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The Muslim Next Door : The Qurʼan, The Media, And That Veil Thing (2008)

by Sumbul Ali-Karamali(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0974524565 (ISBN13: 9780974524566)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

White Cloud Press

review 1: Islam is the most fastest growing religion. If you want to know more about Islam and why Muslims do certain things and the story behind, this book is a good place to start. It's an eye-opener anyone can use regarding the religion of Islam. Any Muslim American Girl living in America can relate to this book. This book explains the problems that a female, Sumbul Ali-Karamali, faces in the world she lives in with many other religions around her. How she explains to her friends how come she didn't go to prom, doesn't drink, etc. This book has a good twist with intertwining religion as well explaining the history of Islam too. Islam enriches her life. She clears up many misconceptions and explains why those misconceptions and stereotypes still exist. Sumbul has produced an amazi... moreng read for everyone to enjoy, not only Muslims but people of different faiths as well. It is a personal, sensitive, intelligent book. While reading the book it made me really interested and I wanted to keep reading. I couldn't put the book down. I can relate to the author too because I know we Muslim American Teenage girls living in America can connect to her really well. We face the same problems that she does. I really enjoyed reading the book, because it was passive and not too serious. It is a well-written piece of writing with many techniques that makes a book better. It is very readable. This is a good useful guide to the basic conceptions and history of Islam.
review 2: I'm learning about (her view of) Islam, however, I've come across a few discrepancies in how she tries to convince how Islam is as good or better than being a Christian or a Jew. Her disclosure that Islam should be read in Arabic and that no other translations would suffice, marks her very weak approach at convincing ME since SHE doesn't speak Arabic(!) Which means... she has read it in English? or her Indian language?This book is tedious, long, and somewhat unproductive. I have it underlined (discrepancies, questions, etc.) I feel the author shows her idyllic version of Islam and pushes her point of view to all as fact.I'm discovering that some "rules and commandments" does not apply to Muhammad(!). Now, that's divine. How useful to have a God sent prophet who doesn't have to abide by God's laws, but instead the "prophet" tells others they should obey. She gives reasons for this too, and they are illogical.Her point of view is personal and not global. She claims the hard core Islam (extremists) are only one percent of the Muslim population... Not according to what we constantly see on the news. Especially with the latest attacks on American Embassies around the world. One percent is not a realistic number, yet the author's mission is to prove Islam as good, not bad.Centuries of 'bad' Islam has permeated the globe and continue to occupy a high number of believers who truly don't know how to interpret it well(according to her), or follow it well even with Islam scholars.(!)The book brought me some enlightenment on Islam, but not what she was hoping for. She's preaching Islam as an absolute good. Well, the proof is in the pudding, as people say.I heard this book might be used in academia,(it was written for college class material) so God save our liberal students from it. Her goal is to try to impart Islam as good... But I don't follow nor believe that sentiment is true. less

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