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Recommended Readings

General Islam

• The American Muslim Teenager's Handbook
  Dilara Hafiz, Imran Hafiz, and Yasmine Hafiz, Acacia Publishing (2007)
• Olivier Roy, Globalized Islam
• Noel J. Coulson, A History of Islamic Law
• Reza Aslan, No God but God
• Akbar S. Ahmed, Postmodernism and Islam
• Progressive Muslims
  Omid Safi (Editor)
• Hassan Hathout, Reading the Muslim Mind
• Tariq Ramadan, Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
• Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust
  Richard C. Foltz, Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baharuddin (Editors), Center for the Study of World Religions (2003)

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 Interpretations 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 Abou El 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