For religious American Muslims, hostility from the right and disdain from the left Asma T. Uddin is most concerned with in her book “When Islam Is Not a Religion.” The title comes from the. In , Newsweek put the book on its list of 10 best non-fiction books of the decade. The book has also been banned, making the American Library Association’s list of frequently challenged books in In , the book was made into an animated film that won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. 5 BURAAQ.