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PAMPHLET 1859 · Urdu
The Causes of the Indian Revolt اسباب بغاوت ہند Sayyid Ahmad Khan

An analysis of the 1857 uprising that blames British misgovernment and the absence of Indians from legislative councils, while defending Muslims against the charge of organised rebellion.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (English translation, 1873; Digital Library of India scan)

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Khan, Sayyid Ahmad. The Causes of the Indian Revolt. 1859. Internet Archive (English translation, 1873; Digital Library of India scan), https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200833. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/sayyid-ahmad-khan/#sayyid-ahmad-khan-the-causes-of-the-indian-revolt

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REVIEW 1872 · English
Review on Dr. Hunter's Indian Musalmans Sayyid Ahmad Khan

A rebuttal of W. W. Hunter's claim that Indian Muslims were bound by religion to rebel against the Crown, arguing that Islamic law did not require jihad against British rule in India.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan)

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Khan, Sayyid Ahmad. Review on Dr. Hunter's Indian Musalmans. 1872. Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan), https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.05720. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/sayyid-ahmad-khan/#sayyid-ahmad-khan-review-on-dr-hunters-indian-musalmans

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COLLECTION 1884 · Arabic
The Firmest Bond العروة الوثقى Muḥammad ʿAbduh

The Paris journal edited with al-Afghānī, which called for Islamic unity, reform and resistance to British imperialism.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Arabic Collections Online (NYU, public-domain scan, Beirut 1910 reprint)

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ʿAbduh, Muḥammad. The Firmest Bond. 1884. Arabic Collections Online (NYU, public-domain scan, Beirut 1910 reprint), https://sites.dlib.nyu.edu/viewer/books/columbia_aco003372. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abduh/#abduh-the-firmest-bond

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COLLECTION 1884 · Arabic
The Firmest Bond العروة الوثقى Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī

The eighteen issues of the Arabic weekly published in Paris with Muḥammad ʿAbduh, calling for Muslim unity and resistance to British rule in Egypt and India.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Arabic Collections Online (NYU, public-domain scan, Beirut 1910 reprint)

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al-Afghānī, Jamāl al-Dīn. The Firmest Bond. 1884. Arabic Collections Online (NYU, public-domain scan, Beirut 1910 reprint), https://sites.dlib.nyu.edu/viewer/books/columbia_aco003372. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/afghani/#afghani-the-firmest-bond

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NOVEL 1903 · English
Saïd the Fisherman Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Pickthall's first success: the rise and fall of a Syrian Muslim fisherman, set against the Damascus massacre of 1860 and the growing European presence in the Levant.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Project Gutenberg

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Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke. Saïd the Fisherman. 1903. Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77078. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/pickthall/#pickthall-said-the-fisherman

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NOVEL 1908 · English
The Children of the Nile Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

Fiction about Egyptian Muslims under British occupation, with attention to rural life and to Egyptian views of foreign rule.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan)

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Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke. The Children of the Nile. 1908. Internet Archive (public-domain scan), https://archive.org/details/childrenofnile00pick. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/pickthall/#pickthall-the-children-of-the-nile

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NOVEL 1909 · English
The Valley of the Kings Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

A Syrian Christian youth is drawn to Western missionaries and archaeologists. Pickthall uses the story to look critically at European influence on the mixed Muslim and Christian society of the Levant.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Project Gutenberg

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Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke. The Valley of the Kings. 1909. Project Gutenberg, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24744. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/pickthall/#pickthall-the-valley-of-the-kings

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BOOK 1914 · English
With the Turk in Wartime Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

An account of Pickthall's 1913 stay in Istanbul during the Balkan Wars. It sympathises with the Ottomans and argues against British hostility toward Turkey.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan)

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Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke. With the Turk in Wartime. 1914. Internet Archive (public-domain scan), https://archive.org/details/withturkinwartim00pickrich. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/pickthall/#pickthall-with-the-turk-in-wartime

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NOVEL 1916 · English
The House of War Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

A novel set in Ottoman Syria about tension between Muslim and Christian communities and the way European consuls and missionaries meddle in local quarrels.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan)

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Pickthall, Muhammad Marmaduke. The House of War. 1916. Internet Archive (public-domain scan), https://archive.org/details/houseofwar00pickiala. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/pickthall/#pickthall-the-house-of-war

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PAMPHLET 1920 · Arabic
The Six Steps Hutuvât-ı Sitte Said Nursi

A pamphlet written during the Allied occupation of Istanbul urging Muslims not to collaborate with the occupying powers.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: eRisale (Turkish original)

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Nursi, Said. The Six Steps. 1920. eRisale (Turkish original), https://www.erisale.com/tr/ilk-donem-eserleri/hutuvat-i-sitte. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/said-nursi/#said-nursi-the-six-steps

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BOOK 1924 · German
The Unromantic Orient Unromantisches Morgenland: Aus dem Tagebuch einer Reise Muhammad Asad

