Islam Reference List

• Islam Book List
  • Islam: Introduction
  • Qur’an Translations and Exegesis
  • Prophet Muhammad’s Biography
  • Islam in America
  • Islam and Gender Relations
  • Islamophobia
  • Islam and the Abrahamic Faiths
  • Islam, History and Society
  • Islam: Conflict and Reform in the Modern World
• Political Islam Book List
• US Foreign Policy and the Muslim World Book List
• Book List on Palestine Issue
• Useful Websites on Islam and Muslims
• Focus Article on Islam and Muslims
• Articles on Islamic Jurisprudence
• Books on Islamic Jurisprudence
• Useful Websites on US Foreign Policy
• Useful Websites on Palestine Issue
• Other Websites on World Issues
• Authors/Journalists
• Muslim Scholars
• A Video on the Hajj
• CAIRtv

Islam Book List

Islam: Introduction

1. Islam the Straight Path by John Esposito
2. Islam the Alternative by Murad Hofmann
3. No god but God by Reza Aslan
4. Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton
5. Eyewitness: Islam by Philip Wilkinson
6. The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
7. Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
8. Islam: A Short History By Karen Armstrong
9. What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam by John Esposito

Qur’an Translations and Exegesis

1. The Qur’an (Oxford World’s Classics) Translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
2. The Message of the Quran Translation by Muhammad Asad
3. The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an by Abdallah Yusuf Ali
4. The Qur’an: A New Translation by Tarif Khalidi
5. The Sublime Qur’an by Laleh Bakhtiar
6. The Glorious Qur’an by Marmaduke Pickhall
7. The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid Mattson
8. Approaching the Qur’an: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells
9. Major Themes of the Qur’an by Fazlur Rahman

Prophet Muhammad’s Biography

1. In the Footsteps of the Prophet by Tariq Ramadan
2. The Life of Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings
3. Muhammad: Critical Lives Series by Yahiya Emerick
4. Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong
5. Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters by Omid Safi

Islam in America 

1. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood vilifies a people by Jack Shaheen
2. Silent No More: Confronting America’s False Image of Islam by Paul Findley
3. Muslims in American History: A Forgotten Legacy by Jerald Dirks
4. American Crescent: A Muslim Cleric on the Power of His Faith, the Struggle Against Prejudice, and the Future of Islam and America by Hassan Qazwini, Brad Crawford
5. American Muslims by Dr. M. A. Muqtedar Khan

Islam and Gender Relations 

1. Qur’an and Woman by Amina Wadud
2. Believing Women in Islam by Asma Barlas

Islamophobia 

1. Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy by Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg
2. Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism: Causes and Remedies by Mohamed Nimer
3. Is there an Islamic Problem? by M. S. Alam
4. Challenging the New Orientalism: Dissenting Essays on the “War Against Islam” by M. Shahid Alam

Islam and the Abrahamic Faiths 

1. The Cross and the Crescent by Jerald F. Dirks
2. More in Common Than You Think by Bill Baker
3. The Mysteries of Jesus by Ruqayyah Waris Maqsood
4. Understanding Islam: A Guide for the Judaeo-Christian Reader by Jerald Dirks
5. The Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, And Islam Similarities & Contrasts by Jerald Dirks
6. Abraham: The Friend of God by Jerald Dirks

Islam, History and Society 

1. Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology) by George Saliba
2. The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain by Maria Rosa Menocal
3. Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists by Michael H. Morgan
4. Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence in the Middle East by Zachary Karabell
5. God’s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis
6. The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In by Hugh Kennedy
7. Jews and Arabs: A Concise History of Their Social and Cultural Relations by S.D. Goitein
8. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin Maalouf
9. Saladin: All-Powerful Sultan and the Uniter of Islam by Stanley Lane-Poole

Islam: Conflict and Reform in the Modern World

1. Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
2. Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation by Tariq Ramadan
3. Islam and Global Dialogue: Religious Pluralism and the Pursuit of Peace by Roger Boase
4. Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity by Tariq Ramadan
5. Postmodernism and Islam by Akbar S. Ahmed
6. Islam under Seige by Akbar S. Ahmed
7. Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization by Akbar Ahmed
8. The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl

Political Islam Book List

1. The Future of Political Islam by Graham E. Fuller
2. The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism by Abdulaziz Sachedina
3. The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Muslim World by Mohammed Ayoob
4. Islam and the Challenge of Democracy by Khaled Abou El Fadl
5. Islam and Democracy by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll
6. Reason, Freedom, and Democracy in Islam: Essential Writings of Abdolkarim Soroush by Abdolkarim Soroush
7. Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty by Ali Gheissari, Vali Nasr
8. Islamism, Democracy and Liberalism in Turkey: The Case of the AKP by William Hale, Ergun Ozbudun

