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Islam and the Secular State

by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im

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Voices of the New Arab Public

by Marc Lynch

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Review: TBS Journal
Interview: Mother Jones

The Taqwacores

by Michael Muhammad Knight

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Review: Guardian

Killing Mr Lebanon

by Nicholas Blanford

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Reviews: Guardian; Christian Science Monitor

Arabs

by Mark Allen

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Review: Observer; Sunday Times

Sexual Ethics and Islam
Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence

by Kecia Ali

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Being Arab

by Samir Kassir

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Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis

by John R. Bradley

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Review: al-Ahram Weekly

Why they don't hate us: lifting the veil on the Axis of Evil

by Mark LeVine

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The Yacoubian Building
a novel by Alaa Al Aswany

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Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism

Edited by Omid Safi

Interview with Omid Safi: muslimwakeup.com

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Salam Pax: the Baghdad Blog

(published in US as "The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi")

by Salam Pax

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Islam in the Digital Age: E-jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments

by Gary Bunt

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Review: Guardian

The Road from Damascus:
A Journey through Syria

by Scott Davis

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Reviews: Al Jadid; Rambles magazine

Sexual Encounters in the Middle East

by Derek Hopwood

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Review: al-Ahram Weekly

The Muslim Jesus

by Tarif Khalidi

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Reviews:
Guardian; Christian Science Monitor; others