Asad's first book, published under the name Leopold Weiss, a travel diary of his journeys in Palestine, Egypt, Transjordan and Syria in the early 1920s that portrays Arab life and criticises European and Zionist attitudes.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (scan of 1924 German edition)

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Asad, Muhammad. The Unromantic Orient. 1924. Internet Archive (scan of 1924 German edition), https://archive.org/details/unromantischesmo00asad. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-asad/#muhammad-asad-the-unromantic-orient

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SPEECH 1930 · English
Presidential Address to the All-India Muslim League, Allahabad Muhammad Iqbal

His address to the Muslim League's Allahabad session, arguing that Islam is a social order and proposing a consolidated Muslim state in north-west India within or outside the British Empire.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Frances W. Pritchett (Columbia University course site)

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Iqbal, Muhammad. Presidential Address to the All-India Muslim League, Allahabad. 1930. Frances W. Pritchett (Columbia University course site), https://franpritchett.com/00islamlinks/txt_iqbal_1930.html. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/iqbal/#iqbal-presidential-address-to-the-all-india-muslim-league

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BOOK 1934 · English
Islam at the Crossroads Muhammad Asad

A short polemical essay arguing that Muslims should not imitate Western civilisation and that a revival must rest on renewed adherence to the Qur'an and Sunnah.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan)

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Asad, Muhammad. Islam at the Crossroads. 1934. Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan), https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237182. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-asad/#muhammad-asad-islam-at-the-crossroads

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BOOK 1936 · Persian
Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq پس چہ باید کرد اے اقوام شرق Muhammad Iqbal

A Persian masnavi urging the peoples of the East to free themselves from Western political and intellectual domination through renewed faith and self-reliance.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan)

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Iqbal, Muhammad. Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq. 1936. Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan), https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.437598. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/iqbal/#iqbal-pas-chih-bayad-kard-ay-aqwam-i-sharq

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PAMPHLET 1936 · Arabic
Toward the Light نحو النور Ḥasan al-Bannā

An open letter to the King of Egypt and other Muslim rulers proposing a programme of political, social and economic reform on Islamic lines.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Bannā, Ḥasan. Toward the Light. 1936. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/20260224_20260224_2328. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/hasan-al-banna/#hasan-al-banna-toward-the-light

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COLLECTION 1939 · Urdu
Tanqihat تنقیحات Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī

Essays criticising the intellectual and cultural dependence of Indian Muslims on Western civilisation and calling for an Islamic alternative in education and thought.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Mawdūdī, Abul Aʿlā. Tanqihat. 1939. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/Tanqeehaat. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maududi/#maududi-tanqihat

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BOOK 1949 · French
The Conditions of Renaissance Les Conditions de la renaissance Malek Bennabi

Analyses the decline of Algerian and Muslim society and proposes that renewal requires the synthesis of human beings, land and time around a guiding religious idea.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (French scan)

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Bennabi, Malek. The Conditions of Renaissance. 1949. Internet Archive (French scan), https://archive.org/details/malek-bennabi-les-conditions-de-la-renaissance. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bennabi/#bennabi-the-conditions-of-renaissance

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COLLECTION 1953 · Arabic
Islamic Studies دراسات إسلامية Sayyid Quṭb

A collection of articles from the early 1950s on Islam, colonialism and the political situation of Egypt and the Muslim world.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Arabic scan)

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Quṭb, Sayyid. Islamic Studies. 1953. Internet Archive (Arabic scan), https://archive.org/details/BBib-Alex-13202. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/sayyid-qutb/#sayyid-qutb-islamic-studies

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BOOK 1954 · French
The Vocation of Islam Vocation de l'Islam Malek Bennabi

A survey of the modern Muslim world that traces its decline, assesses reformist and modernist movements, and outlines its possible role in the world.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (French scan)

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Bennabi, Malek. The Vocation of Islam. 1954. Internet Archive (French scan), https://archive.org/details/vocation.islam-malek-bennabi. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bennabi/#bennabi-the-vocation-of-islam

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BOOK 1956 · French
Afro-Asianism L'Afro-asiatisme Malek Bennabi

Reflections prompted by the Bandung Conference on the prospects of a cooperative Afro-Asian bloc as an alternative to the colonial world order.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Arabic translation)

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Bennabi, Malek. Afro-Asianism. 1956. Internet Archive (Arabic translation), https://archive.org/details/elshandawily13545. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bennabi/#bennabi-afro-asianism

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BOOK 1958 · French
The Ideological Struggle in Colonised Countries La Lutte idéologique en pays colonisé Malek Bennabi

Describes how colonial powers manage and neutralise ideas in colonised societies and how intellectuals there can resist such manipulation.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (French scan)

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Bennabi, Malek. The Ideological Struggle in Colonised Countries. 1958. Internet Archive (French scan), https://archive.org/details/lutte-ideologique-malek-bennabi. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bennabi/#bennabi-the-ideological-struggle-in-colonised-countries

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BOOK 1962 · English · Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, Lahore
Islam versus the West Maryam Jameelah

Her first book: eighteen essays written in America in 1954–62 against Western materialism, orientalists and Muslim modernizers.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Islam versus the West. 1962. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ27/Islam%20verses%20the%20west.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-islam-versus-the-west

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MEMOIR 1965 · French
Memoirs of a Witness of the Century Mémoires d'un témoin du siècle Malek Bennabi

His autobiography, recording childhood and youth in colonial Algeria and student years in France as a witness to the colonised Muslim's experience.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (French scan)

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Bennabi, Malek. Memoirs of a Witness of the Century. 1965. Internet Archive (French scan), https://archive.org/details/bennabi-malek-memoires-dun-temoin-du-siecle. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bennabi/#bennabi-memoirs-of-a-witness-of-the-century

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ARTICLE 1965 · English · The Pakistan Times, Lahore, 30 Apr & 7 May
The Sanussi Movement (serial) Maryam Jameelah

An early version of a chapter of Three Great Islamic Movements.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. The Sanussi Movement (serial). 1965. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/M20/MJ%2002.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-the-sanussi-movement

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ESSAY 1965 · French
The Work of the Orientalists and Its Influence on Modern Islamic Thought إنتاج المستشرقين وأثره في الفكر الإسلامي الحديث Malek Bennabi

Assesses how Orientalist scholarship, whether hostile or admiring, has shaped the self-image and intellectual habits of modern Muslims.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Arabic translation)

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Bennabi, Malek. The Work of the Orientalists and Its Influence on Modern Islamic Thought. 1965. Internet Archive (Arabic translation), https://archive.org/details/intej_mstrk. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/bennabi/#bennabi-the-work-of-the-orientalists-and-its-influence

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NOVEL 1968 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Ahmad Khalil: The Story of a Palestinian Refugee and His Family Maryam Jameelah

Her only novel, begun in New York as a teenager and illustrated with her own drawings.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Ahmad Khalil: The Story of a Palestinian Refugee and His Family. 1968. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ5/Ahmad%20Khalil%20(The%20Story%20of%20a%20Palestinian%20Refugee%20and%20His%20Family.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-ahmad-khalil-the-story-of-a-palestinian-refugee-and-his-family

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ANTHOLOGY 1968 · English
An Islamic Response to Imperialism Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī

English translations of al-Afghānī's main political and religious writings with a biographical study by Nikki R. Keddie.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (borrowable)

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al-Afghānī, Jamāl al-Dīn. An Islamic Response to Imperialism. 1968. Internet Archive (borrowable), https://archive.org/details/islamicresponset0000kedd. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/afghani/#afghani-an-islamic-response-to-imperialism

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BOOK 1971 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Islam and Orientalism Maryam Jameelah

Six essays criticizing Philip Hitti, Kenneth Cragg, S. D. Goitein, Wilfred Cantwell Smith and others.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Islam and Orientalism. 1971. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ4/Islam%20and%20Orientalism.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-islam-and-orientalism

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PAMPHLET 1973 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Is Western Civilization Universal? Maryam Jameelah

Argues that "modernity" is European cultural imperialism and that only Islam is truly universal.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Is Western Civilization Universal?. 1973. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ10/Is%20Western%20Civilization%20Universal.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-is-western-civilization-universal

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PAMPHLET 1976 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Two Mujahidin of the Recent Past and their Struggle for Freedom against Foreign Rule Maryam Jameelah

Sayyid Ahmad Shahid of India and Imam Shamil of the Caucasus.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Two Mujahidin of the Recent Past and their Struggle for Freedom against Foreign Rule. 1976. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ23/Two%20mujahidin%20of%20the%20recent%20past%20and%20their%20struggle%20for%20freedom%20againtst%20foreing%20rule.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-two-mujahidin-of-the-recent-past-and-their-struggle-for-freedom-against-foreign

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PAMPHLET 1976 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Westernization versus Muslims Maryam Jameelah

"Cultural Slavery is Inseparable from Political Slavery" and "Westernization: a Panoramic View".

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Westernization versus Muslims. 1976. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ20/Westernization%20Versus%20muslims.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-westernization-versus-muslims

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BOOK 1977 · Arabic · Dār al-Shurūq (also Muʾassasat al-Madīna)
Wāqiʿunā al-muʿāṣir واقعنا المعاصر Muḥammad Quṭb

Long historical analysis of how the modern Muslim world came to its present state under colonialism, secularism and Westernisation.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Wāqiʿunā al-muʿāṣir. 1977. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/Al-Basira.10. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-waqiuna-al-muasir

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PAMPHLET 1978 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Western Imperialism Menaces Muslims Maryam Jameelah

Western political and cultural domination as a threat to Islam.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Western Imperialism Menaces Muslims. 1978. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ35/Western%20imperialism%20menaces%20muslims.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-western-imperialism-menaces-muslims

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BOOK 1980 · English
Islam and the Problem of Israel Ismāʿīl al-Fārūqī

Analyses Zionism and the State of Israel from an Islamic standpoint and proposes a solution in which Jews would live as a protected religious community within an Islamic order.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Ismail Faruqi Online (author's website)

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al-Fārūqī, Ismāʿīl. Islam and the Problem of Israel. 1980. Ismail Faruqi Online (author's website), https://ismailfaruqi.com/wp-content/pdf/books/islam-and-the-problem-of-israel.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/al-faruqi/#al-faruqi-islam-and-the-problem-of-israel

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PAMPHLET 1980 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
The Resurgence of Islam and our Liberation from the Colonial Yoke Maryam Jameelah

Islamic revival as decolonization.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. The Resurgence of Islam and our Liberation from the Colonial Yoke. 1980. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ24/The%20resurgence%20of%20islam%20and%20our%20liberation%20from%20the%20colonial%20yoke.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-the-resurgence-of-islam-and-our-liberation-from-the-colonial-yoke

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BOOK 1981 · Urdu
Muslim Mamalik mein Islamiyat aur Maghribiyat ki Kashmakash مسلم ممالک میں اسلامیت اور مغربیت کی کشمکش Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

The struggle between Islamic and Western ideas in Muslim countries. Translated from Arabic.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Muslim Mamalik mein Islamiyat aur Maghribiyat ki Kashmakash. 1981. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/muslim%20mamalik%20me%20islamiyat%20aur%20magribiyat%20ki%20kash%20ma%20kash.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u262-muslim-mamalik-mein-islamiyat-aur-maghribiyat-ki-kashmakash

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PAMPHLET 1982 · Urdu
Islamiyat aur Maghribi Mustashriqin wa Musalman Musannifin اسلامیات اور مغربی مستشرقین و مسلمان مصنفین Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Islamic studies, Western orientalists and Muslim authors. Translated from Arabic.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Islamiyat aur Maghribi Mustashriqin wa Musalman Musannifin. 1982. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/islamiyaat%20aur%20magribi%20mustashriqeen%20wa%20musalman%20musannifeen.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u150-islamiyat-aur-maghribi-mustashriqin-wa-musalman-musannifin

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PAMPHLET 1983 · English
Islamic Studies, Orientalists and Muslim Scholars Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Islamic Studies, Orientalists and Muslim Scholars. Translated by Mohiuddin Ahmad from Arabic.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Islamic Studies, Orientalists and Muslim Scholars. 1983. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/islamic%20studies%20orientalists%20and%20muslim%20scholars.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-e039-islamic-studies-orientalists-and-muslim-scholars

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PAMPHLET 1990 · English · Mohammad Yusuf Khan
Shaikh Izz-ud-Din al-Qassam Shaheed: A Great Palestinian Mujahid (1882–1935) Maryam Jameelah

A biography of the Palestinian preacher and resistance leader.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Shaikh Izz-ud-Din al-Qassam Shaheed: A Great Palestinian Mujahid (1882–1935). 1990. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ8/Shaikh%20Izz-ud-Din%20Al-Qassam%20Shaheed%20A%20Great%20Palestinian%20Mujahid%20(1882-1935)%20His%20Lif%20and%20Work.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-shaikh-izz-ud-din-al-qassam-shaheed-a-great-palestinian-mujahid

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BOOK 1992 · Arabic · Dār al-Shurūq
Kayfa naktub al-tārīkh al-Islāmī كيف نكتب التاريخ الإسلامي Muḥammad Quṭb

Calls for rewriting Islamic history from an Islamic perspective rather than through Orientalist or nationalist frameworks.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Kayfa naktub al-tārīkh al-Islāmī. 1992. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/Al-Basira.20. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-kayfa-naktub-al-tarikh-al-islami

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PAMPHLET 1993 · Arabic
al-Ṣirāʿ bayna al-fikr al-Gharbī wa-l-fikr al-Islāmī الصراع بين الفكر الغربي والفكر الإسلامي Muḥammad Quṭb

Short treatment of the long-running conflict between Western and Islamic thought.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. al-Ṣirāʿ bayna al-fikr al-Gharbī wa-l-fikr al-Islāmī. 1993. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/islamyaseen82_gmail_20190417. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-al-sira-bayna-al-fikr-al-gharbi-wa

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BOOK 1995 · English
Democracy, Nationalism, and Communalism: The Colonial Legacy in South Asia Asma Barlas

A study of how British colonial rule shaped nationalism, communal politics and military dominance in South Asia, with particular attention to Pakistan.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Barlas, Asma. Democracy, Nationalism, and Communalism: The Colonial Legacy in South Asia. 1995. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/asma-barlas/#asma-barlas-democracy-nationalism-and-communalism-the-colonial-legacy

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BOOK 1998 · French · Bayard/Centurion (Paris); 2nd ed. Tawhid (Lyon) 2001
Aux sources du renouveau musulman : d'al-Afghani à Hassan al-Banna, un siècle de réformisme islamique Tariq Ramadan

A reading of Islamic reformism from Jamal al-Din al-Afghani through Muhammad Abduh and Rashid Rida to Hasan al-Banna, presenting the movement as a rational, spiritually grounded response to colonial pressure and stagnation. Based on his doctoral work on al-Banna.

Archived 16 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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Ramadan, Tariq. Aux sources du renouveau musulman : d'al-Afghani à Hassan al-Banna, un siècle de réformisme islamique. 1998. Archived 16 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/tariq-ramadan/#tariq-ramadan-aux-sources-du-renouveau-musulman-dal-afghani-a-hassan-al

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BOOK 1999 · Arabic · Maktabat Wahba
al-Mustashriqūn wa-l-Islām المستشرقون والإسلام Muḥammad Quṭb

Examines Orientalist scholarship on Islam and its aims and effects.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. al-Mustashriqūn wa-l-Islām. 1999. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/islamyaseen82_gmail_20190411. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-al-mustashriqun-wa-l-islam

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BOOK 2006 · Urdu · Maktaba Ta'mir-i Insaniyat, Lahore
Ahmad Khalil (احمد خلیل) Maryam Jameelah

Urdu translation of her novel.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: dl.chughtailibrary.com

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Jameelah, Maryam. Ahmad Khalil (احمد خلیل). 2006. https://dl.chughtailibrary.com/files/repository/personal_collections/maryam_jameela/MJ19/%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af%20%d8%ae%d9%84%db%8c%d9%84%20.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maryam-jameelah/#mj-ahmad-khalil

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TRANSLATION 2009 · Persian · Ihsān, Tehran
Luzūm-i bāznivīsī-yi tārīkh-i Islām لزوم بازنویسی تاریخ اسلام Muḥammad Quṭb

Persian translation of Kayfa naktub al-tarikh al-Islami.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Luzūm-i bāznivīsī-yi tārīkh-i Islām. 2009. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/abu-abdurahman-kurdi-f_barid_20180120_1345. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-luzum-i-baznivisi-yi-tarikh-i-islam-persian

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BOOK 2009 · English
Shari'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations Wael Hallaq

A comprehensive account of the Sharia as a pre-modern moral-legal system and of its dismantling and transformation under colonialism and the modern nation-state.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Hallaq, Wael. Shari'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations. 2009. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/hallaq/#hallaq-sharia-theory-practice-transformations

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BOOK 2011 · English
Historical Fact and Fiction Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Criticises the methods and assumptions of historians of the Malay Archipelago in their accounts of the coming and spread of Islam, and offers al-Attas's own interpretation of the chronology and effects of Islamization.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: wardahbooks.com

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al-Attas, Syed Muhammad Naquib. Historical Fact and Fiction. 2011. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/al-attas/#al-attas-historical-fact-and-fiction

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PAPER 2017 · English · Yaqeen Institute
The Structure of Scientific Productivity in Islamic Civilization: Orientalists’ Fables Asadullah Ali Al-Andalusi · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Al-Andalusi, Asadullah Ali. The Structure of Scientific Productivity in Islamic Civilization: Orientalists’ Fables. 2017. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-structure-of-scientific-productivity-in-islamic-civilization-orientalists-fables. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-structure-of-scientific-productivity-in-islamic-civilization-orientalists-fables

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BOOK 2018 · English
Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge Wael Hallaq

Extends Said's critique by arguing that Orientalism is rooted in the epistemic foundations of modern academic knowledge rather than in politics alone.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: not yet recorded

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Hallaq, Wael. Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge. 2018. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/hallaq/#hallaq-restating-orientalism-a-critique-of-modern-knowledge

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
All That We Lost: The Colonized Mind and the Decline of the Islamic Education System Faisal Malik · Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Malik, Faisal. All That We Lost: The Colonized Mind and the Decline of the Islamic Education System. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/the-colonized-mind-and-the-decline-of-the-islamic-education-system. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yaqeen-institute/#yq-the-colonized-mind-and-the-decline-of-the-islamic-education

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PAPER 2019 · English · Yaqeen Institute
Blind Spots: The Origins of the Western Method of Critiquing Hadith Jonathan A. C. Brown

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Brown, Jonathan A. C.. Blind Spots: The Origins of the Western Method of Critiquing Hadith. 2019. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/blind-spots-the-origins-of-the-western-method-of-critiquing-hadith. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/jonathan-brown/#yq-blind-spots-the-origins-of-the-western-method-of-critiquing

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PAPER 2022 · English · Ummatics Institute (Research paper)
The Case Against 'Islamism' Asim Qureshi · Ummatics Institute