US Foreign Policy and the Muslim World Book List

1. Good Muslim Bad Muslim: America, The Cold War and the Roots of Terror by Mahmoud Mamdani
2. Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert Pape
3. Tinderbox by Stephen Zunes
4. Blood and Oil: The dangers and consequences of America’s growing dependence on imported petroleum by Michael T. Klare
5. American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips
6. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
7. On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Consequences of American Conquest and Carnage by Ward Churchill
8. Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East by Rashid Khalidi
9. Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy by Noam Chomsky
10. Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer
11. Orientalism by Edward Said
12. Culture and Imperialism by Edward Said
13. The Question of Palestine by Edward Said
14. Sacred Space And Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi’ite Islam by Juan R. Cole
15. The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
16. Freedom Next Time by John Pilger
17. War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death by Norman Solomon
18. Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam by Robert Dreyfuss
19. Poverty From the Wealth of Nations by M. Shahid Alam
20. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America by Chris Hedges
21. Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky
22. Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by Chalmers Johnson
23. The Case for Islamo-christian Civilization by Richard W. Bulliet
24. America’s “War on Terrorism” by Michel Chossudovsky
25. All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer
26. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
27. Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer
28. The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America by Peter Dale Scott
29. Challenging Christian Zionism – edited by Naim Ateek, Cedar Duaybis and Maurine Tobin
30. The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
31. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt
32. The Host and the Parasite – How Israel’s Fifth Column Consumed America by Greg Felton
33. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times by Margaret K. Nydell
34. A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship by Ron Paul
35. Charlie Wilson’s War by George Crile
36. How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror by Reza Aslan
37. America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests? by Fawaz A. Gerges

Book List on Palestine Issue

1. The Question of Palestine by Edward Said
2. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt
3. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
4. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
5. Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi
6. A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples by Ilan Pappe
7. Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, New and Revised Edition by Norman G. Finkelstein
8. The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi
9. Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History by Norman G. Finkelstein
10. An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel by Jeff Halper
11. Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation by Michael Lerner
12. Palestine and the Palestinians: A Social and Political History by Samih K. Farsoun and Naseer Aruri
13. The Israel/Palestine Question (Rewriting Histories) by Ilan Pappe
14. Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy by Kathleen Christison
15. The Road Map to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine Since 2003 by Tanya Reinhart
16. The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A Personal Account of the Intifada Years by Norman G. Finkelstein
17. Israel-Palestine on Record: How the New York Times Misreports Conflict in the Middle East by Howard Friel and Richard Falk
18. Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory (The Cultures of History) by Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod
19. Inside Israel-Palestine: The Conflict Explained by Phyllis Bennis
20. Peace Under Fire: Israel, Palestine, and the International Solidarity Movement by Josie Sandercock

Useful Websites on Islam and Muslims

1. Explore the Qur’an
2. Explore the Life of Muhammad
3. The American Muslim
4. Muslim Heritage
5. 1001 Inventions
6. Tariq Ramadan’s website
7. Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
8. Islam in America
9. International Forum for Islamic Dialogue
10. Ijtihad site by Muqtedar Khan
11. GlocalEye site by Muqtedar Khan
12. Nawawi Foundation
13. Golden Age of Spain
14. Minaret of Freedom Institute
15. Islamica Magazine
16. Louay Safi’s website
17. Ingrid Mattson’s online writings
18. Dr. M. Shahid Alam’s online writings
19. Insight
20. Qur’anic Themes
21. The Radical Middle Way
22. Discover Islam
23. Muslim Women’s Studies
24. Muslim Heritage Images
25. A Common Word
26. Islamic Philosophy Online
27. Islamic Spain
28. Compendium of Muslim Texts

