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Books on Islam and other religions
OP - April 17, 2009, 11:35 PM

I just got hold of "Voices of Islam" by Vincent J. Cornell, Omid Safi and others from my library. I've read Omid Safi's volume "Progressive Muslims" and I like him very much. "Voices of Islam" is an exquisite five-volume set with some great essays on classical and mystical Islam.

Turns out you can download the whole thing online from here:
http://revelation-online.blogspot.com/2008/09/voices-of-islam.html

Check out the rest of the blog. It's insane. You can download tons of scholarly books on Islam and other religions here. Who are these people? Why are they uploading PDFs of amazing books and making them available to the public at no charge? What's in it for them?

Christ, I feel a bit guilty linking to a blog with tons of pirated books in PDF format ... but many of us are poor students who can't afford to buy these books, so ... hmmm, maybe we aren't so different from Muhammad and his band of caravan-looters after all. ;-)
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Re: Books on Islam and other religions
Reply #1 - April 18, 2009, 03:40 AM

Quote from: ned on April 17, 2009, 11:35 PM
Check out the rest of the blog. It's insane. You can download tons of scholarly books on Islam and other religions here. Who are these people? Why are they uploading PDFs of amazing books and making them available to the public at no charge? What's in it for them?

Are you sure these are pirated books?

I don't think so...I mean, books about religion aren't exactly similar to pirated CD's of the albums of the most popular rock stars, or even similar to sequels of bestsellers, so if people had intended to sell pirated copies of anything, they're unlikely to sell religious books.

Most of these books aren't critical about any religion, they simply describe it in glowing terms, so maybe the publishers & the authors have given them permission.

Anyway, fantastic resource!

Thanks.

World renowned historian Will Durant"...the Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex order and freedom can at any moment be overthrown..."
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Reply #2 - April 18, 2009, 03:48 AM

Well these are copyrighted PDFs I'm guessing, so it can't be entirely legal to make them available for mass download like this.

Some of these books are quite scholarly, even if they are religious apologia.
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Re: Books on Islam and other religions
Reply #3 - April 18, 2009, 03:58 AM

Quote from: ned on April 18, 2009, 03:48 AM
Well these are copyrighted PDFs I'm guessing, so it can't be entirely legal to make them available for mass download like this.

Some of these books are quite scholarly, even if they are religious apologia.

Guess you're right-I'm not very familiar with what & how stuff are pirated on the net.

Quote from: ned on April 17, 2009, 11:35 PM
Christ, I feel a bit guilty linking to a blog with tons of pirated books in PDF format ... but many of us are poor students who can't afford to buy these books, so ... hmmm, maybe we aren't so different from Muhammad and his band of caravan-looters after all. ;-)

Yep.

World renowned historian Will Durant"...the Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex order and freedom can at any moment be overthrown..."
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Reply #4 - February 28, 2011, 10:30 PM

A World Without Islam BY GRAHAM E. FULLER
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What if Islam had never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: No clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. Would Christianity have taken over the world? Would the Middle East be a peaceful beacon of democracy? Would 9/11 have happened?

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Reply #5 - March 04, 2011, 02:57 PM

Well this is a good thread., Guys I literally have 1000 books on this subject as PDF files here is a list on Islam., I will up date this list on and off and those who would like to read drop a PM..
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1). With The Pilgrims to Mecca by GazanFar Ali Khan and Hadji Khan etal... -1905

2). Why did they become Muslims by Hakikat Kitabevi -2000

3). Why I Am Not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq _ a short synopsis

4). Veiled Woman by Maramaduke Pickthall _ 1918

5). Veiled Mysteries of Egypt by SH Leeder _1913

6). Umayyads and Abbasids _ History of Islamic civilization by DS Margoliouth _1907

7). Turkey past and Present by J. R. Morell _1854

8 ). Travels in Arabia by John Lewis Burkhadt_1829

9). To Jerusalem Through the Lands of Islam by MH Lyson_1905

10). The Advances of Islam by Maria Longworth _1918

11). The travels of a Hindoo by Bholanauth Chunder_ 1869

12). The teachings of Quran By HU Weitbrecht Stanton_1919

13). The Sword of Islam by Arthur Wollaston_1905

14). The sultan and his subjects by Richard Davey_1897

15). the Romance of Palestine by James Lee_1821

16). The Riyazu-S- Salatin- History of Bengal by Ghulam Husain Salim_1902

17). The Religious attitude and Life in Islam by DB Macdonald_1906

18). The Proof of Prophet hood by Hakikat Kitabevi_2000

19). The Origins of Islamic State by Hitti from the notes of Al_Budan_1916

20). The origins of Muslmans in bengal by Khondkar Fuzli rubee_1895

21). The life of Muhammad from original Sources by Sprenger_1851

22). the Life of Abdur Rahman Amir of Afghanisthan By Musnhi and Sultan Muhammad khan_1900

23). The life and work of Syeed Ahmed Khan By GFI Graham_1885

24). The Life and teachings of Muhammad-the Spirit of Islam by Sayed Amir Ali_1891

25). The law relating to Pardanashins in British India by J.N. Mukerjee etal- 1906

26). The Koran Translated from the Arabic SUras Arranged in Chronological order by Rodwell-1875

27). The History of the Muhammadan Dynasties in Spain By Ahmed Inn Muhammad al-Makkari_1960

28). The History of Jews in Spain and Portugal by Lindo_1912

29). The history of Jews in Spain by De castro_1847

30). The Great religions of India by Mitchell_1906

31). The faith of Islam by Edward Sell_1880

32). The C recent verses the cross by Halil Halid_1907

33). The coins of Muhammad states of India by Stanley Lane-Poole_1885

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