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ooks I read and my Profile

Bi-iznillah (trans.: By leave of God).

and

Al-Humdu-Lillah (trans.: Praise be to God).

Last Udated: !" Aril !#$% (udated rofile and added $& boo's)

his doument serves as a rofile doument and lists some of the boo's * have read and that *

treasure as a +ealth of 'no+led,e.

Profile:

y name is iad /assim (first name ronouned as iyad). * am a 0outh Afrian itizen. y arents are also 0outh Afrian itizens1 born in 0outh

Afria.

* +as born into this +orld on the !$st of Au,ust $23" in the ity of 4urban. 4urban is an

Afrian ity in the rovine of 5+azulu 6atal alon, 0outh Afria7s east oast.

his rofile doument is freely available at: htt:88+++.sribd.om8do8$!!$3%#2!8Boo's-*-read-and-

my-Profile.

My Photo:

(he boo' * am holdin, is A History of Arabian Music +ritten by Henry Geor,e 9armer)

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Personally and Socially...* value truth1 inte,rity and riniles and * refer to indeendently net+or' +ith eole on

rinile. * am a roess driven erson loo'in, to unravel the mahinery of the e,o +ithin and the

+orld +ithout. Hainess is sou,ht in truth.

* refer boo's and the internet in lae of re,ularly +athin, television.

0omeone one su,,ested to me to start a blo,. Blo,,in, is ,ood. * read blo,s but * deided a,ainst

startin, my o+n blo,.

* love to soialise and * refer soialisin, in erson than di,itally. * dont have a faeboo' rofile

and * also don7t have a t+itter aount.

* stutter in my seeh +hen * am nervous. *t feels as thou,h the +ords are stu' in my hest.

Work And Activity...* am a researher and non-fition +riter. * send my days at home and my daily ativities inlude

readin,1 researh1 rayers and +ritin,.

y researh fouses on henomena to+ards understandin, the fundamental la+s of nature. Branh

areas of researh inlude: symmetry1 symmetry brea'in,1 intelli,ent desi,n1 determinism1

synhroniity and aired asets.

* +rite on a variety of tois1 inludin, henomena1 history1 reli,ion and romanti siene. * love

+ritin, beause it is a +ay of bein, reative. * +rite to ulift soiety and to romote freedom of

seeh and e;ression and indeendene< to share 'no+led,e< and to emo+er eole. * also +riteritially. * am assionate about e;osin, deeit. *t7s one +ay of emo+erin, eole. At other

times1 there may be no deeit but1 there is dearth of information on a toi for any number of

reasons and here * may hoose to +rite on that toi to inrease 'no+led,e and to advane

disussion of that toi.

9or more information on my +ritin,s lease see +++.sribd.om8ziadassim or+++.sribd.om8ziadassim8olletions.

* formerly studied and very briefly +or'ed in aountin, but * moved a+ay from the aountin,

rofession many years a,o in favour of siene1 history and reli,ious studies. hou,h * +or' every

day1 * am urrently not in aid emloyment.

Religiously Speaking...* am a ratisin, uslim and * value reli,ious traditions and the & illars of *slam. * +as born into a

0unni uslim family and * identify +ith 0unni *slam.

* also identify +ith Hanif *slam1 that is1 the +ay of rohet Abraham that Prohet uhammad +as

ordered in the =uran to follo+ (see =uran ":2&1 ":%3 and "#:"#).

Prohet Abraham found belief in God diretly from nature. hat is to say1 to rationally and lo,iallydedue from observin, nature7s beautiful si,ns the e;istene of an indeendent and uni>ue /reator

+ho is the 0ureme Bein,. ?ead my self ublished boo' Intelligent Design Symmetries & The

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Future of Islam1 +hih an be found online at: htts:88+++.sribd.om8do8!%2#2!"@#8*ntelli,ent-

4esi,n-0ymmetries-he-9uture-of-*slam.

