and argues for reform. 2005By Asra Nomani, Asra Q Nomani. 2005
Journalist recounts her 2003 pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, on a quest to understand her religion…
and the role of Muslim women in the modern world. Chronicles her journey and return home to West Virginia, where she confronted her own mosque's sexism and intolerance. 2005By Jeffrey Tayler. 2005
Journalist recounts his four-thousand-mile journey across western and central Africa taken between the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the…
2003 invasion of Iraq. Traveling through countries beset by poverty, civil war, corruption, and religious antagonism, Tayler encountered generous and patient people as well as desperation and anti-Westernism. 2005By Gilles Kepel, Anthony Roberts. 2002
Professor of Middle East Studies from France theorizes that the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York…
was a consequence of the failure of Islamic fundamentalism to achieve its goals over the past forty years. Analyzes Islamism in Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Bosnia, and elsewhere. 2002By Demi. 2003
A short biography of the prophet Muhammad (who died in A.D. 632)--a major figure in the Islamic religion. Discusses Muhammad's…
role as a messenger of God, his revelations from the angel Gabriel that became the Koran, and the observances faithful Muslims should practice in their daily routine. For grades 3-6. 2003By Charles Clark. 2002
A concise introduction to one of the world's major religions. Discusses the history, beliefs, acceptance, practices, and politics of Islam…
and looks at the challenges it faces. Explains some of the misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2002By Gershom Gorenberg. 2000
Israeli journalist examines how faith and apocalyptic beliefs fuel strife over Jerusalem. Discusses conflicting Christian, Islamic, and Jewish prophecies regarding…
the Temple Mount; explores the volatile link between nationalism and religion, particularly lore relating to a holy war and its global impact. 2000Modern English translation of extracts from the Qur'an including hymns of praise, prayers, exhortations, and recitations illuminating the essence of…
Islam for the non-Muslim reader. Translation, introduction, and notes by Thomas Cleary. 1993By Michael A. Sells, Michael Anthony Sells. 1999
A religious scholar introduces the non-Arabic speaker to the beauty and wisdom of the Muslim holy text while explaining its…
cultural and historical context. Sells renders the earliest Suras (chapters of the Qur'an) into modern English, and explores their subtleties and meanings in subsequent commentaries. 1999By Caryle Murphy. 2002
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the historical roots of Middle East unrest, exemplified in the development of modern Egypt. Explores issues…
of tradition and change in politics and culture. Discusses social, political, and economic factors in the resurgence of Islam, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the dilemmas of regional governments. 2002By Tamim Ansary, Mir Tamim Ansary. 2002
Memoir exploring the author's bicultural heritage and his feelings about Islam. The son of an Afghan father and American mother,…
Ansary describes his childhood in Afghanistan, moving to the United States at sixteen, and subsequent identity crisis. Discusses his travels through the Muslim Middle East as an adult. Some strong language. 2002By Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner, Caner Y Caner. 2002
Presenta un estudio objectivo de las creencias, ética, práctica, y costumbres del Islam. Los autores, hermanos criados como musulmanes sunnis…
y ahora profesores cristianos de teología, están en una posición única para comparar ambas religiones y ofrecer un base de conocimientos para poder abrir un diálogo productivo entre cristianos y musulmanesBy Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Lawrence Migdale. 2001
Introduces Islamic beliefs and practices. Follows fourth-grader Ibraheem and his Muslim family in New Jersey through Ramadan, the month of…
praying and fasting that ends with the feast of Eid al-Fitr. For grades 3-6. 2001By Karen Armstrong. 2000
Armstrong from A History of God (DB 38536) looks into how and why religious fundamentalist groups have come into existence.…
She concentrates on Protestants in the United States, Jews in Israel, and Muslims in Egypt, and concludes that fear of modernity has stimulated the growth of fundamentalism. 2000By Matthew Gordon, Matthew S. Gordon. 2001
Overview of Islam, the world's second largest religion. Discusses the history of Islam, its branches, the Koran, and various practices…
and customs. Traces the religion's origin from the Middle East to its spread through southern Asia, northern Africa, and around the globe. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001By Ahmed Rashid. 2000
Journalist with twenty years' experience covering Afghanistan discusses the origin and rise of the Taliban and its fundamentalist concepts of…
Islam regarding gender and drugs. Explains the importance of Afghanistan's energy resources for the region and the country's problems with smuggling, civil war, and lack of social services. 2000