To Read: God, Nature, and the Cause: Essays on Islam and Science by Basil AlTaie

 The publisher is Kalam Research and Media.

To Read: "What Is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic" by Shahab Ahmed

BloombergView.com on September 20, 2015 published an article by Noah Feldman about Shahab Ahmad and his book What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic, scheduled for publication in December 2015. Shahab Ahmed died in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States on September 17, 2015.

An Extraordinary Scholar Redefined Islam - Bloomberg View http://t.co/6pT60UdRiG

— Mohammad Fadel (@Shanfaraa) September 20, 2015

To-Read: Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens by Richard Seymour

After reading a review, I'm interested in reading Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens by Richard Seymour.
 

h/t Glenn Greenwald

InTheseTimes reviews the new book dismantling Hitchens hagiography: "Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens"is.gd/2Dc7Um
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 28, 2013

Akbar Ahmed's Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam

Akbar Ahmed's book Journey Into America: The Challenge of Islam is also a documentary movie. It has a YouTube Channel, a Flickr stream and a blog.

There's an article adapted from the book in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Islamic Horizons, which should be posted soon either here or here.

I haven't read the book or seen the movie.

To read: From Slave Ship to Harvard by James Johnston

From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family by James H. Johnston. You can listen to his May 22, 2012 interview on Gist of Freedom.

Mālik and Medina: Islamic Reasoning in the Formative Period by Umar F. Abd-Allah Wymann-Landgraf

Mālik and Medina | BRILL: brill.com/malik-and-medi… #islamiclaw
— Mohammad Fadel (@Shanfaraa) November 21, 2012

Umar F. Abd-Allah Wymann-Landgraf is on the Board of Directors of Nawawi Foundation.

To read: Islam and the Fate of Others: The Salvation Question by Mohammad Hassan Khalil

h/t Ebad-e News

To-Read: Islam and America: Building a Future without Prejudice by Anouar Majid

I've reviewed two books by Anouar Majid, and I look forward to reading his latest release, Islam and America: Building a Future Without Prejudice. He did an interview earlier this month about the book and other topics.

To Read: Timbuctoo by Tahir Shah

Timbuctoo by Tahir Shah (Twitter)



The Los Angeles Review of Books published a review. H/t to Dr. Jalees Rehman.