* don7t identify +ith the mystial asirations of the 0ufi 0ilisilas in so far as it involves antheism

and monism (not to be onfused +ith monotheism). * also don7t identify +ith the traditions and

,atherin,s of 0ufi follo+ers at tombs8shrines of ast 0ufis and the death anniversary festivals +hih

they all Urs or +eddin,. y stane here is a,ainst the +ishes of some of my o+n family members1 both dead and alive. ?ead my essay The Core rejection of Sufism +hih an be found online at:

(htt:88+++.sribd.om8do8!!23&"2%"8/-he-/ore-?eetion-of-0ufism). his essay e;oses the

obetionable beliefs of 0ufis.

ducation and Reading...Cears a,o * ,raduated +ith a Bahelor of /ommere de,ree from the University of 6atal. * maored

in Aountin, and ana,erial Aountin, and 9inane.

* read +idely and broadly. he follo+in, boo'list is or,anised by toi. * mostly read non-fition. *seldom read fition. $# non-fition boo's are listed belo+:

Phenomenon (@)

0iene and athematis ($!)

Arhaeolo,y and History

Dorld and General History ()

Anient E,yt History(&)

*ndian History

Anient *ndian History ($)

u,hal *ndia (") *ndian /ultural History ($)

*slami History

edieval uslim /ivilization and Emires ()

Arab *slami History (!)

esootamian History($)

Anient Peru ($)

on,olian History ($)

*ntelletual History (&)

Evolution and 6atural History (!)

Amerian History ($)

Anthroolo,y and Ethno,rahy ($)

Pa,anism ($)

Pro,rammin, (!)

Politis and /urrent Affairs ()

Business1 Eonomis and 9inane

9inane (!)

0ustainable Business and Eonomis (!)

Buddhism ($)

Parentin, ($)

Poetry ($)

Philosohy (!)

Bio,rahies and Letters

0ufi Personalities ()

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0holars ()

Hinduism ($)

0e;uality ($)

U9Fs1 Paranormal and 0uernatural (")

/onsiray ($)

he =uran ()

*slam and uslims (3)

Ahmed 4eedat Boo's (2)

Phenomenon

itle: 0ynhroniity

Author: /arl Gustav un,

Cear read: !##@

itle: he 0eret of the 0eret

Author: 5aren 5elly

Cear read: !#$#I

itle: here are no Aidents

Author: ?obert H. Ho'e

Cear read: (!##@)



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itle: he ?i,ht Day to *nterret Cour 4reams

Author: Elizabeth 0ott

Cear read: !#$#I

itle: a'in, ime

Author: 0teve aylor

Cear read: !#$

itle: ime Dared

Author: /laudia Hammond

Cear read: !#$

itle: *ntelli,ent 4esi,n 0ymmetries J he 9uture of *slam

Author: yself (iad /assim)

Cear read: !#$&

itle: he Ed,e of 0iene

Author: onathan Bla'e

Cear read: !#$&



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0iene and athematis

itle: A brief history of ime ($22#s)

Author: 0tehen Ha+'in,

Cear read: $22#s

itle: he Universe in a 6utshell

Author: 0tehen Ha+'in,

Cear read: !###

itle: he /anon

Author: 6atalie An,ier

Cear read: !#$!

itle: Dhy Beauty is ruth- he History of 0ymmetry

Author: *an 0te+art

Cear read: !#$!

itle: he /han,in, Universe

Author: rinh Kuan huan

Cear read: !#$!



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itle: he Grand 4esi,n

Author: 0tehen Ha+'in, and Leonard lodino+

Cear read: !#$"

itle: Dar of the Dorldvie+s: 0iene verses 0irituality

Author: 4eea' /hora and Leonard lodino+

Cear read: !#$"

itle: Easy as Pi

Author: amie Buhan

Cear read: !#$"

itle: Arhaeolo,y: 0te-By-0te

Author: /hristoher /atlin,

Cear read: !#$"8

itle: A 0hort History of 6early Everythin,

Author: Bill Bryson

Cear read: !#$



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itle: Physis of the 9uture

Author: ihio 5a'u

Cear read: !#$

itle: 9are+ell to ?eality

Author: im Ba,,ot

Cear read: !#$

Arhaeolo,y and History

Dorld and General Historyitle: he Atlas of Dorld Arhaeolo,y

Edited by: Paul G. Bahn

Cear read: !##"8I

itle: "%&-Cour 4ate +ith History

Author: D. B. arsh and Brue /arri'

