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5 November 2012

Beacon Books

Beacon books is an online platform dedicated to Islamic books and has released a magazine called Critical Muslim.

Critical Muslim is a quarterly magazine of ideas and issues showcasing groundbreaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world.

Founder of Beacon Books Jamil Chishti has always had a passion for books. 

In fact, before completing a Master's degree in Publishing Studies at The University of Central Lancashire, he spent 20 years as a bookseller. It was after graduating that he established Beacon Books in November of 2013 with a clear vision… Read more, be more. 

At its core, Beacon Books has an ethos of self-development and self-improvement – a place where people can find books that leave them feeling a little better after reading. That could be better informed or better entertained through an adventurous and impressive roster of titles from some of the best authors and academics around. 

The first title published by Beacon was the Encyclopedia of Hadith Forgeries by world-renowned Islamic scholar Dr Gibril Fouad Haddad. The flagship release remains one of Beacon’s bestsellers and paved the way for the publication of a wide range of genres from both the Islamic and non-Islamic world – including religious texts, novels and biographies, to wellness, history and culture. 

In 2019, Beacon Books launched Beacon Academic, its first imprint concentrating, as the name suggests, on an array of specialist books inspired by academic works. Two more imprints were launched by the steadily growing publishing house in 2021: Bright Books, focusing on children’s titles, and UniVerse Press, focusing on poetry.   

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