About Islam
  • Introduction to Islam - a very useful booklet that outlines the basics of Islam
  • USC-MSA Compendium of Islamic Texts - extensive website full of resources.
  • The Foundations of the Islamic Belief - a great text by Imam Al-Gazali
  • The Elementary Teachings of Islam - a beginners guide to basic Islamic Sacred Law

    • Recommended Reading on Islam
    1. The Vision of Islam by Sachiko Murata and William Chittick
    2. Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton
    3. Ideals and Realities of Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
    4. King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World by Charles le Gai Eaton
    5. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources by Martin Lings
    6. The Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith by al-Bayhaqi, translated by T.J. Winter
    7. The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God by al-Ghazali (www.fonsvitae.com)
    8. Unveiling Islam by Roger DuPasquier
    9. What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims by Suzanne Haneef
    10. The Essential Koran translated by Thomas Cleary
    11. The Majestic Qur'an (www.starlatch.com)
    12. Islam - Empire Of Faith Video (www.icbookstore.com)
    13. In the Shade of the Tree by Peter Sanders (www.starlatch.com)
    14. Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam by Kazuyoshi Nomachi
    15. Islam: Religion of Life by AbdulWadod Shalabi