Middle East and Islamic Studies Collection

Islam

Essential Resources for Islamic Studies
Islamic Studies Pathways - an Academic Guide to Islamic Studies Resources on the Internet
Islam & Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion (Dr. Godlas, University of Georgia)
Islam: A Bibliography (Books-In English) / By Patrick S. O'Donnell, Adjunct Instructor, Philosophy Dept., Santa Barbara City College (2003)
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Index Islamicus
al-Mawsû'a al-fiqhiyya (Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence)

"(...) the most successful of a series of Islamic law encyclopaedias. (...) a cross between a dictionary and an encyclopaedia. The main entries consist of digests of various areas of Islamic law. Some of the articles are monographic in length. The exposition is synthetic - the law of each [sunnite, AN] school is not treated in seperate sections." Aron Zysow, in: Aptin Khanbaghi (ed.): Encyclopedias about Muslim Civilisations (2009), p. 18
The Ajwiba : An Islamic Catechism
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
Fiqh al-Akbar of Imam Abu Hanifah *[PDF--Ebook]
The Text of Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar
Al-Coranus, ed. Abraham Hinckelmann (1695)
Mawsû'at al-fiqh al-islâmî tibqan li-madhhab ahl al-bayt ('alayhim as-salâm)
CERIS: Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies
Maktabat Sayd al-Fawaid al-Islamiyah
Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith
BiblioIslam
Guide to Research in Islamic Art and Architecture Islamic Art and Architecture Documentation Center - Aga Khan Program Fine Arts Library - Harvard University
Brief Bibliographical Guide for Islamic Philosophy and Theology by Thérèse-Anne Druart
alwaraq.com (A searchable digital specialized database; fast Arabic search engine; virtual keyboard with Arabic interface)

Internet Islamic History Sourcebook Internet History Sourcebooks Project Fordham University. The Jesuit University of New York. Paul Halsall, Editor
Tradition and Innovation in the Study of Islamic History: The Evolution of North American Scholarship since 1960Lecture at the University of Tokyo ; Comments on the Lecture by Masashi HANEDA (lecture presented: 21 October, 1997)
Islam online
Islamic Heritage Project
Resources for the Study of Islam
Suggested Resources for the Study of Islam
Teaching Islamic Civilization with Information Technology / Corinne Blake
islampedia.com/
Islam - IslamiCity in Cyberspace
Mamalist of Islamic Links!
Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts
Comparative Index to Islam
Resources on Islam
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
Catholic Encyclopedia: ISLAM (CONCEPT)
Chronology of Islamic Civilization (Based on the "Chronological Table" in Gerhard Endress, An Introduction to Islam, tr. Carole Hillenbrand, New York:Columbia University Press. 1988)
How Islam Won, and Lost, the Lead in Science
Islamic Studies, Arabic, and Religion (Web Page of Professor Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia)
The Islamic Gallery, Stanford University (Broad collection of photos, video clips, and sound files relating to Islam. The video clips, which include newsreel footage, movie scenes, and public lectures, can be searched by language and subject matter)
Islam in Southeast Asia / The Australian National University
Political Islam
The Roots of Muslim Rage: Why so many Muslims deeply resent the West, and why their bitterness will not easily be mollified / Bernard Lewis: The Atlantic Monthly; September 1990; The Roots of Muslim Rage; Volume 266, No. 3; pages 47 - 60.
Rural Society in Medieval Islam: ‘History of the Fayyum’ This website offers the tools for a micro-study of the social, economic and demographic realities of the medieval Fayyum. It contains an expansive database that brings together the entire fiscal, demographic and geographic information contained in the ‘History of the Fayyum’. We aim to provide researchers in a variety of disciplines (History, Archaeology, Economics, and Geography) with direct access to the data. (Queen Mary, University of London).
The Moral Economy of Islam / Institute of International Studies; University of California, Berkeley
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
Al-Khazina - The Treasury
American Finance House LARIBA
Islamic Banking Network
Islamic Finder
Ahlul Bayt
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center
Ibn Khaldûn on the Web
Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique. The goal of the Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique is to bring together all of the inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkish (as well as in other "small" languages) from the Muslim world up to the year 1000 of the Hegira. The Thesaurus d'Epigraphie Islamique is a vital resource for historians, art historians and other specialists of the region.

Quran, Qirā'āt & Qur'anic Interpretation (tafsir)

The Qur'an online [English & Arabic]
Quran app. (Tanzil.net) Quran's recitation for different reciters, over the mouse
translation and interpretation for different scholars.
QuranDownload (a big archive of Quran Translations, It has Quran translations in almost all languages on the world. English, Arabic, Urdu, Download Quran ...)
Online Qur'an Resources (constructed for an online virtual seminar conducted in 2002-2003 by Bruce Lawrence and Daniel Varisco as a pilot project of the SSRC, Social Science Research Council. Since then it has been updated annually.)
Qur'anic Interpretation (tafsir)
The Qirā'āt Identified In The Qur'ānic Manuscripts
Qur'an (Yusuf Ali, Pickthall and Shakir) (The Muslim Student Association at USC)
keyword/phrase search in Arabic
Quran Index
The Crescent Quran Corpus: Word-for-word syntax and morphology of the Holy Quran
The Quranic Arabic Corpus
The Koran (Searchable by keyword and browsable by chapter)
A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam (Languages (soon): English - Español (Spanish) - Français (French) - Deutsch (German) - (Chinese) - (Japanese) - Italiano (Italian) - (Russian) - (Arabic))
The Holy Qur'an
Al-Coranus, ed. Abraham Hinckelmann (1695)
Qur'anic Recitation Radio Al-Islam (Download the (free) RealPlayer to listen. Server is sometimes busy)
A searchable translation of the Koran
Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran Al-Qur'ân - Synoptical Translations
Searchable Quran
Zekr is an open source Quran study software for Windows, Linux and Mac. It's designed to ease access to the most authentic and valuable text of Muslims. Zekr provides Quran translations, recitation, search and other features to study Holy Quran."
Features
- Advanced Qur'an search, Qur'an root
- Qur'an multi-recitation (online and offline)
- Bookmark management, Import, Export, Multi-bookmark
- Comparative translation / Search within translations
- Themes
The Minassian Collection of Qur'anic Manuscripts
A project of Brown University Library
This database catalogues the holdings of over 200 Qur’anic manuscript folios dating from the 9th to the 16th centuries housed within the special collections of the Brown University libraries. These items were acquired as part of a treasury of rich artistic and textual items donated in 1998 to Brown by Adrienne Minassian, the daughter of Kirkor Minassian (1874–1944), who was an active art collector and dealer based in New York and Paris in the early 20th century. In addition to the forty distinct manuscripts of the Qur’an represented here, the collection includes numerous Persian manuscripts, calligraphic panels, Persian and Central Asian ceramics and other art objects, as well as an impressive selection of miniature paintings from the Persian, Mughul and Indian traditions.
The Qur'anic Manuscripts / Islamic Awareness,
La Bible et Le Coran D'André Chouraqui En Ligne
Quranic commentary (tafseer) / Altafsir.com
Tajwid Learn tajwiid online
"What Is the Koran?" / Toby Lester (The Atlantic Monthly, January 1999: p. 43-56)
Statement On The Recent Article In The Atlantic Monthly / By Azizah Y. al-Hibri, T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, January 7, 1999.
Understanding, Not Indoctrination (Thursday, August 8, 2002; Page A17)
Assigned Reading on Koran in Chapel Hill Raises Hackles (The New York Times, August 20, 2002)
Islamic Heritage Center
Arab Academy for learning Arabic and Quran
Tafsir
Read Verse adds Flash Videos
The true history of the Koran in America / By Ted Widmer
The Quran Muhammad M. Pickthall (English) search this work
The Quran. M. H. Shakir. (English) search this work
The Quran. Muhammad M. Pickthall. (Arabic) search this work
H. Anthony Salmoné. An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (English) search this work
Holy Quran - KSU Electronic Moshaf project - King Saud University High Quality (for fast connections); Al-Husari; Al-Husari (Mojawwad); Al-Huthaify; AbdullRahman Al-Sudais; Saud Al-Shoraim; Maher Al-moaqeli; Saad Al-Gamdi ...
A STUDY OF BINT AL-SHATI'S EXEGESIS - McGill University
Gender Perspectives in Islamic Tradition / Omaima Abou Bakr

