Islam

Islam, Muslims, Arabs, Arabia, Persians, Middle East, Central Asia

* Abrahamian,  Ervand:            A History Of Modern Iran, Pub. 2008.

* Ali, Tariq :                             The Duel: Pakistan On The Path Of American Power, Pub. 2008.

* Allawi, Ali A.:                      The Crisis of Islamic Civilization, Pub. 2009.

* Allen, Charles :                     God's terrorists : the Wahhabi cult and the hidden roots of modern Jihad, Pub. 2006.

* Ansary, Tamim :                    Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, Pub. 2009.

* Armstrong, Karen:                Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World , Pub. 2001.

* Armstrong, Karen :               Muhammad, A Prophet For Our time, Pub. 2006.

* Aslan, Reza:                         How To Win A Cosmic War, Pub. 2009.

* Aslan, Reza:                        No God But God : The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam 2005

* Axworthy, Michael:             A History of Iran; Empire of the Mind, Pub. 2008.

* Chopra, Deepak :                  Muhammad, A Story of The Last Prophet, Pub. 2010.

* Clot, Andre :                         Suleiman: The Magnificent ,  Translated By Matthew J. Reisz , Pub.  2012.

* Cobb, Paul M. :                      The Race for Paradise:  An Islamic History of The Crusades, Pub. 2014.

* Cohen, Mark R. :                    Under Crescent And Cross: The Jews In The middle Ages, Pub. 1992.

* Denny, Frederick M. :             An Introduction to Islam, second edition , Pub.1994.

* Donner, Fred M. :                   Muhammad and the Believers: At The Origins of Islam, Pub. 2010.

* DURANT, Will:                      Our Oriental Heritage : The Story of Civilization, Volume 1, Pub. 1935.

* Edde, Anne-Marie :                Saladin , Translated by Jane Marie Todd , Pub. 2014.

* Esposito, John  :                     The Future of Islam, Pub. 2010.

* Esposito, John:                        Islam : The Straight Path ,Pub.1988.

* Ewans, Martin                         Afghanistan : A Short history of its People And it Politics, Pub. 2002.

* Fatah, Tarek :                          Chasing A mirage; The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State , Pub. 2008.

* Fatah, Tarek  :                           The Jew is Not My Enemy : Unveiling The Myths That Fuel
Muslim Anti-Semitism, Pub.2010.

* Feffer,John:                               Crusade 2.0 The West's resurgent War on Islam, Pub. 2012

* Forbis, William H.                     Fall Of The peacock Throne, Pub. 1980. (Iran)

* Frye, R. :                                     The Golden Age of Persia, Pub. 2000 (Iran)

* Gibb, H. A. R.                             Mohammedanism : an historical survey ,Pub. 1969.

* Glubb, John Bagot :                    The life and times of Muhammad, Pub. 1970.

* Grieve, Paul :                              A brief guide to Islam : history, faith and politics : the complete introduction, Pub. 2006.

* Griffin, Michael:                        Reaping The Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan, Pub. 2001.

* Harris, Sam :                             The End of Faith : Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason , Pub. 2004.

* Hillenbrand, Carole:                  The Crusades; Islamic Perspectives, Pub. 2000.

* Hindley, Geoffrey.                     A Brief History of the Crusades: Islam And Christianity in the Struggle For World Supremacy,  Pub. 2004.

* Hiro, Dilip:                                 The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies, Pub. 2005.

* Holland, Tom:                            In The Shadow of the Sword: The Battle For Global Empire And the End Of The Ancient World, Pub. 2012.

* Hourani, Albert :                        A History of The Arab Peoples, Pub. 1991.

*  Hoyland, Robert G. :                 In God's Path : The Arab Conquests and The Creation of An Islamic Empire, Pub. 2015.

* Johnson, Ian :                             A Mosque in Munich, Pub. 2010.

* Johnson, Paul :                           Civilizations of the Holy Land, Pub. 1979.

* Katouzian, Homa:                     The Persians; Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Iran, Pub. 2009.

* Keddie, Nikki R. :                     Modern Iran; Roots And Results of  Revolution, Pub.  2006 updated.

* Kennedy, Hugh:                        The Great Arab Conquests; How The Spread of Islam Changed
 The World We Live in , Pub. 2007.

 * Kennedy, Hugh:                       When Baghdad Ruled The World, The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty, Pub. 2004/ 2006.

* Kiernan:                                    The Arabs, Pub. 1975.

* Kimmerling, Baruch
& Migdal, Joel S. :              The Palestinian People, Pub. 2003.

* Kirk, George E.:                       A Short History of the Middle East from the Rise of Islam to Modern Times, Pub. 1952

* Lacey, Robert :                        Inside The Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists,
and the Struggle For Saudi Arabia, Pub. 2009.

* LaGuardia, Anton :                 War Without End: Israelis , Palestinians And The Struggle For A Promised Land, Pub. 2001.

* Leverett, Flynt:                       Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial By Fire, Pub. 2005.

* Lewis, Bernard :                    The crisis of Islam : Holy War and Unholy Terror , Pub. 2003.

* Lewis, David Levering:        God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe 570-1215, Pub. 2009.

* Lings, Martin :                      Muhammad: His Life based On The Earliest Sources, Pub. 2006.

* Lowney, Chris :                     A Vanished World: Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain,
Pub. 2006.

* Mackey, Sandra :                  The Iranians : Persia, Islam and the soul of a nation, Pub.1996.

* Ma'oz, Moshe:                      Asad: Sphinx of Damascus; A Political Biography, Pub. 1988.

* Montefiore, Simon Sebag :    Jerusalem, The Biography, Pub. 2012.

* Mottahedeh, Roy P.  :           The Mantle of the Prophet : Religion and Politics in Iran ,Pub.1985.

* Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza :      The Shia Revival : how conflicts within Islam will shape the future, Pub. 2006.

* Olmstead, A :                        History of the Persian Empire, Pub. 1948.

* Oppenheim, A. Leo :            Ancient Mesopotamia, Portrait of a dead Civilization, Pub. 1964.

* Pagden, Anthony:                 World's At War (The 2,500 Year Struggle Between East and West ),
 Pub. 2008.

* Pagels, Elaine :                       The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics , Pub. 1996.

* Parkes, James:                        Whose Land? A History of the Peoples of Palestine, Pub. 1970.

* Polk, William R. :                   Understanding Iran, Pub. 2009.

* Qureshi, Emran And
  Michael A Sells editors :        The New Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy. Pub. 2003.                                  
* Rashid, Ahmed :                   Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Pub. 2001.
 
* Sabini, John                           Armies In The Sand: The Struggle For Mecca And Medina , Pub. 1981 (Wahhabi Uprising).

* Safi, Omid                             Memories Of Muhammad: Why The Prophet Matters, Pub. 2009.

 * Said, Edward R. :                 Orientalism, pub. 1994.

* Saunders, Doug:                   The Myth of the Muslim Tide:Do Immigrants Threaten The West, Pub. 2012.

* Shehabi, Ala'a and
 Marc Owen Jones (Editors)    Bahrain's Uprising; Resistance and Repression in The Gulf , Pub. 2015.

* Smith, Lee                            The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and The Clash of Arab Civilizations, Pub. 2010.

* Smith, Mark S. :                  The Early History of God: Yahweh and Other Deities in Ancient Israel, Pub. 2002.

* Starr. S. Frederick :              Lost Enlightenment; Central Asia's Golden Age From The Arab Conquest to Tamerlane, Pub. 2013.

* Usama Ibn Munqidh :          The Book of Contemplation  : Islam and The Crusades ; Translated by Paul M. Cobb , Pub. 2008.

* Vogelsang, W. J. :                The Afghans, Pub. 2008.

* Watt, Montgomery, W. :      The Majesty That Was Islam :The Islamic World 661 - 1100 , Pub. 1974.

* Weston, Mark :                    Prophets and Princes : Saudi Arabia from Muhammad to the present Pub 2008.

* Wheatcroft, Andrew :          Infidels : The Conflict Between Christendom and Islam, 638‑2002 , Pub. 2003.

* Wheatcroft, Andrew:           The Enemy At The Gate ; Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle For Europe, Pub.  2009.

* Zepp, Ira G. :                        A Muslim Primer. Pub. 2000 , 2nd ed.