Important note: This site aims to provide information to students seeking to learn about Islam. Some of the links below are to sites with a polemical aim, either for or against Islam. These links are provided here so that those interested can listen in on both sides of contemporary dialogue and debates. This site has the express aim of providing information, and does not aim to convert anyone from one religious belief to another.
Islamic Studies Page at the University of Georgia http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
World Civilizations: Islam http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/ISLAM.HTM
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Islam http://eawc.evansville.edu/ispage.htm
Virtual Religion Index: Islamic Tradition http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/islam.html
Islamicity http://islamicity.com
Islam 101 http://islam101.com/index.htm
Understanding Islam http://www.understanding-islam.com/
Middle East Information Network http://www.mideastinfo.com/
Muslim Resource http://www.muslimresource.com/
The Sunnah Islamic HomePage http://www.al-sunnah.com
Islam Central http://www.islamcentral.org/
Amideast Resources on Islam & Arabs http://www.amideast.org/news_and_events/sept11/free_resources_islamarabs.htm
Ummah (The Muslim Directory On-Line) http://www.ummah.net/
Musalman - The Islamic Portal http://www.musalman.com/
Islam Online http://www.islam-online.net/english/index.shtml
Americans for Middle East Understanding http://www.ameu.org
Islam Q & A http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&dgn=3
About Islam & Muslims http://www.unn.ac.uk/societies/islamic/
PBS Special: Islam - Empire of Faith http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/
Islam - The Modern Religion http://www.themodernreligion.com/index2.html
Islamic Circle of North America http://www.icna.com/
Islamic Texts & Resources Metapage http://wings.buffalo.edu/student-life/sa/muslim/isl/isl.html
Towards Understanding Islam (e-book) http://www.jamaat.net/ebooks/tui/index.html
Islam Awareness Home Page http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/6443/
All About Islam - Articles http://www.geocities.com/allaboutislam/essays.htm
Islam (Submission) http://www.submission.org/home.html
World of Islam http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/introduction/woi_toc.html
Islam for Today http://www.islamfortoday.com/
Islam http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/religion/islam/islam.html
Islamic Data Center http://www.islamicdatacenter.com/
BBC Religion & Ethics: Islam http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/index.shtml
A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam HTML: http://www.islam-guide.com/ PDF: http://www.islam-guide.com/islam-guide.pdf
Religion Online Articles and Books on Islam http://www.religion-online.org/listbycategory.asp?Cat=105
Center for Middle Eastern Studies: Islam http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Islam/
Welcome to Islam (Slideshow) http://www.jannah.org/slideshow/s1.html
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee http://www.adc.org/
Al Khazina http://www.princeton.edu./~humcomp/alkhaz.html
On & About Islam http://www.crescentlife.com/spirituality/islam.htm
USA Today Q&A on Islam & Arab-Americans http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/islam.htm
Glossary of Islamic Terms & Concepts http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glossary.html
An Introduction to Arabic Literature http://site.ebrary.com/pub/cambridgepress/Top?channelName=cambridgepress--pub&docID=10014925&f00=text&frm=smp.x&hitsPerPage=20&layout=document&p00=Islam&sch=%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0Search%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0
The Qur'an http://www.oneummah.net/quran/book/index.html
Software for searching the Qur'an http://www.answering-christianity.com/quransearch.htm
The Qur'an (by topics at http://al-islam.com) http://quran.al-islam.com/Default.asp
Holy Qur'an Resources on the Internet http://www.quran.org.uk/
Quranic Verses by topic http://koran.topcities.com/
Sacred Texts: Islam: http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/index.htm
The Quran http://islamicity.com/mosque/quran/
The Quran, the Hadith, and other information (very artistic!) http://www.rizla.freeserve.co.uk/#
Search the Hadith http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html
