Islam and Islamism
Recommended Reading
Book Reviews and Book Chapters
Books (Amazon.com)
A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni Usul al-Fiqh | Wael B Hallaq | Cambridge University Press, 1999. 306 pp.
An Introduction to Islamic Law | Wael B Hallaq | Cambridge University Press, 2009. 206 pp.
An Introduction to Islamic Law | Joseph Schacht | Oxford University Press, 1983. 312 pp.
A Simple Koran | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam Publishing, 2006. 408 pp.
Christmas in the Koran: Luxenberg, Syriac, and the Near Eastern and Judeo-Christian Background of Islam | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 2014. 700 pp.
Collection of the Quran | John Burton | Cambridge University Press, 1979. 284 pp.
Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror | Bernard Lewis | Modern Library, 2003. 224 pp.
Dhimmi: Jews and Christians Under Islam | Bat Ye’or | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1985. 444 pp.
Did Mohammed Exist? An Inquiry Into Islam’s Obscure Origins | Robert Spencer | Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2012. 254 pp.
Early Islam: A Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary Sources | Karl-Heinz Ohlig | Prometheus Books, 2013. 656 pp.
Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis | Bat Ye’or | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005. 384 pp.
Europe, Globalization and the Coming of the Universal Caliphate | Bat Ye’or | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2011. 224 pp.
Factual Persuasion: Changing the Minds of Islam’s Supporters | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam Publishing, 2011. 62 pp.
Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America | Andrew McCarthy | Encounter Books, 2010. 464 pp.
Hadith | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2010. 70 pp.
Hidden Origins of Islam: New Research Into Its Early History | Karl-Heinz Ohlig and Gerd-R Puin | Prometheus Books, 2009
Impact of Islam | Emmet Scott | New English Review Press, 2014. 200 pp.
ISIS Exposed: Beheadings, Slavery and the Hellish Reality of Radical Islam | Erick Stakelbeck | Regnery Publishing, March 2015. 288 pp.
Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide | Bat Ye’or | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001. 528 pp.
Islamic Doctrine of Women | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2010. 64 pp.
Islamic Imperialism: A History | Efraim Karsh | Yale University Press, 2006. 288 pp.
Islam: The Religion and the People | Bernard Lewis and Buntzie Ellis Churchill | Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. 256 pp.
It IS About Islam: Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran and the Caliphate | Threshold Editions, August 2015, 272 pp.
Jihad in the West: Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries | Paul Fregosi | Prometheus Books, 1998. 442 pp.
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam | Gilles Keppel | Belknap Press, 2003. 464 pp.
Legacy of Islamic Anti-Semitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History | Andrew Bostom | Prometheus Books, 2008. 766 pp.
Legacy of Jihad | Andrew Bostom | Prometheus Books, 2008. 759 pp.
Life of Mohammed | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2010. 72 pp.
Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years | Bernard Lewis | Scribner, 1997. 448 pp.
Mohammed and Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy | Emmet Scott | New English Review Press, 2012. 272 pp.
Mohammed and the Unbelievers: A Political Life | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2006. 188 pp.
Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims | Robert Spencer | Prometheus Books, 2005. 594 pp.
Not Peace but a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Islam and Christianity | Robert Spencer | Catholic Answers, 2013
Origin and Evolution of Islamic Law | Wael B Hallaq | Cambridge University Press, 2005. 250 pp.
Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 1998. 411 pp.
Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) | Robert Spencer | Regnery Publishing, 2005. 270 pp.
Political Traditions of Mohammed: The Hadith for the Unbelievers | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2006. 191 pp.
Quest for the Historical Muhammad | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 2000. 554 pp.
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law | Hu Na Mim Keller | Amana Corporation, 1997. 1,232 pp.
Self-Study Course on Political Islam, Level 1 | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2011. 94 pp.
Self-Study Course on Political Islam, Level 2 | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2011. 94 pp.
Self-Study Course on Political Islam, Level 3 | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2011. 122 pp.
Sharia Law for Non-Muslims | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2010. 48 pp.
Sharia: The Threat To America: An Exercise In Competitive Analysis | Center for Security Policy, 2010. 370 pp.
Sharia: Theory, Practice, Transformations | Wael B Hallaq | Cambridge University Press, 2009. 626 pp.
Sharia versus Freedom: The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism | Andrew Bostom | Prometheus Books, 2012. 735 pp.
