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Some online resources for background information on Islamic teachings:

http://www.apostatesofislam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=661



ISLAMIC SOURCES:

The Koran, in three English translations:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/

Look up 8 Koran translations at the same time:

http://quranbrowser.com/

Audio Recitations & Translations of the Koran, text translations in other languages than English (French, German, Spanish, Indonesian etc):

http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/quran/

More Koran:

http://www.road-to-heaven.com/noblequran.htm

http://www.quraan.com/

http://www.muslimaccess.com/quraan/

http://www.free-minds.org/quran/quran.htm


http://www.quran-hadith-index.com/

Transliteration (Arabic words written in Roman letters) of the Koran:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/transliteration/

http://transliteration.org/quran/home.htm


The complete, renowned tafsir (Koran commentary and explanation) of Ibn Kathir:

http://tafsir.com/

More tafsir:

http://tafseercomparison.org/

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/maududi/

About principles of tafsir:

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Tafseer/Ulum/

http://www.quran.org.uk/ieb_quran_tafseer.htm



A non-Muslim, critical view of the Koran and Islam:

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/quran_teaches.htm

http://www.atheists.org/Islam/mohammedanism.html

http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Text/index.html

http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol6No1/HV6N1PRPhenixHorn.html

http://syrcom.cua.edu/Hugoye/Vol3No1/HV3N1Griffith.html

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/AbulKasem41205.htm

http://www.studytoanswer.net/myths_ch1.html


The Koran's 164 Jihad Verses:

http://www.angelfire.com/moon/yoelnatan/koranwarpassages.htm

http://www.secularislam.org/jihad/index.htm



The ahadith (Traditions about Muhammad and his companions) of al-Bukhari and others:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html

About hadith collections, Islamic perspective:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/brief1/

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/atit.html


Letters and Treaties of Muhammad (Islamic translations and presentations):

http://www.islamicresources.com/member/modules.php?name=Sections&op=listarticles&secid=5

The Constitution of Medina, 622:

http://www.constitution.org/cons/medina/macharter.htm


About the Sunna (The example of Muhammad and his companions) and jurisprudence:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/law/fiqhussunnah/

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muwatta/

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sharia


"Sirat Rasoul Allah", The earliest biography of Muhammad, an abridged version:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sira/index.htm


The four Sunni schools of Islamic law (Madhhab):

http://www.uga.edu/islam/shariah.html#law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhahib


About Sufism:

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/Sufism.html

The Islamic calendar:

http://www.muslimaccess.com/islamic_calendar.asp

http://www.islam.com/calen.htm


Some Shia Muslim resources:

A Shi'ite Encyclopedia:

http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/

A multi-media site by Richard Hooker:

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/SHIA/SHIA.HTM

Shia Library:

http://al-shia.com/


Sunni website critical of Shias:

http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/word_of_advice_to_shiites.htm

http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/index.htm

http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/KAFI.HTM


Shia ahadith (Traditions about Muhammad and his companions) of Al kafi:

http://hahsim.s5.com/kafi.html


Sayings of Imam Ali (Muhammad's son-in-law, first Shia Imam):

http://www.al-islam.org/nahjul/index.htm


Shia tafsir (Koran commentary and explanation):

http://www.almizan.org/


Other:

http://www.al-islam.org/short/martyrdom/

http://al-islam.org/ashura/

http://www.shiachat.com/



DEFINITIONS OF ARABIC-ISLAMIC TERMS, HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

The Internet Islamic History Sourcebook, a long list of historical and religious resources and texts, from the early days until today:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html

Encyclopaedia of the Orient:

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/

Atlas of the Orient:

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/atlas/index.htm

Other historical maps:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#mideast

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html

http://www.muhammadanism.com/maps/default.htm

http://www.al-bab.com/arab/maps/maps2.htm


Definitions of Islamic terms:

Thomas P. Hughes' "Dictionary of Islam":

http://answering-islam.org/Books/Hughes/index.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Islamic_terms_in_Arabic

http://www.knowislam.info/drupal/mno

http://www.onelook.com/ (Dictionary Search)


Islamic definitions:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/glossary.html

http://muttaqun.com/

Posted by: Ali Dashti at January 5, 2005 07:59 AM