Book Club:

The Islamic Cultural Center promotes understanding of Islam through person-to-person dialogue and through gaining deeper knowledge about Islam through reading about Islam and Muslims.  ICCF encourages the establishment of Muslim and Interfaith Book Clubs so members will reach at a common point by reading books that promotes the authentic engagement with Islam.

Members who engage in interfaith dialogue and read enhance their understanding about Islam, establish better relations with Muslims, gain familiarity with some common Muslim vocabulary as well as becoming comfortable talking about their own religions.


Here is a list of books for your consideration


 

Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think Esposito, John L.

Toward a Global Civilization of Love and Tolerance Gülen, M. Fethullah

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace One School At A Time Mortenson, Greg

Islam: A Short History Armstrong, Karen

Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America after 9/11 Abdo, Geneive

What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West Rauf, Imam Feisal Abdul

The Translator Aboulela, Leila

Midnight Tales: A Woman's Journey Through the Middle East Al-Rawi, Rosina-Fawzia

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time Armstrong, Karen

Poems of Arab Andalusia Franzen, Cola

Teach Yourself Islam Maqsood, Ruqaiyyah Waris

Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists Morgan, Michael Hamilton

Samarkand Maalouf, Amin

Road to Mecca Asad, Muhammad

A Border Passage: From Cairo to America A Woman's Journey Ahmed, Leila

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf: A Novel Kahf, Mohja

The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem Makiya, Kanan

"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an Barlas, Asma

The Rock: A Tale of Seventh-Century Jerusalem Makiya, Kanan

Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America Lang, Jeffrey

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Maalouf, Amin

The Hadj: An American's Pilgrimage to Mecca Wolfe, Michael

The Storyteller's Daughter Shah, Saira

Islam: The Straight Path Esposito, John L.

Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree Ali, Tariq

The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century Dunn, Ross E.

An Audience of One Mohiuddin, Majid

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Nye, Naomi Shihab

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation Patel, Eboo

No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam Aslan, Reza

The Book of Saladin: A Novel Ali, Tariq

Islam: The Straight Path Esposito, John L.