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MANDATORY READING Shepard, William (2009) Introducing Islam. London and New York: Routledge

SUGGESTED READINGS 1) General Introductions Aslan, Reza (2005), No God but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam. Random House. Brown, Daniel (2004) A New Introduction to Islam. Blackwell Denny, Frederick M. (2004) An Introduction to Islam. 3rd revised Edition. Prentice Hall Rippin, Andrew (2005) Muslims: Their Beliefs and Practices. 3rd edition. Routledge Rippin, Andrew (2007) Defining Islam: A Reader. London: Equinox Saeed, Abdullah (2007) Islam Thought: An Introduction. London and New York: Routledge Turner, Colin (2006) Islam: The basics. London and New York: Routledge

2) The Historical background of the rise of Islam Hitti, Philip K. (1958) History of the Arabs: From the Earliest Times to the Present. 6th edition. London: Macmillan Peters, F.E. (ed.) (1999) The Arabs and Arabia on the Eve of Islam. Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum Trimingham, J. Spencer (1979) Christianity among the Arabs in Pre-Islamic Times. London Longman Watt, William Montgomery (1988) Muhammads Mecca. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

3) The Prophet Muhammad Armstrong, Karen (2007) Muhammad: Prophet for Our Time. 2nd new edition Ibn Ishaq (1955) The Life Of Muhammad: A Translation of Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated and Introduced by A. Guilleaume. Oxford University Press Lings, Martin (1991) Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Inner Traditions Montgomery Watt, William (1964) Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman. Oxford Unioversity Press Rodinson, Maxime (1974) Mohammed. Translated from the French by Anne Carter. 2nd edition. Penguin Books Schimmel, Annemarie (1985) And Muhammad is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety. University of North Carolina Press

4) Early Islamic history Crone, Patricia and Martin Hinds (1986) Gods Caliph: Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Grnebaum, Gustav von (1970) Classical Islam: 600-1258. Allan & Unwin Hawting, Gerald (1986) The First Dynasty: The Umayyad Caliphate 661-750AD. London: Croom Helm Hodgson, Marshall (1977) The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization: The Classical Age of Islam (Vol. 1). University of Chicago Press Kennedy, Hugh (2004) The Prophet and the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century. 2nd edition. London: Longman Lapidus, Ira M. (1987) A History of Islamic Societies. Cambridge University Press

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5) Early schisms and divisions Bin Haji Yahya, Mohyiddin (1978) The Origins of the Khawrij. PhD Thesis University of Exeter Salem, Elie Adib (1956) Political Theory and Institutions of the Khawrij. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press Daftary, Farhad (1990) The Ismls: Their History and Doctrines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Halm, Heinz (1997) Shia Islam: From Religion to Revolution. Translated from the German by Alison Brown. Markus Wiener Publications Halm, Heinz (2004) Shism. Translated by Janet Watson and Marian Hill. 2 nd edition. University of Edinburgh Press Madelung, Wilfred (1985) Religious Schools and Sects in Medieval Islam. London: Variorum Modarrisi, Hosseini (1993) Crisis and Consolidation in the Formative Period of Shiite Islam. Darwin Press Moomen, Mooja n (1985) An Introduction to Shii Islam: The History and Doctrine of Shiism. New Haven: Yale University Press Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein (1981) Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahd in Twelver Shism State University of New York Press

6) The Quran Translations Abdel Haleem, M.A.S. (2004) The Quran: A New Translation. Oxford University Press Ali, Yusuf (1987) The Holy Quran: Text, Translation & Commentary. Tarrike Tarsile Quran Arberry, A.J. (1983) The Quran Interpreted. Oxford University Press [1964] Asad, Muhammad (1980) The Message of the Quran. Translated and explained by Muhammafd Asad. Dar al-Andalus/E.J. Brill Pickthall, Marmaduke (1952) The Meaning of the Glorious Quran. An Explanatory Translartion by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall. Al-Furqan Publishings Studies Abdel Haleem, M.A.S. (2001) Understanding the Quran: Theme and Style. I.B. Tauris Bell, Richard (w. William Montgomery Watt) (1970) Bells Introduction to the Quran. Edinburgh University Press Boullata, Issa J. (2000) Literary structures of religious meaning in the Qur'an. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Brown, Kerry and Martin Palmer (1987) The Essential Teachings of Islam. London etc.: Rider Campanini, Massimo (2007) The Quran: The Basics. Translated by Oliver Leaman. London and New York: Routledge Cragg, Kenneth (1971) The Event of the Quran. London: Allen and Unwin Cragg, Kenneth (1973) The Mind of the Qurn. London : Allen and Unwin Esack, Farid (2005) The Quran: A Users Guide. Oxford: Oneworld Fazlur Rahman (1989) Major Themes of the Quran. Bibliotheca Islamica Reynolds, Gabriel S. (ed.) (2007) The Quran in its Historical Context. London: Routledge Rippin, Andrew (1988) Approaches to the history of the interpretation of the Qur'an. Oxford: The Clarendon Press Sells, Michael A. (2007) Approaching the Quran: The Early Revelations. 2nd revised edition. White Cloud Press

