Bibliography of books critical of Islam

This is a bibliography of literature treating the topic of criticism of Islam, sorted by source publication and the author's last name.

General

• Bostom, Andrew. (2008) The Legacy of Jihad, Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-602-0
• Bat Ye'or (2001) Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide, Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-3942-9
• Bostom, Andrew. The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism
• Bostom, Andrew. Sharia versus Freedom
• Shaikh, Anwar. Islam: The Arab National Movement (1995). Cardiff: Principality Publishers.
• Shaikh, Anwar. (1998). Anwar Shaikh's Islam, the Arab imperialism. Cardiff: Principality Publishers.
• Benjamin, Daniel (2002). "The Age of Sacred Terror" Random House. ISBN 0-8129-6984-7
• Karsh, Efraim (2006). Islamic Imperialism: A History, Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10603-9
• Ghosh, A. (1983). The Koran and the kafir: Islam and the infidel : all that an infidel needs to know about the Koran but is embarrassed to ask.
• Harris, Sam. (2004) The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, W.W.Norton. ISBN 0-7432-6809-1
• Harris Sam. Islam and the Future of Tolerance (2015)
• Hitchens, Christopher (2007). God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, New York: Twelve Books, ISBN 9780446579803. (Chapter nine assesses the religion of Islam)
• Majumdar, Suhas. Jihad The Islamic doctrine Of permanent war (2001)
• Manji, Irshad. (2004), The Trouble with Islam, Vintage Canada, ISBN 0-679-31361-3
• Moorthy Muthuswamy. Defeating Political Islam: The New Cold War (2009)
• Narain, Harsh. Jizyah and the Spread of Islam (1990)
• Pipes, Daniel (1983). In the Path of God: Islam and Political Power, Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7658-0981-8
• Pipes, Daniel. The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West (1990), Transaction Publishers, paperback (2003) ISBN 0-7658-0996-6
• Shourie, Arun. The World of Fatwas or the Sharia in Action: (2012, ISBN 9789350293423)
• Spencer, Robert. The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion, Regnery Press, 2006 (NYT bestseller list – 2006-10-29) ISBN 1-59698-028-1
• Spencer, Robert. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (And the Crusades), Regnery Press, 2005. (NYT bestseller list – 2005-10-16) ISBN 0-89526-013-1
• Spencer, Robert. Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process. Bombardier Book. December 3, 2019. ISBN 978-1642932546.
• Spencer, Robert. The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS. Bombardier Books. August 7, 2018. ISBN 9781682616598. OCLC 1046676281.
• Spencer, Robert. Confessions of an Islamophobe. Bombardier Books. November 28, 2017. ISBN 978-1682614914. OCLC 1022710774.
• Spencer, Robert. Not Peace But a Sword: The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam. Catholic Answers. March 25, 2013. ISBN 978-1938983283.
• Spencer, Robert. The Complete Infidel's Guide to Free Speech (and Its Enemies). Regnery Press. July 24, 2017. p. 256. ISBN 978-1621576273. OCLC 993696636.
• Spencer, Robert. The Complete Infidels' Guide to Iran. Regnery Press. July 11, 2016. p. 256. ISBN 978-1621575160. OCLC 952247204.
• Spencer, Robert. The Complete Infidel's Guide to ISIS. Regnery Press. August 24, 2015. ISBN 978-1-62157-453-8. OCLC 916923210.
• Spencer, Robert. The Complete Infidels' Guide to the Koran. Regnery Press. September 21, 2009. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-59698-104-1.
• Spencer, Robert. Religion of Peace?: Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't. Regnery Publishing. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59698-515-5.
• Spencer, Robert. The Myth of Islamic Tolerance: How Islamic Law Treats Non-Muslims (editor), Prometheus Books, 2005. ISBN 1-59102-249-5
• Spencer, Robert. Onward Muslim Soldiers: How Jihad Still Threatens America and the West, Regnery Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-89526-100-6
• Spencer, Robert. Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics: 100 questions and answers. Ascension Press. 2003. p. 197. ISBN 0-9659228-5-5.
• Spencer, Robert. Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith. Encounter Books. October 25, 2002. p. 202. ISBN 1-893554-58-9.
• Swarup, Ram: Understanding Islam through Hadis (1983)
• Trifkovic, Serge. The Sword of the Prophet: The politically incorrect guide to Islam: History, Theology, Impact on the World, Boston, Regina Orthodox Press (2002); ISBN 978-0-312-53835-4
• Warraq, Ibn (2017). The Islam in Islamic Terrorism: The Importance of Beliefs, Ideas, and Ideology. New English Review. ISBN 978-1943003082. OCLC 990505503.

