Sheikh Hamza's Book Recommendations

A list of book recommendations as made by Sheikh Hamza at various public appearences.

Last Update to recommendations: 7/16/2010

0.1. Trivium: Philosophy

SH continuosly comes back to the fact that most people can`t think logically, and are tricked by sophistry and sophistical reasoning. He`s never recommended a book, but he loves citing Socrates.

1. A Treatise of Human Nature
2. Aristotle on False Reasoning: Language and the World in the Sophistical Refutations	I haven`t read it, but I think this is probably useful
3. Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 1	I`ve read Aristotle
	Not a recommendation
5. Ethics	This life is all leisure
6. Poetics
7. Reign of Quantity	Wonderful book
8. The Apology - Socrates	One of many Socrates books, mentioned by SHY. (Even though this one wasn`t written by him)
9. The Measure of Reality	How the West Measures everything
10. The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View
11. The Platonic Dialogue	SHY Quotes from this book
12. The Postmodern Condition	Regarding grand narratives, and how Western culture doesn`t have one anymore.
13. The Republic of Plato	How Aristotle called for the ban of music, because it is too powerful
14. The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues (Dover Thrift Editions)
15. Who we are	Not recommended, just mentioned. On the racist beliefs of Samuel Hunington that Mexicans will soon overrun the US.

0.2. Trivium: Grammar/Language

1. Introduction to Grammer

How Arabic is a suspisciously constructed language

0.4. Trivium: Grammar/Language: Arabic

1. Book on Arabic

1. Literature

1. The Country of the Blind	About perception and reality.
2. A Separate Peace	I lived this
3. Alice in Wonderland	In this court, we judge you, then start the trial.
4. Amazing Grace	This true story is the backbone of many Christian American Hymns. The story of a slavetrader who repents.
5. Billy Budd	About Envy
	`People will admit to fellonious crimes, before they admit to envy.` - That Hikma is worth the Book
7. Charles Dickens/David Cooperfield Studies in English Literature	SHYH has mentioned Uriah Heap at least twice in his speeches (Daajal and the new World Order, Purification of the Heart), once even comparing the Dali Lama to him
8. Chronicles of Narnia	My boys read it
9. Coma	This book is about Mad Doctors keeping humans alive while they harvest their organs. Sh Hamza made the simily of Europeon powers doing the same to Asian/African countries...keeping them afloat while they harvest their riches/resources.
10. Crime and Punishment
11. Dantes Inferno	SHY spoke about the concept `life being like a mountain`, and how this is the physical reality in the book.
	Dante lumped `userer` (bankers) in with homosexuals - both are unnatural acts. Back when Christianity still forbade Interest.
13. David Copperfield	How everything is about Domestic Violence
14. Hamlet
15. Hero with a 1000 faces	How the same archtype hero shows up in every story
16. Jane Austen: The Complete Novels	How most families try to keep their wealth within their family, specifically about the English.
17. King Lear
18. Merchant of Venice
19. Moby Dick	(Herman Melville) Possibly the greatest American Author
20. Selected Short Stories	I will never forget that story (SHY speaking about `The Necklace`)
	On further study, I`m not sure if this was recommended.
22. Song of Rolan
23. The Brothers Karamazov	SHY quotes from the book, talking about Shamelessness stemming from Shame
	How this book is about Domestic Violence
	The Greatest Western Writer
26. The Chronicles of Narnia	My boys read it
27. The Civil War: A Narrative : Fort Sumter to Perryville Civil War	All young men love war stories. Back in my day anyway
28. The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Volume 1
29. The Illiad	Shy quoted Achilles on lieing
	How The Illiad portrays vengeance killings
31. The Odyssey of Homer	Its an incredible journey home
	SHY mentions this book alot, but never really recommends it.
33. The Sea-Wolf	How SHY`s children preferred the book version over the cinematic adoptation.
34. War and Peace

1.3. Quadrivium: Theology: Islam: Orientalism

Non-referred anti-Islamic books that Sh Hamza has read to better understand the attack against Islam. These books are not recommended.

1. On Heroes, and the Heroic

SHY doesn`t like Mr.Carlyle and doesn`t recommend him. But SHY did read this book and talked about it in the `Call to Dawah` Lecture. Mr.Carlyle is an orientalist that writes terrible things about Islam, and also some good.

1.4. Literature: Poetry

In recent years, Sheikh Hamza has lamented on the loss of poetry. He feels this is an important subject, esspecially for the technically inclined

1. `For Those I Taught` By Donald Babcock	SHY had his son recite a Babcock poem, as an anecdote to a man wasting his life
2. Hamlet	On the fear of dieing
3. How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry	I asked SHY for an intro to poetry for an engineer. This is what he recommended.
4. Introduction to Poetry: Commentaries on Thirty Poems	I asked SHY for a book recommendation on an introduction to poetry. This is what he recommended first.
5. Poem: Dream deferred
6. Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	He`s fallen out of fashion, but I really like him.
7. The Blind Beekeeper	I don`t get it, but SH called Abd al-Hayy `one of the greatest unknown American poets
	Check out his conversion story here: www.iiie.net/Brochures/Brochure-10.html
9. The Burda of Al-Busiri	I asked SHY for an introduction to poetry. This is what he recommended (for Arabic Poetry). He specifically mentioned his notes at the beginning of the work.
10. The Conquering Worm / The Heights	SHY said that EAP read The Quran, and quoted from it...esspecially in the Poem, "The Heights". He also recited the poem `The Conquering Worm`
11. The Essential Rumi	I arbitrarily picked this book. Rumi`s been mentioned numerous times by SHY
12. The Masnavi	I read the Masnavi once
13. The Rules of Dance
14. Wordsworth

1.5. Quadrivium: Theology

1. The God Disillusion	Fascinating. I really recommend it
	This book is an athiest attack against God. SHYs recommendation stems from the great arguments the author uses, which Muslims should think about...but not follow/endorse.

1.7. Quadrivium: Theology: Islam

1. In Pursuit of Virtue	a brilliant book
	Thanks to Farah for the reco.
3. Les Miserables	That story is about Justice and Mercy!
4. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources	Best ENGLISH Seerah I`ve read
5. Possibilities of Dawah in North America	An interesting book
	how the author noted that Islamic organizations wont work together
	I can`t find this book on Amazon.
8. Religion vs Religion	True Prophetic religion vs bad religion created by politicians
9. Shamail Tirmidhi	An account of every aspect of the Prophet`s life
10. Spiders	Sh Hamza read a book on spiders in order to better understand the ayat in the Quran which relates the activities of the Kuffar to the Spider`s Web. This book wasn`t specifically recommended.
11. The Atlantic (Monthly)	Not Recommended - Mentioned once about Bernard Lewis and once about another orientalist. Obvious that SHY reads this journal regularly.
	Ive read Chomsky, Daniel Pipes, David Horowitz, Bernard Lewis, Edward Saeed...
13. The End of the Jihad State	Speaking on the Ummayad Dynasty
14. The Koran by George Sale	SHY owns an original copy of this text from 1734
	It is a reasonably good Quran
16. The Lives of Man
17. Vision of Islam	SHY follows this book to complete his lecture series of the same name
18. Washington Irvings - Life of Muhammad	How the marriage of Aisha (ie at an early age) was not considered a big deal by post-modern Western Thinkers.

2. Quadrivium: Theology: Islam: End of Time

1. Ali Akbar
2. Dajjal the Antichrist	A little convoluted, but beneficial
3. Myth of the Machine : Technics and Human Development	By Lewis Mumford. The definitive guide on why civilization is circling the drain - Part1
4. Myth of the Machine the Pentagon of Powe Pentagon of Power
5. The Book of Certainty
6. The History and Future of Faith: Religion Past, Present, and to Come	Basically about the 5 stages that all religions go through and how Islam is the only religion that is left to go through stage 4 ie - REFORMATION. -Naeem Patel
7. The Signs Before Judgement Day	Good, but needs commentary
8. The Technological Society

2.3. Quadrivium: Theology: Islam: Dawah

1. Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism	People downloaded what Muslims wrote online and made a book out of it
	How violent rhetoric is determental to Islamic Dawah, esspecially online. Not recommended, but mentioned.
3. Quranic Translation
4. The Bible, the Qu`ran and Science: The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge	On Islamic Science

2.6. Quadrivium: Theology: Islam: Aqidah

On the qualities and facets of Allah. Most of these books are in English, and written by orientalists. Might be better to read Arabic/Muslim ones.

1. Islamic philosophy and theology	Someone asked for book recommendations on Theology during this lecture.
	(Watts is an orientalist, but ) He`s fairminded, I dont think he`s a bad person.
3. Roots of synthetic theology in Islam	Someone asked for book recommendations on Theology during this lecture.

2.9. Quadrivium: Theology: Islam: Dhikr

1. The Prophetic Invocations	Without a Wird, you won`t get spiritual elevation.
	This Wird/book Recommended
	This wird is a healing and prophetic medicine from a doctor of the hearts, Imam `Abdallah al-Haddad, who learned his craft from true scholars of knowledge and deeds, until he himself became a master.

3.1. Quadrivium: Theology: Christian

1. Abolition of Man, The	Once you reject a part of a tradition, you`re rejecting the whole thing.
	Not recommended, only mentioned
3. Arabic Thought and the Western World in the Golden Age of Islam	Myers does an A/B comparison of the two authors and shows how Thomas copied Ghazali...almost exactly.
4. Christianity and the World Religions: Paths of Dialogue with Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism
5. City of God	How Christianity rejects sensuality
6. Confessions	`If you think Christian Theology is dumb, then you haven`t read anything by St Augustine or...`
7. God has a communication problem	Not Recommended, but something SHY read, and mentioned.
8. Gospel of Barnabas	problematic as the gospel contains many unislamic principles, but useful nonetheless
9. How some people feel about Jesus	Brilliant
	Cant find this short story. Its most likely part of a larger collection
11. Losing Moses on the Freeway	Sh Hamza recommended this author, and this book.
12. On Christian Doctrine	Its worth reading if you have an interest in religion
	The Usool of Christian laws
14. Oxford Dictionary of the Bible	SHY owns this book. Not recommended (unless you are active in Dawah with Christians)
15. Pagan Christs	How some say that Jesus is not a historical character
16. Putting Away Childish Things	A Christian Theologist who claims that there is no divinity in Christ.
17. Saints and Psychopaths	An Interesting Book
18. Suma Theologica	St. Thomas admits that he took (alot) from Ibn Sina and Imam Ghazali.
19. The Monastic Rules	If you think Christian Theology is dumb, you haven`t read...
20. Tolerance	An important document because it changed discourse in the West.
21. Treatise on Happiness	If you think Christian Theology is dumb, you haven`t read...
	How St.Thomas stole most of his concepts from Ibn Rushd and Imam Ghazaly.

3.3. Quadrivium: Theology: Atheism

1. Atheist Debater`s Handbook
2. DARWINS BLACK BOX: THE BIOCHEMICAL CHALLENGE TO EVOLUTION	Read Dawins Black Box
3. God the Evidence : The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World	Regarding the `moral argument` for the belief in God.

3.5. Quadrivium: Theology: Other Religions

1. Dhammapada : The Sayings of Buddha	Even the Dhammapada mentions the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This translation by Thomas Cleary was mentioned
2. Jewish History, Jewish Religion	I would recommend this book to everyone who wants to read it.
3. Jewish Theology	An Extraordinary Book
	How traditional Judaism views Islam
	It is accepted within Jewish tradition, that the Prophet Muhammad was a vehicle of divine intervention.
6. The Jews of Islam	He records letters from Dhimmi Jews to European Jews telling them to come live under Islamic law...because it was so good.

3.6. Quadrivium: Astronomy

1. A `David King` Bibliography http://www.ecademics.org/oasis/KingBiblioLong1.pdf
2. Universal Solutions to Problems of Spherical Astronomy from Malmuk Egypt and Syria	David King has some fascinating books on this topic
	This author is german, and for some reason not published or available easily. If you find it, let me know

3.7. Quadrivium: History

1. A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future	Author acknowledges Ibn Khuldoon in the preface
2. A Literary History of the Arabs	There is really no doubt about the authenticity of the Quran
3. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East	Read David Fromkin, A Peace to end all Peace...
	He documents how the entire colonial situation was designed to ensure continual war in the Middle East
	I recommend all Muslims read...
6. A Study of History	Admits that Ibn Khaldoon is his major influence
7. Biography of John Locke	I read a biography on Locke
	This book in particular was not recommended. Just a biography on Locke.
9. Cambridge History of Islam	How the book included a Biography of UmmHani
10. Civil War Book by Shelby Foote	Shelby foote was mentioned, not this book in particular.
	"All young men love war stories. Back in my day anyway"
12. Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy	This book Contains a short story called `Haji Murad`. About the great Chechnyan Sheikh.
13. History of Bombing	The author speaks of Imam Abu Hanifa as a jurist who spoke against unjust killing (Possibly the first)
	How Imam Abu Hanifa was the first man (in History) to codify the rules of war.
15. History of the Peloponnesian War Penguin Classics	I read this a long time ago, but recently reread this book
	On how the arrogance of the Athenians was the root of their downfall
17. Knowledge Triumphant: The Concept of Knowledge in Medieval Islam	it`s really a fascinating book -- but one of the things he says in there is that the Islamic civilization was a civilization probably more than any other historically that really was centered around knowledge, the ideal of knowledge.
18. Mecca: From Before Genesis Until Now	About the power of the tribes that controlled the Kabba/Mecca area.
19. Over Morocco in a balloon
20. The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History	On how even the Kuffar recognize the greatness of the Prophet.
21. The Colonizer and the Colonized	How the colonized can be culturally turned.
22. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire	The great debate between Islam and the West
23. The Influence of Islam on Medival Europe
24. The Web of Deceit - 0099448394	How the West subsidizes foreign wars
25. The World and the West	SHY continuosly mentions the autho Arnold Toynbee. Once even calling him `brilliant`
	...notes in the 1940`s that Saudia Arabia and Afghanistan would be hot spots in the future. Most likely to be taken care of by Europe or America.
27. Toynbee`s History	the pope paid Jizya

3.9. Quadrivium: History: American

1. A People`s History of the United States : 1492-Present	A revisionist look at American History through non-white eyes
2. Adam Smith`s Mistake	About Adam Smiths mistake with `supply and demand`
	I love this book
4. African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles	A Non-Muslim moved to prove that there were Muslims in the African Slaves. (Indirectly from Malcolm X and Alex Haley)
5. Black Like Me	What happened when a White man dressed like a black man back in the 60`s.
6. George Washington`s Farewell Address	Whether he lived up to it or not, is his business. Not my business. This is truth. He`s speaking truth
	This is the Cherry tree. This is Truth
8. Hobbes: On the Citizen	Speaks of human inalienable rights.
9. Islam in the United States of America
10. Letter from the Birmingham Jail	How Christian leaders were mad at Martin Luther for `rocking the boat`
11. Lincoln`s Greatest Speech : The Second Inaugural	How the civil war was unfinished business of the War of Independence. (Hey, don`t look at me, I just publish what SHY says)
	He blames the civil war on the sins of the American People; visavis the black people. And people accepted his criticism.
13. Pat Buchanan	Not recommended, but an author SHY reads for his ideas against Islam
14. Roots	How Malcolm X effected Alex Haley enough to create this book/movie
15. Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas	I recommend for all of you to read
	How Muslims first came over on Slave Ships to America
17. The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite
18. The Jefferson Adams Correspondence	I was reading their correspondence and it mentioned this book (George English)
19. The Jefferson Bible	He never recommended it, but he mentioned it once
	How Jefferson was a materialist and removed all the miracles from the Gospel.
21. Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia
22. Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration	Locke is one of the key ideologies behind the founding of America
	SHY read his biography, and turns to him often as an example of American ideas on tolerance

4.1. Quadrivium: History: Eastern

1. Colonizer and the Colonized
2. History of Islamic Spain
3. History of Spain	Watts should know better
	Not recommended - mentioned only.
5. Islam in Britain, 1558-1685
6. Social Reform in Syria	How the west dismantled all Islamic Religious institutions
7. The Devil`s Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe	Chambers. SH loves to talk about the Mongols. (Munawar Recommended, Not SH)
8. The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956	How the Chechnyans maintained their dignity in the Gulag.
	Sheikh mentioned Sultan Yeats, and his description of Chechnyan Muslims in the Gulah. I cant find Sultan Yeats, and believe he was referring to this book.
	Sh Hamza quoted from the book in his speech `Making Sense of our Past`
11. The Venture of Islam	How Muslims were the first cartographers, and that maps were originally `south side up`
	He has a section on Qalam

4.3. Quadrivium: History: Great People

1. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar	SHY quotes from this book, and also recommends this book during the ISNA 2009 Speech
	I was reading the correspondence between Jefferson and Adams, and they mentioned this book in their letters
3. Al Ghazali: On the Duties of Brotherhood
4. An-Nawawi`s Forty Hadith	The class `The 40 Hadith` was based on this book.
5. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin	How Benjamin Franklin created a non-denominational Church in Philly.
6. Biography of Benjamin Franklin	How Ben Franklin felt that mistreated prisoners were better off under Muslim custody
7. Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas	Crazy Horse was mentioned also.
8. Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires	This book is worth reading.
9. Florence Nightingale	I fell in Love with Florence Nightingale
10. Geronimo: His Own Story	Forget the biographies on A&E, hear it from the lips of the original guerilla himself.
11. Malcolm X: The Last Speeches	This book was not recommended, but SH did mention the difference in Malcolm`s last speeches (After Hajj) vs those before his Hajj.
12. Story of My Life	there cannot be intelligence without communication
13. The American Spirit	Oscar Straus was the US ambasador to Turkey. He had a lot to say about Islam and the Ottoman Empire. SHY mentions him in passing, and his book `4 administrations`
14. Zarruq, the Sufi: A guide in the way and a leader to the truth : a biographical and critical study of a mystic from North Africa	SHY loves to quote `Sidi Ahmad Zarruq`. The book `Poor Mans Book of Assistance` is untranslated.

4.4. Quadrivium: Art

1. Critique of Pure Reason
2. In the Shade of the Tree: A Photographic Odyssey Through the Muslim World	Sanders & SHY travelled together, and he even has a foreward in this book.

4.5. Quadrivium: Music

1. Africa and the Blues	Speaking about the relationship of Arabic Music on the Blues (American Music)
2. Big book of Music	SHY owns a copy of this book
	I have this book
4. The Music of the Arabs	How Hamza el-Din (hamzaeldin.com) gave/recommended the book `kitab al-msigd al-kabir` By `Al-Faraji`. This book mentions it.

4.6. Contemporary Sciences: Education/Pedagogy

Heading which book should be listed under

1. How to Read a Book
2. How to Speak, How to Listen	SHY was at a workshop presided by this author.
3. Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning	This book should be a starting point for the revival of the Islamic intellectual tradition that has always been the preamble to Islamic Renaissance.
4. Life of Muhammad	Mediocore and not good
	Mentioned, not recommended. Amazon doens`t sell it. it was published in the 18th century.
6. Reforming Education
7. Rise of Colleges: Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West
8. To Renew America	Newt Gingrich was recommended, not this book particularly.
	Read Newt Gingrich`s book...

4.8. Contemporary Sciences: Education/Pedagogy: Homeschooling

1. A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling	I Highly Recommend this book
2. A Is for Ox : The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age	A brilliant book
3. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling	SHY advocates John Taylor Gatto`s books. The AlhambraProductions.com webpage also pushes: *`Homeschooling for Excellence`
4. Evolutions End : Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence	How heart cell`s synchronize after being cut off then joined back onto the Heart.
	`Evolutions End` was the class reading homework for the Islamic Roadmap lecture/workshop
	Here`s a book that I think everyone here should read.
	This is an amazing book
8. Homeschooling for Excellence
9. The Disappearance of Childhood	How `adolesence` is a post-modernist created idea.
10. The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School

4.9. Contemporary Sciences: Social Studies

1. Bell Curve	How statistics can be used to prove anything. In this case that Blacks are stupid. Not recommended, rather mentioned in SHY`s speech. Bell Curve by Richard Herrnstein.
2. Born to Rebel	How birth order, sibling rivarly, and parental attention effects social structures.
3. Brain Sex : The Real Difference Between Men and Women	...A book you should all read
	The difference between men and women...I dont think there`s any religious significance to this book.
	She has said that it is categorically undeniable now, that there are certain intellectual capacities, in which men supercede women.
	...and read that book, it`s enlightening. It`s really good
7. Brave New World	Mentioned, not Recommended
8. Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior	A fascinating book
9. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
10. How the other half dies: The real reasons for world hunger	Worth Reading
11. I`m Dysfunctional, You`re Dysfunctional: The Recovery Movement and Other Self-Help Fashions
12. Information Theory
13. Magical Child	Chilton Pierce was recommended, not this book particularly.
	How highest spiritual receptibility and change, occurs in the teen years.
15. Pedagogy of Freedom	Powerless people lack language
16. Pedagogy of the Oppressed	Poweless people lack language
17. The BOOK OF VIRTUES
18. The Culture of Disbelief	In Secular States, we allow people to have God as a hobby.
19. The Roots of the Self: Unraveling the Mystery of Who We Are	How the Sahaba had `The Flow` while they were with the Prophet, yet the rest of us must seek it
20. The Sibling Society	How society has changed for the worse
21. The Story of Eve	somewhat problematic, but some basic points are good.
22. Toxic Parents	Mentioned, not recommended. How we`ve become a Blame Society. (Hence the title of this book)
23. VITAL LIES SIMPLE TRUTHS: The Psychology of Self Deception

5.1. Contemporary Sciences: Social Studies: War

1. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society	How todays society has desensitized us from Killing.
	It`s worth reading
	How video games are used to desensitize children to kill
4. The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again	Caleb Carr is the most brilliant military historian...
	All attacks against civilians is terrorism
6. War as I knew it	Sh Hamza read this book and mentioned it during speech `Does God Love war`
7. War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning

5.3. Contemporary Sciences: Social Studies: For the elimination of TV

1. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business	If you love Lewis Mumford, then you`ll love this
2. Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
3. How to Watch TV News
4. The Evil Eye	SHY searched for this book for many years and was unable to find it until recently. It was written in the 50s, and SHY was interested in seeing what the understanding back then was, around TV, hypnosis, and subconcious advertising.
	How TV was sped up to capture the attention of Young Children
6. The Plug-In Drug: Television, Computers and Family Life	Reasons not to watch TV.

5.5. Contemporary Sciences: Social Studies: Politics

1. A Fate Worse Than Debt
2. After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy	I`m not making any money for saying this, but I think Muslims should read this book
	Ive read Chomsky, Daniel Pipes, David Horowitz, Bernard Lewis, Edward Saeed...
4. All the Shahs Men	Eisenhower`s Role in the Iranian Coup
5. Civilization on trial
6. Communist Manifesto, The	If you read his book...you know
	I don`t think he wanted to recommend this book, but he mentioned it.
8. Confessions of an Economic Hitman	Read that book. It`s an important book
9. Deterring Democracy
10. Hard Power, Soft Power And the Future of Transatlantic Relations	An Interesting Book
11. Herald Tribune	SHY read an article on the Muslim Cosmologist `Bruno`
12. Ill Fares the Land: Essays on Food, Hunger, and Power
13. Journal of International Foreign Affairs
14. Lee Atwater Biography	Really Worth Reading
15. Mirror of Production
16. Neoconservatism	SHY recommended any book by Leo Strauss on Neo-Conservatism.
17. New York Times
18. On Liberty and Utilitarianism
19. Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century	How Islam threatens the West
20. Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK?	How anything can be made to look true.
21. Spiders Web - The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq	An interesting book to read
22. Spiders Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq
23. STORY OF CIVILIZATION, VOL IV: AGE OF FAITH : VOLUME IV	He talks about the peerless books and knowledge that was created by the...they call...golden age of Islam.
24. The 101 most dangerous academics	Not Recommended. A Book Sh Hamza read, and commented on to one of his friends who is mentioned in the book.
25. The CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER	Regarding the loss of the Caliphate, and its effect on Islam.
	Not recommended - Mentioned. Specifically that Mr Huntington took his information from Ian Macdonald
27. The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization	Not recommended, but Pat B. was mentioned. This book wasn`t recommended, but I think this was the one SHY was indicating.
28. The Federalist Papers
29. The Great Big Book of Tomorrow: A Treasury of Cartoons	Only comedians can tell the truth anymore. SHY mentioned that he reads Tom Tommorows comic/cartoon.
30. The Last Century
31. The Prince
32. The Vision of Islam	A Wonderful Book...
33. Wall Street Journal	SHY has mentioned The WSJ Several times. I thought I would finally capture it.
34. What Went Wrong?	How the Ottomans didn`t blame others for their losses.
	Ive read Chomsky, Daniel Pipes, David Horowitz, Bernard Lewis, Edward Saeed...
36. Year 501: The Conquest Continues

5.7. Contemporary Sciences: Social Studies: Terrorism

1. ARABISTS : THE ROMANCE OF AN AMERICAN ELITE	Why the CIA gets bored tapping Muslims
	I wouldn`t buy it, but if you see it...
3. The Art of War
4. The Essential Koran: The Heart of Islam	with key Ayat highlighted. Specifically recommended for non-Muslims
5. The New Jackals: Ramzi Yousef, Osama bin Laden and the Future of Terrorism	This is a monster we spawned ourselves
	Info regarding the training of Osama by the CIA
7. THUNDER IN THE SKY	On the use and MISUSE of power (*hint* *hint*). Thomas Cleary (The Author) has lectured at Zaytuna before, and is possibly a friend of SHY (I`m guessing).
8. Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why	Not Recommended, Mentioned in speech: Shaikh Hamza read this book after 9/11.

5.8. Contemporary Sciences: Science

1. Collapse of Darwinism	Read Darwins Black Box, The collapse of Darwinism
2. Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language and Life	I`m not sure how this book relates to anything. But SHY reads a quote from the book and relates it to the Quran.
3. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies	A European man meets Malaria
4. Human Embryology	SHY owns a copy of this book due to the authors statements about Science and the Quran
	The Introduction to this book states that the first accurate embryology statements were made in the Quran
6. In the Absence of the Sacred: The Failure of Technology and the Survival of the Indian Nations	This book details how the culture of the Canadian Inuit was completly destroyed in 5 years by the introduction of Satelite TV.
7. Power of Ten	A great book to read is `The Power of Ten`
8. The Atom in the History of Human Thought
9. The Measure of Everything	Numerals are the secret to the West`s power
10. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions	Regarding the theories of science vs the facts of science
	A very profound book
12. Time Wars: The Primary Conflict in Human History Touchstone Books Paperback
13. Under Technology
14. Understanding the Present: Science and the Soul of Modern Man	The Damage incurred by Science on Man
	On Western mans way of `knowing`

6. Contemporary Sciences: Science: Medicine/Health

1. American Journal of Medicine
2. Healing Words : The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine	A book that I read. It`s a really interesting book on how prayer helps health.
3. How to Raise a Healthy Child: In Spite of Your Doctor	Pretty much why you shouldn`t take your child to a doctor.
	I recommend this book for all mothers and fathers
5. Sa Vante`s Book	Protect your teeth, for they are more precious then diamonds
	I cant find this book

6.29999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Science: Medicine/Health: Food

1. Beyond Beef: The Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture	There`s a book that I recommend, which you can read
2. Eating through the Seasons	On the specifics of eating specific foods at specific times. I can`t fnd this book anywhere. If you know where I can get it, please let me know.
3. Food Combining and Digestion: Easy to Follow Techniques to Increase Stomach Power and Maximize Digestion	Very short, to the point. Excellent
4. Food Combining Made Easy	Topic by SHY, Book recommended by Anthony Robbins
5. Kitab buqrat fil-amrad al-biladiyya: Hippocrates: On endemic diseases (airs, waters and places)	Greek knowledge on Medicine, specifically food. Includes data on why cold climate cultures are more violent

6.59999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Science: Medicine/Health: Meditation

1. Meditations

6.69999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Self Help

1. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ	Not Dan Goleman`s best book, but still a good book
2. Mastery: The Keys to Long-Term Success and Fulfillment	He`s an Aikido Master
	On the value of mastering, vs dabbling. In reference to a quote by Sidi Ahmed Zurruq, in `Foundations of the Spiritual Path`.
4. Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People	This speech was based on this book. SH indicated this book had some value
	There is some knowledge in this book
	I only read it because so many Muslims were asking me about it. Suhanallah... You`re taking your deen from a Mormon?
7. Silent Pulse	How the Sahaba lived with `Flow` - a concept discussed in this book.
8. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People	There is some knowledge in this book.
	SHY wasn`t completely enthusiastic about this book. But he does recommend it in the end.

6.79999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Psychology

1. Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill : A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence

How a small percentage of the population is adversely effected by the violence in media.

6.99999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Psychology: Advertising

1. Adweek - National Ed	Where humans are bought and sold
2. Decoding Advertisements
3. HIDDEN PERSUADERS	Dangers and reality of subliminal advertising.
4. The Manchurian Candidate	We`re all under control
5. The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities	We`re all under control
	He always comes back to this book

7.09999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Magic

1. Skeptic	A magazine debunking fake magicians
2. Why People Believe Weird Things	Regarding superstition. Michael Shermer explains their origins

7.19999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Misc

1. Life After Life : The Investigation of a Phenomenon-Survival of Bodily Death	At 17, I went to see him (Author Moody) lecture...
	Sh Hamza`s near death experience led him to learn about this topic. One book on his path.
	How a women who committed suicide kept doing so until revived.

7.39999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Misc: Movies

1. Bambi
2. Naqoyqatsi	Thanks to Naeem Randhawa for the tip
3. Powaqqatsi - Life in Transformation	Thanks to Naeem Randhawa for the Reco
4. The Parallax View	On why you can`t subvert the system from the inside

7.59999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Misc: Non-Referred

1. Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power In a Violent World
2. Muslims in the West: From Sojourners to Citizens
3. The Right Man : The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush

7.79999999999999. Contemporary Sciences: Misc: Books SH Wrote

1. Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart
2. The Content of Character: Ethical Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad