List of Islamic apologetic works

This is a list of works about Islamic apologetics (Kalam) .

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2020)

General

  • Zafar, Harris. Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017.
  • Alsayyid, Ahmad Yusuf. Misconceptions and Refutations. Osoul Center, 2019.
  • Mawdudi, Abul A'la. Human Rights in Islam. Leicester: The Islamic Foundation. ISBN 0-9503954-9-8.
  • Qutb, Muhammad. Islam: The Misunderstood Religion. India: Markazi Maktaba Islami Publishers, 2004.
  • Reeves, Minou, and P. J. Stewart. Muhammad in Europe: a Thousand Years of Western Myth-Making. Reading: Garnet, 2016.
  • Arnold, Thomas Walker. The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith. India: Adam Publishers & Distributors, 2002.
  • Hawramani, Ikram. An Intelligent Person's Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims: What the West Misunderstands about Culture, Politics, Sexuality, Women and Rationality in Islamic Societies. Independently Published, 2018.
  • Naik, Zakir. Answers to Non-Muslims' Common Questions about Islam. India: Islami Kitab Ghar, 2012.
  • Said, Edward. Covering Islam: how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-679-75890-7.
  • Starr, S. Frederick. Xinjiang: China's Muslim Borderland. London: Routledge, 2015.
  • Aly, Waleed. People Like Us. Pan Macmillan, 2007. ISBN 978-0-330-42380-9.
  • Lyons, Jonathan. Islam Through Western Eyes: From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism. United States: Columbia University Press, 2014.
  • Attar, Samar. The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment: Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought. United States: Lexington Books, 2007.
  • Sheikh, Zia U.. Islam: Silencing the Critics. United States: Createspace Independent Pub, 2012.
  • Gulen, Fethullah. Questions And Answers About Islam. United States: Tughra Books, 2007.
  • Murata, Sachiko. Chittick, William. Vision of Islam. Paragon House, 1994.
  • Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity. HarperCollins, 2004.

Comparative Religion

  • Naik, Zakir. The Concept of God in Major Religions. Saudi Arabia: Darussalam, 2007.

Christianity

  • Ibn Taymiyah, Al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh (Literally, "The Correct Response to those who have Corrupted the Deen (Religion) of the Messiah"; A Muslim theologian's response to Christianity) – Seven Volumes. In modern critical editions it amounts to more than 2000 pages.
  • Kairanawi, Rahmatullah. Izhar ul-Haqq (The Truth Revealed) Translated by Muhammad Wali Razi. Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. 1 Wynne Road, London. ISBN 1-842000-4-62
  • Deedat, Ahmed. The Choice: Islam & Christianity. India: Adam Publishers & Distributors, 2012.
  • Deedat, Ahmed. Crucifixion or Cruci-Fiction. Pakistan: Islamic Propagation Centre International, 1984.
  • Deedat, Ahmed. What the Bible Says About Muhammad (PBUH). Kuwait: Kazi Publications, 1982.
  • Zakaria, Abu. JESUS: Man, Messenger, Messiah iERA, 2017. ISBN 9781910952030.
  • Deedat, Ahmed. Is the Bible God's Word?. India: Islamic Propagation Centre, 1981.

Atheism

  • Tzortzis, Hamza Andreas. The Divine Reality: God, Islam and the Mirage of Atheism. Revised. San Clemente: FB Publishing, 2018.
  • Ahmad, Saiyad Fareed, and Saiyad Salahuddin Ahmad. God, Islam & the Skeptic Mind: a Study on Faith, Science, Religious Diversity, Ethics, and Evil. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2014.
  • Green, A.R. Man in the Red Underpants. onereason ISBN 9785882184642
  • Maḥmūd, Muṣṭafá. Dialogue with an Atheist. United Kingdom: Dar Al Taqwa, 1994.
  • Zakaria, Abu. The Eternal Challenge: A Journey Through The Miraculous Qur’an. onereason, 2015. ISBN 9781910952009.
  • Malik, Shoaib Ahmed. Atheism and Islam: A Contemporary Discourse Abu Dhabi: Kalam Research & Media, 2018.
  • Al-Shehri, Abdullah S. The Only Way Out: A Guide for Truth Seekers. 2010.

Hinduism

  • Naik, Zakir. Similarities Between Hinduism & Islam. India: Adam Publishers & Distributors, 2007.

Philosophy and Theology

Qur'an

  • Draz, Muhammad Abdullah, Salahi, Adil. The Qur'an: An Eternal Challenge. Kube Publishing Limited. ISBN 9780860376491
  • Ameri, Sami. Hunting for the word of God. Academic Research Initiative for Comparative Religion, 2017.
  • Ali, Muhammad Mohar. The Qurʼân and the Orientalists: An Examination of Their Main Theories and Assumptions. United Kingdom: Jamʻiyat ʼIhyaaʼ Minhaaj al-Sunnah, 2004.
  • Saeh, Bassam. The Miraculous Language of the Qur'an: Evidence of Divine Origin. United Kingdom: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2015.
  • Aʻẓamī, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá. The History of the Qur'ānic Text: From Revelation to Compilation: a Comparative Study with the Old and New Testaments. United Kingdom: UK Islamic Academy, 2003.
  • Taslaman, Caner. The Quran: Unchallengeable Miracle. Turkey: Nettleberry/Çitlembik Publications, 2006.
  • Al-Imam, Ahmad Ali. Variant Readings Of The Quran: A Critical Study Of Their Historical And Linguistic Origins. International Institute of Islamic Thought, 2006.
  • El-Awa, Salwa. Textual Relations in the Quran: Relevance, Coherence and Structure. Routledge, 2006.
  • Farrin, Raymond. Structure and Qur'anic Interpretation: a Study of Symmetry and Coherence in Islam's Holy Text. White Cloud Press, 2014.