Cear read: !##@

itle: /ivilizations

Author: 9elie 9ernandez-Armesto

Cear read: !#$"



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itle: he Ummahs of the Past

Author: *bn 5athir

ranslated by: ?afi>ue Abdur ?ehman

Cear read: !#$

Anient E,ytian Historyitle: he F;ford History of Anient E,yt (!##&)

Edited by: *an 0ha+

Cear read: !##&

itle: History of Anient E,yt

Author: 6athaniel Harris

Cear read: !##%

itle: E,ytian ?eli,ion

Author: E. A. Dallis Bud,e

Cear read: !#$



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itle: E,ytian a,i


Cear read: !#$

itle: he Boo' of the 4ead


Cear read: !#$%

Anient *ndian Historyitle: Gem in the Lotus

Author: Abraham Eraly

Cear read: !#$

u,hal *ndiaitle: a ahal and the 0a,a of the u,hals

Author: ohn Lall

Cear read: !##&I

itle: he u,hal hrone he 0a,a of *ndia7s Great Emerors

Author: Abraham Eraly

Cear read: !#$"



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itle: Humayun 6ama: he History of Humayun

Author: Gul-Baden Be,am

En,lish ranslatin, Author: Annette 0. Beverid,e

Cear read: !#$"

?eadin, 6otes: Bio,rahial s'ethes in Aendi; A +ere not read infull.

itle: History: uslims of Guarat

Author: ulei'a ayat

Cear read: !#$"

*slami Historyitle: Darriors of God

Author: ames ?eston1 r.

Cear read: !##3

itle: 4o,s of God

Author: ames ?eston1 r.

Cear read: !##2

itle: 0ea of 9aith

Author: 0tehen F7 0hea

Cear read: !#$#



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itle: 4efenders of the 9aith

Author: ames ?eston r.

Cear read: !#$$

itle: A 0hort History of 0araens

Author: 0yed Amir Ali

Cear read: !#$

itle: A History of Arabian usi

Author: Henry Geor,e 9armer

Cear read: !#$%

esootamian Historyitle: Babylon

Author: Paul 5ri+aze'

Cear read: !#$!

Anient Peru



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itle: A 0ared Landsae

Author: Hu,h homson

Cear read: !#$"

on,olian Historyitle: he 0eret History of the on,ol =ueens

Author: a' Deatherford

Cear read: !#$"

*ntelletual Historyitle: Frientalism and *slam

Author: ihael /urtis

Cear read: !#$"

itle: Ho+ Gree' 0iene Passed o he Arabs

Author: 4e Lay F7Leary

Cear read: !#$

itle: *slam and the 4ivine /omedy

Author: i,uel Asin

En,lish ranslatin, Author: Harold 0underland

Cear read: !#$

?eadin, 6otes: his boo' is an abrid,ed translation



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itle: he House of Disdom

Author: onathan Lyons

Cear read: !#$&

itle: A 0hort History of Destern hou,ht

Author: 0tehen rombley

Cear read: !#$&

Evolution and 6atural Historyitle: 9rom Luy to Lan,ua,e

Author: 4onald ohanson and Bla'e Ed,ar

Cear read: !##&8%?eadin, 6otes: * have read Part $ of this ubliation. Part ! +as not

read. *t is non-narrative and ontains brief s'ethes of over &#

seimens related to hominid evolution.

itle: Here on Earth

Author: im 9lannery

Cear read: !#$

Amerian History



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itle: he 0eret 9oundin, of Ameria

Author: 6iholas Ha,,er

Cear read: !#$-!#$&

Anthroolo,y and Ethno,rahy

itle: he +orld Until Cesterday

Author: ared 4iamond

Cear read: !#$&

Pa,anism

itle: Pa,an ?esurretion

Author: ?ihard ?ud,ley

Cear read: !#$$

Pro,rammin,

itle: 0ams teah yourself Deb ublishin, +ith HL in !$ daysAuthor: Laura Lemay

Cear read: !###



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itle: 0ams teah yourself ava ! in !$ days

Author: Laura Lemay and ?o,ers /adenhead

Cear read: !###8$

Politis and /urrent Affairs

itle: he Bubble of Amerian 0uremay

Author: Geor,e 0oros

Cear read: !##&8%83

itle: he A,e of 9allibility

Author: Geor,e 0oros

Cear read: !##38@

itle: he Politial ind

Author: Geor,e La'off

Cear read: !#$!

itle: /rude Dorld

Author: Peter aass

Cear read: !#$%

Business1 Eonomis and 9inane



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9inaneitle: 9ree9all

Author: oseh E. 0ti,litz

Cear read: !#$"

itle: 9ool7s Gold

Author: Gillian ett

Cear read: !#$%

0ustainable Business and Eonomisitle: 0ustainable E;ellene

Author: Aron /ramer and ahary 5arabell

Cear read: !#$

itle: /ommon Dealth

Author: effrey 4. 0ahs

Cear read: !#$

Buddhism



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itle: Buddhism

Author: Anita Ganeri

Cear read: !##%I

Parentin,

itle: =ueen Bee ums and 5in,in 4ads

Author: ?osalind Diseman +ith Elizabeth ?aoort

Cear read: !##28$#

Poetry

itle: he *llustrated ?ubaiyat of Fmar 5hayyam

Author: Ed+ard 9itz,erald

Cear read: !#$

Philosohy

itle: 0ome 9undamental Asets of *mam Ghazzalis hou,ht

Author: Professor . Umaruddin

Cear read: !#$"



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itle: he Philosohy of *bn ?ushd

Author: Ehsan Ashraf

Cear read: !#$"

Bio,rahies and Letters

0ufis Personalitiesitle: he Bi, 9ive 0ufis of *ndia And Pa'istan

Author: D. 4. Be,,

Cear read: !#$!8$"

itle: he 0ultan of the 0aints

Author: uhammad ?iaz =adiri

Cear read: !#$"

itle: Letters of Al-Ghazzali

ranslator: Abdul =ayyum

Cear read: !#$"

itle: he 0hinin, 0tars of 5+azulu 6atal

Author: ariam Gaffoor (Allie)

Cear read: !#$



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0holarsitle: *mam Bu'hari - A Bio,rahy

/omiler: Anonymous (Hadrat adani Aademy )

?evised /omiler: oulana Ebrahim uhammad (adrasah Arabia

*slamia1 Azaadville1 0outh Afria)

Cear read: !#$"

itle: *bn 5haldun: Hiss Life and Dor's

ranslator: . A. Enan

Cear read: !#$"

itle: *mam Abu Hanifa His Life and Dor's

ranslator: MAllama 0hibli 6u7 ani7s 0irat-*-6u7an

Cear read: !#$&

itle: 0tehen Ha+'in, An Unfettered ind

Author: 5itty 9er,uson

Cear read: !#$%

Hinduism



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itle: Hinduism

Author: Pramesh ?atna'ar

Cear read: !##%I and !#$"

0e;uality

itle: Ho+ to Beome a 0e; God: 0erets of 0ureme Pleasure

Author: E. . Loveoy

Cear read: Au,ust !#$"

U9Fs1 Paranormal and 0uernatural

itle: inn and Human si'ness

Author: 4r. Abu7l-undhir 5haleel ibn *braaheem Ameen

Cear read: !#$$8$!

itle: U9Fs

Author: Leslie 5ean

Cear read: !#$$

itle: any Lives1 any asters (!#$#)

Author: 4r. Brian L. Deiss1 .4.

Cear read: !#$#



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/onsiray

itle: he Assassination of Priness 4iana

Author: 6oel Botham

Cear read: !#$&

he =uran

itle: he eanin,s of the =uran ranslation

Author: Cusuf Ali

Cear read: $22#s

itle: En,lish eanin,s of the 6oble =uran

Author: 0aheeh *nternational

Cear read: !##%

itle: he =uran Unimeahable

Author: alisul-Ulama of 0outh Afria

Cear read: !##%83I

itle: Bio,rahy of the =uran

Author: Brue La+rene

Cear read: !#$!



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*slam and uslims

itle: *slam

Author: Paul Lunde

Cear read: !###

itle: Das *bn aymiah from the Ahlus sunnah +al amaahI

Author: uhammad Abu Ba'r Ghaziuri al-Ansari

En,lish ranslation Editor: ufti A. H. Elias

Cear read: !#$"

itle: he irale of i7raa

Author: uhammad Aashi> *laahi Bulandshahri

Cear read: !#$"

itle: abli,h ovement

Author: Dahiduddin 5han

Cear read: !#$"

itle: Nirtues of the 6i,ht of the $& th of 0ha7ban

Author: Abdul-Hafiz ali' MAbdul Ha>> a''i

Cear read: !#$"



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itle: Ubha>a

Author: 4a+ood 6,+ane

Cear read: !##&I

itle: *slami Hiab

Preared for: he alisul Ulama of 0outh Afria

Cear read: !#$&

Ahmed 4eedat Boo's

itle: *s the Bible God7s Dord

Author: Ahmed 4eedat

Cear read: !##"

itle: /ruifi;ion of /rui-9ition


Cear read: !##&8%



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itle: Dhat is his 6ameI


Cear read: !##&8%

itle: Arabs and *srael onflit or oniliation


Cear read: !##&8%

itle: /hrist in *slam


Cear read: !##8&

itle: uhammad: he Greatest


Cear read: !##&8%

itle: uhammad: the 6atural 0uessor to /hrist


Cear read: !##&8%



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itle: Al =uran he irale of irales

Author:

Cear read: !##&8%

itle: Dhat the Bible says about uhammad


Cear read: !##&8%

*n addition to this list * have read thousands of enyloaedia artiles. * have also read thousands of

artiles from other soures both in rint and from the *nternet. he ran,e of toi s that * have read

inludes1 but not limited to:

Arhaeolo,y Biolo,y /onsiraies

History ediine Historial ersonalities

Business Evolution Paranormal

Eonomy Psyholo,y 0uernatural9inane Peole U9Fs

/elebrity Lifestyles 0ufism

Entertainment Arts 0oial en,ineerin,

/omuters /ulture ?ae ?elations

*nformation ehnolo,y Anthroolo,y Hinduism

Eletronis Politis /hristianity

/rime Governments and /ountries Pa,anism

/onflit Ativism *slam

errorism /urrent Affairs udaism

Dars and Battles ?eli,ion Hynotism

Eolo,y heolo,y /o,nitive 0iene

Environment Philosohy Pro,rammin,

4isasters 0iene Enrytion

Deather 0ae and Astronomy

Life 0ienes 0ort

All of these tois and so muh more interests me.

y list of unfinished boo's e;eeds $#1 inludin, the follo+in, " from +hih * have read

si,nifiant ortions:

*slam and Prohet uhammad



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itle: 0ahih al Bu'hari (En,lish ranslation)

Author: uhsin 5han

Cear read: !###s

?eadin, 6otes: * have read over %## reorts (hadith) in this 2 volume

ubliation omrisin, 3!3& individual reorts. God +illin, * hoe to

finish the rest soon.

itle: 9aza7il-e-A7maal volume $ (En,lish ranslation)

Author: oulana ohammad a'ariyyah

Cear read: $22#s

?eadin, 6otes: * read si,nifiant ortions of this boo' durin, my

university years but no+ * annot remember if my readin, +as one third

or O or less.

itle: 9aza7il-e-A7maal volume ! (En,lish ranslation)

Author: oulana ohammad a'ariyyah

Cear read: $22#s

?eadin, 6otes: read si,nifiant ortions of this boo' durin, my

university years but no+ * annot remember if my readin, +as one third

or O or less.

* used to read a lot of fition +hen * +as youn,er but in the last $# years * have read only this one

notable +or':

itle: Arabian 6i,hts

Author: 0ir ?ihard Burton

Cear read: une8uly!#$"

?eadin, 6otes: his is a omilation of seleted stories from his

ori,inal $# volume $2th

entury rivate ubliation and the stories aremostly of a romanti and adult nature.

Beyond these listin,s there is so muh more that an be said and doumented about my life.

0ometimes information about me an ome from me - from my thou,hts1 refletions and statements

- and sometimes information about me is soured to other eole1 from their observations1 thou,hts

and oinions. 0uffie it to say that everythin, about my life in this +orld hin,es on the day that *

+as born into this +orld.



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