Encyclopedia of Islam

Encyclopedia of  Islam

McAuliffe, Jane Dammen, ed. The Cambridge Compan-

ion to the Quran. Cambridge: Cambridge University 

Press, 2006.

Osman, Fathi. Concepts of the Quran: A Topical Reading.

Los Angeles: MVI Publications, 1997.

Qadhi, Abu Ammaar Yasir. An Introduction to the 

Sciences of the Quran. Birmingham, England: Al-

Hidaayah Publishing and Distribution, 1999.

Rahman, Fazlur. Major Themes of the Quran. Minneapo-

lis: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1980.

Sells, Michael. Approaching the Quran: The Early Revela-

tions. Ashland, Ore.: White Cloud Press, 1999.

Stowasser, Barbara F. Women in the Quran: Tradi-

tions and Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University 

Press, 1989.

Watt, W. Montgomery, and Richard Bell. Introduction 

to the Quran. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh 

Press, 1970.

III. Islamic Religion, Anthologies, 

and Islamic Studies

Abou El Fadl, Khalid et al. The Place of Tolerance in 

Islam. Boston: Beacon Press, 2002.

Baghawi, Husayn, as expanded by Wali al-Din al-Khatib 

al-Tabrizi.  The Niche for Lamps (Mishkat al-mas-

abih). Translated by James Robson. 4 vols. Lahore: 

Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1964–1966.

Bakhtiar, Laleh. Encyclopedia of Islamic Law: A Compen-

dium of the Major Schools. Chicago: Kazi Publica-

tions, 1996.

Cook, Michael. Forbidding Wrong in Islam: An Intro-

duction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 

2003.

Denny, Frederick Mathewson. An Introduction to Islam.

3d edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Pren-

tice Hall, 2006 (1994).

Elias, Jamal. Islam. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice 

Hall, 1999.

Endress, Gerhard. An Introduction to Islam. Translated 

by Carole Hillenbrand. New York: Columbia Uni-

versity Press, 1988.

Ernst, Carl W. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: 

Shambhala Publications, 1997.

Foltz, Richard C., Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baha-

ruddin, eds. Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust.

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003.

Goldziher, Ignaz. An Introduction to Islamic Theology 

and Law. Translated by Andras and Ruth Hamori. 

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981.

Leaman, Oliver. An Introduction to Medieval Islamic Phi-

losophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 

1985.

Lewis, Bernard. The Political Language of Islam. Chi-

cago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.

Lockman, Zachary. Contending Visions of the Middle 

East: The History and Politics of Orientalism. Cam-

bridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Martin, Richard C. Islamic Studies: A History of Religions 

Approach. 2d ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice 

Hall, 1996.

Martin, Richard C., ed. Approaches to Islam in Reli-

gious Studies. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 

1985.

Mernissi, Fatima. The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist 

Interpretation of Women’s Rights in Islam. Translated 

by Mary Jo Lakeland. Reading, Mass.: Addison-

Wesley, 1991.

Momen, Moojan. An Introduction to Shii Islam: The His-

tory and Doctrines of Twelver Shiism. New Haven, 

Conn.: Yale University Press, 1985.

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Ideals and Realities of Islam. Bos-

ton: Beacon Press, 1972.

———.  Science and Civilization in Islam. Cambridge, 

Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1968.

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein, Hamid Dabashi, and Seyyed 

Vali Reza Nasr, eds. Shiism: Doctrines, Thought, and 

Spirituality. Albany: State University of New York 

Press, 1988.

Nicholson, Reynold A. The Mystics of Islam. London: 

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.

Peters, Francis E. A Reader on Classical Islam. Princ-

eton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1994.

Pinault, David. The Shiites: Ritual and Popular Piety in a 

Muslim Community. New York: St. Martin’s, 1992.

Qaradawi, Yusuf al-. The Lawful and Prohibited in 

Islam (Al-Halal wa’l-haram fi’l-Islam). Indianapolis: 

American Trust Publications, n.d.

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