Islam
Questions
How is Islam represented in the book? What inferences does Satrapi make about faith and fundamentalism?
Marji starts as a very religious person but her views change as events unfold. What might cause a loss of faith?
What qualities unite or make for differences between religion and government? Should they be more or less intertwined than they are in Iran? In the United States?
Books
Abu-Hamdiyyah, Mohammad.The Qur'an: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2000. BP132 .A22 2000
Abu-Nimer, Mohammed, and David Augsberger, eds. Peace-Building By, Between, and Beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2009. BP172.P345 2009
Allawi, Ali. The Crisis of Islamic Civilization. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. DS36.85 .A423 2009
Campbell, Robert A. Reading the Qur'an in English: An Introductory Guide. Sydney, Nova Scotia: Cape Breton University Press, 2009. BP130.4.C34 2009
Cook, Michael. The Koran, a Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. BP130.4 .C66 2000
Doumato, Eleanor Abella, and Gregory Starrett, eds. Teaching Islam: Textbooks and Religion in the Middle East. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2007. BP43.I48 T43 2007
Esposito, John. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Reference DS35.53 .O96 2009
Ghazanfar, S.M. Islamic Civilization: History, Contributions, and Influence: A Compendium of Literature. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 2006. DS36.85 .G49 2006
Gordon, Matthew S. Islam: Origins, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Persons, Sacred Places. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.BP161.2 .G66 2002
Juergensmeyer, Mark. Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State, from Christian Militias to Al Qaeda. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. BL80.3.G56 2008
Khalidi, Tarif. The Qur'an: A New Translation. New York: Viking, 2008. BP130.4 .K3226 2008
Küng, Hans. Islam: Past, Present and Future. Oxford: OneWorld, 2007. BP161.3 .K8513 2007
Lane, Jan-Erik. Religion and Politics: Islam and Muslim Civilization. Burlington: Ashgate, 2004. DS36.85 .L36 2004
Lewis, Bernard, ed. The World of Islam: Faith, People, Culture. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992. DS36.85 .I75 1992
Lewis, David L. God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570 to 1215. New York: Norton, 2008. D117 .L48 2008
Majid, Anouar. Freedom and Orthodoxy: Islam and Difference in the Post-Andalusian Age. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. DS61.85 .M35 2004
Nigosian, S.A. Islam: Its History, Teaching, and Practices. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. BP161.3 .N54 2004
Rippin, Andrew, ed. The Blackwell Companion to the Qur’an. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2006. BP130.4.B57 2006
Rosen, Lawrence. The Culture of Islam: Changing Aspects of Contemporary Muslim Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. DT312 R64 2002
Said, Edward W. Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World. New York: Vintage, 1997. BP52 .S24 1997
Sayyid, Bobby S. A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism. London: Zed/Palgrave, 2003. BP163 .S358 2003
Tibi, Bassam. Islam Between Culture and Politics. Houndmills: Palgrave, 2001. BP163 .T529 2001
WEB RESOURCES
Al-Islam.org: Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. September 3, 2009.
http://www.al-islam.org/alpha.php?sid=965162042&cat=148&alpha_id=104&t=alpha
Directory of Islamic Websites. 2008. http://www.noordir.com
Godlas, Alan. Islam and Islamic Studies Resources. University of Georgia. 2009. http://www.uga.edu/islam/
Halsall, Paul. Internet Islamic History Sourcebook. March 18, 2007.http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/Islam/islamsbook.html
Muslim Heritage. 2008. Muslim Heritage. http://www.muslimheritage.com
Smock, David R. Islamic Peacemaking Since 9/11. Washington, DC: US Institute of Peace, 2009.http://origin.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr218.pdf