Bibliographies on Islam


BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MUHAMMAD

Karen Armstrong, Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet.

Clinton Bennett, In Search of Muhammad.

Yahiya Emerick, Muhammad.

Martin Forward, Muhammad: A Short Biography.

Alfred Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah.

Martin Lings, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources.

F. E. Peters, Muhammad and the Origins of Islam.

William Phipps, Muhammad and Jesus: A Comparison of the Prophets and Their Teachings.

Maxime Rodinson, Muhammad.

William Montgomery, Muhammad at Mecca.

_____, Muhammad at Medina.
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ISLAMIC HISTORY & THOUGHT

Khaled Abou El Fadl, The Place of Tolerance in Islam.

Akbar S. Ahmed, Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World.

Karen Armstrong, Islam: A Short History.

Leila Ahmed, Women and Gender in Islam.

Coleman Barks, The Essential Rumi.

Jonathan Bloom & Sheila Blair, Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power.

George W. Braswell, Islam: Its Prophet, Peoples, Politics and Power.

Farhad Daftary, The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines.

Frederick M. Denny, Islam and the Muslim Community.

Jamal J. Elias, Islam.

John L. Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path.

_____, What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam.

_____, Women In Muslim Family Law.

_____, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam.

_____, The Oxford History of Islam.

Shems Friedlander, The Whirling Dervishes.

Helmut Gatje, The Qur’an and Its Exegesis.

Marvin E. Gettleman, The Middle East and Islamic World Reader.

Hugh Goddard, A History of Christian-Muslim Relations.

Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islam, Gender and Social Change.

Asma Gull Hasan, American Muslims: The New Generation.

P. M. Holt, et als, Cambridge History of Islam.

Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab People.

Michael Jordan, Islam: An Illustrated History.

Tarif Khalidi, The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories In Islamic Literature.

Bernard Lewis, The World of Islam: Faith, People, Culture.

_____, Islam in History.

_____, The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years.

_____, What Went Wrong?  The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East.

Paul Lunde, Islam: Faith, Culture, History.

Fatima Mernissi, Women and Islam: An Historical and Teological Enquiry.

Maria Rosa Menocal, The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians
    Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain.

William Montgomery, The Faith and Practice of Al-Ghazali.

Caryle Murphy, Passion For Islam: Shaping The Modern Middle East (The Egyptian Experience).

Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity.

_____, Islam: Religion, History and Civilization.

Geoffrey Parrinder, Jesus in the Qur’an.

F. E. Peters, Allah's Commonwealth: A History of the Near East 600-1100 A.D.

_____, The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places.

_____, Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians.

_____, Mecca: A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land.

Yann Richard, Shi’ite Islam.

Michael Sells, Approaching The Qur’an: The Early Revelations.

Huston Smith, Islam: A Concise Introduction.

Margaret Smith, Rabi’a: The Life and Work of Rabi’a and Other Women Mystics of Islam.

Charis Waddy, The Muslim Mind.

_____, Women in Muslim History.

Wiebke Walther, Women in Islam: From Medieval to Modern Times.
 

BIBLIOGRAPHY ON JIHAD

Jalal Abualrub, Holy Wars, Crusades, Jihad: Torah, Gospels, Qur’an.

Tariq Ali, The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity.

Daniel Benjamin & Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred Terror.

Joyce M. Davis, Between Jihad and Salaam: Profiles in Islam.

Alan M. Dershowitz, Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge.

Steven Emerson, American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us.

John L. Esposito, Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam.

Noah Feldman, After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy.

Reuven Firestone, Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam.

Ray Giunta, God@GroundZero.

Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence.

Maher Hathout, Jihad vs. Terrorism.

Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam.

Charles Kimball, When Religion Becomes Evil.

Ian Markham and Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘, September 11: Religious Perspectives on the Causes and Consequences.

Rudolph Peters, Jihad in Classical and Medieval Islam.

Daniel Pipes, Militant Islam Reaches America.

Ahmed Rashid, Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia.

Rick Rogers, Jihad Theory: Theology or Politics?

Stephen Schwartz, The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa’ud From Tradition to Terror.

Micah L. Sifry & Christopher Cerf, The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents & Opinions.

Robert Spencer, Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions about the World’s Fastest-Growing Faith.

Robin Wright, Sacred Rage: The Wrath of Militant Islam.
 

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Islam: A Closer Look

Islam and Christianity

Islam: Empire of Faith

Islamic Art

Islamic Resurgence and Holy War: The Former Soviet Union & Indonesia

Islam in Africa

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Islam Rising

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