Criticism of Islamic texts

• Spencer, Robert. Did Muhammad Exist?: An Inquiry Into Islam's Obscure Origins. ISI Books. March 2012. ISBN 978-1-61017-061-1.
• Ibn Warraq. The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book, edited by Ibn Warraq, Prometheus Books, 1998, hardcover, 420 pages, ISBN 1-57392-198-X
• Ibn Warraq. The Quest for the Historical Muhammad, edited and translated by Ibn Warraq, Prometheus Books, 2000, hardcover, 554 pages, ISBN 1-57392-787-2
• Ibn Warraq. What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text, and Commentary, edited and translated by Ibn Warraq, Prometheus Books, 2002, 600 pages, ISBN 1-57392-945-X
• Ibn Warraq. Which Koran?: Variants, Manuscripts, and the Influence of Pre-Islamic Poetry , Prometheus Books, 2008, 631 pages, ISBN 978-1-59102-429-3
• Ibn Warraq. Koranic Allusions: The Biblical, Qumranian, and pre-Islamic background to the Koran, Prometheus Books, 2013, 463 pages, ISBN 9781616147594
• Ibn Warraq. Christmas in the Koran: Luxenberg, Syriac, and the Near Eastern and Judeo-Christian Background of Islam, edited by Ibn Warraq, Prometheus Books, 2014, hardcover, 805 pages, ISBN 978-1-61614-937-6

Literature and plays

• Teaching of Jacob (634-640)
• Jihad! The Musical
• Dayananda, S., & Bharadwaja, C. (1915). Light of truth : Or an English translation of the Satyarth Prakash, the well-known work. Allahabad: Arya Pratinidhi Sabha. (Chapter 14)
• Nasrin, Taslima: Lajja (1997). Shame: A Novel. Kankabati Datta (translation of Lajja). Amherst: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-165-3.
• Padmanābha, ., & Bhatnagar, V. S. (1991). Kānhaḍade prabandha: India's greatest patriotic saga of medieval times : Padmanābha's epic account of Kānhaḍade.
• Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses.
• Voltaire, (1736) Mahomet

Autobiographical and travelogues

• Maajid Nawaz: Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism
• Ibn Warraq. Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out, edited by Ibn Warraq, Prometheus Books, 2003, hardcover, 320 pages, ISBN 1-59102-068-9
• ibn Warraq (1995). "Why I Am Not a Muslim", Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-984-4
• Darwish, Nonie (2006) Now They Call Me Infidel, Sentinel. ISBN 978-1-59523-031-7
• V. S. Naipaul (1981). Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, Knoph. ISBN 978-0-394-50969-3
• V. S. Naipaul (1998). Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples.

Women and Islam

• Bellil, Samira., To Hell and Back: The Life of Samira Bellil. Trans. Bison Books 2008
• Sushmita Banerjee (1999). Kabul[i]wala's Bengalee wife. Calcutta: Bhasa o Sahitya.
• Skaine, R. (2002). The women of Afghanistan under the Taliban. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland.
• Laṭīfa, ., & Hachemi, C. (2007). My forbidden face: Growing up under the Taliban; a young woman's story. London: Virago.
• Shaikh, Anwar (1999). Islam: Sex and violence. Cardiff: Principality Publishers.
• Durrani, T., Hoffer, W., & Hoffer, M. (1998). My feudal lord:A Devastating Indictment of Women's Role in Muslim Society. London: Corgi Books.
• Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2002 in Dutch) De zoontjesfabriek. Over vrouwen, islam en integratie Uitgeverij Augustus ISBN 9789045703558
• Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2015) Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, Harper Publications. ISBN 978-0-06-233393-3
• Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2006 in English) The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam ISBN 978-0-7432-8833-0
• Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2007 in English) Infidel: My Life ISBN 0-7432-9503-X
• Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2010) Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations ISBN 978-1-4391-5731-2
• Nasrin, Taslima (2002). My Bengali Girlhood. Gopa Majumdar (trans.). South Royalton: Steerforth Press. ISBN 1-58642-051-8. Trans. of Meyebela
• Swarup, Ram: Woman in Islam (1994) ISBN 8185990166
• Sultan, Wafa, (2009) A God Who Hates: The Courageous Woman Who Inflamed the Muslim World Speaks Out Against the Evils of Islam, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 978-0-312-53835-4
• Koofi, F., & Ghouri, N. (2012). The favored daughter: One woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Yousafzai, M., Lamb, C., & Panjabi, A. (2013). I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban.
• Wahab, S. (2013). In my father's country: An afghan woman defies her fate. New York: Crown.
• Ahmedi, F., Ansary, M. T., & Ahmedi, F. (2008). The other side of the sky: A memoir. New York: Simon Spotlight Entertainment.

By continent

Africa

• Gregory Alonso Pirio, The African Jihad. The Red Sea Press, Inc. (August 16, 2007)

Asia

South Asia

• Ambedkar, B. R. (2005). Pakistan or the partition of India.
• Aziz, K. K. (2010). The murder of history: A critique of history textbooks used in Pakistan. Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publ.
• Benkin, Richard: A Quiet Case of Ethnic Cleansing: The Murder of Bangladesh's Hindus (2008)
• Ghosh Dastidar, Sachi (2008). Empire's Last Casualty: Indian Subcontinent's vanishing Hindu and other Minorities. Kolkata: Firma KLM.
• Goel, Sita Ram The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India (1994) ISBN 81-85990-23-9
• Goel, Sita Ram The Calcutta Quran Petition by Chandmal Chopra and Sita Ram Goel (1986, enlarged 1987 and again 1999) ISBN 81-85990-58-1
• Gopal, Ram : Indian Resistance to Early Muslim Invaders Up to 1206 AD.
• Gurbachan Singh Talib: Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947 (1991)
• Elst, Koenraad. Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society, 1991.
• Elst, Koenraad. Negationism in India: Concealing the Record of Islam (1992) ISBN 81-85990-01-8
• Harsh Narain: The Ayodhya Temple Mosque Dispute: Focus on Muslim Sources (1993)
• Narain, Harsh: Myths of Composite Culture and Equality of Religions OCLC 25834556 (1991)
• Jain, Meenakshi: Parallel Pathways: Essays on Hindu-Muslim Relations, 1707–1857 (Konark Publishers, 2010), ISBN 9788122007831.
• Kamra, A.J. The Prolonged Partition and Its Pogroms (2000)
• Lal, K. S. The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1992.
• Lal, K. S. Muslim Slave System in Medieval India (1994)
• Lal, K. S. Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India (1999) ISBN 81-86471-72-3
• Koul, M. L. (1994). Kashmir, past and present: Unravelling the mystique. New Delhi: Manav Publications and Sehyog Prakashan.
• Sandeep, B. (2013). Tipu Sultan: The tyrant of Mysore. Chennai: Rare Publications.
• Sheshadri, H.V.: The Tragic Story of Partition. (2002)
• Sarkar, Jadunath: History of Aurangzeb (1972)
• Swarup, Ram: Hindu View of Christianity and Islam (1993)
• Sahagala, N. (1994). Converted Kashmir: Memorial of mistakes. Delhi: Utpal Publications.
• Shourie, Arun & Goel, S. R., (1991). Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them. New Delhi: Voice of India. (1990 vol.1 ISBN 81-85990-49-2; 1991 vol.2 ISBN 81-85990-03-4, enlarged 1993)
• Shourie, Arun: Eminent Historians: Their Technology, Their Line, Their Fraud (1998, ISBN 81-900199-8-8)
• Shourie, Arun (2006). Indian controversies: Essays on religion in politics. New Delhi: Rupa & Co.

