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Islam Taught Me: A Spiritual Guide to Deepening Your Faith and Your Relationship with Allah (SWT) | N Abdullah

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Since I‘m a born muslim I would say that a lot of messages were already clear to me.
If I was a revert or someone who is simply interested in the core messages of Islam then I would recommend it for sure! But it was also refreshing for me and it gave me a kinda new perspective on some stuff.

#islam #spirituality #faith

Owls31092

Short History of Byzantium | John Julius Norwich

This one might be a little tough. How did Islam influence Christianity during this time period? #islam #christianity #discussion #ashorthistoryofbyzantium #catholicchurch #byzantium #byzantineempire #johnjuliusnorwich #popeleo #iconoclasm

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Davidtk20

Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West | Raymond Ibrahim

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Very interesting perspective on the history of the animosity between the West and Islam. Ibrahim lays out the most important battles between the two and how they shaped the world

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DaniJ

Infidel | Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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An incredible story of a woman‘s resilience in the face of oppressive Islamic faith. This story truly opened my eyes to the reality of what it means to be an Islamic woman and how some western cultures are not helping them move forward. Having studied religion and female oppression extensively, I found this book gave a pure-voiced clarity about what I already feared for Islamic women

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Chittavrtti

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes | Tamim Ansary

Book 2 for 2024:)

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Chittavrtti

A History of Islam in 21 Women | Hossein Kamaly

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batsy

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror | Mahmood Mamdani

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Mamdani is a lucid thinker, and writes with great clarity about the world that shaped what is now casually referred to as Islamic terrorism. As an anthropologist and political scientist he lays out the historical contexts of European colonialism and the Cold War to remind us that no situation arises out of thin air, but through careful cultivation by geopolitical superpowers. Informative. This was published in 2004; would love a current follow-up.

batsy This was a reread for me and maybe a lot of it went over my head when I first read it, but for this precise moment in history a lot of things are crystal clear. 1y

Cuilin So much comes down to white colonialism!! Ugh when will we learn from the past? 1y

batsy @Cuilin Pretty devastating that the same things keep repeating. 1y

Reggie I have a coworker who says that every we(the US) bomb someone, future terrorism is born. And that‘s just the obvious stuff we know about. And then I think about Rwanda and their genocide, set into motion years before when they were occupied by Belgium. Stacked. Great review, Suba. 1y

batsy @Reggie Thanks @Reggie. I hope you find it useful if you do check it out. I'm at this point in my life where the more I read and learn, the more enraged I get. 1y

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GingerAntics

Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction | Peter Adamson

#PhilosophyInTheIslamicWorld #PeterAdamson #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

TheBookHippie I think by us reading this or these we are reading what is without the extremist views, mostly and I think it is really smart to do. I think we have pre conceived notions about all people and religions and when reading we see there is not much different in any religion and also how far extremist take it...if that makes sense..... 1y

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GingerAntics

Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction | Peter Adamson

#PhilosophyInTheIslamicWorld #PeterAdamson #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

TheBookHippie The Prophet (SAAS) says: 'Women are the (equal) sisters of men'. Women make up half of society and they are responsible for the nurturing, guidance and reformation of the subsequent generations of men and women. It is the female who imbues principles and faith into the souls of the nation.
I remember reading this and thinking how close it is to Judaism and how far it is from Christianity .........

This was my understanding before reading this 1y

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