Karen Armstrong has written several books on Islam

I can recommend it for the interested non-muslim.

A bit of reading in history is helpful too, in dispelling the fog of xenophobia.

It was one of the set texts for a unit I had to do last year, and usually anything with the slightest hint of religion sends me to sleep, but Karen Armstrong didn't. There's more than a few DUers I wish would read this book to dispel some of their strange ideas about Islam...

Violet...

It looked well written. I plan on picking up the book early next month :)


Peace.

Not light reading. Very informative.

Salaam alaykum! Thank you for the information and links. I am going to have to look at my budget and see about picking up at least one of her books, maybe once a month. :)

Thought those of you who are interested might want to take a look at an Interview by Religion and Ethics Newsweekly with Karen.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week602/armstrong.html

Just a brief quote from the Interview that Karen made in response to improving interfaith relations:

"...It's very important that people see what Islam is, and what it is not, and É see these acts of violence, especially the September 11 acts of violence, as totally unrepresentative of the Islamic tradition, and so the more education that goes on, the better -- education on all sides.

Muslims, too, have got to change some of their textbooks to give their children a better, more balanced view of Jews and Christians. Christians have got to change their textbooks..."

Peace!!
:hi:

http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385721400

For comparison's sake, it's a rather longer and deeper book than her Islam which I read, enjoyed, and learned from.

corrected title on edit

Books (gets list) by Karen Armstrong ....

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Peace!