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Daughters of Another Path: Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam

10 best books like Daughters of Another Path: Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam (Carol L. Anway): Qurʾan / القرآن الكريم, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Internment, Book Love, Orientalism, Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, From My Sisters' Lips, The Road to Mecca

Qurʾan / القرآن الكريم
AuthorAnonymous
The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally meaning "the recitation"), also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Al-Coran, Coran, Kur'an, and Al-Qur'an, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be...
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
AuthorTahereh Mafi
ISBN0062866567
It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.

Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading...
Internment
AuthorSamira Ahmed
Rebellions are built on hope.

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.

With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend...
Book Love
AuthorDebbie Tung
ISBN1449494285
Bookworms rejoice! These charming comics capture exactly what it feels like to be head-over-heels for hardcovers. And paperbacks! And ebooks! And bookstores! And libraries!
 
Book Love is a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles....
Orientalism
AuthorEdward W. Said
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic.

In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism"...
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
AuthorKaren Armstrong
ISBN0062508865
I've been on a quest to read more about Islam, (so I will not be an absolute ignoramus about it, as Americans are often accused of being.). I've read a few books on the topic, but this is the first one I can honestly recommend. Karen Armstrong has not written a page-turner with this biography of Muhammad -...
The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam
AuthorG. Willow Wilson
ISBN0802118879
The extraordinary story of an all-American girl’s conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning articulation of a Westerner embracing the Muslim world.

When G. Willow Wilson—already an accomplished writer on modern religion...
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
AuthorMartin Lings
ISBN1594771537
Martin Lings’ biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life of the prophet. Based on the sira, the eighth- and ninth-century Arabic biographies that recount numerous events in the prophet’s life, it contains original English...
From My Sisters' Lips
AuthorNa'ima B. Robert
ISBN0593054415
Covered from head to toe with only her eyes visible, the sight of a Muslim woman on a western city street rarely fails to provoke a strong reaction. Feelings of shock, horror, repulsion, pity or even fear are not uncommon. But have you ever wondered who it is behind the veil and what makes her tick? Ever wondered...
The Road to Mecca
AuthorMuhammad Asad
ISBN1887752374
There are enough reviews by other people, which does the justice to the book. Yet I just want to add that Leopold Weis/Muhammad Asad's life is the testimony to one thing:

Can a modern/secular mind find it way into Islam and appreciate its truth? And if so how is this possible?

As I was born...
Critical Lives: Muhammad
AuthorYahiya Emerick
ISBN0028643712
Muhammad was a religious visionary and political leader. Raised in the harsh Arabian Peninsula and orphaned while still a child, this unlikely leader and military genius received a calling to transform his society from a collection of raiding tribes into one of the world's most progressive societies....
Have a Little Faith in Me
AuthorSonia Hartl
"Saved!" meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that takes a meaningful look at consent and what it means to give it.

When CeCe’s born-again ex-boyfriend dumps her after they have sex, she follows him to Jesus camp in order to win him back. Problem:...
Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective
AuthorAmina Wadud
ISBN0195128362
Islam is misogynist--a common claim by those who criticize it. Most often such critics are non-Muslims who have never picked up a Qur'an and have no intention of ever doing so. Their concern for women's rights often disappears too, once the discussion has left Islam.

So what might someone who...
It's Not About the Burqa
AuthorMariam Khan
ISBN1509886400
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter?
In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the ‘traditional submissiveness’ of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn’t know a single Muslim woman who...
Love in a Headscarf
AuthorShelina Zahra Janmohamed
ISBN1845134281
At the age of thirteen, I knew that I was destined to marry John Travolta. One day he would arrive on my North London doorstep, fall madly in love with me and ask me to marry him. Then he would convert to Islam and become a devoted Muslim.

Shelina is keeping a very surprising secret under her headscarf...
The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists
AuthorKhaled Abou El Fadl
ISBN0061189030
Despite President George W. Bush's assurances that Islam is a peaceful religion and that all good Muslims hunger for democracy, confusion persists and far too many Westerners remain convinced that Muslims and terrorists are synonymous. In the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11, the subsequent wars...
Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations
AuthorMichael A. Sells
ISBN1883991692
Approaching the Qur’án is a major event in religious publishing. Professor Michael Sells has captured the complexity, power, and poetry of the early suras of the Qur’án, the sacred scripture of Islam. In this second edition, Sells introduces important new translations of suras and a new preface...
Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women
AuthorNura Maznavi
ISBN1593764286
In this groundbreaking collection, American Muslim women writers sweep aside stereotypes to share their real-life tales of flirting, dating, longing, and sex. Their stories show just how varied the search for love can be—from singles' events and college flirtations to arranged marriages, all...
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
AuthorAsma Barlas
ISBN0292709048
Does Islam call for the oppression of women? Non-Muslims point to the subjugation of women that occurs in many Muslim countries, especially those that claim to be "Islamic," while many Muslims read the Qur'an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression, inequality, and patriarchy. Taking a wholly...
The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity
AuthorSeyyed Hossein Nasr
ISBN0060730641
As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in the Western world centered on distorted portrayals of...
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
AuthorReza Aslan
A fascinating, accessible introduction to Islam from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Zealot

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A finalist for the Guardian First Book Award

In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam—the origins...
Islam and the Destiny of Man
AuthorCharles Le Gai Eaton
Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton is a wide-ranging study of the Muslim religion from a unique point of view. The author, a former member of the British Diplomatic Service, was brought up as an agnostic and embraced Islam at an early age after writing a book (commissioned by T.S. Eliot)...
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
AuthorTariq Ramadan
ISBN0195308808
Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the century, Tariq Ramadan is a leading Muslim scholar, with a large following especially among young European and American Muslims. Now, in his first book written for a wide audience, he offers a marvelous biography of the Prophet...
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
AuthorLesley Hazleton
ISBN0385523939
In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever.
 
Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic...
The Ideal Muslimah: The True Islamic Personality of the Muslim Woman as Defined in the Qur’an and Sunnah
Authorمحمد علي الهاشمي
ISBN9960850390
The Ideal Muslimah is proud of the great position that Islam has given her among humanity. She performs her duties knowing that her role is clearly defined and that her rights are still, even today, greater than what any other ideology has provided. She is a woman of moral excellence, true to her nature,...
A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam
AuthorI.A. Ibrahim
ISBN9960340112
This introductory book on Islam serves as a good da'wah tool, explaining some of the fundamentals of Islam, as well signifying verses of the Qur'an and how they relate to science and the world around us.

This Islamic guide is for non-Muslims who would like to understand Islam, Muslims (Moslems),...
The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam
AuthorFatema Mernissi
ISBN0201632217
The Veil and the Male Elite is a tricky book to rate, since I am definitely not its target audience. I suppose I expected a feminist look at modern Muslim culture, and this book is really more a theological look at women's rights and a historical look at how various verses of the Koran that are used to justify...
Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
AuthorJohn L. Esposito
ISBN1595620176
Based on the largest study of its kind, this book is the first to present the fascinating findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World.

The horrific events of 9/11 dramatically intensified what many saw as an ongoing conflict between the U.S. and parts of the Muslim world. Extremism has grown...
Islam: The Straight Path
AuthorJohn L. Esposito
ISBN0195112342
In Islam, Esposito provides a succinct, up-to-date survey of the Islamic experience, an introduction to the faith, belief, and practice of Islam from its origins to its contemporary resurgence. He traces the emergence and development of this dynamic faith and its impact on world history and politics....
Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
AuthorLeila Ahmed
ISBN0300055838
Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a “pure” Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to...
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