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Mosques/Islamic Centers of CT

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Suggested Reading List 

Honest Conversations with Muslim Neighbors: Suggested Readings on Islam
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​Introduction to Islam  
  • Islam: The Straight Path.  John Esposito, Oxford University Press, 2016.
  • Oil and Water. Amir Hussain. Wood Lake Publishing, 2006.
  • The Heart of Islam:  Enduring Values for Humanity. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Harpercollins. 2004.
  • Being Muslim: A Practical Guide. Asad Tarsin, Sandala, 2015.
The Quran  
  • The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics): A new translation M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life. Ingrid Mattson.2nd edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
  • If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and Journey to the Heart of the Quran.Carla Power. Holt Paperbacks, 2015.(Pulitzer Prize Finalist, National Book Award Finalist)
  • The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary, Eds. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Caner K. Dagli, Maria M. Dakake, Joseph E. B. Lumbard, Mohammed Rustom. HarperOne, 2015.
Hadith/Sunnah (The sayings and acts of the Prophet Muhammad)
  • Hadith: Muhammad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Jonathan A.C.Brown. Oneworld Publications, 2009.
 
Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam
  • Muhammad:  A Prophet For Our Time.  Karen Armstrong.  HarperOne, 2007.
  • In the Footsteps of the Prophet:  Lessons from the Life of the Prophet. Tariq Ramadan. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • Memories of Muhammad:  Why the Prophet Matters.  Omid Safi.  HarperOne, 2009.
 
Islam in America
  • Muslim Cool:  Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States. Su’ad Abdul Khabeer. New York University Press, 2016.
  • Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet. Ibrahim Abdul-Matin. Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2010
  • A History of Islam in America.  Kambiz GhaneaBassiri.  Cambridge University Press, 2010.
  • Islam and the Blackamerican: The Third Resurrection. Sherman Jackson. Oxford, 2005.
  • Stigmatized: From 9/11 to Trump and Beyond - an American Muslim Journey. Reza Mansoor. 2016.
  • Islam in America.  Jane I. Smith. Columbia University Press, 2010.
  • Muslims, Christians and the Challenges of Interfaith Dialogue.  Jane I. Smith. Oxford, 2007
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Quran: Islam and the Founders. Denise A. Spellberg. First Vintage, 2014.
Contemporary Islamic Issues
  • Refuting ISIS. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi.2nd edition. Sacred Knowledge, 2016.
  • Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World.  Edward Said, Vintage, 1981, reprinted 1997.
 
Muslim Life
  • Funny in Farsi: A Memoir Growing up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
  • Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen by Firoozeh Dumas
  • Celebrating Ramadan (Children’s Book), by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith and Lawrence Migdale
  • Neither This Nor That by Aliyah Husain
  • Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami
  • The Secret Son by Laila Lalami
  • Sophia's Journal by Najiyah Diana Maxfield
  • Bestest Ramadan Ever, by Medeia Sharif
  • Boys vs. Girls by Naima Robert
  • It's Ramadan, Curious George (Children’s Book) by H. A. Rey and Hena Kaynaat Khan
  • The Size of a Mustard Seed by Umm Juwayriyah
  • If I Should Speak by Umm Zakiyyah
  • The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam by Willow Wilson
  • Alif, the Unseen by Willow Wilson
 
Poetry and Art
  • The Conference of the Birds, by  Farid ud-Din Attar and Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis (trans.)
  • Islamic Arts. Jonathan Bloom and Sheila S.  Blair. Phaidon. 1997.
  • The Essential Rumi: Expanded edition, Jalal al-Din Rumi and Coleman Barks and John Moyne(trans.), HarperSanFrancisco, 2011.
  • Islamic Art and Visual Culture: An Anthology of Sources, D. Fairchild Rugles. Blackwell, 2011.
 
Spirituality, Ethics, History, Law
  • Ethics of Al-Ghazali:  A Composite Theory of Ethics in Islam, 3rd ed. Muhammad Abul Quasem, Research Publications Ltd., 2011.
  • Lost Islamic History. Firas Al-Khateeb. Hurst & Co. (Oxford University Press), 2014.
  • Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes. Tamim Ansary. 2010.
  • What is Sufism? Martin Lings. Islamic Texts Society,1999. (Spirituality)
  • Shariah Law: An Introduction, Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Oneworld, 2008.
The Emergence of Early Sufi Piety and Sunni Scholasticism. Feryal Salem. Brill, 2016.

General Resources
  • The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics) - A new translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem
  • The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid Mattson
  • Who Speaks For Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
  • Islam: The Straight Path by John Esposito
  • The Emergence of Early Sufi Piety and Sunni Scholasticism by Feryal Salem
  • Vision of Islam by Sachiko Murata
  • Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet? by Ibrahim Abdul-Matin and Keith Ellison
  • The Columbia Sourcebook of Muslims in the United States, edited by Edward E. Curtis IV
  • Being Muslim, by Asad Tarsin
  • Purification of the Heart, Hamza Yusuf
  • Muslims, Christians, and the Challenge of Interfaith Dialogue, by Jane Smith
  • Islam in America, by Jane Smith
  • Stigmatized: From 9/11 to Trump and Beyond - an American Muslim Journey by Reza Mansoor
  • Bestest Ramadan Ever, by Medeia Sharif
  • Funny in Farsi: A Memoir Growing up Iranian in America, by Firoozeh Dumas
  • Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of a Global Citizen, by Firoozeh Dumas
  • The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman’s Journey to Love and Islam, by Willow Wilson
  • Alif, the Unseen, by Willow Wilson
  • Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, by Laila Lalami
  • The Secret Son, by Laila Lalami
  • The Conference of The Birds, by Farid Ud-Din Attar
  • Sophia's Journal, by Najiyah Diana Maxfield
  • Neither This Nor That, by Aliyah Husain
  • Boys vs. Girls, by Naima Robert
  • The Size of a Mustard Seed, by Umm Juwayriyah
  • If I Should Speak, by Umm Zakiyyah
  • It's Ramadan, Curious George (Children Book), by H. A. Rey and Hena Kaynaat Khan
  • Celebrating Ramadan (Children Book), by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith and Lawrence Migdale
  • Islamic Arts by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair