Review of Haroon Siddiqui’s Being Muslim

Running head : SIDDIQUI 'S BEING MUSLIM

Review of Haroon Siddiqui 's Being Muslim

[name]

[professor]

[date of submission]

[course]

Review of Haroon Siddiqui 's Being Muslim

There is a wide range of diversity when it comes to religion . That is also the case for books in a bookstore 's bookshelves . Most of the books especially religion books , are present in those bookshelves with the purpose of preaching a certain religion to readers . But one book chose to be different from those typical books about religion . It is given a

br title that says Being Muslim ' but this one wasn 't published to preach . The book was written to explain the world 's fastest growing religion , Islam . It was also written to explain about the Muslim 's side regarding issues in the society and tell the Muslims people story . It was not written as the typical 1-2-3 guide to a world religion which is weirdly gaining popularity . What is special with this book is that this book maybe about Muslims but it very important to take into consideration that it was intentionally written for Muslims and non-Muslims alike

Even from the title of the book Being Muslim ' there is definitely something about this book that stimulates interests of prospective readers as they are exploring the shelves of the bookstore . The title immediately gives the readers enough hints as to what the book is probably about . Being Muslim ' sort of gives a promise that it will be about the life of Muslims explained to the readers , may they be Muslims or non-Muslims . But for me , what is most interesting about the title is that it suggests that the readers will be hearing the side or the voice of the Muslim community regarding certain issues in the society . The title and the s that it suggests to discuss would be very interesting especially in Christian dominated communities where the Muslims ' voices are unheard of

The table of contents is outlined in such a way that the chapters are given titles with strong words that in themselves alone stimulates the readers to check out the chapters . The table of contents is packed with strong words like Islamophobia , discrimination , politics , Jihad terrorism , women , honor killings , genital mutilation and many more These words are typically buzzwords that when spoken in public could generate endless religious debates . The table of contents also tells us that there are the book is basically divided into six parts : the politics , European Muslims , the faith , women , Jihad and terrorism , the future . Just by a glance at the table of contents , the readers could have an idea that this book is about the position and opinion of Muslims regarding world s

The author has opened the book with the chapter with the title the politics ' I guess that the author wanted to convey his messages regarding the politics that surround the Muslims immediately , as soon as the readers begin reading . The first sentences of the book tells the readers that the biggest victims...