ISLAM LINKS This webpage contains a variety of links about Islam. It is by no means exhaustive, nor is it a specific endorsement of any of the sites. You can use this page to find out information on a variety of topics and to search for specific kinds of webpages about Islam.   Daniel Martin Varisco Director, MECA Program at Hofstra   last updated 10/05

INDEX TO SITE

 

RESOURCES ON ISLAM • General Information • Blogs   • Bookstores • Links • Organizations   BASIC TEXTS • Quran and Quran Interpretation • Hadith Literature (Traditions)   MUHAMMAD   THE FIVE PILLARS •Witness (Shahada) • Prayer (Salat) • Pilgrimage (Hajj) • Fasting (Ramadan) • Alms (Zakat)   THEOLOGY, LAW AND PHILOSOPHY • Ethics and Social Behavior • God (Allah) Concept • Law • Prophecy   SCIENCES • Astronomy and Mathematics • Calendar • History of Islamic Science • Medicine

ART AND CALLIGRAPHY   HISTORY OF ISLAM     SECTS AND REGIONS • Ahmadiyya Movement • American Muslims • Asian Muslims • Bahai • Bosnian Muslims • Nation of Islam • Shi'a Muslims • Sufis   ISSUES • Christianity and Islam • Conversion to Islam • Gender and Islam • Human Rights • Jihad • Judaism and Islam • Sexuality • Stereotypes and Anti-Islamic Rhetoric     MEDIA Internet Magazines

 

RESOURCES ON ISLAM

 

General Information

 

 

• Alt.Muslim.com http://www.altmuslim.com/
• A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam http://www.islam-guide.com/

[Illustrated survey from a Muslim perspective.]

 

 

 

• Islam: Questions and Answers http://63.175.194.25/

[Questions on Islam, arranged by topic.]

 

• Islamic City http://islam.org/

[Major Islamic megasite and virtual ummah.]

 

•The Islam Page http://www.islamworld.net/

[Major Muslim site on all aspects of Islam.]

 

• Islam Voice http://www.islamvoice.com/

[Major Muslim site on all aspects of Islam.]

 

• Islamic Affairs Dept. of Saudi Embassy http://www.iad.org/

[Official Saudi site aimed at American audience.]

 

• Islamic Server of MSA-USC http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/

 [One of the largest sites maintained by the Muslim Students of America at USC.]

 

• Islamic Studies: Islam, Arabic, and Religion (Dr. Godlas, University of Georgia) http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/

[Highly recommended academic site with annotated links and information on almost every aspect of Islam.] 

 

• Muslim Wake Up http://www.muslimwakeup.com/

 

• Submission http://www.submission.org/home-art.html

[Major Muslim site on all aspects of Islam.]

 

• Umma: the Muslim Directory OnLine http://www.ummah.com/

Blogs

• Muslim Wake-Up Blog http://www.muslimwakeup.com/blog/
• Tabsir: Insight on Islam and the Middle East http://www.ahjur.org/tabsir/
• The ProgressiveIslam.Org Team Weblog http://team.progressiveislam.org/

 

 

 

 

 

Academic Study of Islam

 

• American Academy of Religion: Study of Islam Section http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/

 

• "Between Text and Practice: Considerations in the Anthropological Study of Islam" (Ronald A. Lukens-Bull, 1999) http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/lukensbull.html

 

• International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM) http://www.isim.nl

[Major academic research center, publishes a newsletter.]

 

Bookstores

 

• iKitab.com http://www.sharaaz.com/

 [Commerical site with Muslim books and other items.]

 

• Islamic Bookstores http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/resources/book.html

 

Links to other Sites on Islam

 

• Academic Info: Islamic Studies Resources http://www.academicinfo.net/Islam.html

[Links to sites on law, Muslims in China, Women in Islam, Islam in America, Afghanistan Taliban.]

 

 

• The Islam WebRing http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=islam&list

[Links to an assortment of professional and academic sites. An interesting place for browsing.]

 

• Islamic Studies Pathways http://www.lamp.ac.uk/cis/pathways/

[Valuable academic site with annotated list of links on all aspects of Islam.]

 

• Muslim World Yellow Pages http://www.muslim-yellowpages.com/

 

Organizations

 

• American Islamic Congress http://www.aicongress.org/

 

• The American Muslim Council http://www.amcnational.org/

 [Major organization with news and media alerts.]

 

• Al-Azhar University http://www.alazhar.org/

[One of the major Islamic universities, located in Cairo.]

• Council on American-Islamic Relations http://www.cair-net.org/

 [Activist Islamic organization with information on abuses of Muslims in the U.S.]

 

• Hizbullah Web Page http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/320/324/324.2/hizballah/

[Official website of a major Islamic political organization.]

 

• Muslim Students Organization http://www.msa-natl.org/ 

[Official site of the Muslim Students Organization.]

• Progressive Muslim Union of North America http://www.pmuna.org/

 

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BASIC TEXTS

 

Quran and Quran Interpretation

 

 

• See Online Quran Resources http://www.ahjur.org/quran/virqur.htm

 

 

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MUHAMMAD

 

• About the Prophet Muhammad (USC Muslim Server) http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/

 

• QUOTATIONS FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE http://salam.muslimsonline.com/~azahoor/quote1.html

 

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THE FIVE PILLARS

 

Witness (Shahada)

 

• Shahada: Confession of a Muslim http://muttaqun.com/shahada.html

 

Prayer (Salat)

 

• "Articulating the Intention" (Ibn Taymiyyah) http://www.islaam.com/Article.asp?id=270

 

 

• Salat (Prayers) http://www.submission.org/salat/

 

Pilgrimage (Hajj)

 

• A Graphical Representation of the Hajj Journey http://www.islamicity.org/media/ancmts/grafrep.htm

 

• Hajj: The Journey of a Lifetime http://islam.org/Mosque/jlthajj/hajj.htm

 

• Pilgrimage Sites http://www.al-islam.org/ziyarat/index.htm

 

 

Fasting (Ramadan)

 

• Fasting in Islam http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter7/3.html

 

• Ramadhan and Eid-ul-fitr http://www.ummah.net/ramadhan/

 

• Ramadan (submission.org) http://www.submission.org/ramadan.html

 

Alms (Zakat)

 

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THEOLOGY, LAW AND PHILOSOPHY

 

Ethics and Social Behavior

 

 

• The Moral System of Islam http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/moralsystem.html

 

• The Muslim Food Board (UK) http://www.halaal.org/

 

• Muslim's Character (al-Ghazali) http://www.glue.umd.edu/~kareem/muslim_character/index.html

 

• Smoking: A Social Poison (al-Jibaly) http://www.qss.org/articles/smoking.html

 

God (Allah) Concept

 

• About Allah http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/

 

• "Allah in the Bible" (Ahmed Deedat) http://www.islamvoice.com/

[Listed under "Christianity" section.]

 

• The Fundamentals of Tawheed http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abutaw/abutaw_1.html

 

Law

 

• Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law http://www.soas.ac.uk/Centres/IslamicLaw/

 

Prophecy

 • Jesus Will Descend at the End of Time http://www.islaam.com/Article.asp?id=77

• Resurrection Judgement and the Hereafter (M. Lari) http://www.al-islam.org/Resurrect/index.htm

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SCIENCES

 

Astronomy and Mathematics

 

• Muslim Scientists, Mathematicians and Astronomers http://cyberistan.org/islamic/

 

• "The Qiblah Of Early Mosques: Jerusalem Or Makkah?" (M S M Saifullah, Muhammad Ghoniem, Abd al-Rahmân Robert Squires, Mansûr Ahmed http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Dome_Of_The_Rock/qibla.html

 

Calendar

 

 

• Islamic Finder Hijri Calendar http://www.islamicfinder.org/Hcal/index.php?bname=Hijri&home=2002-7-18

 

• Julian Day Numbers for dates on the Gregorian and Julian Calendars http://www.friesian.com/numbers.htm

 

Medicine

• Classical Islamic Biomedicine http://www.mic.ki.se/Arab.html
• Islamic Medicine (Shahid Athar) http://www.islam-usa.com/im1.html
• Kitab Al-Tibb (Book of Medicine) of Sunan http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/abudawud/028.sat.html

 

History of Islamic Science

 