The Hadith (by topics at http://al-islam.com) http://hadith.al-islam.com/Bayan/Default.asp
Hadith (InfoPlease) http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0822312.html
Online Texts provided by Barbara Shlegell http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~brvs/pages/texts.html
Books by Ahmed Hulusi http://www.ahmedbaki.com/
The Internet Islamic History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html
Chronology of Islam: 622 AD to the present http://www.friesian.com/islam.htm
A Brief Chronology of Muslim History http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/history/chronology/
Islamic History http://islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp?Destination=/education/ihame/1.asp
The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm
Pages of Muslim History http://www.themuslimhistory.info/index.htm
Glimpses of Islamic Civilization http://cyberistan.org/islamic/moors.html
Robert Brow, "Ishmael the Arab: Origins of a Family Quarrel" http://www.brow.on.ca/Books/Ishmael/Ishintro.htm
The Wisdom Fund Activist's Library http://www.twf.org/Library.html
Maps http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~brvs/pages/maps.html, http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map.html and http://wcw.emory.edu/ECIT/islam/islam_century_maps.html
Yahoo! Category: Islam > History http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Islam/History/
History of Islam http://www.barkati.net/english/
15th Century Islamic History http://www.angelfire.com/ak4/Archive1/15Century.html
History of the Middle East Data Base http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/mideastindex.htm
Restatement of the History of Islam & Muslims http://al-islam.org/restatement/index.htm
Arab-Islamic History http://www.al-bab.com/arab/history.htm
Website of the Abbasid Empire http://www.arts.cornell.edu/rraall/funabbasid.html
Richard Hooker, "Muhammad: Messenger of God" http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/MUHAM.HTM
Philip K. Hitti, "Muhammad the Prophet of Allah" http://www.webstories.co.nz/focus/deserts/hittmai2.htm
W. Mongomery Watt, "Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman" http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/watt.html
K. S. Ramakrishna Rao, "Muhammad the Prophet" http://web.umr.edu/~msaumr/reference/sirah/muhammad2.html
Muhammed.net http://www.muhammad.net/
Islam Chronology: The Life of the Prophet Muhammad http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Islam/MohammadLife.html
About the Prophet Muhammed http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/
Muhammad's Message Rests On Five Pillars http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1141/42_37/79339768/print.jhtml
Discover Islam http://www.beconvinced.com/
Islamic Studies Pathways http://www.lamp.ac.uk/cis/pathways/
What Does It Mean to be Muslim Today? http://www.crosscurrents.org/hassan.htm
C. S. Braden, "The Sacred Literature of the Moslems" http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showchapter?chapter_id=954
L. Cassells, "Islam and the Moslems" http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showchapter?chapter_id=1570
Truths Christians, Muslims and Jews hold in common http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Apr2002/Feature2.asp
Articles on Islam by Dr. Hussein Al-Hussein http://www.stanford.edu/group/ISSU/Info/hussein/hussein.html
Islam & Christianity - Similarities and Differences
http://muslim-canada.org/islam_christianity.html
Institute for the Secularization of Islamic Society http://www.secularislam.org/
Jesus in the Qur'an: An Akbari Pesrspective http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/rezashah.html
Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/IbnArabi.html
Liberal Islam http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/LiberalIslamLinks.htm
Pavel Pavlovitch "On the Problem of the Pre-Islamic Lord of the Ka'ba" http://www.uib.no/jais/v002/pavlov.pdf
A Problem in Comparative Theology http://wcw.emory.edu/ECIT/islam/lect8.html
Sunni Islam (from Overview of World Religions) http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/islam/sunni/index.html
Sunni (Columbia Encyclopedia Entry) http://www.bartleby.com/65/su/Sunni.html
A Shi'ite Encyclopedia http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/
Shi'ites (Columbia Encyclopedia Entry) http://www.bartleby.com/65/sh/Shiites.html
The Major Differences Between the Shia and the Sunni http://www.oneummah.net/unity/differences.htm
