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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values For Humanity Bibliography Ahmed, Nazeer. Islam in Global History, 2 vols. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 2000. A clear and detailed history of the Islamic world from the advent of Islam to the modern period. Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992. A detailed and fairly sympathetic account of the life of the Prophet by a major Western writer on religion.

Asad, Muhammad. The Road to Mecca. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2001. A moving account of the experience of an Austrian journalist who went to the Islamic world in 1927, embraced Islam, and became a major Muslim intellectual figure. Bill, James, and John A. Williams. Roman Catholics and Shi‘i Muslims: Prayer, Passion and Politics. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2002.

The first comparative study of Catholicism and Shi‘ism showing some of the remarkable resemblances between the two traditions. Burckhardt, Titus. Fez: City of Islam. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992. A unique in-depth study of the spiritual, religious, artistic, intellectual, and social life of one of Islam’s greatest traditional cities, with numerous insights that apply to the Islamic world as a whole. Cleary, Thomas. The Essential Koran. Edison, NJ: Castle Books, 1998.

📌A lucid and highly readable translation of selections from the Quran. Eaton, Charles le Gai. Islam and the Destiny of Man. Albany: State University of New York, 1985; Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1985. A profound study of some of the basic tenets of Islam by a leading British Muslim writer. ---. Remembering God: Reflections on Islam. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 2000; Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2000.

An eloquent treatment of Islamic spirituality and the existential problems created by living as a Muslim in the modern world. Esposito, John. Islam: The Straight Path. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. An account of Islam and the development of contemporary Islamic trends by a very perceptive scholar of modern developments in various parts of the Islamic world. Hallaq, W. A History of Islamic Legal Theories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

A scholarly treatment of the historical development of the theories of Islamic Law. Herlihy, John. In Search of the Truth. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Pustaka Islam, 1990. An American’s journey to Islam and his reflections on traditional Islamic themes.

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