Half-Price Sale on Our Acclaimed Books on the Qur'an and Islam
• A radical church in Florida plans to burn copies of the Qur'an this September 11th to mark the anniversary of 9-11.
• The building of an Islamic Community Center in New York City is drawing rabid protests in the neighborhood they have worshipped in for years.
• Hate speech is leading to hate crimes against Muslim Americans and Americans mistaken as Muslims.
White Cloud Press is the proud publisher of two highly praised books on Islam. To help Americans better understand Islam and the Qur'an, we are making two of our books available at half-price until the end of the year. Rather than burning a Qur'an we hope Americans will be learning about the Qur'an.
Islam is a big tent with many kinds of believers: conservatives and liberals, fundamentalists and feminists. These two acclaimed books from White Cloud Press are essential reading for those who want accurate sources of information on Islam, the religion of over 1.5 billion persons across the planet.
The Muslim Next Door: The Qur'an, the Media, and that Veil Thing by Sumbul Ali-Karamali is an American Muslim woman's response to questions she has been asked all her life about her religion.
• What are the day-to-day practices of Muslims and how does Islam fit into the Judeo-Christian tradition?
• Why is quoting the Qur'an problematic?
• Who's Who in Islam (Sunni, Shi'a, Sufi, Nation of Islam) and why do dervishes whirl?
• Are Muslim women really oppressed, veiled, and willing to share their husbands?
• How do most Muslims feel about holy war and fundamentalism?
The Muslim Next Door clears away misconceptions about Islam. Prof. John Esposito, a prominent scholar of Islam, writes of the book:
"Who do I read if I only have a limited amount of time and want to know what and why Muslims believe what they believe? The Muslim Next Door is an excellent place to start."
Sumbul Ali-Karamali is a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and other online media outlets. Her recent Huffington Post article on the NYC Community Center controversy can be found here: LINK
Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells is considered the best introduction to the Qur'an by leading scholars and writers on religion.
Best-selling religion writer Karen Armstrong writes, "Michael Sells has performed an invaluable service in making the beauty, spiritual energy, and compelling power of the Qur'an accessible to a Western audience for the first time."
Carl Ernst, professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, notes that Approaching the Qur'an is "the best version of Muslim scriptures available in English."
Approaching the Qur'an includes audio files (downloadable on this site at no charge) so you can also hear the Qur'an, and transliterations of the Arabic are in the book to help English readers follow the rhyming prose of Islam's scripture. Sells also provides an introduction to the Qur'an, commentary on his translations, and a brilliant chapter on "Sound, Spirit, and Gender in the Qur'an."
