Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

Good book.

This is masterpiece. Dr Lang presents an independent and rationale arguments directly from the source. Even many life long and practising Muslims will find a unique perspective which can only come from someone who started reading the scripture without any baggage. The whole book is amazing but chapter 2 particularly stands out with rationale answers to major theological arguments. I have already read this book cover to cover twice and have a feeling will keep re-reading it for the rest of my life.

No words can describe this book really. It's so dense and very intellectual but it also has this spirituality that makes my heart shiver like a dry leave in a windy day.. I know a good book when I can't go through it without a pen or a pencil.. A book that reacts with my mind leaving me unable to hold back my thoughts as they crowd into my head.. A book that I fill its margins with the products of these reactions.. I don't know if I can say anything that would be sufficient enough to describe, review, or recommend this book.. The only thing I can be assured of is that my mind and perspective have so profoundly expanded, as a result of reading this book, that I am confident it will change my life forever. I have substantially learned, grown, been intellectually provoked and spiritually moved by this book. A relatively short yet dense book (230 pages), "Even Angels Ask" was not only a journey through Islam in America, but a journey through Islam for myself. Even if I'm reading it 18 years after it has been written (it's almost as old as I am!), I was still able to greatly relate to it. In fact, I believe that we live today in a world that is more "Americanized" and globalized than ever before, which makes the "Journey to Islam in America" key to journeys to Islam all over the world. In short, I absolutely believe this book is extremely precious and is a must-read for every Muslim and anyone interested in Islam.

It is a great book to read for new Muslims, people contemplating on Islam or any Muslims living in North America or Europe. It gives the prospective of Islam from the point of view of a Muslim living in North America. To be honest I am really tired of people who grew up in the Middle East or Muslim majority countries telling us what Islam should be for us here in the US. This book eloquently describes the struggles of new generation of Muslims living in the West and how to we reconcile our faith with the society we are living in. Being a Muslim and still being a patriotic American or a Canadian. Great read!

I enjoyed reading the author's earlier published book entitled Struggling to Surrender so got straight to this one after finishing that one! This book is similar to the previous book and there is considerable overlap between the two but I'd still highly recommend reading both. Like his previous book, there's a good mix of the author's personal experiences and stories on what it means to be an American and a Muslim together with the author's reflections on the Qur'an. I particularly enjoyed in this book the author's discussions on the relationship between culture and religion: how the two can easily be mixed up over time, how the former can influence the way a person approaches the latter, and so on and so forth. Overall this book will probably be of more interest to Muslims living as a minority in a largely non-Muslim environment but there is much benefit and insight here for all.

The book is a rich source of information. Through out the book , different scholars who have investigated Islam are introduced. This, I believe, provides the reader with different insights about the topic being discussed. I initially thought it was a one person recount about their journey to Islam, only to find out it was much more that…highly recommend.