12 best-selling nonfiction books like Towards Sacred Activism by Dawud Walid

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Towards Sacred Activism

By: Dawud Walid

4.32

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Towards Sacred Activism is an attempt at providing concise, general guidance to Muslims in the West…

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1. Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

By: Firas Alkhateeb

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • islam
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2. Understanding the Four Madhhabs

By: Abdal Hakim Murad

3.00

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • islam
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3. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

By: Robert D. Putnam

3.77

Format: 67 pages,

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  • nonfiction
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4. Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

By: Yasmina Khadra

4.06

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Alors que Younes n'a que neuf ans, son pere, paysan ruine par un speculateur autochtone, perd ses t… read more

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Cover of The Book of Assistance by الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī al-Ḥaddād, Mostafa al-Badawi

5. The Book of Assistance

By: الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي , ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī al-Ḥaddād , Mostafa al-Badawi

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Long popular in Arabic, as well as Swahili and Malay, this classic text offers a complete guide to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • islam
  • spirituality

6. Agenda to Change Our Condition

By: Hamza Yusuf , Zaid Shakir

4.05

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

First published in 1999, this expanded edition provides clear and effective guidance for rectifying… read more

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7. The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School

By: Neil Postman

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Postman suggests that the current crisis in our educational system derives from its failure to supp… read more

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8. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

By: Mark Bramhall , Michael Finkel

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audio CD

Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable tr… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I read. That's my form of travel."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"Carl Jung said that only an introvert could see "the unfathomable stupidity of man"

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

9. In The Early Hours: Reflections On Spiritual and Self Development

By: Khurram Murad

3.60

Format: None pages, paperback

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10. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

By: Martin Lings

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Martin Lings' biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritati… read more

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11. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

By: Zoulfa Katouh

4.50

Format: 417 pages, Hardcover

Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had h… read more

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"Bury me before I bury you" I did."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"There are enough people hurting you,"

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"I’ll make it as soon as I’m done with this."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

"He bites his lip. “Please take of yourself."

-Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

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12. Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

By: A. Helwa

4.51

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Are you longing to experience a more intimate and loving relationship with the Divine? Secrets … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • islam
  • spirituality
"The word “Allah"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"In Arabic, the word fitna, meaning “hardship,"

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"To every cry of, 'Oh God'. He answers a hundred times, 'I am here'."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

"We are all born with spiritual wings, Islam simply reminds us how to fly."

-A. Helwa, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

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13. A Bookshop In Algiers

By: Kaouther Adimi

3.70

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

'If you're in a bookshop browsing, then A Bookshop In Algiers is for you, by definition. A beautifu… read more

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14. Minor Detail

By: Adania Shibli

4.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Minor Detail begins during the summer of 1949, one year after the war that the Palestinians mourn a… read more

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"Man, not the tank, shall prevail."

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Não há como descartar a probabilidade de uma conexão entre os dois fatos, ou alguma ligação oculta entre eles, por analogia às relações que os seres humanos encontram entre as plantas, por exemplo, q…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Desde que tive ciência da minha incapacidade consumada de me mover de acordo com os limites, resolvi, finalmente, permanecer dentro dos limites da minha casa, tanto quanto possível. Agora, uma vez qu…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

"Toch zijn er mensen die in die logica − dus dat je je concentreert op de meest futiele details zoals stof op een bureau of vliegenpoepjes op een schilderij − de enige manier zien om de waarheid te do…"

-Adania Shibli, Minor Detail

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15. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017

By: Rashid Khalidi

4.50

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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16. Heartfelt Advice To A Friend

By: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

4.68

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Heartfelt Advice To A Friend by Imam ibn Qayyim al-jawziyyah In this short yet substantial tract of… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • islam
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17. Towards Sacred Activism

By: Dawud Walid

4.32

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

Towards Sacred Activism is an attempt at providing concise, general guidance to Muslims in the West… read more

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  • religion
  • islam
  • spirituality
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18. Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption

By: Michael Sugich

4.54

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

‘Hearts Turn’ is a singular and gripping exploration of the act of 'tawba', a Qur’anic term commonl… read more

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  • religion
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"If you do not believe that God can take you at this moment and make you one of His friends (Awliya) then you are ignorant of His power. - Ibn Ata‘illah Al-Iskandari (p. 334)"

-Michael Sugich, Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption

"In my experience an insane person (and I have met a few) is someone who believes that the entire universe and everything in it is conspiring against him. The sane person, on the other hand, is the on…"

-Michael Sugich, Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption

"In „The Secret of Secrets“, al-Jilani refers to the Hadith Qudsi, where God speaks through His Messenger, peace be upon him: „Man is My secret and I am his secret. The inner knowledge of the spiritua…"

-Michael Sugich, Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption

"But then Yasmin changed her mind and hopped a flight to Fez. „I knew I had to go. I didn‘t know why but I had to go. And I was really quite scared because I was going alone and I‘d never been to Moro…"

-Michael Sugich, Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption

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19. We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance

By: Linda Sarsour

4.43

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour shares her intimate coming-of-age story of how growing up Mus… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • islam
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20. The Invisible Muslim: Journeys Through Whiteness and Islam

By: Medina Tenour Whiteman

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Medina Tenour Whiteman stands at the margins of whiteness and Islam. An Anglo-American born to Sufi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • islam
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21. The Madrasa Curriculum in Context

By: Hamza Karamali

5.00

Format: 42 pages, ebook

The traditional madrasa was a global academic community that developed religious sciences such as S… read more

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9 must-read religion books like Towards Sacred Activism by Dawud Walid

Transform Your Habits

Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

Firas Alkhateeb

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Understanding the Four Madhhabs

Abdal Hakim Murad

3.00

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Assistance

الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي , ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī al-Ḥaddād , Mostafa al-Badawi

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

A. Helwa

4.51

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Muhammad

Karen Armstrong

2.50

Transform Your Habits

Letters to a Young Muslim

Omar Saif Ghobash

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective

Nouman Ali Khan

3.50

Transform Your Habits

The Forty Rules of Love

Elif Shafak , محمد درويش , None , ارسلان فصیحی

4.12

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