Recommended Books on Contemporary Issues

1.  Mission to America.  Yvonne Y. Haddad and Jane I. Smith.  Available from barnesandnoble.  A look at five unorthodox sects in the American Muslim milieu and how they came to be.  It goes over the Qadianis, Nation of Islam, 5 percenters, etc...

2.  Islamic Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism.  Yusuf Al Qaradawi.  An excellent look at the growth of the Islamic movement and how there is the potential for misdirection.  Causes and remedies are explored.  Available from Astrolabe.

3.  Lies My Teacher Told Me.  James W. Loewen.  An excellent expose into the truth behind the myths in the teaching of American history.