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Religion » Islamic

Most Recommended Books

The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battutah (edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith)

“If you read this book, it seems quite chaotic, but there is an underlying structure to it. I think there are two elements to this structure.”

Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Travel Writer

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Jihad by Gilles Kepel

“Kepel’s book is a brilliant overview, both broad-brushed and detailed, of the last two or three decades of Islamic militancy and its antecedents. It came out just before 9/11 and had to be updated, but its thesis stands the test of time. That thesis is that the radical violence in Islamic militancy is in large part a response to the failure of political Islamist activism.”

Jason Burke, Foreign Correspondent

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Greek Thought, Arabic Culture by Dimitri Gutas

“About an enormous movement when Greek works of science and philosophy were translated into Arabic.”

Peter Adamson, Philosopher

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Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. Amounting to almost quarter of the world's population, as of 2015 there are 1.8 billion adherents of Islam.

You can use our reading lists to find the best Islamic books ever written on a variety of subjects

Our book recommendations explore the many aspects of the Muslim faith. This includes religious doctrines, but also the way that the Islamic world contributed to vital developments in science and philosophy in the ancient world. Through a more political angle, some interviews explore the place of Islam in the West, the rise of fundamentalist Islamism, and the future of the faith.

Our interviewees include Islamic scholars such as Tariq Ramadan and Amira Bennison, philosophers such as Peter Adamson, and critics of Islam such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

    The best books on The Essence of Islam, recommended by Ahmad Thomson

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    The best books on The Essence of Islam - The Book of Strangers by Ian Dallas

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    The Book of Strangers
    by Ian Dallas

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    The best books on The Essence of Islam - The Way of Muhammad by Shaykh Abdalqadir As-Sufi

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    The Way of Muhammad
    by Shaykh Abdalqadir As-Sufi

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    The best books on The Essence of Islam - The Noble Qur’an by Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley (translators)

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    The Noble Qur’an
    by Abdalhaqq and Aisha Bewley (translators)

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    The best books on The Essence of Islam - Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik by Translated by Aisha Bewley and Ya'qub Johnson

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    Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik
    by Translated by Aisha Bewley and Ya'qub Johnson

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    The best books on The Essence of Islam - Ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad by Translated by Aisha Bewley

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    Ash-Shifa of Qadi ‘Iyad
    by Translated by Aisha Bewley

The best books on The Essence of Islam, recommended by Ahmad Thomson

The British lawyer who converted to Islam in 1973 and founded Wynne Chambers – one of the first chambers to specialise in Islamic law in the UK – discusses five books on the essence of Islam

    The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World, recommended by Peter Adamson

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    The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World - Greek Thought, Arabic Culture by Dimitri Gutas

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    Greek Thought, Arabic Culture
    by Dimitri Gutas

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    The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World - Great Medieval Thinkers: Avicenna by Jon McGinnis

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    Great Medieval Thinkers: Avicenna
    by Jon McGinnis

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    The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World - Avicenna's 'De Anima' in the Latin West by Dag Nikolaus Hasse

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    Avicenna's 'De Anima' in the Latin West
    by Dag Nikolaus Hasse

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    The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World - Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker by Sarah Stroumsa

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    Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker
    by Sarah Stroumsa

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    The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World - The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī by Ayman Shihadeh

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    The Teleological Ethics of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī
    by Ayman Shihadeh

The best books on Philosophy in the Islamic World, recommended by Peter Adamson

Arabic philosophy was hugely influential during the Islamic Golden Age; at one point, the Persian polymath Avicenna’s influence outstripped that of Aristotle. But a strong tradition has continued in the centuries since, explains Professor Peter Adamson, as he selects five of the best books on the subject.

    The best books on Science and Islam, recommended by Amira Bennison

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    The best books on Science and Islam - Science and Islam by Ehsan Masood

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    Science and Islam
    by Ehsan Masood

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    The best books on Science and Islam - Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by George Saliba

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    Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance
    by George Saliba

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    The best books on Science and Islam - Greek Thought, Arabic Culture by Dimitri Gutas

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    Greek Thought, Arabic Culture
    by Dimitri Gutas

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    The best books on Science and Islam - Medieval Islamic Medicine by Peter E Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith

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    Medieval Islamic Medicine
    by Peter E Pormann and Emilie Savage-Smith

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    The best books on Science and Islam - The Classical Heritage in Islam by Franz Rosenthal

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    The Classical Heritage in Islam
    by Franz Rosenthal

The best books on Science and Islam, recommended by Amira Bennison

Islamic scientific discoveries underpinned much of the European Renaissance and the Islamic world inspired Europe as much as Greece and Rome did, says Cambridge professor Amira Bennison. She recommends the best books to get a better understanding of the Islamic contribution to modern science.

    The best books on Islam in the West, recommended by Tariq Ramadan

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Muslims in the West by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (editor)

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    Muslims in the West
    by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad (editor)

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Islam in America by Jane I Smith

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    Islam in America
    by Jane I Smith

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Islam and the Blackamerican by Sherman A Jackson

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    Islam and the Blackamerican
    by Sherman A Jackson

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    The best books on Islam in the West - Young, British and Muslim by Philip Lewis

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    Young, British and Muslim
    by Philip Lewis

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    The best books on Islam in the West - British Muslims by Mohammad Siddique Seddon, Dilwar Hussain and Nadeem Malik (editors)

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    British Muslims
    by Mohammad Siddique Seddon, Dilwar Hussain and Nadeem Malik (editors)

The best books on Islam in the West, recommended by Tariq Ramadan

The Islamic scholar and commentator tells us what it means to be Muslim and Western, and explains how mainstream views get trapped between noisy extremism and a sensation-seeking media

    Books about Travelling in the Muslim World, recommended by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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    Books about Travelling in the Muslim World - The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battutah (edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith)

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    The Travels of Ibn Battutah
    by Ibn Battutah (edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith)

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    Books about Travelling in the Muslim World - The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron

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    The Road to Oxiana
    by Robert Byron

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    Books about Travelling in the Muslim World - A Year Amongst the Persians by Edward G Browne

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    A Year Amongst the Persians
    by Edward G Browne

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    Books about Travelling in the Muslim World - The Sindbad Voyage by Tim Severin

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    The Sindbad Voyage
    by Tim Severin

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    Books about Travelling in the Muslim World - Night and Horses and the Desert by Robert Irwin (editor)

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    Night and Horses and the Desert
    by Robert Irwin (editor)

Books about Travelling in the Muslim World, recommended by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Author and Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith tells us about the rich tradition in Islam of travelling to gain knowledge, and directs us towards some of those, both Western and Arab, who’ve inspired with their tales of life on the road.

    The best books on The Future of Islam, recommended by Ziauddin Sardar

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    The best books on The Future of Islam - The Future of Islam by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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    The Future of Islam
    by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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    The best books on The Future of Islam - The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by Muhammad Iqbal

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    The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
    by Muhammad Iqbal

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    The best books on The Future of Islam - The Future of Islam in the Middle East by Mahmud A Faksh

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    The Future of Islam in the Middle East
    by Mahmud A Faksh

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    The best books on The Future of Islam - Islam: Past, Present & Future by Hans Küng

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    Islam: Past, Present & Future
    by Hans Küng

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    The best books on The Future of Islam - Islam and the Secular State by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im

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    Islam and the Secular State
    by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im

The best books on The Future of Islam, recommended by Ziauddin Sardar

The writer, broadcaster and cultural critic says Muslim societies are not always good at looking towards the future, dwelling instead on the glories of the past and feeling fatalistic about the present

    The best books on Islam and Feminism, recommended by Margot Badran

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    The best books on Islam and Feminism - Islam and Democracy by Fatima Mernissi

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    Islam and Democracy
    by Fatima Mernissi

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    The best books on Islam and Feminism - Secular and Islamic Feminist Critiques in the Work of Fatima Mernissi by Raja Rhouni

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    Secular and Islamic Feminist Critiques in the Work of Fatima Mernissi
    by Raja Rhouni

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    The best books on Islam and Feminism - Inside the Gender Jihad by Amina Wadud

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    Inside the Gender Jihad
    by Amina Wadud

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    The best books on Islam and Feminism - Counter Legal Draft of the Compilation of Islamic Law by Siti Musdah Mulia

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    Counter Legal Draft of the Compilation of Islamic Law
    by Siti Musdah Mulia

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    The best books on Islam and Feminism - Iranian Women’s One Million Signatures by Noushin Khorasani

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    Iranian Women’s One Million Signatures
    by Noushin Khorasani

The best books on Islam and Feminism, recommended by Margot Badran

The historian and gender studies specialist Margot Badran has devoted her life's work to the Muslim world. Here she explains what feminism means in the context of Islam and chooses five books that have been critical in its evolution.

