Irshad is the internationally best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith . Her book has been published in almost 30 countries, including Pakistan, India and Lebanon. In April 2008, it was released in Indonesia.
In those countries that have censored The Trouble with Islam Today, Irshad is reaching readers by posting free translations on her website. The Arabic translation alone has been downloaded 300,000 times and is being circulated by youth throughout the Middle East.
.. Irshad is the creator of the acclaimed PBS documentary, "Faith Without Fear" which chronicles a young woman’s journey to reconcile Islam with human rights and freedom. "Faith Without Fear" is now being screened across Europe and shown in the Muslim underground via digital technologies.
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Below, Irshad is interviewed by MetroTV - a major news program in Indonesia. In English with Bahasa Indonesia subtitles:
James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl The Veil and the Male Elite, by Fatima Mernissi Letters to a Young Contrarian, by Christopher Hitchens The Masnavi, Books 1-6, by Mevlana Rumi (13th century Muslim love poet)Oh, The Places You'll Go!, by Dr. Seuss
Martin Luther King Jr., who was severely criticized by liberal Christian clergymen for creating "needless tension." But rather than run away from those accusations, or cower before them, he faced them with integrity."
Khadija, the Prophet Muhammad's beloved first wife. She was a self-made entrepreneur for whom the Prophet worked for many years. She proposed marriage to him. And her advice gave him the courage to accept his prophetic mission.