The First Muslim

Author: Lesley Hazleton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1594487286
Category : Islam
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Muhammad's was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In The First Muslim, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality. Hazleton's account follows the arc of Muhammad's rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider?

Khadija

Author: Reşit Haylamaz
Publisher: Tughra Books
ISBN: 1597841218
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Exploring the birth period of Islam, this biography focuses on one of the most prominent and respected Muslim women in history, Khadija, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad. Addressing both her devotion and her leadership roles in Mecca, this book shines light on a figure who is an inspiration to women, both Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

My First Muslim Potty Book

Author: Yousfa Janjua
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781734576009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26

Book Description
You're a big kid now so you should know. Big kids use the potty when they need to go. Muslims, big or small, must wash properly after they poo or pee. Rhyme along and you'll learn and see! This book, written in rhyme, serves as a gentle and fun introduction to potty training and Islamic toilet etiquette for little Muslims and Muslimahs. It aims to introduce and normalize "Muslim potty training," which includes istinja, to your child. Istinja is the act of cleaning oneself with water and then wiping oneself dry after using the bathroom. Muslims do this to keep themselves physically and spiritually clean and pure or in a state of Tahara.

Letters to a Young Muslim

Author: Omar Saif Ghobash
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250119839
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
**A New York Times Editor's Pick** From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century. In a series of personal and insightful letters to his sons, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a vital manifesto that tackles the dilemmas facing not only young Muslims but everyone navigating the complexities of today’s world. Full of wisdom and thoughtful reflections on faith, culture and society. This is a courageous and essential book that celebrates individuality whilst recognising it is our shared humanity that brings us together. Written with the experience of a diplomat and the personal responsibility of a father; Ghobash’s letters offer understanding and balance in a world that rarely offers any. An intimate and hopeful glimpse into a sphere many are unfamiliar with; it provides an understanding of the everyday struggles Muslims face around the globe. *One of Time's Most Anticipated Books of 2017, a Bustle Best Nonfiction Pick for January 2017, a Chicago Review of Books Best Book to Read in January 2017, a Stylist Magazine Best Book of 2017, included in New Statesman's What to Read in 2017*

Imam Shamil

Author: Muhammad Hamid
Publisher: The Other Press
ISBN: 9839541544
Category : Caucasus, Northern (Russia)
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns

Author: Hena Khan
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 0811879054
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam. Full color.

Cosmic Anger

Author: Gordon Fraser
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191578665
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
This book presents a biography of Abdus Salam, the first Muslim to win a Nobel Prize for Science (Physics 1979), who was nevertheless excommunicated and branded as a heretic in his own country. His achievements are often overlooked, even besmirched. Realizing that the whole world had to be his stage, he pioneered the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, a vital focus of Third World science which remains as his monument. A staunch Muslim, he was ashamed of the decline of science in the heritage of Islam, and struggled doggedly to restore it to its former glory. Undermined by his excommunication, these valiant efforts were doomed.

Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

Author: Mustafa Akyol
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393081974
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
“A delightfully original take on…the prospects for liberal democracy in the broader Islamic Middle East.”—Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal As the Arab Spring threatens to give way to authoritarianism in Egypt and reports from Afghanistan detail widespread violence against U.S. troops and women, news from the Muslim world raises the question: Is Islam incompatible with freedom? In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones. Though the rigid traditionalists won out, Akyol points to a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique “Islamo-liberal synthesis” in present-day Turkey. As he powerfully asserts, only by accepting a secular state can Islamic societies thrive. Islam without Extremes offers a desperately needed intellectual basis for the reconcilability of Islam and liberty.

Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib

Author: Muhammad Abdul-Rauf
Publisher: Al-Saadawi Publications
ISBN: 9781881963493
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description

The Origins of the Koran

Author: Ibn Warraq
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 161592146X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Scholars of Islam are familiar with the Koran's many errors and contradictions, but these have rarely been revealed to a wider public. THE ORIGINS OF THE KORAN is an attempt to remedy this deficiency by bringing together classic critical essays which raise key issues surrounding Islam's holy book. Indispensable to scholars and all those interested in the textual underpinning of one of the fastest growing religions in the world.