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• Kitab al-milal wa-al-nihal: Book of Religious and Philosophical Sects (2 volumes in Arabic, with English title pages and prefatory matter; London: Printed for the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, 1842-1846), by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Karim Shahrastani, ed. by William Cureton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Muwatta, by Malik ibn Anas (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• The Occultation of the Twelfth Imam: A Historical Background (1982), by Jassim M. Hussain (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• A Brief History of the Fourteen Infallibles (Tehran: World Organization for Islamic Services, 1984) (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• A Brief History of the Fourteen Infallibles (Tehran: World Organization for Islamic Services, 1984) (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Al-Imam al-Mahdi: The Just Leader of Humanity, by Ibrahim Amini, trans. by Abdulaziz Sachedina (HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Life of Imam 'Ali al-Hadi: Study and Analysis, by Baqir Sharif Quarashi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Nafasul Mahmum Relating to the Heart Rending Tragedy of Karbala, by 'Abbas ibn Muhammad Rida Qummi (HTML at al-islam.org)

• Essai sur le Chéïkhisme (4 parts in 1 volume, in French; Paris: P. Geuthner, 1910-1914), by A. L. M. Nicolas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Roots of North Indian Shi'ism in Iran and Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988), by Juan Ricardo Cole (HTML at UC Press)

• The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, by G̲h̲ulām Aḥmad
  • HTML at bitshop.com
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• Testimony of the Holy Quran, by G̲h̲ulām Aḥmad, trans. by Zahid Aziz (HTML at muslim.org)
• Ahmad, the Guided One: A Life of the Holy Founder of the Movement to Unite All Religions, by Iain Adamson (Javascript-dependent page images at alislam.org)

• Murder in the Name of Allah, by Mirza Tahir Ahmad (HTML at alislam.org)

• Finality of Prophethood, by Syed Abul 'Ala Maudoodi (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• The Descent of Bolshevism (Boston: The Stratford Co., 1920), by Ameen Fares Rihani
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Origins of the Druze People and Religion (New York: Columbia University Press, 1928), by Philip K. Hitti (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Brooklyn Bridge Shooting: An Independent Review and Assessment (ca. 2000), by American Jewish Committee (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Die Drusenschrift: Kitāb Alnoqat Waldawāir "Das Buch der Punkte und Kreise", Nach dem Tübinger und Münchener Codex (in Arabic, with German added title page and notes; Kirchhain N.-L.: M. Schmersow, 1902), by Bahā' al-Dīn 'Alī ibn Aḥmad Muqtaná and Ḥamzah ibn 'Alī ibn Aḥmad, ed. by Christian Friedrich Seybold (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Origins of the Druze People and Religion (New York: Columbia University Press, 1928), by Philip K. Hitti (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)

• Yaman: Its Early Mediaeval History (with related historic texts; London: Edward Arnold, 1892), by 1120 or 1121-1174 'Umārah ibn 'Alī al-Ḥakamī, Ibn Khaldūn, and Muḥammad ibn Ya'qūb Janadī, ed. by Henry Cassels Kay
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• The Descent of Bolshevism (Boston: The Stratford Co., 1920), by Ameen Fares Rihani
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Descent of Bolshevism (Boston: The Stratford Co., 1920), by Ameen Fares Rihani
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Jewish-Muslim Intellectual History Entangled: Textual Materials from the Firkovitch Collection, Saint Petersburg (includes Arabic texts; Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2020), ed. by Camilla Adang, Bruno Chiesa, Omar Hamdan, Wilferd Madelung, Sabine Schmidtke, and Jan Thiele (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• Philosophy of Islam, by M. Husayni Behishti and M. Jawad Bahonar (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Then I Was Guided, by Muhammad Tijani Samawi (HTML at al-islam.org)
• A Short History of 'Ilmul Usul, by Muhammad Baqir Sadr (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• Peshawar Nights, by Muhammad Sultan al-Vaizin Shirazi (HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Shi'ah Are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah, by Muhammad Tijani Samawi, trans. by Yasin T. al-Jibouri (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Shi'ites Under Attack, by Mohamad Jawad Chirri (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Ask Those Who Know, by Muhammad Tijani Samawi (HTML at al-islam.org)

• Du'a (Supplication), by Ḥasan Mamdūḥī (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Revolution of al-Husayn: Its Impact on the Consciousness of Muslim Society, by Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din, trans. by I. K. A. Howard (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• The Occultation of the Twelfth Imam: A Historical Background (1982), by Jassim M. Hussain (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Al-Muraja'at: A Shi'i-Sunni Dialogue, by Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Discussions concerning Al-Mahdi, by Lutf Allah ibn Muhammad Javad Safi Gulpaygani, trans. by Sulayman 'Ali Hasan (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• God and His Attributes: Lessons on Islamic Doctrine, by Mujtaba Musavi Lari, trans. by Hamid Algar (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Resurrection Judgement and the Hereafter: Lessons on Islamic Doctrine, by Mujtaba Musavi Lari, trans. by Hamid Algar (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Shi'ism: Imamate and Wilayat, by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• A Bundle of Flowers from the Garden of Traditions of the Prophet & Ahlul-Bayt, ed. by Kamal Faghih Imani, trans. by Abbas Sadr-ameli (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Guiding the Youth of a New Generation, by Murtaza Mutahhari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Man and His Destiny, by Murtaza Mutahhari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Master and Mastership, by Murtaza Mutahhari (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Seal of the Prophets and His Message: Lessons on Islamic Doctrine, by Mujtaba Musavi Lari, trans. by Hamid Algar (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• The Shi'ah Are (the real) Ahl al-Sunnah, by Muhammad Tijani Samawi, trans. by Yasin T. al-Jibouri (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Marriage and Morals in Islam, by Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)
• Shiism in Sunnism, by Muhammad Riza Mudarrisi (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• Am Approach to the Understanding of Islam, by Ali Shariati (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

• Light of the Path: Selected Messages of "Imam Khomeini" (Tehran: Jihad-e-Sazandegi (Jihad for Construction), External Liaison Section, 1982), by Ruhollah Khomeini (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Inquiries About Islam (1986 edition), by Mohamad Jawad Chirri (HTML at al-islam.org)

• A New Analysis of Wahhabi Doctrines (2007), by Muhammad Husayn Ibrahimi, trans. by Mansoor Limba (frame-dependent HTML at al-islam.org)

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