The Origins of the Split http://www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm
The Origins of Shi'ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship (by Jonah Winters) http://bahai-library.com/personal/jw/my.papers/origins.html
International Association of Sufism http://www.ias.org/
Rumi http://www.armory.com/~thrace/sufi/
Sufism/Islamic Mysticism http://www.digiserve.com/mystic/Muslim/index.html
List of Sufi-Related Resources http://world.std.com/~habib/sufi.html
Sufi Writings of Shaykh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani http://www.al-baz.com/shaikhabdalqadir/
Islamic Sufi Orders on the World Wide Web http://www.infoflex.com.au/%7Esalam/sufilinks/
Haqqani Sufi Foundation http://www.naqshbandi.net/haqqani/default-e.htm
Sufism in Contemporary Yemen http://www.aiys.org/webdate/sufi.html
The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh http://www.silcom.com/~origin/sbcr/sbcr104
Reynold Nicholson, The Mystics of Islam http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/moi/moi.htm
Muslim Women's League http://www.mwlusa.org/welcome.html
Islamic Garden: The Muslim Women http://www.islamicgarden.com/page1050.html
Muslim Women and Their Islam http://www.maryams.net/index.html
Muslim Sisters' Home Page http://www.jannah.org/sisters/
Ken Wade, "Women In Islam" http://www.uq.edu.au/access_history/one-two/islam.pdf
Traditional Women's Costumes in Muslim Countries http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/2389/
Women in the Middle East http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html
Transcript: Ann Gardner on Sinai Bedouin Women http://www.sherryart.com/women/bedouinchat.html
Women's Position, Role, & Rights in Islam http://www.afghan-web.com/articles/womenrights.html
The Honour of the Woman, by Dr. N. Nawaz http://www.zawaj.com/articles/honor_woman.html
Gender Equity in Islam, by Dr. Jamal A. Badawi http://www.iad.org/books/GEI.html
Are You Ready to Meet the Woman Who Can Get By Without Her Looks? (article by a Muslim woman living in Canada) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7368/w_hj_jewel.htm
An Islamic Perspective on Sexuality http://www.zawaj.com/articles/sexuality_league.html
Sex as Sadaqa (excerpt from the Muslim Marriage Guide) http://www.zawaj.com/articles/sex_sadaqa.html
Women's Rights in Islam http://www.islamic.org.uk/womright.html
"Gender and Doom: Women in Early Islamic Discourse on the End Times"
http://www.mille.org/publications/Confpro98/teipen.PDF
Muhammad's Charter of Christian Freedom http://cyberistan.org/islamic/charter1.html
What Did Jesus Really Say? http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/library/jesus-say/contents.html
The Crusades http://www.crusades.org/crusades/
Islam and Christianity http://www.sharif.org.uk/
Answering the Trinity http://www.answering-christianity.com/at.htm
Christ in Islam, by James Robson http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/cii/index.htm
Answering Islam http://www.answering-islam.org/
The Crusades: Then & Now http://www.ameu.org/page.asp?iid=190&aid=232&pg=1
The Reconciliation Walk (Apology for the Crusades) http://www.soon.org.uk/page15.htm
Religion Online Articles and Books on Islam http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/listcatitems?cat_id=105
Islamic Studies in Christian Perspective http://www.rim.org/muslim/islam.htm
Into the Light http://islam.itl.org.uk/index.htm
Islam Review http://www.islamreview.com/
The Challenge of Fundamentalism for Interreligious Dialogue http://www.crosscurrents.org/Huff.htm
Thomas Aquinas, "Reasons for the Faith Against Muslim Objections" http://www.op.org/nigeriaop/kenny/rationes.htm
Kenneth M. Setton, A History of the Crusades http://libtext.library.wisc.edu/HistCrusades/About.html
ORB: The Crusades http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/religion/crusades/crusade.html
The Crusades (Online Course) http://crusades.boisestate.edu/contents.html
News
Al-Jazeera in English http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
The Muslim News http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Transnational Broadcasting Society http://www.tbsjournal.com/index.html
MidEast Web Gateway http://www.mideastweb.org/index.html
Fundamentalism
The Roots of Muslim Rage http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/90sep/rage.htm
Fundamentalist Muslim Rage http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Muslims-Rage.html
Palestine-Israel
Teaching the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cmenas/StudyUnits/israeli-palestinian_conflict/
Israel-Palestine Relations http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/peace.html
Documents Relating to the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/me.htm
The Palestine Monitor http://www.palestinemonitor.org/
Palestine Studies http://www.palestine-studies.org
Palestine: Facts & Info http://www.passia.org/index_pfacts.htm
FAQ: Palestinian Violence & Terrorism (by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0i9o0
The PLO http://www.nad-plo.org/
The Tragedy of Palestine (a Jordanian perspective) http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_palestine.html
Jihad, Violence & Terrorism
Jihad in Islam http://islam.about.com/cs/jihad/
Jihad: Views of Muslim Leaders http://tariq.bitshop.com/misconceptions/jihad/jleaders.htm
Terrorism and Jihad http://www.submission.org/jihad/
Suicide Bombing in the Bible http://www.answering-christianity.com/suicide_bombing_in_the_bible.htm
Muslim Genocide http://www.angelfire.com/nb/mgenocide/
Crosscurrents: Collisions of Religion and Violence http://www.crosscurrents.org/violencespecial.htm
Conflict Resolution Information Source: Terrorism Edition http://www.crinfo.org/terrorism/
Collateral Damage: The Forgotten Muslim Victims of 11 September 2001 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=98790
John & Carol Loeffler, "Behind the Middle East Crisis" http://www.khouse.org/articles/currentevents/20020601-416.html
The World According to Usama bin Laden http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/Review/2001/Autumn/art1-au1.htm
Other links
The Abraham Fund http://www.abrahamfund.org
The Middle East Children's Alliance http://www.mecaforpeace.org/
A Case of Mistaken Identity http://www.shine.com/real_life_cultureshock.cfm?content_id=wtc_mona
History in the News: The Middle East http://www.albany.edu/history/middle-east/
Middle East Gateway http://www.albawaba.com/main/index.ie.php3?lang=e
Middle Eastern Cultures http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/oldworld/middle_east.html
Middle East Studies Internet Resources http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/MiddleEast/
Encyclopedia of the Orient http://lexicorient.com/e.o/index.htm (another link)
Afghanistan and the U.S. - Selected Internet Resources http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia/afghan_US.html
Academic Info: Afghanistan http://www.academicinfo.net/afghan.html
Afghanistan Online http://www.afghan-web.com (See also Afghan News http://www.afghan-web.com/aop/today.html)
News from Afghanistan Archive http://bglatzer.de/nfa/
Books on Central Asia (and other topics) http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/archives_main.html
Center for Middle Eastern Studies (University of Texas, Austin) http://menic.utexas.edu/menic.html
The Iranian http://www.iranian.com
Palestine: Home of History http://www.palestinehistory.com/
Palestine-Net http://www.palestine-net.com/
Center for Research and Documentation of Palestinian Society http://www.birzeit.edu/crdps
Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) http://www.ipcri.org/
The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) http://www.ipsjps.org/
Muslim Life in America http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/homepage.htm
Islam in the United States http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/3571
ArabNet http://www.arab.net/welcome.html
Middle Eastern Culture http://www.shira.net/culture.htm
Arabian Business and Cultural Guide http://www.traderscity.com/abcg/culture.htm
Arab Social Science Research http://www.assr.org/
The Desertwind http://www.thedesertwind.com/forum/
Social Customs in Rural Arab Villages http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/aca/jerusalem/studyexp.html
Dealing With Culture Shock http://www.etaleem.com/education/Study_hb_topic.asp
The Al-Hewar Center
for Arab Culture and Dialog
http://www.alhewar.com/
Arabic Language
Shariah and Arabic Learning Program http://www.shariahprogram.ca/
Online Arabic Language Course http://www.madinaharabic.com/
Islamic Calendar Conversion Sites http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/CalendarConversion.html
Teacher Oz http://www.teacheroz.com/Non_Western.htm
Spotlight on the Muslim Middle East: Issues of Identity http://www.globaled.org/muslimmideast/index.php
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