Muhammad

  • Ali, Muhammad Mohar. Sîrat Al-Nabî and the Orientalists. King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, 2018.
  • Zayed, Moustafa. The Lies about Muhammad: An Answer to the Robert Spencer Book "The Truth about Muhammad". United States: Createspace Independent Pub, 2010.
  • Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. United States: HarperCollins, 1993.
  • Vidyarthi, Abdul. Mohammad in World Scriptures. India: Adam Publishers & Distributors, 1999.
  • Cole, Juan. Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires. United States: Bold Type Books, 2018
  • Lings, Martin. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. United Kingdom: Islamic Texts Society, 1983..

Hadith

  • Jonathan A. C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy Oneworld, 2015.[1]

History

  • Al-Djazairi, S. E. The Myth of Muslim Barbarism and Its Aims. Manchester: Bayt Al-Hikma Press, 2007.
  • al-Djazairi, S. E. The Hidden Debt to Islamic Civilisation. MSBN Books, 2018.
  • Graham, Mark A. How Islam Created the Modern World. United States: Amana Publications, 2006.
  • Morgan, Michael Hamilton. Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists. Philippines: National Geographic, 2008.
  • Lyons, Jonathan. The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury USA, 2010.
  • Nadvī, Abulḥasan ʻAlī. Saviours of Islamic Spirit. United States: White Thread Press, 2015.
  • Alkhateeb, Firas. Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past Oxford University Press, 2017.[2]
  • Murphy, Tim-Wallace. What Islam Did For Us: Understanding Islam's contribution to Western Civilization. Watkins, 2006.
  • Al-Khalili, Jim. The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance. Penguin Press, 2011

Women

Islamic Law

  • Al-Bouti, Muhammad Sa’id. Islamic Legal Punishments & The Zeitgeist. 2020. ISBN 9780359975914.
  • Aʻẓamī, Muḥammad Muṣṭafá. On Schacht's Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence. United Kingdom: Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 1996.
  • Ahmed, Rumee. Sharia Compliant: A User's Guide to Hacking Islamic Law. United States: Stanford University Press, 2018..
  • Ahmed, Rumee. Narratives of Islamic Legal Theory OUP Oxford, 2012. ISBN 9780191630149
  • Emon, Anver. Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law. OUP Oxford, 2012.

Science

Slavery

Terrorism and Extremism

By region

West (Europe and America)

  • Baran, Zeyno., Tuohy, Emmet. Citizen Islam: The Future of Muslim Integration in the West. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
  • Izetbegović, Alija. Islam Between East and West. United States: American Trust Publications, 1993.
  • Ramadan, Tariq. Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity. United Kingdom: Kube Publishing Limited, 2009.
  • Ramadan, Tariq. To Be a European Muslim. United Kingdom: Kube Publishing Limited, 2013.
  • Nadwi, Abul Hasan Ali. Western Civilisation: Islam and Muslims. Academy of Islamic Research and Publications, Lucknow, 1979.
  • Green, Todd H. The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West Augsburg: Fortress Publishers, 2019.[3]

Politics

Psychology

  • Utz, Aisha. Psychology from the Islamic Perspective. Saudi Arabia: International Islamic Publishing House, 2011.
  • Benslama, Fethi, Bononno, Robert. Psychoanalysis and the challenge of Islam. United Kingdom: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
A biographical book defending Islam

Nature

  • Abdul-Matin, Ibrahim. Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet. United States: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2010.

Communism

  • Yahya, Harun. Communism in Ambush. Turkey: Global Pub., 2003.

Autobiographical

  • Asad, Muhammad. The Road to Mecca. Malaysia: Islamic Book Trust, 1996.
  • Linda iLham Barto. Memoirs of a Hillbilly Muslim. United States: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC, 2011.
  • Cole, Donald Powell. Road to Islam: From Texas to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Egypt: Dar Alraya Top, 2009.
  • al-Ghazali, Abu Hamid Muhammad. Deliverance from Error: An Annotated Translation of Al-Munqidh Min Al Dalal and Other Relevant Works of Al-Ghazali. Translator: McCarthy, Richard Joseph. United Kingdom: Fons Vitae, 1999.[4]

Literature and plays

  • Tufayl, Ibn. Ibn Tufayl's Hayy Ibn Yaqzan: A Philosophical Tale. Translator: Lenn Evan Goodman, University of Chicago Press, 2015.
  • Aboulela, Leila. Minaret. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015.

Intra-Islam

See also

References

  1. ^ McCants, William (2015-12-15). "Five books you should read to better understand Islam". Brookings. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. ^ Brandie DeRusha (2019-01-14). "6 Of The Best Islamic History Books To Broaden Your Understanding". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  3. ^ a b c Faruqi, Saadia (2016-12-28). "Top 10 Books About Muslims And Islam". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. ^ Blumberg, Antonia (2016-01-12). "11 Must-Read Books By Muslim Authors". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-03-11.