Books about Pakistan

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Note :This list was compiled back in 2000, so many links may not work, as in course of time many websites have changed or have been brought down. We will do our best to update the links and possibly host these books on our website. Meanwhile please bear with us untill all books and links are updates.

• Architecture in Pakistan by Kamil Khan Mumtaz (PDF files at archnet.org)
• An On-Line Index of Pakistan Library Bulletin by Rais Ahmed Samdani and Khalid Mahmood (HTML at Geocities)
• Pakistan: A Country Study , ed. by Peter Blood (HTML at LOC)
• Pakistan: Time to Take Human Rights Seriously by Amnesty International (HTML at amnesty.org)
• Philosophy in Pakistan , ed. by Naeem Ahmad (HTML at crvp.org)
• The Vanguard of the Islamic Revolution: The Jama'at-i Islami of Pakistan by Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr (HTML at UC Press)

• The Case of Sindh: G.M. Sayed's Deposition for the Court by Saeen G. M. Syed (HTML at unlimited.net)
• The Sindh Story by K. R. Malkani

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• Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992) by Robert G. Launay (HTML at UC Press)
• A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam by I. A. Ibrahim (illustrated HTML with commentary at islam-guide.com)
• Christ in Islam by Ahmed Deedat (text at ais.org)
• Christ in Islam and Christianity by John Gilchrist (HTML at answering-islam.org)
• Displaying the Orient: Architecture of Islam at Nineteenth-Century World's Fairs (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992) by Zeynep Celik (HTML at UC Press)
• The Economic System of Islam by Taqi al-Din Nabhani (PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.org)
• An Elementary Study of Islam by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (HTML at alislam.org)
• Expressions of Islam in Buildings , ed. by Robert Powell (PDF files at archnet.org)
• A Glance at the Life of the Holy Prophet of Islam , trans. by N. Tawheedi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Inquiries About Islam (1986 edition) by Mohamad Jawad Chirri (HTML at al-islam.org)
• Islam, Dialogue and Civil Society by Muhammad Khatami (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Islam and Nationalism by Ali Muhammad Naqvi, trans. by Alaedin Pazargadi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Islam Denounces Terrorism by Harun Yahya (illustrated HTML at harunyahya.com)
• The Jew, the Gypsy, and El Islam (1898) by Richard Francis Burton, ed. by William Henry Wilkins (Word files with commentary at jrbooksonline.com)
• Marriage and Morals in Islam by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Mission to Islam and Beyond: A Practical Theology of Mission by Jens Christensen (HTML with commentary at answering-islam.org)
• The Mystics of Islam by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• Philosophy of Islam by M. Husayni Behishti and M. Jawad Bahonar (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam by Ghulam Ahmad
  • HTML at bitshop.com
  • HTML at alislam.org
• Places of Public Gathering in Islam , ed. by Linda Safran (PDF files at archnet.org)
• The Psalms of Islam (As-Sahifa al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyya) by Zayn al-'Abidin 'Ali ibn al-Husayn (HTML and audio at al-islam.org)
• Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation in Egypt by Gregory Starrett (HTML at UC Press)
• Questions This Modern Age Puts to Islam by Fethullah Gulen (HTML at fethullahgulen.org)
• The Qur'an in Islam: Its Impact and Influence on the Life of Muslims by Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Rationality of Islam (Karachi: Islamic Seminary Publications, 1978) (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Rebuke of Islam (5th edition, 1920) by W. H. T. Gairdner (PDF at muhammadanism.org)
• The Religion of the Crescent, or, Islam: Its Strength, Its Weakness, Its Origin, Its Influence by William St. Clair Tisdall (HTML with commentary at muhammadanism.org)
• A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims, CE 570 to 661 by Ali Asgher Razwy (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Rights of Women in Islam by Murtaza Mutahhari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 by Richard M. Eaton (HTML at UC Press)
• Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World by Murtaza Mutahhari, trans. by Muhammad Khursid Ali (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Social System in Islam by Taqi al-Din Nabhani (PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.org)