Sources of Islam | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2011. 80 pp.
Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran: A Contribution to the Decoding of the Language of the Koran | Christoph Luxenberg | Prometheus Books, 2009. 349 pp.
Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom | Mark Durie | Derror Books, 2010. 288 pp.
Understanding Dhimmitude | Bat Ye’or | RVP Press, 2013. 244 pp.
What the Koran Really Says | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 2002. 782 pp.
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East | Bernard Lewis | Harper Perennial, 2003. 208 pp.
Which Koran? Variants, Manuscripts, Linguistics | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 2008. 631 pp.
Why I Am Not a Muslim | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 2003. 428 pp.
Book Reviews and Book Chapters
Introduction to Usul al-Fiqh (Chapter 1 from Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence | Mohammad Hashim Kamali | PDF (1.9MB)
Jihad in the Cause of Allah (Chapter 4 from Milestones) | Sayyid Qutb | PDF (153KB)
Quranic Concept of War (Book Review) | Joseph C Myers | US Army War College, Parameters, Winter 2006-07. 20 pp. PDF (112KB)
E-Books (Free downloads)
An Introduction to Islamic Law | Wael B Hallaq, 2009. 210 pp. | PDF (970KB)
An Introduction to Islamic Law | Joseph Schacht, 1983. 312 pp. | PDF (10.2MB)
An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic | Wheeler M Thackston | IBEX Publishers, 2000. 177 pp. | PDF (8.3MB)
Arabic-English Dictionary (3rd edition) | The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 1976. 1,131 pp. | PDF (40.2MB)
Arabic-English Dictionary of Quranic Usage | Elsaid M Badawi and Muhammad Abdel Haleem | Brill, 2008. 1,097 pp. | PDF (8.4MB)
Atlas of Quran | Compiled by Dr Shauqi Abu Khalil, 390 pp. | PDF (13.3MB)
Clash of Civilizations: An Islamic View | Bilal Philips, 158 pp. | PDF (4.9MB)
Discovering the Quran: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text | Neal Robinson, 2003. 345 pp. | PDF (11.6MB)
Essentials of Quranic Arabic: Volume 1 | Masood Ranginwala, 2013. 182 pp. | PDF (11.7MB)
Essentials of Quranic Arabic: Volume 2 | Masood Ranginwala, 2013. 320 pp. | PDF (9.6MB)
Fundamentals of Tawheed (2nd edition) | Bilal Philips, 2005. 250 pp. | PDF (7.3 MB)
Glossary of Islamic Terms | Anwer Mahmoud Zanaty, 252 pp. | PDF (4.0MB)
Immigration and Jihad | Ayatollah Murtadha Mutahhari, 1975 | PDF (170KB)
Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism and Slavery | M A Khan, 2008. 295 pp. | PDF (2.8MB)
Koran Interpreted: A Translation | A J Arberry, 1996. 708 pp. | PDF (53MB)
Learning the Arabic of the Quran | Izzath Uroosa, 488 pp. | PDF (11.8MB)
Life of the Prophet Muhammad (4 Volumes) | Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya | Ibn Kathir | Volume 1 (PDF) | Volume 2 (PDF) | Volume 3 (PDF) | Volume 4 (PDF)
Methodology of Dawa in American Perspective | Shamim A Siddiqi, 1989. 141 pp. | PDF (370KB)
Milestones | Sayyid Qutb, 1964. 86 pp. | PDF (362KB)
Ninety-Nine Names of God in Islam | A Translation of the Major Portion of Al-Ghazali’s Al-Maqsad Al-Asna | Translated by Robert Charles Stade | Daystar Press, 1970. 66 pp. | PDF (2.5 MB)
Quranic Concept of War | General S K Malik, 1992. 155 pp. | PDF (2.8 MB)
The Sunnah and its Role in Islamic Legislation | Mustafa as-Siba’ee, 573 pp. | PDF (15.6MB)
Journal Articles
Author-Jurist and Legal Change in Traditional Islamic Law | Wael B Hallaq | Recht van de Islam 18 (2001) | PDF (1.5MB)
Constructing a Counterfeit History of Jerusalem | Daniel Pipes
Future of Dawah in North America | Larry Poston | American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Vol 8, No 3 (1991) | PDF (2.1MB)
