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By Elaine Landau. 2002
Biography of the "world's most dangerous terrorist" and his radical Islamic view of the world. Traces the early life of…
the millionaire from Saudi Arabia and his gradual involvement with Muslim organizations that led to a jihad against the west. For junior and senior high readers. 2002By Asma Gull Hasan. 2000
A twenty-five-year-old Muslim woman, born, raised, and educated in the United States, examines Islam in America. She discusses beliefs, practices,…
values, stereotypes, militancy, women's issues, and politics. Includes personal anecdotes to support her points. 2000Examines the beliefs and policies of the Taliban and their rise to power. Traces the history of other radical movements…
in the area. Discusses the gender issue and how it affects the interactions of the Taliban with the international community. Considers foreign support and opposition to the groupBy V. S Naipaul, V. S. Naipaul. 1998
Personal accounts of people encountered by Naipaul during his travels in four non-Arab Muslim countries--Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, and Malaysia--for five…
months in 1995. He contends that these stories reveal the effects of Islamic conversion on the national culture. Companion to Among the Believers (RC 17364)By Everyman'S Library, Everyman'S Library, Marmaduke Pickthal. 1992
By M. A Cook. 1983
Life of the Arab merchant turned prophet and politician who established a religious state in western Arabia in the 620s.…
Cook discusses the history of monotheism; Koranic law; the concepts of the hijra, the jihad, and the umma; the importance of Mecca; and the origins of Islam. 1983.Extended essay by a French scholar examines a growing reaffirmation of faith among Islamic, Christian (Protestant and Catholic), and Judaic…
radicals. The author is convinced that such movements reflect a rejection of modernity and secularism. Kepel also suggests that there is a renewal of respect for sacred texts as a source of guidance for personal and political conductBy Steven Barboza. 1994
Barboza, an African American journalist who converted to orthodox Islam after being inspired by Malcolm X, taps the rich diversity…
of the American Islamic experience in this collection of more than fifty brief interviews. Includes interviews with Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), and Louis Farrakhan. 1994.By Karen Armstrong. 1993
The author, a former nun, teaches at the Leo Baeck College for the Study of Judaism and is an honorary…
member of the Association of Muslim Social Sciences. In her study of the three major monotheistic religions, Armstrong looks at the changing ways people have conceived of God from the time of Abraham to the 1990s. She also addresses mysticism and the notion of the death of GodBy Ervand Abrahamian. 1989
A professor of history at the City University of New York discusses the social backgrounds of the Iranian Mojahedin's founders,…
the tenets of the idealogy and how extensively Marxism influenced them, and how the organization attracted the masses but failed to gain political powerBy Lex Hixon. 1988
A collection of meditations on the Holy Koran with special focus on such topics as the beginning and end of…
time, the prophet Muhammad, prayer, mystical teachings, spiritual practices, and saints and sinners. Includes a brief discussion of features of Islam. 1988. (A Quest book)By John L Esposito. 1988
By Shazia Afzal, Aliya Ghare. 2022
A beautiful picture book based on the true story of the Midnight Sun Mosque that traveled 4,000 kilometers across Canada…
to become one of the most northern mosques in the world.By Richard Sebra. 2017
Do you like holidays? Learn all about how and why people celebrate different holidays. Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant…
photos engage young readers in learning about the holiday traditions and celebrations of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skillsBy Sheima Benembarek. 2023
An unprecedented glimpse into the sex lives of female and gender-expansive Muslims living across Canada and the United States.In the…
Muslim world, sex is permissible (or halal) only within the confines of marriage. Outside of wedlock, the act is considered haram, a sin of the faith. Girls are taught to protect their virginity; their mothers, if not forgoing "the talk" altogether, obscure the facts with elliptical language and metaphors.So, what happens when immigrants and the children of immigrants set about pursuing an open and active sex life on a more sexually liberated continent, amid western peers and attitudes? The six deeply personal stories in Halal Sex attempt to answer this question, bringing a hushed conversation out into the open.Within these pages you’ll meet Azar, a non-binary trans Sufi; Bunmi, a Nigerian navigating shame and Tinder; Eman, a lesbian stand-up comic in an interfaith marriage; Taslim, a virgin in her forties struggling to erect healthy boundaries; and Khadijah, an exotic dancer and sex worker.With great empathy, Sheima Benembarek makes space for the honesty and vulnerability of each participant and handles their stories with gentleness and care. What emerges is a tapestry of a diverse Islam—encompassing a wide variety of cultural and religious and socioeconomic backgrounds—and a frank, feminist contribution to the advancement of Muslim sexual education and pleasure.By Sam Harris, Maajid Nawaz. 2015
Harris, author of The End of Faith (DB 62053), and Nawaz, chair of a think tank focusing on religious freedom,…
extremism, and citizenship, examine the role of the Islamic religion in extremist violence in the twenty-first century. Presented as the authors speaking back and forth. 2015By Bruce B. Lawrence, Bruce B Lawrence. 2015
Islamic studies professor examines history, culture, theology, politics, and media to explain the importance of the central expression of the…
Muslim religion: Allah. Lawrence discusses art, rituals, divergent sets of practices, and the influence of religious practice on scientific and mathematical exploration. 2015By G. Willow Wilson. 2010
Author's memoir of her conversion to Islam and her romantic relationship with an Egyptian man after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.…
Details her spiritual search as a college student, her move to Cairo at age twenty-one, and the culture clash she experienced as an American living in Egypt. 2010By Djemila Benhabib. 2009
« Quand Djemila Benhabib a pris connaissance du rapport de la commission Bouchard-Taylor, elle a été outrée qu'on demande aux…
Québécois d'accueillir favorablement toutes les requêtes faites au nom de l'islam. Sous prétexte de tolérance, les commissaires ont ainsi confondu musulmans et islamistes, alors que ces derniers ne sont qu'une petite minorité parmi les immigrants de culture musulmane. Or, les islamistes, Djemila Benhabib les connaît bien et elle a toutes les raisons de s'en méfier [...]. » -- 4e de couv