“What Everyone Needs To Know About Islam” Essay
A 3000/4000-word long (minimum 3000 and maximum 4000 words), Book Summary of John Esposito’s book, “What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam”. Be smart, get it early, and finish its reading early to write and submit your Book Report.
Follow these simple guidelines, and you will happily ever after:
1) You have got to read the book section by section.
2) Take notes as you read the book.
3) After you are done with the reading, look at your notes.
4) Based on your very own notes, write a SUMMARY of each section completely objectively. Do NOT cite or quote heavily from the book. Write the entire book report in YOUR OWN language.
5) Put together your summary according to the sub-titles:
a. General Information and Faith & Practices.
b. Islam and Other Religions.
c. Customs and Culture.
d. Violence and Terrorism.
e. Society, Politics, and Economy.
f. Muslims in the West.
g. My Conclusion.
6) Your last page should be a 500-word long conclusion (titled, *My Conclusion*) which is
included in the word count. In your conclusion, tell me how was your reading of the book (easy or hard), did you get enough new knowledge about its topic, and how you might be able to use this new knowledge. Be subjective, personal and friendly in your report.