West Asia

• Gold, Dore (2003). Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism Regnery. ISBN 0-89526-135-9
• Lewis, Bernard (2001). What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514420-8
• Schwartz, Stephen (2002). The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror, Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-50692-9

Europe

• Bawer, Bruce, Surrender: Appeasing Islam, Sacrificing Freedom, Doubleday, 2009-05-19, ISBN 978-0-385-52398-1
• Bawer, Bruce, The New Quislings: How the International Left Used the Oslo Massacre to Silence Debate About Islam, Broadside Books, 2012-01-31, ISBN 978-0-06-218869-4
• Bawer, Bruce, While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within, New York, Doubleday, 2006 ISBN 0-385-51472-7
• Blankley, Tony, The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?, Washington, D.C., Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005-02-25, ISBN 0-89526-015-8
• Fallaci, Oriana, The Force of Reason, New York, Rizzoli International, 2006 ISBN 0-8478-2753-4
• Israeli, Raphael, The Islamic Challenge in Europe, Transaction Publishers, 2008-06-16, ISBN 1-4128-0750-6
• Israeli, Raphael, The Spread of Islamikaze Terrorism in Europe: The Third Islamic Invasion, Vallentine Mitchell Publishers, 2008-08-11, ISBN 0-85303-734-5
• Lindhout, A., & Corbett, S. (2014). A house in the sky: A memoir.
• Camus, Renaud, Le Grand Remplacement, David Reinharc, 2011-11-02, ISBN 978-2-35869-031-7
• Dalrymple, Theodore (2011). The New Vichy Syndrome. Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism, New York: Encounter books. ISBN 978-1-59403-372-8
• Houellebecq, Michel, Soumission, 2015
• Jensen, Peder Are Nøstvold, Defeating Eurabia, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-4715-9
• Laqueur, Walter, The Last Days of Europe: Epitaph for an Old Continent, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007-05-15, ISBN 0-312-36870-4, ISBN 978-0-312-54183-5
• Laqueur, Walter, After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent, Thomas Dunne Books, 2012-02-13, ISBN 978-1-250-00008-8
• Phillips, Melanie (2006). Londonistan: How Britain is creating a terror state within. London: Encounter books. ISBN 978-1-59403-144-1, ISBN 1-59403-144-4
• Pryce-Jones, David (2008). Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews, New York: Encounter books, 2006-10-25, ISBN 978-1-59403-220-2
• Sanders, Doug, The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West?, Knopf, 2012-08-21, ISBN 978-0-307-36207-0
• Sam Solomon, E Al Maqdisi, Modern Day Trojan Horse: Al-Hijra, The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration, Accepting Freedom or Imposing Islam?, Advancing Native Missions, 2009, ISBN 0-9794929-5-5
• Øyvind Strømmen, Det mørke nettet, Cappelen Damm, 2011-11-09, ISBN 978-82-02-37027-5
• Thornton, Bruce, Decline and Fall: Europe's Slow Motion Suicide, Encounter Books, 2008
• Wilders, Geert, Marked for Death: Islam's War Against the West and Me, Regnery Publishing, 2012-05-01, ISBN 978-1-59698-796-8
• Bat Ye'or (2005). Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-4077-X
• Bat Ye'or (2011). Europe, Globalization, and the Coming of the Universal Caliphate, Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-1-61147-445-9

North America

• Geller, Pamela (2011) Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide for the Resistance, WND Books. ISBN 978-1-936488-36-0
• Pipes, Daniel (2002). Militant Islam Reaches America, W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-32531-8
• Robert Spencer (2014-04-14). The Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth about the War We're In. Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-62157-204-6.
• Spencer, Robert. Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs. Regnery Press. October 28, 2008. ISBN 978-1-59698-556-8.

Reports

• David Lagerlöf, Jonathan Leman, Alexander Bengtsson (2011). "The Anti-Muslim Environment - The ideas, the Profiles and the Concept" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-07-18. (306 KB), Expo Research
• Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Hans Brun, A Neo-Nationalist Network: The English Defence League and Europe's Counter-Jihad Movement, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, March 2013

See also

• Bibliography of books defending Islam