Hadith

Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts
Sunnah and Hadith
The Encyclopedia of the People of Hadeeth and Athar
Hadeeth Encyclopedia "Hadeeth Encyclopedia is a unique online collection of authentic and unauthentic ahaadeeth, clearly distinguished from each other and properly referenced to the works of the early Imaams, as well as those of later and contemporary scholars and researchers."
The Encyclopedia of Narrators
Hadith Collection
MSA-USC Hadith Database
HADITH Search
Hadith: The Traditions of the Prophet
Prophet Muhammad (570-632): The Last Sermon
Translation of Sahih Bukhari
Partial Translation of Sahih Muslim
Partial Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud
Partial Translation of Malik's Muwatta
Ghazali : The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife (Kitab dhikr al-mawt wa-ma ba'dahu)
Al Muhaddith : Download Free Islamic Software & Library
Oral Tradition in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Oral Tradition Special Issue 2010 :(vol. 25, no. 1)

Islamic Law, Fatwa & Ijtihad

ON THE ANTHROPOMORPHISM OF "SALAFIS" : The Sources of Ibn Taymiyya's Ideas
Muslim Marriage Contract in American Courts (by Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Minaret of Freedom Banquet May 20, 2000 )
Mawsû'at al-fiqh al-islâmî tibqan li-madhhab ahl al-bayt ('alayhim as-salâm)
al-Mawsû'a al-fiqhiyya (Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence)

"(...) the most successful of a series of Islamic law encyclopaedias. (...) a cross between a dictionary and an encyclopaedia. The main entries consist of digests of various areas of Islamic law. Some of the articles are monographic in length. The exposition is synthetic - the law of each [sunnite, AN] school is not treated in seperate sections." Aron Zysow, in: Aptin Khanbaghi (ed.): Encyclopedias about Muslim Civilisations (2009), p. 18
Mawsû'at 'âshûrâ' (A shi'ite encyclopedia)
Mu'aamalat--Fiqh al-Mu'aamalat
Bank of Fatwas (Algeria)
Introduction to Minorities Jurisprudence [ARABIC] = [ENGLISH Translation] / Author: Taha Jaber Alalwani
Fatwa Concerning the United States Supreme Courtroom Frieze / Author: Taha Jaber Alalwani
Sheikh Fadlallah
J. Schacht. "Law and Justice" Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. II, pt. VIII/chap. 4, pp. 539 ff.
Fiqh Council of North America
The Shariah Index Project
Pew Research Center -- The World's Muslims: Unity and Diversity
"This report was produced by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The center conducts public opinion polling, demographic studies, content analysis and other empirical social science research. It does not take positions on policy issues. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life is a project of the Pew Research Center; it delivers timely, impartial information on the issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs in the U.S. and around the world. The Pew Research Center is an independently operated subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts."

Prayer, Psalms etc.

Hajj (Pilgrimage)

Hajj information on the Net
Maxime Rodinson. Muhammad (New York: Pantheon Books. 1980), pp. 38. ff

Siyar - Islamic Biographies

W. Montgomery Watt. Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961), pp. 229 ff
Rabiah ibn Kab
Pact of Umar

Islamic Philosphy

Islamic Philosophy Online
Islamic political philosophy: Al-Farabi, Avicenna, Averroes
Ghazali : The Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife (Kitab dhikr al-mawt wa-ma ba'dahu)
Post-classical Islamic Philosophy Database Initiative (PIPDI) The Post-classical Islamic Philosophy Database Initiative (PIPDI) will create the infrastructure that is needed for a systematic investigation of the vast but severely understudied corpus of Islamic philosophical texts dating from 1100-1900CE. These post-classical texts include original and exegetical works on logic (syllogistic and dialectic), philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, metaphysics (ontology and theology), natural philosophy and cosmology, and philosophy of mind.