Recommended Reading
Coming soon: new additions, why we picked these books, and short descriptions of each work.
General Islam
- Olivier Roy, Globalized Islam
- Noel J. Coulson, A History of Islamic Law
- Reza Aslan, No God but God
- Akbar S. Ahmed, Postmodernism and Islam
- Ed. Omid Safi, Progressive Muslims
- Dr. Hassan Hathout, Reading the Muslim Mind
- Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
Prophet Muhammad
- Tariq Ramadan, In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
- Karen Armstrong, Muhammad - A Prophet for Our Time
Women in Islam
- Asma Barlas, “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpreations of the Qur’an
- Fatima Mernissi, Forgotten Queens of Islam
- Amina Wadud, Inside the Gender Jihad
- Jennifer Heath Collum, The Scimitar and the Veil
- Kecia Ali, Sexual Ethics and Islam
- Khaled Abu Fadl, Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women
- Asra Nomani, Standing Alone in Mecca
- Fatima Mernissi, The Veil and the Male Elite
Fiction and Poetry
- Naguib Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy
- Mohja Kahf, Emails from Scheherazad
- Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red
- Mohja Kahf, The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
- Sarah Husain, ed., Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality