The Quran commands Muslims to seek knowledge and truth. At Muslims for Progressive Values we work towards increasing knowledge on Islam and human rights by encouraging a rigorous understanding of the Quran as well as other holy scriptures, scientific discovery and philosophy.

PROGRESSIVE SCHOLARS

• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim
• Adis Duderija
• Amanullah De Sondy
• Amina Wudud
• Aysha Hidayatullah
• Fatima Mernissi
• Fazlur Rahman 
• Karen Armstrong
• Kecia Ali
• Khaled Abu El-Fadl
• Muhammad Shahrour
• Nasr Abu Zayd
• Omid Safi
• Reza Aslan
• Sari Nusseibah
• Scott Kugle
• Usama Hassan
• Ziauddin Sardar

BOOKS

Note: These are recommended reads by MPV, however the views expressed by the selected authors do not necessarily reflect the views of MPV.

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QURAN

• Quran - The message of the Quran - Muhammad Asad

• Quran - a Montheist's Translation (PDF)

• Quran – A Reformist’s Translation – Edip Yuksel, Layth Al-Shaiban, Martha Schulte-Nafeh - Order a Hard Copy

• Islam Awakened (Quran, Transliteration, English Translations)

GENERAL ISLAM

• The American Muslim Teenager’s Handbook – Dilara Hafiz, Imran Hafiz, and Yasmine Hafiz. Acacia Publishing (2007).

• Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam – Mark Levine. Three Rivers Press (2008).

• Globalized Islam – Olivier Roy

• A History of Islamic Law – Noel J. Coulson

• No God but God – Reza Aslan

• Postmodernism and Islam – Akbar S. Ahmed

• Progressive Muslims – Omid Safi (Editor)

• Reading the Muslim Mind – Hassan Hathout

• Western Muslims and the Future of Islam – Tariq Ramadan

• Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust – Richard C. Foltz, Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baharuddin (Editors), Center for the Study of World Religions (2003)

• Homosexuality in Islam – Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle 

ISLAM AND POLITICS

• Islam and the Secular State: Negotiating the Future of Shari’a | Book Review – Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im

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PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) 

• In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad – Tariq Ramadan

• Muhammad – A Prophet for Our Time – Karen Armstrong

Women in islam

• “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur’an – Asma Barlas

• Forgotten Queens of Islam – Fatima Mernissi

• Inside the Gender Jihad – Amina Wadud

• The Scimitar and the Veil – Jennifer Heath Collum

• Sexual Ethics and Islam – Kecia Ali

• Speaking in God’s Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women – Khaled Abou El Fadl

• Standing Alone in Mecca – Asra Nomani

• The Veil and the Male Elite – Fatima Mernissi

FICTION AND POETRY

• The Cairo Trilogy – Naguib Mahfouz

• Emails from Scheherazad – Mohja Kahf

• My Name is Red – Orhan Pamuk

• The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf – Mohja Kahf

• Voices of Resistance: Muslim Women on War, Faith and Sexuality – Edited by Sarah Husain

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