    The best books on Understanding the Arab World, recommended by Issandr El Amrani

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    The best books on Understanding the Arab World - What’s Really Wrong with the Middle East by Brian Whitaker

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    What’s Really Wrong with the Middle East
    by Brian Whitaker

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    The best books on Understanding the Arab World - The Arabs by Eugene Rogan

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    The Arabs
    by Eugene Rogan

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    The best books on Understanding the Arab World - Covering Islam by Edward W Said

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    Covering Islam
    by Edward W Said

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    The best books on Understanding the Arab World - Zaat by Sonallah Ibrahim

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    Zaat
    by Sonallah Ibrahim

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    The best books on Understanding the Arab World - The Arabian Nights by Husain Haddawy & Muhsin Mahdi

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    The Arabian Nights
    by Husain Haddawy & Muhsin Mahdi

The best books on Understanding the Arab World, recommended by Issandr El Amrani

The influential blogger and journalist tells us why there’s so much misinformation about the Arab world, and suggests what we should read to improve our understanding of the region’s history and current turmoil

    The best books on Islam, recommended by Shazia Khan

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    The best books on Islam - The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

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    The Prophet
    by Kahlil Gibran

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    The best books on Islam - The Islamist by Ed Husain

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    The Islamist
    by Ed Husain

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    The best books on Islam - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

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    The Bookseller of Kabul
    by Asne Seierstad

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    The best books on Islam - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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    The Kite Runner
    by Khaled Hosseini

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    The best books on Islam - Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

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    Girls of Riyadh
    by Rajaa Alsanea

The best books on Islam, recommended by Shazia Khan

Reporter for the BBC World Service and Radio 4, who specialises in reporting on faith and culture selects five books on Islam

    The best books on Islam and Modernity, recommended by Turi Munthe

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    The best books on Islam and Modernity - Globalized Islam by Olivier Roy

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    Globalized Islam
    by Olivier Roy

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    The best books on Islam and Modernity - Jihad by Gilles Kepel

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    Jihad
    by Gilles Kepel

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    The best books on Islam and Modernity - The New Voices of Islam by Mehran Kamrava

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    The New Voices of Islam
    by Mehran Kamrava

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    The best books on Islam and Modernity - Western Muslims and the Future of Islam by Tariq Ramadan

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    Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
    by Tariq Ramadan

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    The best books on Islam and Modernity - The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan

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    The Return of History and the End of Dreams
    by Robert Kagan

The best books on Islam and Modernity, recommended by Turi Munthe

CEO and founder of Demotix, the multiple-awardwinning open newswire, discusses five books on Islam and Modernity and the politicisation of Islam in the last decade.

    The best books on The Arab World, recommended by Tarek Osman

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    The best books on The Arab World - A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani

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    A History of the Arab Peoples
    by Albert Hourani

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    The best books on The Arab World - The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz

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    The Cairo Trilogy
    by Naguib Mahfouz

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    The best books on The Arab World - The Future of Culture in Egypt by Taha Hussein

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    The Future of Culture in Egypt
    by Taha Hussein

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    The best books on The Arab World - Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih

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    Season of Migration to the North
    by Tayeb Salih

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    The best books on The Arab World - Islam and Its Discontents by Abdelwahab Meddeb

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    Islam and Its Discontents
    by Abdelwahab Meddeb

The best books on The Arab World, recommended by Tarek Osman

The Egyptian author and journalist discusses Egypt’s past and present and the main issues facing the post-revolutionary Arab world

    The best books on Multiculturalism, recommended by Tariq Modood

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    The best books on Multiculturalism - Multicultural Citizenship by Will Kymlicka

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    Multicultural Citizenship
    by Will Kymlicka

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    The best books on Multiculturalism - Rethinking Multiculturalism by Bhikhu Parekh

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    Rethinking Multiculturalism
    by Bhikhu Parekh

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    The best books on Multiculturalism - The Home We Build Together by Jonathan Sacks

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    The Home We Build Together
    by Jonathan Sacks

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    The best books on Multiculturalism - Multiculturalism Without Culture by Anne Phillips