Islamic Law: The Impact of Joseph Schacht | David F Forte | Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, January 1978, Vol 1, No 1 | PDF (2MB)
Muslim Claim to Jerusalem | Daniel Pipes | Middle East Quarterly, September 2001
Muslim Population in Europe 1950-2020 | Houssain Kettani | International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, June 2010, Vol 1, No 2 | PDF (378KB)
Primer to the Sunni-Shia Conflict | Philipp Holtman | Perspectives on Terrorism, February 2014, Vol 8, Is 1 | PDF (135KB)
Revealing and Concealing: Islamist Discourse on Human Rights | Robert Carle | Human Rights Review, April-June 2005. 16 pp. | PDF (1MB)
Roots of Muslim Rage | Bernard Lewis | The Atlantic, September 1990 | PDF (1MB)
Should Muslims Integrate Into the West? | Uriya Shavit | Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2007, Vol XIV, No 4
The Power of the Jama’a: The Role of Hasan al-Banna in Constructing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Collective Identity | Khalil al-Anani | Sociology of Islam, Vol. 1, No. 1-2, 2013. 36 pp. | PDF (478KB)
The West and the Middle East | Bernard Lewis | Foreign Affairs, January/February 1997, Vol 76, No 1 | PDF (922KB)
Reports
American Jihadist Terrorism: Combatting a Complex Threat | Jerome P Bjelopera | Congressional Research Service Report R-41416, January 23, 2013. 141 pp. | PDF (1.2MB)
Blasphemy Laws Exposed: The Consequences of Criminalizing Defamation of Religions | Human Rights First, March 2012. 36 pp. | PDF (290KB)
Civil Liability and Criminal Exposure for U.S. Financial Institutions and Businesses Engaged in Sharia-Compliant Finance | Center for Security Policy, 2008. 120 pp. | PDF (761KB)
From Dawa to Jihad: The Various Threats from Radical Islam to the Democratic Order | Dutch Ministry of Interior, December 2004. 60 pp. | PDF (677KB)
Future of the Global Muslim Population | Pew Research, January 2011
Future of the Global Muslim Population: Europe | Pew Research, January 2011
Guide to Wahhabi Organizations in North America | Jamaluddin Hoffman | Center for Policing Terrorism, July 2008 | PDF (292KB)
Homegrown Terrorists in the US and UK: An Empirical Examination of the Radicalization Process | Foundation for Defense of Democracies, April 2009. 69 pp. | PDF (4MB)
Islam and Politics in the New Egypt | Nathan J Brown | Carnegie Papers, April 2013. 34 pp. | PDF (566KB)
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites | Christopher Blanchard | Congressional Research Service, November 2010 | PDF (127KB)
Islamic Finance or Financing Islamism? | Alex Alexiev, Center for Security Policy, 2007. 17 pp. | PDF (121KB)
Jihad Trending: A Comprehensive Analysis of Online Extremism and How to Counter It | Ghaffar Hussein and Erin Marie Saltman | Quilliam Foundation, May 2014. 132 pp. | PDF (2.4MB)
Justification for Jihad: War and Revolution in Islam | Brek Batley | Strategic and Defense Studies Center, Australian National University | Working Paper No. 375, June 2003. 34 pp. | PDF (98KB)
Political and Legal Status of Apostates in Islam | Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, December 2013. 108 pp. | PDF (609KB)
Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat | New York City Police Department, 2007. 90 pp. | PDF (2.1MB)
Selected Classical Sources on Jihad | Law Offices of David Yerulshami, 2009. 6 pp. | PDF (28KB)
Sharia and Violence in American Mosques | Mordechai Kedar and David Yerulshami | Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2011 | PDF (360KB)
Sharia, Law and Financial Jihad: How Should America Respond? | McCormick Foundation and Center for Security Policy, 2008. 83pp. | PDF (350KB)
World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society | Pew Research, April 2013 | PewForum.org
Documents
Al-Qaeda Manual: Declaration of Jihad | PDF (1MB)
Muslim Brotherhood Planning Memo North America | PDF (2.1MB)
Islamic Sacred Texts
Quranic
Holy Quran with English Translation and Commentary | Maulana Muhammad Ali | 2002. 1256 pp. | Amazon.com
Koran Interpreted: A Translation | A J Arberry, 1996. 708 pp. | Amazon.com
Koran Interpreted: A Translation | A J Arberry, 1996. 708 pp. | PDF (53MB)
Meaning of Holy Quran | Marmaduke Pickthall, 2002. 209 pp. | PDF (709KB)
Online Searchable Koran | Translated by M H Shakir, 1983 | Online Book Initiative, University of Michigan
Quran in Arabic | PDF (4.1MB)
Quran Transliteration | PDF (1.6MB)
Other Koran Translations — Altafsir
Chronology of Revelation of Quran | PDF (114KB)
A Simple Koran | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam Publishing, 2006. 408 pp. | (Amazon.com)
Origins of the Koran: Classic Essays on Islam’s Holy Book | Ibn Warraq | Prometheus Books, 1998. 411 pp. | (Amazon.com)
Tafsir (Exegetical Commentary on the Quran)
Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas | (789 pp.) PDF (2.9MB)
Tafsir Ibn Kathir | All 10 Volumes in one PDF, 5,698 pp. | PDF (31.7MB)
Tafsir Ibn Kathir — Online Version
Tafsir al-Kashani | (459 pp.) PDF (4.2MB)
Other Commentaries on the Quran
A Word for Word Meaning of the Quran (3 Volumes) | Muhammad Mohar Ali, 2003 | Volume 1—Suras 1-11 (740 pp.) PDF (71.5MB) | Volume 2—Suras 12-35 (705 pp.) PDF (66.3MB) | Volume 3—Suras 36-114 (703 pp.) PDF (66.7MB)
In the Shade of the Quran (18 Volumes) | Sayyid Qutb | Volume 1—Suras 1-2 (420 pp.) PDF (1.9MB) | Volume 2—Sura 3 (297 pp.) PDF (1.4MB) | Volume 3—Sura 4 (355 pp.) PDF (1.6MB) | Volume 4—Sura 5 (255 pp.) PDF (1.2MB) | Volume 5—Sura 6 (327 pp.) PDF (1.6MB) | Volume 6—Sura 7 (275 pp.) PDF (1.4MB) | Volume 7—Sura 8 (188 pp.) PDF (1.1MB) | Volume 8—Sura 9 (256 pp.) PDF (1.3MB) | Volume 9—Suras 10-11 (279 pp.) PDF (1.4MB) | Volume 10—Suras 12-15 (302 pp.) PDF (1.5MB) | Volume 11—Suras 16-20 (375 pp.) PDF (1.4MB) | Volume 12—Suras 21-25 (354 pp.) PDF (1.7MB) | Volume 13—Suras 26-32 (38 pp.) PDF (1.7MB) | Volume 14—Suras 33-39 (374 pp.) PDF (1.8MB) | Volume 15—Suras 40-47 (431 pp.) PDF (68.2MB) | Volume 16—Suras 48-61 (489 pp.) PDF (80.5MB) | Volume 17—Suras 62-77 (426 pp.) PDF (67.5MB) | Volume 18—Suras 78-114 (308 pp.) PDF (1.4MB)
Tafsir 85: A Commentary on Sura al-Buruj | Bilal Philips | PDF (2.3MB)
The Clear Quranic Exegesis | Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf, 307 pp. | PDF (2.6MB)
The Meaning of the Glorious Quran: Text, Translation and Commentary | Abdullah Yusuf Ali, 466 pp | PDF (9.4MB)
The Spiritual Cure: An Explanation to Surah al-Fatihah (A summary of numerous classical commentaries of the Quran) | Abu Rumaysa | PDF (20.8MB)
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Quran | Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan | King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran, 978 pp. | PDF (29.5MB)
Hadith (Narration of Words and Deeds of Mohammed)
Sahih al-Bukhari (9 Volumes) | Volume 1 (481 pp.) PDF (9.0MB) | Volume 2 (467 pp.) PDF (8.6MB) | Volume 3 (541 pp.) PDF (10MB) | Volume 4 (507 pp) PDF (9.5MB) | Volume 5 (457 pp.) PDF (8.9MB) | Volume 6 (461 pp.) PDF (8.3MB) | Volume 7 (449 pp.) PDF (8.9MB) | Volume 8 (449 pp.) PDF (8.1MB) | Volume 9 (481 pp.) PDF (8.7MB)
Summarized Sahih al-Bukhari | Arabic-English, 1097 pp. | PDF (44.8MB)
Sahih al-Bukhari — Online Version | Translation of the Meanings of Sahi al-Bukhari: Arabic-English | Kazi Publications, 1995. 1,100 pp. | Amazon.com
Sahih Muslim (7 Volumes) | Volume 1 (625 pp.) PDF (9.7MB) | Volume 2 (511 pp.) PDF (8.0MB) | Volume 3 (543 pp.) PDF | Volume 4 (513 pp.) PDF (7.5MB) | Volume 5 (521 pp.) PDF (8.0MB) | Volume 6 (504 pp.) PDF (7.6MB) | Volume 7 (545 pp.) PDF (8.4MB)
Sunan Abu Dawud (5 Volumes) | Volume 1 (670 pp.) PDF (11.7MB) | Volume 2 (569 pp.) PDF (9.9MB) | Volume 3 (627 pp.) PDF (10.6MB) | Volume 4 (545 pp.) PDF (9.4MB) | Volume 5 (600 pp.) PDF (9.8MB)
Sunan an-Nasa’i (6 Volumes) | Volume 1 (519 pp.) PDF (14.6MB) | Volume 2 (553 pp.) PDF (15.9MB) | Volume 3 (637 pp.) PDF (18.5MB) | Volume 4 (508 pp.) PDF (14.9MB) | Volume 5 (500 pp.) PDF (14.8MB) | Volume 6 (491 pp.) PDF (15.2MB)
Sunan Ibn Majah (5 Volumes) | Volume 1 (518 pp.) PDF (17.6MB) | Volume 2 (543 pp.) PDF (19.0MB) | Volume 3 (561 pp.) PDF (19.1MB) | Volume 4 (513 pp.) PDF (17.6MB) | Volume 5 (537 pp.) PDF (18.8MB)
Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (3 Volumes) | Volume 1 (626 pp.) PDF (11.6MB) | Volume 2 (620 pp.) PDF (10.7MB) | Volume 3 (606 pp.) PDF (11.4MB)
Jami at-Tirmidhi (6 Volumes) | Volume 1 (539 pp.) PDF (10.1MB) | Volume 2 (576 pp.) PDF (10.6MB) | Volume 3 (571 pp.) PDF (10.5MB) | Volume 4 (580 pp.) PDF (10.6MB) | Volume 5 (589 pp.) PDF (11.0MB) | Volume 6 (652 pp.) PDF (11.5MB)
Introduction to the Science of the Hadith | Ibn al-Salah al-Shahrazuri | PDF (20.0MB)
Sirah Rasul Allah (Biography of Mohammed)
Earliest Biography of Mohammed by Ibn Ishaq — Online Abridged Version
Life of Mohammed: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah | A Guillaume | Oxford University Press, 2002. 860 pp. | Amazon.com
Life of the Prophet Mohammed: Al-Sira al Nabawiyya by Ibn Kathir (4 Volumes) | Volume 1 (421 pp.) PDF (16.8MB) | Volume 2 (416 pp.) PDF (16.7MB) | Volume 3 (543 pp.) PDF (21.2MB) | Volume 4 (568 pp.) PDF (27.9MB)
Noble Life of the Prophet | Dr Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi, 2025 pp. | PDF (43.8MB)
Islamic Sharia Law
Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law | Hu Na Mim Keller | Amana Corporation, 1997. 1,232 pp. | Amazon.com
Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence | Mohammad Hashim Kamali | Islamic Texts Society, 2005. 550 pp. | Amazon.com
Sharia Law: An Introduction | Mohammad Hashim Kamali | Oneworld Publications, 2008. 352 pp. | Amazon.com
Sharia Law: An Introduction | Mohammad Hashim Kamali | Oneworld Publications, 2008. 352 pp. | PDF (2.7MB)
Distinguished Jurist’s Primer: Volume 1 | Ibn Rushd (Averroes) | Great Books of Islamic Civilization, 2000. 560 pp. | PDF (36.9MB)
Distinguished Jurist’s Primer: Volume 2 | Ibn Rushd (Averroes) | Great Books of Islamic Civilization, 2000. 576 pp. | PDF (37.2MB)
Islamic Sharia Law: Based on Quran, Sunnah and Ijtihaad | 2006. 572 pp. | PDF (4.7MB)
Sharia Law for Non-Muslims | Bill Warner | Center for the Study of Political Islam, 2010. 48 pp. | Amazon.com
Sharia: Theory, Practice, Transformations | Wael B Hallaq | Cambridge University Press, 2009. 626 pp. | Amazon.com
A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni Usul al-Fiqh | Wael B Hallaq | Cambridge University Press, 1999. 306 pp. | Amazon.com
Laws of Islamic Governance (Al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah | Abu’l Hassan al-Marwardi (d. 1058 AD) | PDF (6.0MB)
Man-Made Laws versus Sharia: Ruling by Law Other than What Allah Revealed | Abdur Rahmaan ibn Salih al-Mahmood | International Islamic Publishing House, 2003. 387 pp. | PDF (8.7MB)
Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence (Al-Risala fi Usul al-Fiqh) | Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi’i | The Islamic Texts Society, 1961. 393 pp. | PDF (10.3MB)
Islamic Finance
Art of Islamic Banking and Finance: Tools & Techniques for Community-Based Banking | Yahia Abdul-Rahman | John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2010. 435 pp. | PDF (2.8MB)
Basic Guide to Contemporary Islamic Banking and Finance | Mahmoud Amin el-Gamal | Rice University, 2000. 49 pp. | PDF (317KB)
Developments in Islamic Banking: The Case of Pakistan | M Monsoor Khan and M Ishaq Bhatti | Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. 291 pp. | PDF (924KB)
Handbook of Islamic Banking | M Kabir Hassan and Mervyn K Lewis, eds. | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007. 462 pp. | PDF (1.9MB)
Introduction to Islamic Finance | Muhammad Taqi Usmani, 1998. 169 pp. | PDF (840KB)
Islamic Banking and Finance in Southeast Asia: Its Development and Future | Angelo M Venardos, 2005. 266 pp. | PDF (940KB)
Islamic Economics and Finance: A Glossary (2nd Edition) | Muhammad Akram Khan | Routledge, 2003. 208 pp. | PDF (723KB)
Islamic Finance: Law, Economics and Practice | Mahmoud A el-Gamal | Cambridge University Press, 2006. 241 pp. | PDF (1.4MB)
Islamic Finance: Principles and Practice | Hans Visser | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009. 197 pp. | PDF (4.5MB)
Islamic Financial Services | Mohammed Obaidullah | Islamic Economics Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Riyadh, 2005. 270 pp. | PDF (3.7MB)
Islamic View on Money and its Implication for Financial Instruments | Mohd Noor Omar | ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2011. 8 pp. | PDF (144KB)
Maqasid al-Sharia and Islamic Financial Products: A Framework for Assessment | Habib Ahmed | ISRA Interational Journal of Islamic Finance, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2011. 12 pp. | PDF (130KB)
Meezan Bank’s Guide to Islamic Banking | Muhammad Imran Ashraf Usmani, 120 pp. | PDF (766KB)
Objectives of the Sharia and its Implications for Islamic Finance | International Sharia Research Academy for Islamic Finance, Research Paper No. 20/2011. 38 pp. | PDF (725KB)
Principles of Islamic Financing: A Survey | Monzer Kahf and Tariqullah Khan | Islamic Development Bank, 1988. 46 pp. | PDF (414KB)
Understanding Islamic Finance | Muhammad Ayub | John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2007. 544 pp. | PDF (3.3MB)
Islamic Eschatology
Book of the End: Great Trials and Tribulations | Al-Hafiz Ibn Katheer Dimashqi, 749 pp. | PDF (22.5MB)
Dajjal: The False Messiah | Ibn Katheer, 51 pp. | PDF (24.3MB)
Dajjal: The Judeo-Christian Civilization | Mohammad Bayazeed Khan Panni | Tawheed Prokashan, 2009. 150 pp. | PDF (980KB)
End of the World: Major and Minor Signs of the Hour | Shaikh Muhammad Al-Areefi, 424 pp. | PDF (119 MB)
End of Times and the Mahdi | Harun Yahya, 2003. 138 pp. | PDF (2.4MB)
Messianism and Islam | Riffat Hassan, 31 pp. | PDF (4.2MB)
Islamic History
Commanders of the Muslim Army | Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar, 396 pp. | PDF (3.2MB)
Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism and Slavery | M A Khan, 2008. 295 pp. | PDF (2.8MB)
Biographies of Caliphs
Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq (632-634) | Dr Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi, 2001. 773 pp. | PDF (19.1MB)
Umar ibn al-Khattab (634-644) (2 Volumes) | Dr Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi, 2001. | Volume 1 (543 pp.) PDF (13.9MB) | Volume 2 (432 pp.) PDF (11.3MB)
Uthman ibn Affan (644-656) | Dr Ali Muhammad as-Sallabi, 626 pp. | PDF (16.5MB)
Ali ibn Abi Talib (656-661) (2 Volumes) | Dr Ali M Sallabi, 2010 | Volume 1 (634 pp.) PDF (16.2MB) | Volume 2 (663 pp.) PDF (16.8MB)
