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Are Islam and the West at Loggerheads?
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Interview with Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics on Islam's relationship with the West.
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Bayt Al-Maqdis or Al-Arth Al-Muqaddasa
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Emphasizes the Islamic character of the city, in particular the Al-Haram Ash-Shareef. Historical and structural information and photographs of Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and Masjid Al-Qubba (As-Sakhra).
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Institute of Islamic Studies and Centre for Study of Society and Secularism
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Articles by Asghar Ali Engineer about politics, jurisprudence, human rights, and other topics from a Muslim perspective.
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Islam and Human Rights
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Explores the relationship and tensions between Islam and the western paradigm of buman rights. Includes articles, bibliographies, information on rights organizations, and links.
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Islam in the Post-Cold War Era
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Online book analyzes the political, economic, and some other problems faced by the Islamic world and the role of Islam in the new millennium.
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Islamic Institute
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Building relationships between American Muslims and the political leadership of the United States, involving Muslims in the political process, and inspiring the development of conservative grassroots movements.
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Islamophobia
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NodeWorks Encyclopedia article defines the term, summarizes its history, and gives examples. Includes links.
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Misuse of Jihad
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Jeremiah McAuliffe's explanation of how the Islamic term jihad is misused and mistranslated as "holy war".
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Mullahs on the Mainframe - Modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism
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Excerpt from a book by Jonah Blank, explaining why modernity and Islamic fundamentalism need not be mutually exclusive.
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Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC)
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Muslim civil liberties group with focus on non-violent Jihad and political activism. News and comment.
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Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States
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Supports the implementation of the Islamic principle of consultation (Shura) in OIC (Organisation of the Islamic Conference) member states. Information about its structure, conferences and activities.
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Revival of the Islamic Sciences
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A collection of essays on political and social topics.
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Teachings of Islam
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Contains mainly articles about non-violence, freedom, pluralism, and issues about Quran and Islam.
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CaptiveMinds.org
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A library of articles about Islam and politics, environmental and social issues, health, education and history; also includes suggestions for Muslim activists.
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Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID)
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A membership-based non-profit think tank dedicated to studying the relationship between Islam and democracy. Includes information on conferences and events, and news analysis.
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Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia
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A project of the Runnymede Trust (UK); includes information on their report published June 2004; includes extracts, and links.
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Islam and Liberal Democracy
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An article by Robin Wright, originally published in the Journal of Democracy (1996), addressing the challenges faced by Muslim countries, and their twentieth century political reformations.
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Islam, Islamists, and Democracy
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An article by Professor Abootalebi analyzes the differences among Islamic movements, and their attitudes toward democracy. Discusses the wide variety of views and the debates within Islamist and fundamentalist movements.
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Islamic Human Rights Commission
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An independent campaign and advocacy organization based in London, UK; works in partnership with Muslim and non-Muslim organizations for justice for all. Includes articles, action alerts, reports and briefings, and events listing.
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Just Peace
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Promotes Muslim participation in campaigns for peace and freedom. Includes information about their activities, events, and contact details. (UK)
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Kurzman, Charles
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Of the Department of Sociology, University of N Carolina. Includes a collection of his articles, and abstracts of his books on modernist and liberal Islam, and on Muslim politics.
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MCB Watch
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An occasional personal blog, monitoring and commenting on the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
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Muslim World Journal of Human Rights
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International journal offering a medium for scholarly debate on various aspects of the question of human rights as it relates to the Muslim World. Includes articles, summaries, and details for subscription and submission.
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Political Islam
NEW!
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A collection of documents and articles on politics and Islam; part of a larger collection dealing with the study of international relations and foreign policy by Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, US.
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The Production of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe
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A paper addressing a number of questions concerning Muslim religious authority in communities in Western Europe.
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