Archived 22 October 2026 · Source: Ummatics Institute

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Qureshi, Asim. The Case Against 'Islamism'. 2022. Ummatics Institute, https://ummatics.org/research-papers/the-case-against-islamism. Archived 22 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ummatics-institute/#ummatics-the-case-against-islamism

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PAPER 2022 · English · Ummatics Institute (Research paper)
The Case Against 'Islamism' (Summary) Asim Qureshi · Ummatics Institute

Archived 22 October 2026 · Source: Ummatics Institute

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Qureshi, Asim. The Case Against 'Islamism' (Summary). 2022. Ummatics Institute, https://ummatics.org/research-papers/the-case-against-islamism-summary. Archived 22 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ummatics-institute/#ummatics-the-case-against-islamism-summary

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PAPER 2022 · English · Ummatics Institute (Research paper)
The Specter of Digital Colonialism and the Ummatic Imperative Mobeen Vaid · Ummatics Institute

Archived 22 October 2026 · Source: Ummatics Institute

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Vaid, Mobeen. The Specter of Digital Colonialism and the Ummatic Imperative. 2022. Ummatics Institute, https://ummatics.org/research-papers/the-specter-of-digital-colonialism-and-the-ummatic-imperative. Archived 22 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ummatics-institute/#ummatics-the-specter-of-digital-colonialism-and-the-ummatic

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ESSAY 2023 · English · Ummatics Institute (Guest contribution)
Nationalism and Ummatic Solidarity: Reflections on a British Memo (1917) from Colonial East Africa Alexander Thurston · Ummatics Institute

Archived 22 October 2026 · Source: Ummatics Institute

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Thurston, Alexander. Nationalism and Ummatic Solidarity: Reflections on a British Memo (1917) from Colonial East Africa. 2023. Ummatics Institute, https://ummatics.org/guest-contributions/nationalism-and-ummatic-solidarity-reflections-on-a-british-memo-1917-from-colonial-east-africa. Archived 22 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ummatics-institute/#ummatics-nationalism-and-ummatic-solidarity-reflections-on-a-british

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VIDEO 2023 · English · Yaqeen Institute, Dogma Disrupted podcast
The Lies About Palestine (Dogma Disrupted podcast) Ovamir Anjum

Podcast episode challenging common narratives about Palestine.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Anjum, Ovamir. The Lies About Palestine (Dogma Disrupted podcast). 2023. Yaqeen Institute, https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/blog/the-lies-about-palestine-dogma-disrupted-podcast. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ovamir-anjum/#anjum-the-lies-about-palestine-dogma-disrupted-podcast

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VIDEO 2024 · English · Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad (4 April 2024)
The Crisis of the Nation-State System: Quest for a Viable Alternative ('Nationalism proved to be a toxic concept') Ovamir Anjum

Lecture on the failures of the nation-state system and possible alternatives.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: YouTube (IPS TV)

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Anjum, Ovamir. The Crisis of the Nation-State System: Quest for a Viable Alternative ('Nationalism proved to be a toxic concept'). 2024. YouTube (IPS TV), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn8a7X-bV1k. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ovamir-anjum/#anjum-the-crisis-of-the-nation-state-system-quest-for

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VIDEO 2025 · English · Ummatics
Colonial Stains on Muslims' Imagination of the Umma (Ummatics Colloquium, with Farah El-Sharif) Ovamir Anjum

Colloquium on how colonialism and the nation-state reshaped Muslim conceptions of the Umma.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: YouTube (Ummatics)

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Anjum, Ovamir. Colonial Stains on Muslims' Imagination of the Umma (Ummatics Colloquium, with Farah El-Sharif). 2025. YouTube (Ummatics), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW4XE60r6gk. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ovamir-anjum/#anjum-colonial-stains-on-muslims-imagination-of-the-umma-ummatics

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ESSAY 2026 · English · Ummatics Institute (Guest contribution)
Beyond the Secular Gaze: Masjid al-Aqṣā, Muslim Agency, and the Decolonization of Palestine Solidarity Ismail Adam Patel · Ummatics Institute

Archived 22 October 2026 · Source: Ummatics Institute

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Patel, Ismail Adam. Beyond the Secular Gaze: Masjid al-Aqṣā, Muslim Agency, and the Decolonization of Palestine Solidarity. 2026. Ummatics Institute, https://ummatics.org/guest-contributions/beyond-the-secular-gaze. Archived 22 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ummatics-institute/#ummatics-beyond-the-secular-gaze-masjid-al-aqsa-muslim-agency-and-the

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VIDEO 2026 · English · Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad
Decolonization of Knowledge: A Muslim Perspective Ovamir Anjum

Long lecture on decolonising knowledge from a Muslim standpoint.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: YouTube (IPS TV)

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Anjum, Ovamir. Decolonization of Knowledge: A Muslim Perspective. 2026. YouTube (IPS TV), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3cUdeM52Wk. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ovamir-anjum/#anjum-decolonization-of-knowledge-a-muslim-perspective

