Demystifying Islam

Demystifying Islam

 

Explore a selection of resources demystifying Islam, including articles, factsheets, books, journals, and videos.

Books

A selection of books about the Islamic faith and demystifying Islam.

Islam

  • Being Muslim: A Practical Guide, Tarsin, Asad
  • Ideals and Realities of Islam, Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
  • Islam: A Short History, Armstrong, Karen
  • Knowledge and the Sacred, Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
  • Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, Lings, Martin
  • Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart, Yusuf, Hamza
  • The Alchemy of Happiness, Al-Ghazzali, Abu Hamid
  • The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Yusuf, Hamza
  • The Essential Koran: The Heart of Islam - An Introductory Selection of Readings from the Quran (Revised), Cleary, Thomas
  • The Heart Of Islam: Enduring Values For Humanity, Nasr, Seyyed Hossein
  • The Koran Interpreted: A Translation, Arberry, A J
  • The Marvels of the Heart: Science of the Spirit, Al-Ghazali; Skellie, Walter James; Winter, T. J.
  • The Wisdom Of The Prophet: The Sayings of Muhammad, Cleary, Thomas

Demystifying Islam

  • Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and its Others, Abu-Lughod, Lila
  • Fear of a Muslim Planet: Global Islamophobia in the New World Order, Iftikhar, Arsalan
  • Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism, Mamdani, Mahmood 
  • King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World, Eaton, Gai
  • Love in the Holy Qur'an, Muhammad, HRH Prince Ghazi bin
  • 100 Books on Islam in English: and the End of Orientalism in Islamic Studies, Muhammad, HRH Prince Ghazi bin
  • 1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization: Official Companion to the 1001 Inventions Exhibition, Al-Hassani, Salim T. S.
  • No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Aslan, Reza
  • Orientalism, Said, Edward
  • Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur'an and Interfaith Dialogue, Shah-Kazemi, Reza
  • Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People, Shaheen, Jack
  • Responding from the Tradition: One Hundred Contemporary Fatwas by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Gomaa, Sheikh Ali
  • Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence, Lawrence, Bruce B.
  • The Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, Oborne, Peter
  • The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam, Hodgson, Marshall G. S.
  • The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization Volume 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods, Hodgson, Marshall G. S.
  • The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization Volume 3: The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Times, Hodgson, Marshall G. S.
  • Understanding Islam and the Muslims: The Muslim Family and Islam and World Peace, Winter, T. J.; Williams, John A.
  • Unveiling Islam, Pasquier, Roger
  • War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad, Muhammad, HRH Prince Ghazi bin; Kamali, Mohammad Hashim; Kalin, Ibrahim
  • Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, Esposito, John L.; Mogahed, Dalia

 

Multimedia

A selection of videos challenging stereotypes and misconceptions of Islam.

A selection of documentaries and movies about the Islamic faith.

 

Factsheets and myth-busting articles

A selection of factsheets and articles that bust common myths about Islam and Muslims.