Kamali, Mohammad Hashim.

Kamali, Mohammad Hashim. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1991. The best available work in English on the Islamic understanding of the principles underlying Islamic jurisprudence. Khadduri, Majid. The Islamic Conception of Justice. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.

A detailed study, on the basis of the most authentic Islamic sources, of justice in Islam from a political, theological, philosophical, and ethical perspective, including the question of justice among nations, social justice, and changing conceptions of justice among some Muslims under modern conditions. Lings, Martin. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1991; New York: Inner Traditions, 1983.

The best biography of the Prophet in English based on traditional Islamic sources, written with great elegance and narrative power. Murata, Sachiko. The Tao of Islam. Albany: State University of New York, 1992. A unique work using the Far Eastern yin and yang to explain gender relationships in Islam on both the spiritual and the social level. Murata, Sachiko, and William Chittick. The Vision of Islam. New York: Paragon House, 1994.

An exposition of all the major facets of Islam and Islamic thought on the basis of the hadith of Gabriel, in which the meaning of islam, iman, and ihsan are explained. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Ideals and Realities of Islam. Chicago: ABC International Group, 2001; Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2001. Deals from the traditional point of view with the major aspects of Islam including the Quran, the Prophet, the Law, the spiritual path, and Sunnism and Shi‘ism. ---.

Islam and the Plight of Modern Man. Chicago: ABC International Group, 2001; Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2002. Deals with both metaphysical and existential questions arising from the encounter between Islam and modernism. ---. Traditional Islam in the Modern World. London: Kegan Paul International, 1990. A clarification of the differences between traditional, modernist, and so-called fundamentalist Islam and an elucidation of various aspects of traditional Islam. ---.

A Young Muslim’s Guide to the Modern World. Chicago: Kazi Publications, 1996; Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1994. A summary of the teachings of Islam and various aspects of Western civilization and the manner in which young Muslims must face the challenges of the modern world. ---, ed. Islamic Spirituality: Foundations. New York: Crossroad, 1989.