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ESSAY 2026 · English · Ummatics Institute (Guest contribution)
Of Ethical Modernities: A Decolonial Dialogue between Taha Abderrahmane and Enrique Dussel Achraf Idrissi · Ummatics Institute

Archived 22 October 2026 · Source: Ummatics Institute

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Idrissi, Achraf. Of Ethical Modernities: A Decolonial Dialogue between Taha Abderrahmane and Enrique Dussel. 2026. Ummatics Institute, https://ummatics.org/guest-contributions/of-ethical-modernities. Archived 22 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/ummatics-institute/#ummatics-of-ethical-modernities-a-decolonial-dialogue-between-taha

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BOOK Arabic
Al-Islām wa-l-Mustashriqūn الإسلام والمستشرقون Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Islam and the Orientalists

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: archive.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Al-Islām wa-l-Mustashriqūn. https://archive.org/details/20241129_20241129_0827. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-a024-al-islam-wa-l-mustashriqun

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COLLECTION Arabic
al-Islām wa-l-radd ʿalā muntaqidīh الإسلام والرد على منتقديه Muḥammad ʿAbduh

Collected articles answering European critics of Islam, above all the French statesman Gabriel Hanotaux.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Arabic Collections Online (NYU, public-domain scan, 1928 edition)

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ʿAbduh, Muḥammad. al-Islām wa-l-radd ʿalā muntaqidīh. Arabic Collections Online (NYU, public-domain scan, 1928 edition), https://sites.dlib.nyu.edu/viewer/node/51312. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/abduh/#abduh-al-islam-wa-l-radd-ala-muntaqidih

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ESSAY Urdu
An Enquiry into the Destruction of the Ancient Alexandrian Library کتب خانہ اسکندریہ Shiblī Nuʿmānī

A historical essay rejecting the story that the caliph 'Umar ordered the burning of the Library of Alexandria; an English translation appeared in 1893.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (English translation, 1893, public-domain scan)

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Nuʿmānī, Shiblī. An Enquiry into the Destruction of the Ancient Alexandrian Library. Internet Archive (English translation, 1893, public-domain scan), https://archive.org/details/enquiryintodestr00shib. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/shibli-nomani/#shibli-nomani-an-enquiry-into-the-destruction-of-the-ancient

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BOOK Urdu
Aurangzeb Alamgir par ek Nazar اورنگ زیب عالمگیر پر ایک نظر Shiblī Nuʿmānī

Essays defending the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb against the charges of bigotry made in colonial-era histories.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (public-domain scan, as Mazamin-e-Alamgir, 1911)

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Nuʿmānī, Shiblī. Aurangzeb Alamgir par ek Nazar. Internet Archive (public-domain scan, as Mazamin-e-Alamgir, 1911), https://archive.org/details/mazmnilamgr00shib. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/shibli-nomani/#shibli-nomani-aurangzeb-alamgir-par-ek-nazar

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PAMPHLET Arabic
Between Yesterday and Today بين الأمس واليوم Ḥasan al-Bannā

A survey of Muslim history from the Prophet's mission to colonial domination, and of the stages through which the Brotherhood expected its mission to pass.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Bannā, Ḥasan. Between Yesterday and Today. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/20250506_20250506_0717. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/hasan-al-banna/#hasan-al-banna-between-yesterday-and-today

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ARTICLE Urdu
Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Husain Ahmad Madani حضرت مولانا سید حسین احمد مدنی Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

On Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Husain Ahmad Madani. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/hadrath%20mawlana%20hussein%20ahmed%20madni.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u094-hazrat-maulana-sayyid-husain-ahmad-madani

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BOOK Arabic
Independence Movements in the Arab Maghreb (al-Harakat al-istiqlaliyya fi al-Maghrib al-'Arabi) الحركات الاستقلالية في المغرب العربي Allal al-Fassi

A history and account of the North African nationalist movements against colonial rule, by one of their leaders.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Fassi, Allal. Independence Movements in the Arab Maghreb (al-Harakat al-istiqlaliyya fi al-Maghrib al-'Arabi). Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/20200928_20200928_2143. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/allal-al-fassi/#allal-al-fassi-al-harakat-al-istiqlaliyya-fi-al-maghrib-al-arabi

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BOOK Urdu
Musalman aur Maujuda Siyasi Kashmakash مسلمان اور موجودہ سیاسی کشمکش Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī

A multi-volume critique, written in the late 1930s, of composite Indian nationalism and of the secular nationalism of the Muslim League, arguing for a distinct Islamic political goal.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan)

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Mawdūdī, Abul Aʿlā. Musalman aur Maujuda Siyasi Kashmakash. Internet Archive (Digital Library of India scan), https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.435125. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/maududi/#maududi-musalman-aur-maujuda-siyasi-kashmakash