Focus Article on Islam and Muslims

1. Blaming Islam: Examining the Religion Building Enterprise by Louay Safi
2. Discovering (not uncovering) the Spirituality of Muslim Women (pdf) by Ingrid Mattson
3. US Government and American Muslims Engage to Define Islamophobia
4. The Orphans of Modernity and the Clash of Civilizations by Khaled Abou El-Fadl
5. Islam and the Theology of Power by Khaled Abou El-Fadl
6. The Place of Tolerance in Islam: On Reading the Qur’an – and Misreading It by Khaled Abou El-Fadl
7. Freedom of Religion in Christian, Buddhist, Sunni, and Shi’a Jurisprudence
8. That Muslims and Jews Coexist is Not an Option – it is an Imperative
9. Themes from the Holy Quran Seen Through Native American Eyes
10. Politics, Not Faith, Behind Shia-Sunni Divide in Iraq
11. Global Poll Finds that Religion and Culture are Not to Blame for Tensions between Islam and the West
12. Islamic Democracies: The question is, does the United States really want them to exist?
13. Civilizations in Crisis: Confrontation or Peaceful Engagement? Part I
14. Civilizations in Crisis: Confrontation or Peaceful Engagement? Part II
15. A Secret History
16. Jurisprudence: The Ultimate Arena for Existential Clash or Cooperation Within and Among Civilization
17. Islamophobia: A Call to Confronting a Creeping Disease
18. Respect in Islam for Followers of the Abrahamic Faiths
19. Balancing the Prophet by Karen Armstrong
20. Why I am not a moderate Muslim by Asma Khalid
21. Compassionate Justice: Source of Convergence between Science and Religion, by Dr. Robert Dickson Crane: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
22. Muslim Scholars Speak Out On Jihad, Apostasy and Women (pdf) by Tariq Ramadan
23. Islam Today: The Need to Explore Its Complexities
24. Respect in Islam for Followers of the Abrahamic Faiths by Dr. Robert D. Crane
25. Remarks to Islamic Society of North America by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President
26. A Secret History by Carla Power
27. Apostasy and Religious Freedom by Louay Safi
28. Islam and the Secular State by Louay Safi
29. A Common Word between Us and You
30. Judeo-Christo-Fascism Awareness Week Comes to American Campuses! by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
31. Radical Reform: Ethics and Liberation (Two Excerpts from Tariq Ramadan’s Forthcoming Book)
32. Peace and the Limits of War: Transcending Classical Conception of Jihad by Louay M. Safi
33. BOOK REVIEW: Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers and Artists by David Shasha
34. The Question of Scriptural Sources by Tariq Ramadan
35. Loving God and Neighbor Together: A Christian Response to A Common Word Between Us and You (pdf)
36. Islamic Law and Society American Journal Of Islamic Social Sciences
37. Hajj, Saudi Arabia, Rape, & Prayer: A Muslim Feminist Outcry by Khalilah Sabra
38. Address to the Union for Reform Judaism Biennial (pdf) by Ingrid Mattson
39. Beyond the Burka by Lorraine Adams
40. One God Many Names (pdf) by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
41. Reading the Koran by Tariq Ramadan
42. Islam and the Cultural Imperative by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
43. Mercy: The Stamp of Creation by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
44. Non Violence, Violence, Peace, Justice and Change in Islam by Dr. Muqtedar Khan
45. A World Without Islam by Graham H. Fuller
46. The Islamic State: A Conceptual Framework by Louay Safi
47. Innovation and Creativity in Islam by Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
48. Peace through Faith-Based Justice in the Holy Land by Dr. Robert D. Crane
49. Why Shariah? by Noah Feldman
50. Islamophobia and Arabophobia: Laying The Groundwork – Us vs. Them by Sheila Musaji
51. Sheikh Zayed Great Mosque in Abu Dhabi: Islamic Architecture in the 21st Century by Rabah Saoud
52. The War on (Euphemism) by Khody Akhavi
53. An Islamless World by Martin E. Marty
54. Transcendent Law: Toward a New Paradigm of Civilizations by Dr. Robert D. Crane
55. The Watch List throught the prism of Global War on Terrorism by Ahmad Al-Akhras
56. The Decline in America’s Reputation: Why? by the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
57. Muslims are reaching out. We should reach back by Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill
58. Islam Got It First by Mary Carmichael
59. The Last Patriot: Islamophobia Triumphant in an Islamic da Vinci Code by Dr. Robert D. Crane
60. The FBI’s Plan to Profile Muslims by Juan Cole
61. Islam Is a Religion, Not a Political Agenda Interview with Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari
62. The Soul of Young Muslim Folk by Justin Jouvenal
63. Can A Good Christian be a Good American? by Sheila Musaji
64. The Anti-Muslim Smear Machine Strikes Again? by Isabel Macdonald
65. Why Not Voting May Be a Sin For Muslims by Abdul Malik Mujahid
66. Changing Course: A New Direction for relationship with the Muslim World
