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This subcategory contains 38 links "This Islamic guide is for non-Muslims who would like to understand Islam, Muslims (Moslems), and the Holy Quran (Koran). It is rich in information, references, bibliography, and illustrations. It has been reviewed and edited by many professors and well-educated people. It is brief and simple to read, yet contains much scientific knowledge. It contains the whole book, A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam, and more. " Information about Hajj, Umrah and Al Islam, Islamic religious requirements. Comprehensive site detailing the beliefs of Islam. Important for Moslem history. The Atlantic Monthly, November 1920. Comprehensive A. Ezzati, Tehran University, Al-Serat, Vol XII (1986) Jonah Winters. advisor Prof. Willard Oxtoby. Thesis submitted for Master of Arts, University of Toronto, September 19, 1997 Saudi Arabia provides an explanation of Islam on its site. featuring fine examples from Iran, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Al-Andalus, Turkey, Afghanistan, India and Indonesia and a few contemporary photographs Note: Please be patient while gallery images load. They are of high quality, ranging from 20-80K. Analysis from the Council on Foreign Relations This page contains information on contemporary and controversial issues in Islam. Islam, as described by Muhammad, was a straightforward faith, demanding of its adherents only that they acknowledge a set of basic beliefs: that there is only one God, and that God is Allah; that believers must submit completely to God; that God is revealed in the Qur'an; that Muhammad is Allah's final prophet, and that all believers are equal before God. Beyond that, believers were called upon to observe "sharia" (the law as defined by the Qur'an), and to conform to the five "pillars" of the faith: public witnessing of one's faith, daily prayer, charity, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, and making pilgrimage to Mecca. Thorough site Presented by the AL-BALAGH FOUNDATION. by Stanwood Cobb Ethnic Cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits "John L. Esposito is Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He is the author of several books on Islam, including The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? and Islam: The Straight Path." chronology This sections deals with the issues of history as viewed by Muslims and some Orientalists. Some Orientalists known as revisionists in the scholarly circle have created doubts about the origin of the Qur'ân and Islam. This is, of course, happily propagated by the Christian missionaries. Here we will be including the material on the methodology as well as a discussion in the future, insh'allah. From the University of Georgia Islam literally means surrender, implying surrender to God. And a muslim, literally, is one who is surrendering, specifically, one who is surrendering to God. This website, the academic website of Dr. Alan Godlas, professor in the Dept. of Religion at the University of Georgia, provides a scholarly overview of Islam and related subjects. This online database is a compilation of speeches, interviews, statements, and publications of jihadist leaders, foot soldiers, and sympathizers. Nearly all content is in English translation, and has been collected from publicly-accessible websites. Original links are provided, along with excerpts and full-text content when available. An INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC & ARAB STUDIES & SOCIETY OF ISLAMIC HISTORY publication Scholarly book by Ervand Abrahamian An excerpt from Mullahs on the Mainframe Islam and Modernity among the Daudi Bohras by Jonah Blank PBS PBS Discover 1000 years of missing history and explore the fascinating Muslim contribution to present day Science, Technology, Arts and Civilisation. "Muslims account for one-fifth of the world's population, but most Americans know little about their faith, Islam, which continues to be one of the fastest growing religions in the United States and around the world." For twenty years, students in Temple University's Intellectual Heritage Program have acquired some knowledge of Islam and its key text, the Koran, spending 1-2 weeks on this text by Masoud Kazemzadeh. March, 1998 " A very detailed history of the battle of Badr which is considered as a remarkable event in the Islamic History." Pew Global Attitudes Project tutorial Scholarly book by Richard M. Eaton An explanation of fundamentalism by Macksood Aftab, Managing Editor of The Islamic Herald. |
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