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BOOK Bengali
Muslim Bishwe Islam o Paschatya Sabhyatar Dvandva মুসলিম বিশ্বে ইসলাম ও পাশ্চাত্য সভ্যতার দ্বন্দ্ব Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

The conflict between Islam and Western civilisation in the Muslim world. Translated.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Muslim Bishwe Islam o Paschatya Sabhyatar Dvandva. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/muslim-mumalik-me-islamiyat-aur-magrib-ki-kashmakash-ahan-bengali.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-x033-muslim-bishwe-islam-o-paschatya-sabhyatar-dvandva

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BOOK Bengali
Muslim Lekhak o Prachyabidder Islam Bishayak Gabeshanamulak Mulyayan o Paryalochana মুসলিম লেখক ও প্রাচ্যবিদদের ইসলাম বিষয়ক গবেষণামূলক মূল্যায়ন ও পর্যালোচনা Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

A critical review of Islamic studies by Orientalists and Muslim writers. Translated.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Muslim Lekhak o Prachyabidder Islam Bishayak Gabeshanamulak Mulyayan o Paryalochana. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/islam-aur-magribi-mustashriqeen-wa-musalman-musannifin-ahan-bengali.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-x034-muslim-lekhak-o-prachyabidder-islam-bishayak-gabeshanamulak

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BOOK Persian
Nabard-e Ideolozhik ya Arzyabi-ye Tamaddon-e Gharb نبرد ایديولوژیک یا ارزیابی تمدن غرب Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

The ideological battle, or an assessment of Western civilisation. Translated.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Nabard-e Ideolozhik ya Arzyabi-ye Tamaddon-e Gharb. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/books/FA-18.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-x133-nabard-e-ideolozhik-ya-arzyabi-ye-tamaddon-e-gharb

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PAMPHLET English
Qadianism: Nothing but a British Conspiracy against Islam Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Qadianism: Nothing but a British Conspiracy against Islam. Translated from Urdu.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: archive.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Qadianism: Nothing but a British Conspiracy against Islam. https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.523272/2015.523272.Qadianism-nothing.pdf. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-e062-qadianism-nothing-but-a-british-conspiracy-against-islam

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SPEECH Persian
Reflections of a Concerned Muslim on the Plight of Oppressed People ʿAlī Sharīʿatī

A short lecture on the duty of believers toward the oppressed and the political meaning of monotheism.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Shariati.com (English translation)

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Sharīʿatī, ʿAlī. Reflections of a Concerned Muslim on the Plight of Oppressed People. Shariati.com (English translation), https://www.shariati.com/english/reflect/reflect1.html. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/shariati/#shariati-reflections-of-a-concerned-muslim-on-the-plight

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COLLECTION Persian
Return to the Self بازگشت به خویشتن ʿAlī Sharīʿatī

Lectures calling colonised societies to recover their own cultural and religious identity, which for Iranians he located in Islam rather than in pre-Islamic nationalism.

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: shariati.com

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Sharīʿatī, ʿAlī. Return to the Self. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/shariati/#shariati-return-to-the-self

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PAMPHLET Urdu
Tahrik-e-Azadi aur Islah-e-Awam mein Adab-e-Islami ka Hissa تحریک آزادی اور اصلاح عوام میں ادب اسلامی کا حصہ Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī Nadwī

Role of Islamic literature in the freedom movement and popular reform

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: abulhasanalinadwi.org

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Nadwī, Abul Ḥasan ʿAlī. Tahrik-e-Azadi aur Islah-e-Awam mein Adab-e-Islami ka Hissa. https://abulhasanalinadwi.org/book/tehqeeq-wa-insaaf-ki-adaalat-me-2/. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/nadwi/#nadwi-u344-tahrik-e-azadi-aur-islah-e-awam-mein-adab-e-islami-ka-hissa

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BOOK Arabic
Tārīkhunā l-Muftarā ʿalayh تاريخنا المفترى عليه Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Defends Islamic history against distortion and misrepresentation.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: al-qaradawi.net

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al-Qaradawi, Yusuf. Tārīkhunā l-Muftarā ʿalayh. al-qaradawi.net, https://www.al-qaradawi.net/sites/default/files/pdf/67a5b-tarekhna-almoftra-aleeh.pdf. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/yusuf-al-qaradawi/#yusuf-al-qaradawi-tarikhuna-l-muftara-alayh-ar

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VIDEO Arabic · YouTube (Najib al-Rifai)
Wāqiʿunā: kayfa wa-li-mādhā? (lecture) واقعنا كيف ولماذا؟ Muḥammad Quṭb

Lecture (1h10) on the causes of the Muslim world's present condition.

Archived 15 October 2026 · Source: YouTube

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Quṭb, Muḥammad. Wāqiʿunā: kayfa wa-li-mādhā? (lecture). YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg9DsSDIfsA. Archived 15 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-qutb/#muhammad-qutb-waqiuna-kayfa-wa-li-madha-lecture

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