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What to read after Muhammad by Karen Armstrong: 24 titles sharing themes of Islam, Religious, Historical, and Biography & Autobiography, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Saladin The Triumph of the Sunni Revival — A. R. Azzam

Saladin The Triumph of the Sunni Revival

Themes: Islam • Religious • Historical

Reconciliation Islam, Democracy, and the West — Benazir Bhutto

Reconciliation Islam, Democracy, and the West

Themes: Islam • Religious • Historical

The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin — Jonathan Phillips

The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin

Jonathan Phillips

Themes: Islam • Religious • Historical

Confessions of a Mullah Warrior — Masood Farivar

Confessions of a Mullah Warrior

Themes: Islam • Religious • Historical

Abū Ḥanīfah His Life, Legal Method and Legacy — Muḥammad Akram Nadwī

Abū Ḥanīfah His Life, Legal Method and Legacy

Muḥammad Akram Nadwī

Themes: Islam • Religious • Historical

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee My Faith, My Family, Our Future — Keith Ellison

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee My Faith, My Family, Our Future

Themes: Islam • Religious • Historical

Muhammad A Prophet for Our Time — Karen Armstrong

Muhammad A Prophet for Our Time

Karen Armstrong

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Holy Envy Finding God in the Faith of Others — Barbara Brown Taylor

Holy Envy Finding God in the Faith of Others

Barbara Brown Taylor

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

The Invisible Muslim Journeys Through Whiteness and Islam — Medina Tenour Whiteman

The Invisible Muslim Journeys Through Whiteness and Islam

Medina Tenour Whiteman

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Children of Abraham Jesus and Mohammed — Michael S. Pendergast

Children of Abraham Jesus and Mohammed

Michael S. Pendergast

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

The Persecutor Comes Home Story of Umar — Khurram Murad

The Persecutor Comes Home Story of Umar

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Standing Alone An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam — Asra Nomani

Standing Alone An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Muhammad His Character and Conduct — Adil Salahi

Muhammad His Character and Conduct

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Deliverance from Error An Annotated Translation of Al-Munqidh Min Al Dal−al and Other Relevant Works of Al-Ghaz−al−i — Ghazzālī

Deliverance from Error An Annotated Translation of Al-Munqidh Min Al Dal−al and Other Relevant Works of Al-Ghaz−al−i

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Understanding Muhammad and Muslims — Ali Sina

Understanding Muhammad and Muslims

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Sufis of Andalucia The Ruh Al-Quds and Al-Durat Fakhirah — Ibn al-ʻArabī

Sufis of Andalucia The Ruh Al-Quds and Al-Durat Fakhirah

Ibn al-ʻArabī

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Medieval Islamic World An Intellectual History of Science and Politics — Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul

Medieval Islamic World An Intellectual History of Science and Politics

Labeeb Ahmed Bsoul

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

A Border Passage From Cairo to America– a Woman’s Journey — Leila Ahmed

A Border Passage From Cairo to America– a Woman’s Journey

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Ali A Life — Jonathan Eig

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Stories of the Prophets — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Stories of the Prophets

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

After the Prophet The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam — Lesley Hazleton

After the Prophet The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

Lesley Hazleton

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

In the Footsteps of the Prophet Lessons from the Life of Muhammad — Tariq Ramadan

In the Footsteps of the Prophet Lessons from the Life of Muhammad

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Mohammed and the Rise of Islam — D. S. Margoliouth

Mohammed and the Rise of Islam

D. S. Margoliouth

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

Stories of the Prophets of Islam — Abdul Rahman Rukaini

Stories of the Prophets of Islam

Abdul Rahman Rukaini

Themes: Islam • Religious • Biography & Autobiography

If Muhammad by Karen Armstrong is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Islam, Religious, Historical and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by A. R. Azzam, Benazir Bhutto, Jonathan Phillips, Masood Farivar, and others.

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