Islamic literature

Islamic literature

Islamic literature refers to literature written with an Islamic perspective, in any language. For the literature of some predominantly Islamic cultures, see:

*Arabic literature
**Arabic epic literature
*Indonesian literature
**Javanese literature
*Iranian literature
**Kurdish literature
**Persian literature
*Somali literature
*South Asian literature
**Bengali literature
**Kashmiri literature
**Pakistani literature
**Persian literature
**Sindhi literature
**Urdu literature
*Turkic literature
**Azerbaijani literature
**Turkish literature

References

External links

* [http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/islamlit.htm Islamic Literature] at Cornell University.
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/06/INGH7B3FM31.DTL Brief article] on the growth of the influence of Islamic literature in the U.S.
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