To tackle the reality that the time constraints of modern life mean that it is not possible for everyone to read books as much as they’d like, AMI library has launched a new project: Video Book Reviews. Scholars, academics and authors are asked to review a book that they have personally enjoyed and would recommend to others. Short videos are produced which provide individuals with an overall appreciation of a variety of books, ranging from fiction to academic works.
Into the Wild
Reviewed by Sayyid Hussain Makke
Zayd
Reviewed by Shaykh Jaffer Ladak
Scripturalist Islam
Authored and reviewed by Professor Rob Gleave
The Emergence of Modern Shi'ism
Authored and reviewed by Dr. Zackery Heern
Islamic Legal Orthodoxy
Authored and reviewed by Prof. Devin Stewart
Durūs fī ʿilm al-Rijal
Authored and reviewed by Sayed Hossein Qazwini
Contemplating the Quran
Authored and reviewed by Shaykh Ahmed Saad al Azhari
Sexual Violation in Islamic Law
Reviewed by Dr Omar Anchassi
Islam and the Challenge of Human Rights
Authored and Reviewed by Dr Abdulaziz Sachedina
Unsaying God
Reviewed by Yaser Mirdamadi
The New Testament in Muslim Eyes
Authored and reviewed by Dr Shabbir Akhtar
In Search of Ali ibn Abi Talib's Codex
Reviewed by Nazmina Dhanji
Islam & Liberalism
Reviewed by Shaykh Jaffer Ladak
The Heirs of the Prophet
Authored and reviewed by Dr Liyakat Takim
Islam and Law in Lebanon
Authored & Reviewed by Dr Morgan Clarke
Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World
Edited & Reviewed by Prof. Oliver Scharbrodt
A Secular Age
Reviewed by Dr. Christopher Pooya Razavian
Visions of Sharia
Edited & Reviewed by Dr. Ali Reza Bhojani
2 Comments
Salaam,
Would you have reviews of Karen’s Armstrongs books on the Prophetic Biography? Not even a video review I just want to know if her works would be based off of reliable narrations as I really don’t want to go in the wrong direction!
Thanks!
Zamina
”It all depends on what we consider as ‘reliable narrations’. The book has heavily relied on al-Sirat al-Nabawiyya of Ibn Ishaq, which is regarded as the first biography of the prophet.
Overall, the book has taken a positive approach to the life and characteristics of the prophet, unlike many of the authors’ contemporaries among the orientalists.
Here is an academic book review on Armstrong’s Muhammad; A Biography of the Prophet”.. https://almahdi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Armstrong-review-1.pdf
Hope this helps.