Book Reviews

  • Lessons in Islamic History

    15 October 2020

    Lessons in Islamic History Shaykh Muhammad Al-Khudari Bak Al-Bajuri Translator: Mariam Madge Conlan Reviewed by Abdul Hai “A community receives light from its history. And it becomes aware of itself by the remembrance of its history”.  Allama Iqbal One of the salaf said, “We learned Islamic history just like we learned a surah from the…

  • Desert Encounter

    13 August 2020

    “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” Desert Encounter Knud Holmboe Reviewed by Abdul Hai Desert Encounter covers the travels of a young Danish journalist and explorer Knud Holmboe (1902 -1931) who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921 and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately converted to Islam in 1929.  The book records his journey to Algeria,…

  • The Chain

    29 July 2020

    “In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful” The Chain Hesham Hauari Reviewed by Abdul Hai It is said that the famous poet Abu Tayyib Al Mutanabbi fled the battlefield and someone said to him, “Are you running away? Are you not the one who said,  الخيل والليل والبيداء تعرفني والسيف والرمح…