Great Muslims of the West

Muhammad Mojlum Khan was born in 1973 in Habiganj, Bangladesh and was brought up and educated in England. He is an award-winning British writer, literary critic and research scholar. He has published more than 200 essays and articles worldwide and his writings have been translated into several languages. He is the author of the bestselling The Muslim 100 (2008) and The Muslim Heritage of Bengal (2013). He is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and Director of the Bengal Muslim Research Institute UK.

• PROVISIONAL CONTENTS LISTIntroductionEarly Period1. Abd al-Rahman I2. Ziryab 3. Ibn Firnas4. Abd al-Rahman III5. Abulcasis6. Almanzor7. Ibn Hazm8. Wallada al-Mustakfi9. Avenzoar10. Avempace 11. Dreses12. Abubacer13. Averroes14. Ibn Jubayr15. Bitar 16. Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi17. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa18. Gazi Husrev Bey19. Roxelana20. Hasan Kafi Prusac 21. Safiye Sultan22. Evliya CelebiModern Period23. Ayuba Sulaiman Diallo24. Lord Henry Stanley of Alderley 25. Alexandra Russell Webb26. Ismail Bey Gaspirali27. William Henry Quilliam28. Philippe Grenier29. Lady Evelyn Cobbold30. Mehmed Dzemaludin Causevic 31. Hafiz Ali Korca32. John Yahya Parkinson 33. Marmaduke William Pickthall34. Musa Jarullah 35. Yusuf Ziyaeddin Ezheri 36. Julius Germanus37. Harry St. John Philby 38. Rene Guenon 39. Leopold Weiss40. Abdullah Ali al-Hakimi41. Knud Holmboe42. Mehmed Handzic43. Titus Buckhardt44. Martin Lings45. Husein Dozo46. Noor Inayat Khan47. Thomas Ballantine Irving48. Alija Izetbegovic49. Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi50. W. D. Muhammad51. Malcolm X52. Muhammad Ali51. Honourable MentionsAl-Hakam IIIbn HayyanIbn al-ArabiAl-QurtubiAbu Hayyan al-GharnatiIbn al-KhatibKoprulu Mehmed PashaJozef Z. BemAmherst D. TyssenSami FrasheriLord HeadleyRizaeddin bin FakhreddinJ. W. Lovegrove Ivan Agueli William Richard WilliamsonSir Charles Archibald HamiltonKhalid SheldrakeIsabelle EberhardtFrithjof SchuonMuhammad HamidullahKnut BernstromSmail BalicCharles Le Gai EatonAdil ZulfikarpasicZaki BadawiConclusionBrief Chronology of Western IslamSelect BibliographyIndex

"Great Muslims of the West is a remarkably lucid and thoroughly well-documented book. It provides the first major scholarly collation of Western Muslim biographies and challenges common assumptions and popular prejudices, enriching our comprehension of contemporary Islam." —The Muslim World Book Review “By focusing on contributions by giants from the West who were also Muslim, this book debunks the myth that Muslims have been recently introduced to notions of democracy and individualism.”—Booklist Online “Extensively researched… a wealth of information on a subject of great substance… far-reaching and fascinating… this book is worth reading and preserving.” —Dawn, Pakistan “...this volume should not only be welcomed by both Muslims and non-Muslims, but it also offers a much needed sense of belonging to all Muslims born and raised in the West.”—Islamic Horizons “[A] work of great synthesis. . . . [It] argues that the ‘makers of Western Islam’ have not only enriched Islam, but also humanity in general. This book is an important and timely contribution.”—Dr. Enes Karic, Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, and former Minister of Education, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina "an encyclopaedic overview"—Dr Mamnun Khan, The Muslim News“[An] unusually informative, inspiring and timely contribution. Essential reading for Muslims and non-Muslims, Easterners and Westerners alike.”—Dr. Syed Mahmudul Hasan, F.R.A.S. historian, author, and formerly Professor of Islamic History and Culture at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh "a window into the long history of Great Muslims of the West ... [the author] has a remarkable ability to explain and present history, from which readers can draw insight and learn lessons. I highly recommend this book as a must-have in every home, library, mosque and other educational institutions.”—Dr Mamnun Khan, The Muslim News "...it provides non-Muslims and Muslims alike with a much broader and more nuanced picture of Muslim thinkers and leaders who have had an influence on... the West"—Bill Tammeus, Faith Matters Blog