• Articles and Links on Islamic Medicine and Science http://muslimsonline.com/science/
• Islam and Science Center http://islamicity.com/science/
• "The Miracle of Islamic Science" (Ajram) http://IslamicBookstore.com/b3734.html

 

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ART AND CALLIGRAPHY

 

• The Calligraphy Archive http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/img/isl/calig.html

 

• Islamic Architecture http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html

 

• Islamic Arts & Architecture Organization (IAA) http://www.islamicart.com/

 

• Islamic Images http://wings.buffalo.edu/hh/student-life/sa/muslim/img/isl/gifs.html

 

• Mosques Around the World http://info.uah.edu/msa/mosques.html

 

• Online Guide to Al-Aqsa Mosque http://www.al-aqsa.com/

 

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HISTORY OF ISLAM

 

 

• A Brief Chronology of Muslim History http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/history/chronology/

 

• Internet Islamic History Source Book http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html
• Islam and Islamic History in Arabia and the Middle East http://www.islamic.org/Mosque/ihame/Hist.htm
• Maps http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map.html

 

• Medieval Education and Learning in the Islamic World http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Education/Education.html

 

• Medieval Sports, Games & Entertainment of Muslim Societies http://www.sfusd.edu/schwww/sch618/islam/nbLinks/Islam_Sports_Recreation.html

 

• Resources for Islamic Numismatics (Bates) http://www.amnumsoc.org/collections/IslamicResources.html

 

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SECTS AND REGIONS

 

Ahmadiyya Muslims

 

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Community http://www.alislam.org/

 

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Org. (U Texas) http://www.utexas.edu/students/amso/

 

• The Ahmadiyya Sect of Islam http://www.answering-islam.org/Ahmadiyya/

 

• Anti-Ahmadiyya site http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/notislam/#qadiani

 

American Muslims

 • Council on American-Islamic Relations http://www.cair-net.org/
• Intolerance of Islam: Views of a Muslim-American (JAVED AMIR ) http://muslim-canada.org/intolerance.html

 

 

 

•Muslims in the Americas before Columbus http://www.erols.com/gmqm/mamerica.html

 

• School of Islamic and Social Sciences http://www.siss.edu/

 

Asian Muslims

 

• Vietnamese Muslims http://www.angelfire.com/vt/vietnamesemuslims/content.html

 

Bahai

 

• Reflections on Bahaii Faith http://www.submission.org/bahaii.html

[Muslim site against Bahai faith.]

 

Bosnian Muslims

• Atrocities commited by Serbians agiainst the Muslims of Bosnia http://www.islamworld.net/bosnia.html
• Welcome to Bosnia Homepage http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~bosnia/bosnia.html

 

Nation of Islam, etc. [Note: Most Muslims do not consider this an authentic Muslim group.]

 

• Abusing the Word Islam http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/notislam/
• Moorish Orthodox Fire Shrine http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/2314/

 

• Nation of Islam Online http://www.noi.org/ \

 

Shi'a Muslims

  • Ahlul Beit Digital Islamic Library Project http://www.al-islam.org/organizations/dilp/

[Major resource for Shi'a Muslim on-line texts and information.]

 

• "Nahjul Balagha" of Imam Ali http://www.al-islam.org/nahjul/index.htm
• Al-Sahifa al-Kamila al-Sajjadiyya [The Psalms of Islam]" of Imam Husayn http://www.al-islam.org/sahifa/
• Shi'ite Encyclopedia http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/

 

Sufis

• The Nimatullahi Sufi Order http://www.nimatullahi.org/

 

 

• The Other Side of Sufism (Tabari) http://www.qss.org/articles/sufism/toc.html

 

• Sufism, Sufis, and Sufi Orders http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/Sufism.html

 

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ISSUES

• Christianity and Islam 

• Answering Islam: A Christian-Muslim Dialog http://answering-islam.org/

[Conservative Evangelical Christian site dedicated to converting Muslims to Jesus. Be aware of the agenda.]

 

• THE APOLOGY OF AL KINDY WRITTEN AT THE COURT OF AL MÂMÛM (Circa A.H. 215; A.D. 830) IN DEFENCE OF CHRISTIANITY AGAINST ISLAM. Edited and commented by Sir William Muir http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Al-Kindi/

 

• Arab World Missions http://www.gospelcom.net/awm/

[Christian organization trying to convert Muslims worldwide.]

