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A compilation of Fethullah Gulen's sermons on the life of the prophet, the book offers us a deeper understanding of God's Messenger through looking into his exemplary life from different aspects.

First published in 1997,

Little X chronicles the multigenerational experience of Tate's family, who broke from the traditional Black church in the 1950s to join the radical Nation of Islam, then struggled to remain intact through disillusionment, shifting loyalties, and forays into Orthodox Islam.

Little X offers a rare glimpse into the everyday experience of the Nation of Islam and into a little-understood part of America's history and heritage.

This book is a critical analysis by an ex-Muslim activist of religion in general and of Islam in particular. It describes the author's journey out of Islam and discusses in depth the many common misconceptions about Islam that are prevalent both within and outside the Islamic world.

في هذا الكتاب أراد المؤلف الكبير عبد الرحمن الشرقاوي أن يكتب سيرة الحبيب المصطفى - صلى الله عليه وسلم - منطلقاً من قوله تعالى "قُلْ إِنَّمَا أنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ".

Al-Hasan al-Wazzan - born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco - became famous as the great Renaissance writer Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the Pope; when he was released and baptized, he lived a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone....

بإسلوبه الساحر و الروائي الرائع أنهى الشرقاوي الجزء الأول من هذا الكتاب الممتع باستتباب الخلافة لعلي بن ابي طالب رضي الله عنه عدا الشام التي استقل بها معاوية بن ابي سفيان والذي رفض البيعة لعليّ كخليفة للمسلمين مطالبًا بالقصاص من قتلة عثمان و لكنه في الحقيقة كان طامعا في الملك و الخلافة...!!

Born in the Old City of Sana’a, Yemen, to a pair of middle-class doctors, Mohammed Al Samawi was a devout Muslim raised to think of Christians and Jews as his enemy. But when Mohammed was 23, he secretly received a copy of the Bible, and what he read cast doubt on everything he’d previously believed. After connecting with Jews and Christians on social media, and at various international interfaith conferences, Mohammed became an activist, making it his mission to promote dialogue and cooperation in Yemen. Then came the death threats....

الكتاب ليس سيرة ذاتية فقط، إنما سيرة عطرة لنموذج حياة، لصاحب الصوت الإيماني والخطيب المفوه، الذي نذر نفسه للدفاع عن بيت المقدس، وحمل هم القضية الفلسطينية، وسخر المنبر لذلك. هو الأب، الذي ربى أبناءه بالتربية الأسرية الصحيحة والحقيقية التي فقدتها بعض الأسر المسلمة، وغابت على أثرها روح الأسرة ودفء العائلة وسط الثقافات الدخيلة على الدين والمجتمع الكويتي. هو الرجل الوطني والقومي، الداعية الذي يرى وجوب الخطبة أن تكون شاملة، من الجوانب الشرائعية والسلوكية والشعائرية. هو الإنسان الذي له دوره الكبير في العمل الخيري الإسلامي،

Frémeaux & Associés et la Grande Mosquée de Paris s’associent afin de faire connaître l’histoire, la philosophie, les cultures et les savoirs du monde musulman. Dans cet ouvrage, Chems-eddine Hafiz, recteur de la Grande Mosquée de Paris, explore les parcours de femmes musulmanes exceptionnelles, dévoilant leurs rôles influents, souvent méconnus, au sein de l’histoire et de la culture de l’islam, depuis ses origines jusqu’à nos jours.

Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States. Eboo Patel's story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people - and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement.

Beginning with a sweetly funny, moving account of her arranged marriage, the author undercuts stereotypes and offers the refreshing view of an American life through Muslim eyes. In chapters leavened with humor, hope, and insight, she recounts an immigrant's daily struggles balancing assimilation with preserving heritage, overcoming religious barriers from within and distortions of Islam from without, and confronting issues of raising her children as Muslims - while they lobby for a Christmas tree!

كتاب رياض الصالحين للإمام النووي الدمشقي يجمع الأحاديث الصحيحة المروية عن الرسول محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم في شؤون العقيدة والحياة، مرتبة في أبواب وفصول لسهولة الرجوع إليها. يضم الكتاب 1903 أحاديث مروية بسند مختصر يبدأ بالصحابي غالباً، مقسمة على 372 فصلاً. ينقل أقوال الرسول وأفعاله كما يرويها الصحابة، وأحياناً ينقل أقوال الصحابة وأفعالهم. يتوزع الكتاب على خمسة عشر كتاباً تضم 373 باباً مرقمة بالتسلسل.

سنكشف في هذه السلسلة حقائق تاريخية أخفاها غزاة التاريخ بقصد أن تظل هذه الأمة أسيرة لما كتبوه هم لها، فإن كان هؤلاء قد نجحوا في خداع آبائنا ليعيشوا أسارى للتاريخ المزيف الذي غرسوه في وجدانهم، فإننا هنا سننفض الغبار عن تاريخ أمتنا الحقيقي، وذلك من خلال سبر أغوار قصص أبطالنا العظماء، وبعد أن ندرس تاريخ أمتنا الحقيقي دون تزييف أو تحريف، سيأتي ذلك اليوم الذي سنعيد فيه مجد أجدادنا من جديد، لننتصر نحن في نهاية الأمر في حربنا ضد غزاة التاريخ، حتمًا سننتصر عليهم... طال الزمان أو قصر!

Muhammad is the Prophet; the messenger of God. But for the vast majority of people outside the Islamic faith, he remains a mystery and myths and misconceptions about him abound. Born in a time of moral despondency and despair; Muhammad spent his entire life trying to transcend human pettiness; searching for absolute values; the meaning of life and what it meant to be a human being.

Yasmines Leben ist stellvertretend für so viele andere Frauen in radikal-islamischen Familien: Sie lebt in Kanada, einer westlichen Gesellschaft, doch zu Hause erlebt die intelligente, selbstbewusste junge Frau Entrechtung, Gewalt und religiösen Terror, vor allem durch ihren Stiefvater, einen hochrangigen Al-Quaida-Funktionär. Als er noch dazu übergriffig wird, klagt Yasmine ihn an, doch das Unfassbare geschieht: die Richterin lehnt die Klage wegen "kultureller Unterschiede" ab. Was muss passieren, damit Frauen wie Yasmine beschützt werden?

The American dream is alive and well in this memoir of a Muslim immigrant from India who arrived planning to start a business, working so hard toward his personal goals that he even pumped gas and sold vacuum cleaners door to door. Victor Begg successfully built a thriving, regional chain of furniture stores. Along the way, he discovered that America’s greatest promise lies in building healthy communities with our neighbors.

Som 16-årig blev flygtningedrengen Ahmed Akkari hvervet af det islamistiske miljø omkring moskeen i Danmarksgade i Aalborg. Få år senere var han blevet en toneangivende imam, der prædikede i moskeer overalt i Danmark. Og i 2006 blev han talsmand for den gruppe af muslimske foreninger, der ydede et afgørende bidrag til optrapningen af Muhammedkrisen.

When Jenny Jones and her three children move from their Washington home to that of Jenny's in-laws in the West Bank, the village of Safa seems like a haven. Sheltered from much of the area's troubles, Jenny considers the village to be the ideal place for her children to explore a part of their identity they deserved to know more about. In spite of its pastoral charm, Safa is far more complex than Jenny had imagined.

Explore Thomas Merton’s encounter with Islam and its mystical tradition of Sufism with one of Catholicism’s great scholars. This captivating six-lecture audio course focuses on Merton’s engagement with Islam. Your presenter is Professor Sidney Griffith (Ph.D., Catholic University of America), an expert in Muslim-Christian relations and a lifelong reader of Thomas Merton.

Professor A. K. John, alias al-Dayrani is the best known and most distinguished among the pupils of Scholar Sheikho. He received a certificate of General Education (a Syrian certificate which included the study of nine different sciences). Prof. al-Dayrani collected and verified more than 50 books which were dictated by Scholar Sheikho and written on his behalf.