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.

* 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

* 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.

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

* 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.

* 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 & the Future of Reason , pub. 2004

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

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

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

* Katouzian, Homa:               The Persians; Ancient, Mediaeval, 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

* 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.

* 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.

* 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)

* 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.

* 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

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