The Prophet Muhammad and the Religion of IslamTitle: Islam Today: A Short Introduction to the Muslim World.
Author: Ahmed, Akbar S.
Publisher: New York: I.B. Tauris Publishers, 1999.
MAIN Adult Book 297.09 Ahmed
A good introductory text. Just the basics on the religion; this is more of a cultural history. The author is very sympathetic to ways Islam is misunderstood and falsely represented in the West.Title: Islam: A Short History.1st ed.
Author: Armstrong, Karen
Publisher: New York: Modern Library, 2000.
MAIN Adult Book 297.09 Armstrong
The extensive history in broad strokes by this Western scholar of religions. Armstrong stresses the political and social realities that have had impact on Islam's realization of its mission of community.Title: Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond / edited by John Cooper, Ronald L. Nettler and Mohamed Mahmoud.
Publisher: New York: I.B. Tauris; New York: Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1998.
MAIN Adult Book 297.1226 IslamTitle: The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder.
Author: Tibi, Bassam.
Publisher: Berkeley: University of California Press, c1998.
MAIN Adult Book 320.550917671 TibiTitle: Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence.
Author: Lawrence, Bruce B.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, c1998.
MAIN Adult Book 297.0904 LawrenceTitle: Islam: Opposing Viewpoints / Paul A. Winters, book editor.
Publisher: San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c1995.
MAIN Adult Book 320.550917671 Islam
Opposing Viewpoints is an excellent series that picks topical, controversial issues and presents various perspectives. For middle grades to adult.Title: Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. 1st U.S. ed.
Author:Armstrong, Karen.
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif.: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992.
MAIN Adult Book BIO MuhammadThe Middle East/Central Asia - People, Culture, Politics
Title: Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia.
Author: Rashid, Ahmed.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2000.
MAIN Adult Book 958.104 RashidTitle: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power.
Author: Yergin, Daniel.
Publisher: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Written after the Gulf War; won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. The importance of oil in the Mid-East still informs our perspective.Title: A History of the Arab Peoples.
Author: Hourani, Albert Habib.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1991.
MAIN Adult Book 909.0974927 478Title: The Last Great Revolution. 1st ed.
Author: Wright, Robin B.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000.
MAIN Adult Book 955.054 WrightTitle: The Dream Palace of the Arabs.
Author: Ajami, Fouad.
Publisher: New York: Pantheon Books, 1998.
MAIN Adult Book 956.04 AjamiTitle: From Beirut to Jerusalem. 1st ed.
Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c1989.
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New York Times columnist Friedman illuminated the Arab-Israeli conflict with this work as he continues to do in his op-ed columns. Begins with a very good and brief background to issues at the heart of the conflict. Interesting from our current perspective to glimpse the rhythm of daily life in terror-torn Beirut.Title: Between Memory and Desire: The Middle East in a Troubled Age.
Author: Humphreys, R. Stephen.
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1999.
MAIN Adult Book 956 HumphreysTitle: God Has Ninety-Nine Names: Reporting from a Militant Middle East.
Author: Miller, Judith
Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, c1996
MAIN Adult Book 322.10917671 MillerTerrorism, U.S. Policies, World Order
Title: Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America's Quest for Security.
Author: Johnson, Loch K.
Publisher: New York: New York University Press, 2000.
MAIN Adult Book 327.1273 Johnson
A survey of our intelligence agencies and the implications of our resistance to centralization.Title: The New Jackals : Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism.
Author: Reeve, Simon.
Publisher: Boston: Northeastern University Press, c1999.
MAIN Adult Book 364.1097471 Reeve
Simon Reeve is a British journalist. Follows the 1993 WTC bombing and Yousef's wish to destroy the Twin Towers.Title: Terrorism and the Liberal State.
Author: Wilkinson, Paul.
Publisher: New York: Wiley, c1977.
MAIN Adult Book 322.42 937Title: Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency: From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century. 1st ed.
Author: Bamford, James.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2001.
MAIN Adult Book 327.1273 Bamford
A look at the intelligence and conspiracies. You may find these revelations about the NSA troubling.Title: Rogue States : The Rule of Force in World Affairs.
Author: Chomsky, Noam.
Publisher: Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2000.
MAIN Adult Book 341.62 Chomsky
Controversial linguist and cultural analyst, Chomsky, argues that the U.S. and other first world forces have abused their superpowers.Title: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.
Author: Huntington, Samuel P.
Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster, c1996.
MAIN Adult Book 909.829 HuntingtonTitle: Terrorism: Opposing Viewpoints / Laura K. Egendorf, book editor.
Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, 2000.
MADISON and MAIN Adult Book 303.625 Terrorism
Another entry in the excellent Opposing Viewpoints series. Especially helpful for schoolwork research.Rumi (Jalal al-Din Mohammad Balkhi)
America and Afghanistan share a passion in Rumi. This 13th Century Persian mystic and founder of whirling dervishes, is America's best selling poet. Popularized in the U.S. by modern-day gurus Robert Bly, Deepak Chopra and others, he is embraced by New Age afficionados and pop culture celebrities. His writings are warmly accepted as a form of non-institutional spiritualism, although some cast him as a spiritual quick fix. Rumi, born Mohammed in what is now Afghanistan, was a Sufi Muslim; his work is firmly rooted in the teachings of Islam. In Afghanistan, his Farsi verses are memorized and recited and he is widely regarded as a saint.
Coleman Barks' translations are liberally recast from other English translations into lyrical and casual free verse. Franklin Lewis attempts more precise translation and the results are more literary. Hard to say how close our versions are to Rumi's intentions or to the passages that reside in the mind of the ordinary Afghan. In Rumi, the divine is cast in sensual terms, the sacred is rapturous. He speaks to deep longings of the hearts of both Americans and Afghans alike. The chord he strikes has transcended his time and place.
Title: Rumi: a Spiritual Biography
Author: Wines, Leslie.
Publisher: New York: Crossroad Pub., 2000.
MAIN Adult Book 297.4092 WinesRumi: Past and Present, East and West; The Life, Teachings and Poetry of Jalâl al-Din Rumi.
Author: Lewis, Franklin D.
Publisher: Oxford: Oneworld, 2000.
MAIN Adult Book 891.5511 LewisTitle: Rumi [videorecording]: Poet of the Heart / written, produced, and directed by Haydn Reiss.
Publisher: San Anselmo, CA: Magnolia Films, c1998.
MAIN AV VIDEO 891.551
A celebration of the earthy, joyous, and spiritual passion of the 13th century Persian Sufi poet, Rumi. Features Coleman Barks, the preeminent contemporary translator of Rumi's poetry, in live performance and intimate conversation.Title: The Glance: Songs of Soul-Meeting / Rumi ; translated by Coleman Barks with Nevit Ergin.
Author: Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273.
Publisher: New York: Viking/Arkana, 1999.
MAIN Adult Book 891.5511 Jalal al-DinTitle: Vision II [sound recording]: Spirit of Rumi.
Author: Revell, Graeme. Music, lyrics, and adaptations written by Graeme Revell and Roger Mason. Lyrics adapted from the poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi.
Publisher: New York, NY: Angel, p1997.
MAIN AV CompDisc CD WORLD Revell