5 Books About Muslim You Should know- 大数跨境

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2016-07-19

导读：To know more about Muslim, you should not miss those 5 books.

As a business services providing company for foreigners, HACOS is in constant contact with lots of Muslim customers and many non-Muslim customers as well, who are quite interested in Muslim culture.

Therefore, HACOS would like to recommend you some classic books that could help you know more about Muslim. By the way, the authors’ opinions don’t say anything about HACOS’s attitude.

《The Kite Runner》

Khaled Hosseini

Introduction：

Amir, a well-to-do Afghan boy, and Hassan, Amir’s servant, were close friends. Amir had a weak personality, so Hassan always sticked up for him. However, after a kite fighting tournament, something terrible happened to Hassan. Amir witnessed the tragedy but he was too scared to stand out and protect Hassan. Afterwards, Amir’s feelings of guilt prevented him from interacting with Hassan. So he created an excuse to force Hassan to leave. Five years later, the Soviet-Afghan War broke out. Amir and his father escaped to America.

Even having become a grown-up, Amir still could not forgive himself for betraying Hassan at that time. In order to make up for that transgression, Amir returned to his hometown over two decades later to do one last favor for his unfortunate friend, only to find out an astonishing fact, which got Amir in trouble again. What would Amir do next? Why not find the answer in the book ?

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Review：

This novel not only tells a story about how the hero seeks redemption, which can help one gain the courage to confront his or her mistakes, but also, by telling the hero’s life story, presents the social changes in Afghanistan for almost 30 years’ history and the complex relationships among different religions, nations and social hierarchies.

《Islam in China》

Mi Shoujiang & You Jia

Introduction：

Back in the middle of the 7th Century, Islam came all the way from Arab to China. Then, during a long history, Islam constantly adapted to and fitted into the local environment while maintaining its own features and, as a result, turned into Islam with Chinese characteristics. Now Chinese Muslims are all over the country and they usually live together in small groups.

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Review：

The book introduces the history of Islam in China in a systematic way. For example, it says that Islam had different names in China during different periods, and that Islam has great impacts on China’s social life, economy, culture and politics etc.

《A Thousand Splendid Suns》

Khaled Hosseini

Introduction：

This story is set in Afghanistan during wartime. Mariam, an illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman, found her mother suicided on her fifteenth birthday. And in the same year, her father abandoned her by arranging for her to marry a shoemaker who was thirty years older than her. Eighteen years later, Laila, who lost her families in war, also married that shoemaker. Then Mariam and Laila began to live together, sharing one husband. They didn’t get along well at first, but ended up being as close as mother and daughter. However, there were still unexpected tragedies lying in wait...

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Review：

The novel depicts the miserable life of Afghan women who suffered from the old family system in Afghanistan. And it’s trying to tell us that no matter how hard life is, as long as we believe in the power of human spirit, we till have a chance to live the life we want.

It’s worth mentioning is that A Thousand Splendid Suns is the second book written by the author of The Kite Runner and that it received even better reviews from the readership than the first work.

《The Jade King》

HuoDa

Introduction：

The hero of this novel is Han Ziqi, a Han Chinese Muslim who regards jade as important as his life. He learns jade carving from the owner of a jade store, later runs a store himself, but ends up in a business failure because of the changing times. Besides, the novel also tells love stories of its characters. Back then in China, a Hui Chinese Muslim is not allowed to date or marry a Han Chinese. ( Han and Hui are ethnic groups in China.) Therefore, love between such two people is not accepted by Islam. For this reason, many people in this novel are deeply hurt.

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Review：

this novel tells the life stories of three generations in a Chinese Muslim family and, meanwhile, the tragic love stories between Muslims and non-Muslims. From these stories we can see how Islamic culture and Chinese culture collide and blend with each other and how the author thinks about religions, ethnic groups and love.

Notice: It’s not easy to find the original English version of this book, but its copies are available online.

《Who Speaks for Islam》

John L. Esposito

Introduction：

Due to the atrocities committed by some terrorist organizations and the negative reports made by some media in recent years, many people have misunderstandings and even fear about Islam. In this book, you will hear Muslims from 35 countries talk about their own opinions on religion, culture and the current situation. And you will know how the real Islamic world is different from the one people think it is.

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Review：

Review: The views in this book might not be accepted by everyone. But it at least provides us an opportunity to know more about Muslim culture and the true thoughts of Muslims. Then there may be a greater chance that we will have less conflicts, more peace.

Notice: For the English version of this book, you can only buy its KINDLE e-book on Amazon.com. The Chinese version is available on Taobao.com.