Christian Perspectives on Islam
Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross | Norman Geisler and Abdul Saleeb | Baker Books, 2002. 368 pp. | Amazon.com
Calvin on Islam | Francis Nigel Lee | Queensland Presbyterian Theological College, 2000. 24 pp | PDF (116 KB)
Chrislam: How Missionaries are Promoting an Islamized Gospel | Joshua Lingel | i2 Ministries Publishing, 2012. 345 pp. | Amazon.com
Christianity, Islam and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West | William Kilpatrick | Ignatius Press, 2012. 330 pp. | Amazon.com
Christ in Islam and Christianity: A Comparative Study | John Gilchrist | Answering-Islam.org
Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent: An Informed Response to Islam’s War with Christianity | Erwin Lutzer | Harvest House Publishers, 2013. 256 pp. | Amazon.com
Dark Side of Islam |R C Sproul and Abdul Saleeb | Crossway Books, 2003. 19 pp. | PDF (83KB)
Evaluation of Muslim Dreams and Visions of Isa | Dennis McBride, July 2010. 19 pp | PDF (231KB)
Gospel for Muslims | Thabiti Anyabwile | Moody Publishers, 2010. 176 pp. | Amazon.com
Islam vs Grace | PDF (66KB)
Jesus, Jihad and Peace: What Bible Prophecy Says About World Events Today | Michael Youssef | Worthy Publishing, 2015, 256 pp. | Amazon.com
Jihad in Islam: Is Islam Peaceful or Militant? An Initial Christian Response | Ernest Hahn | (PDF (90KB)
Mideast Beast: The Scriptural Case for an Islamic Antichrist | Joel Richardson | WND Books, 2012, 283 pp. | Amazon.com
Reasoning from the Scriptures with Muslims | Ron Rhodes | Harvest House Publishers, 2002. 352 pp. | Amazon.com
Two Messiahs: The Jesus of Christianity and the Jesus of Islam | Jeffrey Jay Morton | InterVarsity Press, 2011. 163 pp. | Amazon.com
What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Qur’an | James R White | Bethany House Publishers, 2013. 320 pp. | Amazon.com
Which God? Jesus, Holy Spirit, God in Christianity and Islam | Mark Durie | Deror Publications, 2013. 188 pp. | Amazon.com
Videos and Documentaries
Deception in Political Islam | Bill Warner, 2014 | YouTube (5m37s)
Islam: What the West Needs to Know | Robert Spencer, 2007 | DVD (98 min)
Islamic Crusades Video Series | Occidental Soapbox, 2008 | YouTube (70 min)
Jihad in America | Steve Emerson | Investigative Project on Terrorism, 2012 | DVD (70 min)
Muslim Agenda—Full Movie Documentary | NBT Films, 2013 | YouTube (1h55m)
Muslim Brotherhood in America, Volume 1 | Frank Gaffney | Center for Security Policy, 2012 | DVD (78 min)
Muslim Brotherhood in America, Volume 2 | Frank Gaffney | Center for Security Policy, 2012 | DVD (91 min)
Muslim Brotherhood in America, Volume 3 | Frank Gaffney | Center for Security Policy, 2012 | DVD (90 min)
Muslim Brotherhood in America, Volume 4 | Frank Gaffney | Center for Security Policy, 2012 | DVD (245 min)
Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West | Clarion Fund, 2007 | DVD (77min)
Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America | Clarion Fund, 2008 | DVD (72 min)
Links to Other Sites
Answering Muslims | David Wood
Brother Pete Islam-Christian Forum
Christian Response to Muslim Debate
Current Trends in Islamist Ideology
Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Watch
Investigative Project on Terrorism | Steve Emerson
Islam: Governing Under Sharia | Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder
Jihadica | Documenting the Global Jihad
Jihadology | Aaron Zelin
Koran Online | University of Michigan
Long War Journal | Bill Roggio
Middle East Media Research Institute
Muslim Brotherhood’s Official English Website
Political Islam | Bill Warner
