Wishing to better understand Islam, a Christian friend once asked US-based Turkish writer, intellectual and journalist Mustafa Akyol to recommend an English translation of the Quran for him to read.

Also drawing on her own experience of a gap in Islamic literature, French national, Loujayne, set out to write the book she felt was missing from the bookshelves when she converted to the faith.

The publisher of two books has slammed religious authorities over a proposed ban against two of its books, saying none of them touched on Islamic creed (aqidah). Islamic Renaissance Front (IRF) ...