67. Islamic Politics, Muslim Militancy and ‘Jihadist’ Movements by Maulana Waris Mazhari
68. Rebutting Obsession by Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak, Eli Clifton, Jane Hunter and Robin Podolsky
69. Institutionalized Contempt for Islam, How Do We Tackle It: A Riposte by Dr. Robert D. Crane
70. Statement on Gaza by Professor Larry Davidson
71. Gaza & Beyond: What’s the Alternative? by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
72. Zionism and the Attack on Jewish Values (doc) by Lawrence Davidson
73. Media’s Self-Censorship Abets Gaza Atrocities by Ahmed Rehab
74. Does Israeli Intelligence Lie? by Ira Chernus
75. No place for political Islam? (pdf) an interview with Shadi Hamid
76. Muslim in America: a ‘voyage of discovery’
77. The Issue of Riba in Islamic Faith and Law by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
78. An Appreciation of Islam: Q&A with Rabbi Reuven Firestone
79. Perception Management: Source of the Eternal Conflict between Good and Evil by Dr. Robert D. Crane
80. An Appreciation of Islam: Q&A with Rabbi Reuven Firestone by Brad A. Greenberg
81. Jihad Against The Abuse Of Jihad by Abukar Arman
82. A Real Interfaith Challenge by Rabbi Marc Schneier
83. Exploring Both Sides of the Gender Divide by Asma T. Uddin
84. Religious Tribalism: A Major Obstacle to Peace through Justice by Dr. Robert D. Crane
85. Islam Challenges Our Ability to Make Distinctions by Kersten Knipp
86. No time to lose in pursuit of a two-state solution by King Abdullah II
87. Enemies no more: the power of sustained dialogue by Saliba Sarsar
88. The Paradox of Israel’s pursuit of might by Max Hastings
89. Religion is part of the solution in Middle East by Ben Mollov
90. What is and isn’t Islam? by Nikolaos van Dam
91. The Dawn Begins with a Single Ray of Light to Illuminate the Darkness by Dr. Robert D. Crane
92. Analyzing Obama’s Speech to the Muslim World by Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
93. Muslim women: no back doors, no back seats by Seema Jilani
94. Study on Islam and the West – Mutual Anxiety Review by Mona Naggar
95. Happy Birthday America: How Exceptional Are You? by Olga Bonfiglio
96. The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women by Jimmy Carter
97. Rafsanjani’s Steps to Resolve Iran’s Crisis by Juan Cole
98. Islamic tradition and religious pluralism by Maher Y. Abu-Munshar
99. The Next Wave in Civil Rights Heroes by Yara Souza
100. Religious pluralism in today’s Muslim World by Asma T. Uddin
101. Lessons from early American conversations with Islam by Mokhtar Ghambou
102. Health Care: The New Ground Zero by Dr. Robert D. Crane
103. Ramadan starts a spiritual cycle in which we draw closer to God and family by John Esposito
104. The United States and Political Islam: The Dialectic of Hegemony and Resistance by Mohammed Ayoob
105. De-mystifying the Middle East by by Jennifer Hayes
106. Gender: The focal point of cross-cultural diaglogue by Asma T. Uddin
107. Bent on Confusing the Public about Islam: The Far Right Exploits Rifqa Bary’s Case to Distort Islam by Louay Safi
108. Islam, Israel and the United States by Sheikh Ali Gomaa
109. The confluence of civilisations by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
110. Charter puts a new face on the Golden Rule by Karen Armstrong and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
111. Faith or Trauma: Questioning the Motivation of the Fort Hood Shooter
     by Louise A. Cainkar
112. “To Bigotry No Sanction” by Rabbi Arthur Waskow
113. What do a billion Muslims think? by Sara Reef and Zeeshan Suhail
114. Swiss choose fear over freedom by Asma T. Uddin
115. Islam, in service to our country by Helen Gerhardt
116. Of bells and minarets by René Guitton
117. Muslim Americans and US law enforcement: not enemies, but vital partners by Alejandro J. Beutel
118. Muslim religious guides only men? Think again by Moha Ennaji
119. Message from ISNA president on the Haitian Earthquake by Dr. Ingrid Mattson
120. How U.S. can keep its Muslims moderate (pdf) by David Schanzer
121. Why They Hate Us (I): on military occupation by Stephen M. Walt
122. Muslims helping Haiti by Wajahat Ali
123. Homegrown Radicals: Complacency is not an Option by Parvez Ahmed
124. What would Muhammad do? by Asma Uddin
125. Another red scare? by Sahar Aziz
126. Rashad Hussain, a Muslim and new U.S. envoy, is bridge between two worlds by Scott Wilson
127. The Natural Law of Compassionate Justice: A Missing Dimension of Religion in the Public Square by Dr. Robert Dickson Crane
128. The Essence of Islam: Truth, Love, and Justice: Part I by Dr. Robert D. Crane
129. Ensnared by Error on Growing U.S. Watch List by Mike McIntire
130. Islam’s role in an ethical society by Tariq Ramadan
131. Covering Muslims in America by Joyce Davis
132. Rearrange Your Head by Haroon Moghul
133. Consequences of Muslims Targeting Civilians by Imam Zaid Shakir
134. How Not to Deal with Muslims in America by Stephan Salisbury
135. Painting the true picture of America by Craig Considine