• The Sources of Islam by William St. Clair Tisdall, ed. by William Muir (HTML at answering-islam.org)
• Toward an Architecture in the Spirit of Islam , ed. by Renata Holod (PDF files at archnet.org)
• An Up-to-Date Understanding of Islam by Ahmed Hulusi, trans. by Ahmed Baki (HTML at allah-sufism-islam.com)
• A Word to the Wise: Being a Brief Defence of The Sources of Islam by William St. Clair Tisdall (HTML at answering-islam.org)
  • Beyond the Stream: Islam and Society in a West African Town (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992) by Robert G. Launay (HTML at UC Press)
  • A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam by I. A. Ibrahim (illustrated HTML with commentary at islam-guide.com)
  • Christ in Islam by Ahmed Deedat (text at ais.org)
  • Christ in Islam and Christianity by John Gilchrist (HTML at answering-islam.org)
  • Displaying the Orient: Architecture of Islam at Nineteenth-Century World's Fairs (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992) by Zeynep Celik (HTML at UC Press)
  • The Economic System of Islam by Taqi al-Din Nabhani (PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.org)
  • An Elementary Study of Islam by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (HTML at alislam.org)
  • Expressions of Islam in Buildings , ed. by Robert Powell (PDF files at archnet.org)
  • A Glance at the Life of the Holy Prophet of Islam , trans. by N. Tawheedi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • Inquiries About Islam (1986 edition) by Mohamad Jawad Chirri (HTML at al-islam.org)
  • Islam, Dialogue and Civil Society by Muhammad Khatami (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • Islam and Nationalism by Ali Muhammad Naqvi, trans. by Alaedin Pazargadi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • Islam Denounces Terrorism by Harun Yahya (illustrated HTML at harunyahya.com)
  • The Jew, the Gypsy, and El Islam (1898) by Richard Francis Burton, ed. by William Henry Wilkins (Word files with commentary at jrbooksonline.com)
  • Marriage and Morals in Islam by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • Mission to Islam and Beyond: A Practical Theology of Mission by Jens Christensen (HTML with commentary at answering-islam.org)
  • The Mystics of Islam by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
  • Philosophy of Islam by M. Husayni Behishti and M. Jawad Bahonar (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam by Ghulam Ahmad
    • HTML at bitshop.com
    • HTML at alislam.org
  • Places of Public Gathering in Islam , ed. by Linda Safran (PDF files at archnet.org)
  • The Psalms of Islam (As-Sahifa al-Kamilah al-Sajjadiyya) by Zayn al-'Abidin 'Ali ibn al-Husayn (HTML and audio at al-islam.org)
  • Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation in Egypt by Gregory Starrett (HTML at UC Press)
  • Questions This Modern Age Puts to Islam by Fethullah Gulen (HTML at fethullahgulen.org)
  • The Qur'an in Islam: Its Impact and Influence on the Life of Muslims by Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • Rationality of Islam (Karachi: Islamic Seminary Publications, 1978) (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • The Rebuke of Islam (5th edition, 1920) by W. H. T. Gairdner (PDF at muhammadanism.org)
  • The Religion of the Crescent, or, Islam: Its Strength, Its Weakness, Its Origin, Its Influence by William St. Clair Tisdall (HTML with commentary at muhammadanism.org)
  • A Restatement of the History of Islam and Muslims, CE 570 to 661 by Ali Asgher Razwy (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • The Rights of Women in Islam by Murtaza Mutahhari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 by Richard M. Eaton (HTML at UC Press)
  • Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World by Murtaza Mutahhari, trans. by Muhammad Khursid Ali (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
  • The Social System in Islam by Taqi al-Din Nabhani (PDF at hizb-ut-tahrir.org)
  • The Sources of Islam by William St. Clair Tisdall, ed. by William Muir (HTML at answering-islam.org)
  • Toward an Architecture in the Spirit of Islam , ed. by Renata Holod (PDF files at archnet.org)
  • An Up-to-Date Understanding of Islam by Ahmed Hulusi, trans. by Ahmed Baki (HTML at allah-sufism-islam.com)
  • A Word to the Wise: Being a Brief Defence of The Sources of Islam by William St. Clair Tisdall (HTML at answering-islam.org)