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    Multiculturalism Without Culture
    by Anne Phillips

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    The best books on Multiculturalism - Still Not Easy Being British by Tariq Modood

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    Still Not Easy Being British
    by Tariq Modood

The best books on Multiculturalism, recommended by Tariq Modood

Rather than an exciting concept that opens up societies to new ideas and cultures, the idea of 'multiculturalism' is currently out of favour, at least in popular political discourse. Yet, according to sociologist Tariq Modood, founding Director of the Bristol University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, many of the problems we face today are crying out for multicultural solutions. He recommends the best books on multiculturalism, beginning with its development as a political theory in 1980s Canada.

    The best books on Travel in the Muslim World, recommended by Ziauddin Sardar

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    The best books on Travel in the Muslim World - The Travels of Ibn Battutah by Ibn Battutah (edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith)

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    The Travels of Ibn Battutah
    by Ibn Battutah (edited by Tim Mackintosh-Smith)

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    The best books on Travel in the Muslim World - Travels with a Tangerine by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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    Travels with a Tangerine
    by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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    The best books on Travel in the Muslim World - Meetings with Remarkable Muslims by Barnaby Rogerson and Rose Baring

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    Meetings with Remarkable Muslims
    by Barnaby Rogerson and Rose Baring

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    The best books on Travel in the Muslim World - The Fugitive by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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    The Fugitive
    by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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    The best books on Travel in the Muslim World - The Road from Damascus by Robin Yassin-Kassab

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    The Road from Damascus
    by Robin Yassin-Kassab

The best books on Travel in the Muslim World, recommended by Ziauddin Sardar

The Professor of Postcolonial Studies at City University, London, talks to us about Islamic travel books. Explains how travel should be both a physical and a mental exercise focussed on immersing oneself in local culture

    The best books on Women and Islam, recommended by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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    The best books on Women and Islam - The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel Huntington

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    The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
    by Samuel Huntington

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    The best books on Women and Islam - The Koran

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    The Koran

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    The best books on Women and Islam - Hadith

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    Hadith

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    The best books on Women and Islam - The Constitution of Liberty by Friedrich A von Hayek

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    The Constitution of Liberty
    by Friedrich A von Hayek

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    The best books on Women and Islam - Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef

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    Son of Hamas
    by Mosab Hassan Yousef

The best books on Women and Islam, recommended by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

American Enterprise Institute and campaigner for women’s rights against militant Islam discusses five books ranging from the Koran to Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty

    The best books on Islamism, recommended by Malise Ruthven

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    The best books on Islamism - Hasan al-Banna by Gudrun Kraemer

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    Hasan al-Banna
    by Gudrun Kraemer

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    The best books on Islamism - Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism by John Calvert

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    Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
    by John Calvert

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    The best books on Islamism - Landscapes of the Jihad by Faisal Devji

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    Landscapes of the Jihad
    by Faisal Devji

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    The best books on Islamism - Global Salafism by Roal Meijer (editor)

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    Global Salafism
    by Roal Meijer (editor)

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    The best books on Islamism - Shi’ism by Hamid Dabashi

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    Shi’ism
    by Hamid Dabashi

The best books on Islamism, recommended by Malise Ruthven

The war on terror relied on a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the threat, say author and academic Malise Ruthven. He picks the best books to get a better understanding of Islamism.

    The best books on Islamic Militancy, recommended by Jason Burke

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    The best books on Islamic Militancy - Jihad by Gilles Kepel

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    Jihad
    by Gilles Kepel

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    The best books on Islamic Militancy - A Fury for God by Malise Ruthven

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    A Fury for God
    by Malise Ruthven

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    The best books on Islamic Militancy - Jihad in Saudi Arabia by Thomas Hegghammer

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    Jihad in Saudi Arabia
    by Thomas Hegghammer

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    The best books on Islamic Militancy - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

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    The Secret Agent
    by Joseph Conrad

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    The best books on Islamic Militancy - From Fatwa to Jihad by Kenan Malik

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    From Fatwa to Jihad
    by Kenan Malik

The best books on Islamic Militancy, recommended by Jason Burke

Jason Burke, journalist and author of an acclaimed book on Al-Qaeda, tells us what he learnt about militants when he was caught in a firefight in Iraq—and suggests five books we should read to understand their motivations.

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