2024-05-07
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Beliefs and Principles
 Reading the Muslim Mind by Hassan Hathout
 The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad
 The Straight Path by John L. Esposito
 What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims by Suzanne Haneef
 Ideals and Realities of Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
**Islam in Focus by Hammudah Abdalati
**Islam and the Destiny of Man by Gai Eaton

History
 Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong
 The Oxford History of Islam by John Esposito

The Prophet
 Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings
 Muhammad by Karen Armstrong
**The Life of Muhammad by Muhammad Husayn Haykal
**Muhammad, Seal of the Prophets by Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

Islam in the West
 The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? by John L. Esposito
 Islam in America by Jane Smith
 The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca by Michael Wolfe
 Daughters of Another Path by Carol L. Anway
**Struggling to Surrender by Jeffery B. Lang

Women and Islam
 Women and Gender in Islam : Historical Roots of a Modern Debate by Leila Ahmed
 The Veil and the Male Elite by Fatima Mernissi

The Qur'an
 The Qur'an: A Modern English Version Majid Fakhry, translator
 An English Interpretation: The Qur'an with Full Arabic Text A. Yusuf Ali, translator
 The Message of the Qur'anby Muhammad Asad
 Major Themes of the Qur'an by Fazlur Rahman

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