Scholarships and Resources

Politics, culture and history.

Immerse yourself in Middle East politics, culture and history by exploring these resources.

• http://www.albany.edu/history/middle-east/ (a comprehensive site with interesting links)
• http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/mideastindex.htm (easily accessible and informative resource with link to daily news and analysis)
• A wonderful list of internet resources (including useful introductions) for Islamic Studies, compiled by Dr. Alan Godlas, Associate Professor of Islam, Department of Religion, The University of Georgia: http://www.uga.edu/islam/history.html
• Historical maps of Muslim-ruled lands:http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~bvon/pages/maps.html
• http://palestine-studies.org/final/en/ (The most comprehensive link for Palestinian Studies)
• http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1096&l=1 (Highly informative reports produced by International Crisis Group. It consists of analyses of long and short-term factors that feed violent conflict in the Middle East).
• http://www.1001sites.com (daily English translations of ME press)
• http://www3.haaretz.co.il/eng (Ha’aretz, the leading Daily Israeli’s English newspaper)
• http://almashriq.hiof.no (covers most Arab countries, and includes good maps)
• http://gulf2000.columbia.edu (devoted to Persian Gulf countries)
• http://merip.org (maintained by Middle East Report)
• http://assr.org (Arab Social Science Research)
• http://ahram.org.eg/weekly (weekly English edition of al Ahram newspaper--Egypt)
  
• http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast (great links)
• http://www.arab.net (comprehensive links to information on the ME)
• http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev (New York Review of Books)
• http://www.autodafe.org (Great links to intellectual life)
• http://www.aljazzeerah.info (English website of Al Jazzeerah Broadcasting)
• http://www.livestation.com/channels/3-al_jazeera_english (Al-Jazzeerah TV in English online)
• http://www.iraqbodycount.net (on the war casualties)
• http://www.war-times.org/ (information and analysis against the war)

The following websites were collected by Charles Kurzman, editor of Liberal Islam: A Source-book, published by Oxford University Press.

• http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0896/9608078.htm
• http://www.nehzateazadi.org/mehdi.html
• http://www.alhewar.com/SadekDemAndShura.htm
• http://www.ppp.org.pk/speeches.html
• http://www.mernissi.net
• http://www.moslem.org/shahroor.htm
• http://www.just-international.org
• http://www.ifbosna.org.ba
• http://www.shariati.com
• http://www.qaradawi.net
• http://www1.law.emory.edu/LAW/CATALOG/faculty/annaim.html
• http://www.seraj.org, http://www.drsoroush.com
• http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~ufchi/iqbal.html, http://www.allamaiqbal.com, http://members.tripod.com/~islamica/iqbal.htm
• http://www.paramadina.org

Other Muslim authors devoted to discussion or promotion of liberal themes:

• Khaled Abou El Fadl, Kuwait-Egypt-USA: http://www.scholarofthehouse.org, http://149.142.26.30/faculty/bios/abouelfadl/index.html
• Nasr Abu Zaid, Egypt: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/9012/Zaid/index.html
• Anwar Ibrahim and Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Malaysia: http://www.anwaribrahim.org (site may not be operational)
• Karim Douglas Crow, USA: http://www.igc.org/nonviolence/islambib.htm
• Asghar Ali Engineer, India: http://www.ecumene.org/IIS, http://www.dawoodi-bohras.com
• Mohammad Omar Farooq, Bangladesh-USA: http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm
• Fethullah Gülen, Turkey: http://www.fethullahgulen.org, http://www.nil.com.tr/~fgulen
• Zeeshan Hasan's Liberal Islamic Web Site, Bangladesh: http://www.liberalislam.net
• Tarek Heggy, Egypt, http://www.heggy.org
• Mohsen Kadivar, Iran: http://www.kadivar.com
• Muqtedar Khan, India-USA: http://www.ijtihad.org and http://www.glocaleye.org
• Amhed Subhy Mansour, Egypt, http://www.ahmed.G3Z.com
• S. Parvez Manzoor, Sweden: http://www.algonet.se/~pmanzoor
• Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia: http://www.muslims.net/KMNU/pustaka/buku1/forward.txt
• Edip Yüksel, Turkey-USA: http://www.yuksel.org

Islamic organizations devoted to discussion or promotion of liberal themes:

• Al-Qalam, South Africa: http://mandla.co.za/al-qalam
• An-Nahdha, Tunisia: http://www.ezzeitouna.org/annahdha/ANNAHDHA.HTM
• Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, USA: http://csidonline.org
• Claremont Main Road Mosque, South Africa: http://islam.org.za/muslims/Claremont/index.htm
• Etudes Musulmanes, France: http://www.etudes-musulmanes.com
• Free-Minds, Saudi Arabia: http://www.free-minds.org
• Ikatan Cendekiawan Muslim Se-Indonesia (ICMI), Indonesia: http://www.icmi.or.id
• International Center for Islam and Pluralism (ICIP), Indonesia: http://www.icipglobal.org
• International Institute for Islamic Thought, USA and Malaysia: http://www.jaring.my/iiit
• Islam21, England: http://www.islam21.net
• Islamic Intellectual Forum, USA: http://www.islamforum.org
• Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, USA: http://www.karamah.org
• Liberal Islam Network, Indonesia: http://www.islamlib.com
• Liberation Movement of Iran: http://www.nehzateazadi.org
• Liberty for Muslim World, England: http://www.lmw.org
• Minaret of Freedom, USA: http://www.minaret.org
• Ministry of W. Deen Muhammad, USA: http://www.wdmonline.com
• Muslim Public Affairs Council, USA: http://www.mpac.org
• Muslim WakeUp!, USA: http://www.muslimwakeup.com/info
• Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, USA-UK-Canada: http://www.bepress.com/mwjhr/
• Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia: http://www.muslims.net/KMNU
• Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, Canada: http://www.religioustolerance.org/islam.htm
• Progressive Dawoodi Bohras, India: http://www.dawoodi-bohras.com
• Progressive Muslims, U.S.: http://classes.colgate.edu/osafi/progressive_muslims.htm
• Qalandar: Islam and Interfaith Relations in South Asia: http://www.islaminterfaith.org
• Sisterhood Is Global Institute, Canada: http://www.sigi.org
• Tasneem Project, England: http://www.bayyinat.org.uk
• The American Muslim, U.S.: http://www.theamericanmuslim.org
• Umma Party, Sudan: http://www.umma.org
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws, England-Pakistan-Nigeria, http://wluml.org