Basically, anything having to do with Muslim civilizations. I need some recommendations. What do you guys have? And remember, I want RECENT books on the matter, not stuff from the 2000s or 1990s, but 2010s.
A lot of work is currently being done on authenticating the covenants of the Prophet Muhammad. A growing number of scholars now contend that the Prophet Muhammad made pledges to protect Christian, Jewish and other monotheistic communities and granted them rights of religious freedom. These Covenants contradict the restrictive and discriminatory rules found in texts of Islamic law and challenge long-held beliefs about Islam's teachings on the rights of non-Muslims under Muslim rule. This presentation examines the evidence for the authentication of the Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad and discusses their implication for interfaith relations, peaceful coexistence and our understanding of Islam's original teachings.
An excellent article written by Halim Rane
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/4/246
Also this article by John Morrow is excellent.
https://themaydan.com/2019/10/the-covenants-of-the-prophet-muhammad-continue-to-cause-controversy/
Dr Morrow has actually written a book as well
The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World https://g.co/kgs/UMsSbc
In terms of history my favourite is written by Noah Feldman a harvard law prof His legal political perspective really helps him to dig deep on Ottoman era history.
I did major in Islamic Studies in 2012 so i can definitely recommend plenty of books. Not all were originally after 2010 though.
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A History of the Modern Middle East by William L Cleveland and Martin Burton. It’s pricey but it was published in 2016, and I found it to be both an easy and reasonably unbiased read. There’s a healthy section dedicated to the Ottomans, plenty of background on the development of Islam, and other groups/sections you might find interesting as well. Plenty of history about Egypt for example and how they became an independent province within the Ottoman Empire and eventually broke free.