 

• Combat Kit against Bible Thumpers (Deedat) http://jamaat.net/combatkit/combat.html

[Muslim site against Christians trying to convert them.]

 

 

• Jesus-is-Lord http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/islam.htm

[Conservative Christian site trying to convert Muslims worldwide.]

 

Conversion to Islam

•"How I Came to Islam" (Cat Stevens or Yusuf Islam) http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/yusuf.html
• Digging for the Red Roots (Mahir Abdal-Razzaaq El) http://www.islamworld.net/rim.html

 

• Stories of New Muslims http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/

 

Gender and Islam

 

• AMEWS: Association for Middle East Woman's Studies http://www.amews.org/

• Marriage and Morals in Islam (M. Rizvi) http://www.al-islam.org/m_morals/index.htm
• Muslim Women's League http://www.mwlusa.org/
• "The Position of Women in Islam" (Dagher) http://www.light-of-life.com/eng/reveal/r5405et1.htm#p7

 

• A Single Muslim and Arab Matchmaker http://www.arabchamber.com/matchmaker/

 

• "Who Practices Polygamy?" (Ali) http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/womeninislam/polygamy.html
• "Woman and her Rights" (M. Mutahhari) http://www.al-islam.org/WomanRights/index.html

 

• "Women in Islam versus Women in the Judaeo-Christian Religion" (Azeem) http://www.islamworld.net/compwomen.html

 

 

Human Rights

 

 

• Human Rights in Islam http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/humanrights/

 

• HUMAN RIGHTS IN ISLAM ('Allamah Abu al-'A'la Mawdudi) http://www.jamaat-e-islami.org/rr/humanrights_abulala.html

 

• Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights http://www.alhewar.com/ISLAMDECL.html

 

 

Jihad and Terrorism

 

• The Events of 9/11 and Islam, the Taliban, and Bin Laden http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/nineeleven.html

 

• Islam Denounces Terrorism http://www.islamdenouncesterrorism.com/

 

• Islamic Perspectives on Peace and Violence http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr82.html

[United States Institute of Peace report.]

• "The Islamic Concept of Holy War" (Daniel Martin Varisco) http://www.ahjur.org/jihad.html

[Lecture on history of jihad in lifetime of Muhammad.]

 

• "Jihad: the Holy War of Islam and its Legitimacy in the Quran" (M. Mutahhari) http://www.al-islam.org/short/jihad/index.html

 

• "Jihad in the Qur'an and Sunnah"(By SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN MUHAMMAD BIN HUMAID) http://www.islamworld.net/jihad.html

 

• Scholars of Islam speak out against terrorism http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm

 

 

Judaism and Islam

 

• Call on the Jews http://www.submission.org/jews/

 

• Corruption of the Torah (Deedat) http://www.islamworld.net/torah.html

 

Sexuality

 

• An Islamic Perspective on Sexuality http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/sexuality.html

 

• Queer Jihad http://www.stormpages.com/newreligion/
• The Ripple Effects of AIDS http://www.islam101.com/selections/aids.html
• Sex Education For Muslim Youths And Their Parents (Dr. Shahid Athar) http://www.islam-usa.com/im20.html

 

• Terminal Essay (Sir Richard Burton) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/burton-te.html 

Stereotypes and Anti-Islamic Rhetoric

• Responding to Hate Speech: A Citizen's Guide http://www.aicongress.org/activism/hate.html
• The UNC-Qur'an Controversy, Partial List of Reports http://www.haverford.edu/relg/sells/UNC_ApproachingTheQur'an.htm  

 

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MEDIA

 

Internet

• CyberOrient http://www.ahjur.org/cyberorient/cyberentry.html
• SLAMMING ISLAM: PARTICIPANT WEBSERVATION WITH A WEB OF MEANINGS TO BOOT (Daniel Martin Varisco) http://www.aaanet.org/mes/meslect.htm

 

 

Magazines

 

• Al-Forqan Magazine http://www.forqan.com/
• International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World http://www.isim.nl/
• The Islamic Herald http://www.ais.org/~bsb/herald.html
• Islamic Voice http://www.islamicvoice.com/

 

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