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7) Scholarly disciplines of the Islamic tradition: Quran exegesis and the Traditions of the Prophet Ayoub, Mahmoud M. (1984) The Quran and its Interpreters. Albany: State University of New York Press Gtje, Helmut (1996) The Quran and its Exegesis. Selected Texts with Classical and Modern Muslim Interpretations. OneWorld Rippin, Andrew (1988) Approaches to the History of the Interpretation of the Qur'an. Oxford: The Clarendon Press Burton, John (1994) An Introduction to Hadith. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Guilleaume Alfred (1924) The traditions of Islam: An Introduction to the Study of the Hadith Literature. Oxford: The Clarendon Press Motzki, Harald (ed.) (2004) Hadith: origins and developments. Aldershot, Ashgate Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubair (1993) Hadth Literature: Its origin, Development and Special features. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society

8) Emergence of Islamic law and jurisprudence Coulson, Noel J. (1964) A History of Islamic Law. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Coulson, Noel J. (1969) Conflict and Tension in Islamic Jurisprudence. Chicago: University of Chicago Press Goldziher, Ignaz (1981) Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law.Translated by Andreas and Ruth Hamori. Princeton: Princeton University Press Hallaq, Wael (2004) The Formation of Islamic Law. Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum. Hallaq, Wael (2004) The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law. Cambridge University Press Hallaq, Wael (2009) An Introduction to Islam Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Hallaq, Wael (2009) Sharia: Theory, Practice, Transformations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Motzki, Harald (2002) The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence: Meccan Fiqh before the Classical School. Leiden and Boston: Brill Schacht, Joseph (1982) An Introduction to Islamic Law. Clarendon Press [1964]

9) Theology Abrahamov, Binyamin (1998) Islamic theology: Traditionalism and Rationalism. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (1984) Islamic Theology and Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press Ess, Josef van (2006) The Flowering of Muslim Theology. Translated by Jane Marie Todd. Harvard University Press Frank, Richard M. (2007) Early Islamic Theology: The Mutazila and the Ashari. Aldershot: Ashgate Goldziher, Ignaz (1981) Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law.Translated by Andreas and Ruth Hamori. Princeton: Princeton University Press Montgomery Watt, William (1973) The Formative Period of Islamic Thought. Edinburgh University Press Mamura, Michael E. (ed.) (1984) Islamic Theology and Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press Netton, Ian Richard (ed.) (2007) Islamic Philosophy and Theology: Critical Concepts in Islamic Thought. 4 Vols. London and New York: Routledge Wolfson, Henry A. (1976) The Philosophy of the Kalam. Cambridge (MA) and London: Harvard University Press

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9) Philosophy Corbin Henry (1993) History of Islamic Philosophy. Translsted from French by Liadain and Philip Sherrard. London: Kegan Paul International/Institute of Islamic Studies [1964] Fakhry, Majid (1983) A History of Islamic Philosophy.2nd edition. New York and London: Columbia University Press Goodman, Lenn (1992) Avicenna. Arabic Thought and Culture Series. London: Routledge Janssens, Jules (2006) Ibn Sn and his Influence on the Arabic and Latin World. Aldershot: Ashgate Variorum Leaman, Oliver (1999) A Brief introduction to Islamic Philosophy. Cambrdige: Polity Press Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2006) Islamic Philosophy from its Origin to its Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy. New York: State University of New York Press Mamura, Michael E. (ed.) (1984) Islamic Theology and Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press Netton, Ian Richard (1982) Muslim Neoplatonists: An Introduction to the Brethren of Purity. London: Allen & Unwin Netton, Ian Richard (1992) Al-Frb and his School. Arabic Thought and Culture Series. London: Routledge Netton, Ian Richard (1994) Allah Transcendent. Studies in the Structure and Semiotics of Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Cosmology. London: Curzon Press Netton, Ian Richard (ed.) (2007) Islamic Philosophy and Theology: Critical Concepts in Islamic Thought. 4 Vols. London and New York: Routledge Urvoy, Dominique (1991) Ibn Rushd (Averroes). Translated by Olivia Stewart. London: Routledge

10) Early Sufism Andreae, Tor (1987) In the Garden of Myrtles: Studies in Early Islamic Mysticism. Translated from the Swedish by Brigitt Sharpe. State University of New York Press Arberry, A.J. (1979) Sufism: An Account of the Mystics in Islam. London: Mandala Books Ernst, Carl. (1997) Shambala Guide to Sufism Knysh, Alexander (2000) Islamic Mysticism: A Short History. E.J. Brill Lings, Martin (1975) What is Sufism? London: Allen and Unwin Schimmel, Annemarie (1975) Mystical Dimensions of Islam. University of North Carolina Press Sells, Michael (1996) Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi,Quran, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings. Oxford: Paulist Press

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