Islam as a Deen offers a comprehensive code of life, and Allah gifted the scripture to His Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) in the form of the remarkable Holy Book, the Quran. The ...

Below, he shares the books that have shaped his worldview: The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics by Hedley Bull (Columbia, $36). I came to know Hedley in the 1970s at Oxford.

Perhaps for this reason, such critical thinking about music is sometimes perceived as difficult. Understanding Music: Past and Present creates a roadmap from some of the earliest known origins of ...