Articles on Islamic Jurisprudence

1. Islamic Law and Society by Dr. Louay Safi
2. Source Methodology in Islamic Jurisprudence
3. The Islamic State: A Conceptual Framework by Dr. Louay Safi
4. Free Markets of Islamic Jurisprudence (pdf)
5. Woman Half the Man: Crisis in Islamic Jurisprudence by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
6. Islamic Jurisprudence: Challenge and Response by Dr. Robert Crane
7. The Challenge to Islamic Jurisprudence by Dr. Robert Crane
8. Early Muslim Legal Philosophy: Identity and Difference in Islamic Jurisprudence
9. Overview of the different Schools of Jurisprudence and Theology
10. Overview of World Religions
11. Basics of Islamic Law (pdf)
12. Islamic Rulings on Warfare (pdf)

Books on Islamic Jurisprudence

1. Source Methodology in Islamic Jurisprudence
2. Islamic Law: Theory and Interpretation by Michael Mumisa
3. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence by Mohammad Hashim Kamali
4. Principles of Islamic Law: According to Shi’i Law by Hamid Algar
5. Hadith Literature, Its Origins, Development & Special Features by Muhammad Zubayr Siddiqi
6. Shatibi’s Philosophy of Islamic Law by Muhammad Khalid Masud
7. Imam Shatibi’s theory of Higher Objectives and Intents of Islamic Law by Ahmed Al-Raysuni
8. Theories of Islamic Law: The Methodology of Ijtihad by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee
9. Speaking in God’s Name: Islam Authority and Women by Khaled Abou El-Fadl
10. The Spirit of Islamic Law by Bernard G Weiss
11. The Origins and Development of Islamic Law by Wael Hallaq
12. A History of Islamic Legal Theories: An Introduction to Sunni Usul-AlFiqh by Wael Hallaq
13. Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law by Wael Hallaq
14. The Formation of Islamic Law by Wael Hallaq

Useful Websites on US Foreign Policy

1. Foreign Policy in Focus
2. Institute for Policy Studies
3. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
4. Yale History Site
5. Just Foreign Policy
6. US-Muslim Engagement Project

Useful Websites on Palestine Issue

1. If Americans Knew
2. The Electronic Intifada
3. US Campaign to End the Occupation
4. Trans-Arab Research Institute
5. The American Task Force on Palestine
6. Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
7. The Jerusalem Fund
8. The Palestine Chronicle
9. American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights
10. Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
11. Sabeel, Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
12. The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group

Other Websites on World Issues

1. Common Dreams
2. Counterpunch
3. George Monbiot, Journalist
4. Truthout
5. Robert Fisk, Journalist
6. Tom Paine Common Sense
7. Informed Comment
8. Ira Chernus’s online writings
9. Norman Soloman’s online writings
10. World Public Opinion
11. The Shalom Center

Authors/Journalists

1. Robert Fisk
2. Juan R. Cole
3. Robert Jensen
4. Howard Zinn
5. Noam Chomsky
6. Stephen Zunes
7. Ira Chernus
8. Alexander Cockburn
9. George Monbiot
10. Norman Solomon
11. Ali Abunimah
12. Ray McGovern
13. Robert Dickson Crane

Muslim Scholars

1. Dr. Tariq Ramadan
2. Dr. Robert Dickson Crane
3. Dr. Ismail R. Al-Faruqi
4. Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
5. Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub
6. Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina
7. Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl
8. Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah (formerly Wymann-Landgraf)
9. Dr. Murad Hofman
10. Dr. M. A. Muqtedar Khan
11. Dr. Asma Afsaruddin
12. Dr. Asma Barlas
13. Professor Akbar S. Ahmed
14. Dr. Ingrid Mattson
15. Dr. Rashid Khalidi