Further Reading
Islamic History, Theology and Texts
Qur’an
Qur’an 4:3 speaks of who a man may marry, including ‘what his right hand possesses’ (a female slave/captive). Also see Qur’an 4:24-25; 23:6; 24:34; 70:30; 33:50.
Qur’an 33:50-59 provides a brief insight into Muhammad, women and wives, and his character
Books
Ed. Rizwi Fairer, The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi (Routledge Studies in Classical Islam)
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq, Translator Alfred Guillaume, The Life of Muhammad, (Oxford University Press).
Alfred J. Butler, The Arab Conquest of Egypt and the Last Thirty Years of the Roman Dominion (Oxford: Oxford Uni Press, 1978)
Bat Ye’or, Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide. FDU Press: New Jersey, 2001.
Caroline Cox & John Marks, The West, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy? London: Civitas, 20062.
Dario Fernandez Morera, The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise. Delaware: ISI Books, 2016.
Henri Pirenne, Mohammed and Charlemagne. London: Dover Publications, 1954.
Henri Pirenne. Medieval Cities. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1980.
John J. O’Neill, Holy Warriors: Islam and the Demise of Classical Civilization. Felibri Publications, 2009.
Mark Durie, The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom. Deror Books, 2010.
Michael Radu, Europe’s Ghost: Tolerance, Jihadism, and the Crisis in the West. New York: Encounter Books, 2009.
Phillip Cary. The History of Christian Theology – lectures 1-18. Virginia USA: The Great Courses, 2008.
The Legacy of Jihad Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims, Edited by Andrew G. Boston MD, foreword Ibn Warraq
Islamic Law
Al-Quduri, A Manual or Islamic Law Per the Hanafi School, Trans. Tahir Mahmood Kiani, London: Ta-Ha Publishers 20122
Al-Shafi’is Risala, al-Risala: Treatise on the Foundations of Islamic Jurisprudence, trans. Majid Khadduri. Cambridge: The Islamic Texts Society, 20122
A commentary on Zad al-Mustaqni: Imam al-Hajjawi’s (d.968H.) Classical Guide to the Hanbali Madhab, Trans. Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan. Birmingham: Dar al-Arqam, 2016.