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Islam Faith and Theology

General

Islamic Thought [At MSA-Buffalo]
A useful guide to a variety of sites.
Barbara R. von Schlegell: Introduction to Islamic Religion [Religious Studies 143/Asian & Middle Eastern Studies 136] [At UPenn]
Arthur Jeffry: A Reader on Islam: Passages from Standard Arabic Writings Illustrative of the Beliefs and Practices of Muslims [At UPenn]
Hadhrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad: An Elementary Study of Islam [At Alislam.org]
Qur'an Texts

Qu'ran, translated by E.H. Palmer, Full text [At Virginia Tech]
The Holy Qur'an, trans. M.H. Shakir, Full text [At CMU]
The Qu'ran, trans. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, [At Unn.ac.uk] See also Catholic Encyclopedia: KORAN
The Qu'ran, translated Maulvi Sher Ali, Full Text, [At U Texas]
The Qu'ran in Arabic script with audio recitation, Full Text, [At IslamiCity]
The Quran: Three Versions Side By Side [At USC-MSA]
Contains Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir's versions side by side for each sura.
The Qu'ran Browser Homepage [At Brown]
Online access to translations by M. M. Pickthall, Abdullah Yusufali, M. H. Shakir
List of Online Muslim Sacred Text Translations and Texts [At MSA-Bufflao]
Toby Lester : What is the Koran The Atlantic, January 1999 [At The Atlantic]
Discussion of efforts to apply methods of textual criticism to the text of the Qur'an. This approach is rejected by most Orthodox Muslims.

God

Muhammad Speaks of Allah: 'There is no God but He....' [At Eliade Page]
Allah is All-Knowing, All Powerful- The Creator! [At Eliade Page]
Allah 'is the first and the last,' the Creator, Maker, and Shaper [At Eliade Page]
Allah is Light [At Eliade Page]

Revelation

Muhammad's Call [At Eliade Page]
Muhammad is the Messenger of God [At Eliade Page]
The Qur'an, 'The Book wherein is no doubt. . .' [At Eliade Page]
Allah Tells Muhammad the Story of Abraham [At Eliade Page]
Allah Reveals How He Saved Israel [At Eliade Page]
Allah Sent the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus [At Eliade Page]

Religious Life

Muhammad Proclaims the Prescriptions of Islam [At Eliade Page]
'Those who repent thereafter, and make ammends...' [At Eliade Page]
Pilgramage in the Qur'an [At Eliade Page]
Muhammad Prescribes the Daily Prayers of the Muslim [At Eliade Page]
Prayers of Dervishes [A Sufi Sect] [At Eliade Page]
Al-Hasan Extols Asceticism, 8th Century CE, [A Sufi Writer] [At Eliade Page]

Eschatology

Muhammad Speaks of the Day of Doom [At Eliade Page]

The Sunni Tradition

The Sunnah, (traditions of the Prophet Muhammad), excerpts.
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE): Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or Deliverance from Error), c. 1100 CE
Zamakhshari (1070-1143 CE): The Discoverer of Truth, c. 1130 CE
Islamic and Middle Eastern Law Materials [At SOAS]

The Shi'ite Tradition

Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi: Peshawar Nights (1927), Full Text [At al-islam.org]
A Shi'ite Encyclopedia
Shia Islam [At WSU]
A multi-media site by Richard Hooker.

Sufism

Prayers of Dervishes [A Sufi Sect] [At Eliade Page]
Al-Hasan Extols Asceticism, 8th Century CE, [A Sufi Writer] [At Eliade Page]
Al-Hallaj: Sayings, a Sufi Mystic
Rabia: Life in His Own Words a Sufi Mystic.
Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Masnavi, excerpts, c. 1250 CE
Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): The Fairest Land, c. 1250 CE
Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273 CE): Poems from the Divan-I Shams-I Tabriz, c. 1270 CE
Julia Pardoe: The Dancing Dervishes, 1902
Sufi-related resources on the Internet
The Haqqani Foundation

Islam as a Modern Faith

Islam [At Religious Tolerance][Summary]
Malcolm X: On His Pilgrimmage to Mecca [At Unn.UK]
Sherif Abdel Azee: Women in Islam Versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition [At USC]
About Islam and Muslims [At U Oregon]
Islamic apologetics, but preaching to the converted - see the text on Women and Islam!

Women in Islam

The Qur'an: The Women [At CCNY]
From Surah's 2 and 4.
A Visit to the Wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (Translated from a Genoese Letter), c. 1550
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762): Dining With The Sultana, 1718
Demetra Vaka: Aïshé Hanoum, c. 1888
Life of a Turkish woman.
Women in Islam [At Answering Islam]
The website is a site devoted to arguments with Muslims. This web page contains links to explanations, defences, and attacks on the subject of women in Islam.
Sherif Abdel Azeem: Women In Islam Versus Women In The
Judaeo-Christian Tradition [At TWF]
Widely reproduced "defence" of women's role in Islam.
M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton: The Place of Women in Pure Islam [Ar debate.domini.org]
Decidely critical of Muslim practice, but quotes a large number of sources.
Anne Hardwick: From Muhammad to Present: Islamic Law and Women [At Rhodes]
Critical.
Barbara Crossette: "A Manual on Rights of Women Under Islam," New York Times, December 29, 1996 [At Mt Holyoke]
Ghada Barsoum: Polemics on the Veil in Egypt
Student paper on modern Egyptian debates.
Douglas Jehl: "Egyptian Court Voids Ban on Cutting of Girls' Genitals," New York Times, June 26, 1997 [At Mt Holyoke]
John F. Burns: "Journal: Islamic Police Create a Minefield for Women," New York Times, August 29, 1997 [At Mt Holyoke]
Marelise Simons: "Cry of Muslim Women for Equal Rights Is Rising," New York Times, March 9, 1998 [At Mt Holyoke]
Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation

The Issue of Female Circumcision [At H-Net]
Female Genital Mutilation on Trial [At The Atlantic]
Linda Burstyn: Female Genital Mutilation Comes to America, The Atlantic October 1995 [At The Atlantic]
Female Genital Mutilation Research Homepage [At hollyfeld.org]
Lots of interesting stuff, and discussion within the context of Islam. Also discusses "male genital mutilation" - such discussions in the past have ended up with distinct anti-Semitic overtones.

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