Milestones16 reviews
Sayed Qutb

Islamic Book Service,India, 2006

Insightful text

One could easily argue that Sayyid Qutb's 1950s era treatise "Milestones" is the most influential and historically far-reaching Islamic text written in the past century. Qutb's work - and "Milestones" above all else - created the philosophical foundation upon which Al Qaeda and other Islamic ...
  
  











  



  
Religion of Peace?: Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't58 reviews
Robert Spencer

Regnery Publishing, 2007

The Work of a True Scholar in Islam.

+ Sobering and timely
+ Yeah, Right!

Don't listen to the reviewers who say Robert Spencer is not knowledgeable enough about Islam. He could teach quite a few Muslims about their own books and history, I have studied it deeply for seven years myself. Also bear in mind the doctrine of Al-Taqiyya and Kithman or kitman, which began as ...
  
  











  



  
The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam27 reviews
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Free Press, 2006

Enlightenment

+ Brilliant!

How lucky we American women are........I never realized the difficulties of being born a woman in an Islam society......The author introduces the reader to the plight of innocent females of all ages...What a tragedy that such horrible and unimaginable crimes are inflicted on females by family ...
  
  











  



  
Brother Tariq: The Doublespeak of Tariq Ramadan5 reviews
Caroline Fourest

Encounter Books, 2008

A Brilliant expose

+ Ramadan is a Wolf

Tariq Ramadan is always shown to be the good face of 'moderate European Islam' and he is trotted out, or rather trots himself out, everytime there is some question about the ability of Europe to swallow and assimilate its millions of Muslim immigrants. A passionate defender of Muslims he pretends ...
  
  











  



  
The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror138 reviews
Bernard Lewis

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

An enjoyable read.

+ Excellent primer on West-Mideast divide
+ excellent overview
+ The Crisis of Islam
+ Good Book, tells it like it is
  
  











  



  
Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West28 reviews
Robert Spencer

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2003

This book should be required reading..by all the Leftist who hate America

+ USA - Ignore the evils of Islam at your peril
+ Evidence to make the case: Islam is not all about peace
+ An Interpretation of Islam
  
  











  



  
What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary31 reviews

Prometheus Books, 2002

the koran really is garbage and he says it like it is!

+ The West's Truth
+ Whingers and whiners

The koran is the most violent, disgusting pieces of garbage ever written by lunatics who were child molesters, caravan raiders, murderers and bandits. Islam, is a fanatical, cult-like belief that doesn't allow anyone to convert out and yet forces people in. Ibn Warraq, like myself, a former muslim, ...
  
  











  



  
Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/118 reviews
Matthias Kuntzel

Telos Press Publishing, 2007

Brilliant

+ Excellent and scholarly work
+ Important Book
+ Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and The Roots of 9/11
  
  











  



  
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims47 reviews

Prometheus Books, 2005

17 years in Islamic lands

+ They Mythof Islamic Tolernace-Book
+ Support from both sides
+ Must-Read for Americans
+ Tolerance in Islam
  
  











  



  
God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis3 reviews
Philip Jenkins

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Christianity and Islam in Europe today

+ Not Eurabia
+ Uneven, but still Excellent

This is the third in Jenkins' fascinating series looking at global Christianity and it follows "The Next Christendom" and "The New Faces Of Christianity" but this time focusing on Christianity in Europe and the perceived threat of Islam. Reading this book was an enjoyable experience and a welcome ...
  
  











  



  
The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West10 reviews
Gilles Kepel

Belknap Press, 2006

Insights on Islam

+ Good book, despite what some say..................

Gilles Kepel provides an insightful, European perspective on relations between the West and Islam. As the title suggests, he does not see the two locked in intractable conflict. Muslims, like the West, are divided. The interests of the Saudi government are separate from those of the Wahhabite ...
  
  











  



  
Myth and Reality in the Contemporary Islamist Movement1 review
Fouad Zakaria

Pluto Press, 2005

Myth and Reality in Islamic Movement

The author has drawn carefully the complex issue of religion and state, secularism, and modernity. These entire big topics, although have been discussed by scholars and ulama in the Arab and Muslim since the beginning of the decolonization process more than 40 years ago, are still not easy to be ...
  
  











  



  
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam17 reviews
Gilles Kepel

Belknap Press, 2003

Important for understanding 9/11/2001

+ A French look at Islamism
+ Jihad: Murderers, Not Martyrs!

To understand the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, people need to read Gilles Kepel's account of Islamist jihadism. Kepel suggests that the Islamist jihadist movement worldwide was running out of steam prior to the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Thus we ...
  
  











  



  
Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest-Growing Faith140 reviews
Robert Spencer

Encounter Books, 2003

Tired of being in the Dark?

+ A Book Well Worth Discussion
+ Biased but still true
+ Critique of 'Islam Unveiled'
  
  











  



  
What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East273 reviews
Bernard Lewis

Harper Perennial, 2003

WWW!!!

+ Outstanding.
+ everyone should get aquinted with this book.

This book gives harsh reality about Middle east.I believe he gave his best answer for "What Went Wrong?". He is very informative. I enjoyed his point of view. One of my favorite sentence "Europeans managed to create a Christianity without compassion, so did some Middle Easterners create a democracy ...
  
  











  



  
Religion of Peace?: Islam's War Against the World19 reviews
Gregory M. Davis

World Ahead Publishing, 2006

A good beginners guide to learning true nature of Islam

+ Davis hits a bulls-eye with this book
+ Scared the ghost out of my body

Gregory Davis has written a book that will hopefully dispel the most common misperception of Islam as a religion of peace. In no way does Davis proclaim all Muslims are violent or fundamental but he does detail the struggle between one set of values and another and how Islam is believed by Muslims ...
  
  











  



  
Why I Am Not a Muslim280 reviews
Ibn Warraq

Prometheus Books, 2003

IBN WARRAQ IS GOD

+ Please don't ban this book
+ Not everyone could write such a courageous book

This man is extremely intelligent, knowledgeable, incredible! Offering a plethora of information, not only his opinion but countless others' as well as history from I cant even recall how many sources. **College Level Reading** don't waste your money if your not on the higher end of the ...
  
  











  



  
The Roots of Radical Islam
Gilles Kepel

Saqi Books, 2005
  
  











  



  
The Trouble with Islam : A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith227 reviews
Irshad Manji, 2004

Haha...

+ Caught between two worlds.
+ Finally - something to fill the gaps.

Oddly enough, I'm not surprised at the obscene amount of negative feedback on here. It's almost exactly what I expected. I particularly enjoyed one reader's saying that "She's just the tool of Zionists and Christian fundamentalists in an attempt to discredit Islam!" LOL. I enjoyed this book ...
  
  











  



  
The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion299 reviews
Robert Spencer

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006

Kinder then I would be...

+ The Hypocrisy of Muslim Apologists is Showing . . .
+ Can you face the truth?
+ Muhammad