ABOUT ISLAM

We hope to provide those seeking to understand the religion of Islam and Muslims a list of unbiased and fact-based material. We will continue to grow this list as we discover new material.

  1. FVAMC Islam 101
  2. Top 10 Books About Muslims And Islam by the Huffington Post.
  3. Five books to read to better understand Islam by MPR: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/12/18/books-on-islam.
  4. The Koran For Dummies Paperback by Sohaib Sultan (2004). The Koran For Dummies is for non-Muslims interested in the Koran as well as Muslims looking to deepen their understanding
  5. Islamophobia is Racism
  6. Muhammad by Martin Lings
  7. Muhammad: A Prophet for our time by Karen Armstrong.
  8. The Story of the Quran by Ingrid Mattson
  9. Sharia by Wael B. Hallaq.
  10. Who Speaks for Islam? by Dalia Mogahed
  11. The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? by John Esposito
  12. Unholy war:terror in the name of Islam by John Esposito
  13. Mary the Blessed Virgin of Islam by Aliah Schleifer
  14. The Muslim Jesus by Tarif Khalidi.
  15. The ISIS crisis by Abu Umar abdulazeez
  16. Quran by Ali Unal
  17. Quran by Muhammad Asad
  18. The Quran in 99 Questions by Muhittin Akgul
  19. Hadith by Jonathan AC Brown
  20. Sharia by Wael B. Hallaq
  21. Love for Allah by Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad
  22. Muslim Contributions to World Civilizations by International Institute of Islamic Thought
  23. The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? by John Esposito
  24. Unholy war: terror in the name of Islam by John Esposito
  25. Who Speaks for Islam? by Dalia Mogahed
  26. Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism: Spiritual and Ethical Affinities
  27. Animal Welfare in Islam by al-hafiz
  28. Mary the Blessed Virgin of Islam by Aliah Schleifer
  29. Bombing without Moonlight: the Origins of Suicidal Terrorism by Abdul Hakim Murad
  30. The Heart of Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
  31. Muslim Women in America by Yvonne Haddad
  32. The Muslim Jesus by Tarif Khalidi
  33. Women in Islam: the Western experience by Anne Roald
  34. Lumbard, Joseph E.B. ed. Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition
  35. Helminski, Camille Adams. Women of Sufism: a Hidden Treasure (Boston: Shambala, 2003).
  36. The ISIS crisis by Abu Umar abdulazeez
  37. Al-Barzakh (Bridge Between This Life and Hereafter): English   Arabic   Urdu