Interested in books about Islam, Islamic history, and Islam & politics? Dr. Jonathan Brown offers some book recommendations for you to consider while at home. Reading List: The Message of the Qur’an by Muhammad Asad The Road to Mecca by… Read More ›
Books
A new book by Dr Tim Winter! ‘Travelling Home: Essays on Islam in Europe’
Tim (Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad) is the only Muslim I know personally who talks sense about Islam and being Muslim in the West. But he is the lone exception rather than the rule. Most Muslims I know do a great… Read More ›
St. Paul and Islam: A Contemporary Perspective
This is a review of the new commentary on Paul’s letter to the Galatians by Dr Shabbir Akhtar of Oxford University. As far as I am aware no Muslim has ever written a commentary on any of Paul’s letters. I… Read More ›
My Recommended Reading List: Islam. What would you recommend?
I have chosen this selection from books I have read over the years. Beginners: Abdel Haleem, trans. The Qurʼan (New York: Oxford UP, 2005). Laurence Brown, The First and Final Commandment, A search for truth in revelation within the Abrahamic religions (Amana publications, 2004)…. Read More ›