Sexual Ethics in Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence: Kecia Ali

Sexual Ethics in Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence: Kecia Ali

Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender and Pluralism: Edited by Omid Safi

Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender and Pluralism: Edited by Omid Safi

Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims: Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle

Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims: Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle

Hijab: Unveiling Queer Muslim Lives: Pepe Hendricks

Hijab: Unveiling Queer Muslim Lives: Pepe Hendricks

Sexuality in the Arab World: Samir Khalaf

Sexuality in the Arab World: Samir Khalaf

Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures: Sahar Amer

Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures: Sahar Amer

Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality, 850 - 1780 A.D: Samar Habib

Arabo-Islamic Texts on Female Homosexuality, 850 - 1780 A.D: Samar Habib

Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World: Afdhere Jama

Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World: Afdhere Jama

Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City: Rudolf Pell Gaudio

Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City: Rudolf Pell Gaudio

Unpeakable Love; Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East: Brian Whitaker

Unpeakable Love; Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East: Brian Whitaker

Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800:K El Rouayheb

Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500-1800:K El Rouayheb

Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History and Literature:Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe

Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History and Literature:Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe

Love in a Different Climate: Meaning of Being Gay in South Asia: Jeremy Seabrook

Love in a Different Climate: Meaning of Being Gay in South Asia: Jeremy Seabrook

Sexuality and Eroticism Among Males in Moslem Societies: Arno Schmitt.

Sexuality and Eroticism Among Males in Moslem Societies: Arno Schmitt.

Islam and Homosexuality: Samar Habib read online at: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PqRq1bBbT54C&pg=PA352&lpg=PA352&dq=Habib,+S.,+Islam+and+Homosexuality&source=bl&ots=1PA73utRpv&sig=NkSBOxAI8O8IpiZmd-aEl3QmX4I&hl=en&ei=tIy_S_OBOY3w0gTmj8X2Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Habib%2C%20S.%2C%20Islam%20and%20Homosexuality&f=false

Islam and Homosexuality: Samar Habib read online at: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PqRq1bBbT54C&pg=PA352&lpg=PA352&dq=Habib,+S.,+Islam+and+Homosexuality&source=bl&ots=1PA73utRpv&sig=NkSBOxAI8O8IpiZmd-aEl3QmX4I&hl=en&ei=tIy_S_OBOY3w0gTmj8X2Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Habib%2C%20S.%2C%20Islam%20and%20Homosexuality&f=false

Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times:Jasbir K. Puar

Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times:Jasbir K. Puar

Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity: Afsaneh Najmabadi

Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity: Afsaneh Najmabadi

Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900: Dror Ze'evi

Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900: Dror Ze'evi

Islamicate Sexualities: Translations across Temporal Geographies of Desire: Kathryn Babayan (Editor), Afsaneh Najmabadi (Editor)

Islamicate Sexualities: Translations across Temporal Geographies of Desire: Kathryn Babayan (Editor), Afsaneh Najmabadi (Editor)

Desiring Arabs: Joseph A Massad

Desiring Arabs: Joseph A Massad

Queer Nations: Marginal Sexualities in the Maghreb: J Hayes

Queer Nations: Marginal Sexualities in the Maghreb: J Hayes

Bareed Mista3jil

Bareed Mista3jil

A Lotus of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay and Lesbian Experience (1993). Edited by Rakesh Ratti,

A Lotus of Another Color: An Unfolding of the South Asian Gay and Lesbian Experience (1993). Edited by Rakesh Ratti,

Kugle., S, S, H., 2007. 'Sexual diversity in Islam,' in Voices of Islam, vol. 5., Voices of Change., Cornell, V, J., and Safi., O., (eds). London: Praeger, pp131-67.

Kugle., S, S, H., 2007. 'Sexual diversity in Islam,' in Voices of Islam, vol. 5., Voices of Change., Cornell, V, J., and Safi., O., (eds). London: Praeger, pp131-67.

Gendering the Ungendered Body: Hermaphrodites in Medieval Islamic Law,”

Gendering the Ungendered Body: Hermaphrodites in Medieval Islamic Law,”

serious books

To make this list less overwhelming I have sorted the books into three categories of readability...
Easy to read- especially for students- bring a dictionary. These are just my own subjective view and should be ignored at will ;) some of the books I absolutely despise but again that's just me, but I guess diversity and tolerance extends even to books... enjoy ;)