Encyclopedia of Islam

Encyclopedia of  Islam

Islamicity. A very large Muslim site, loaded with text, 

audio, and video files. Includes sections on the 

Quran, hadith, history, and links to Muslim organi-

zations and countries.

URL: www.islamicity.com/default.shtml

Islam Online. Another exhaustive Muslim site, 

loaded with text, as well as audio and video files. 

URL: http://www.islamonline.net/English/index.shtml

Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic and Religion: An award-

winning site covering many facets of Islam and 

Muslim life, created by Prof. A. Godlas, an Islamic 

Studies scholar. Includes links for the Quran, 

hadith, law, Shiism, and Sufism.

URL: www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/

The Muslim Women’s Home Page: Very useful collection 

of information about Islamic understandings of 

women as expressed by Muslims themselves.

URL: www.jannah.org/sisters/index.html

Saudi Aramco World. Online version of the bimonthly 

publication on Islamic and Arab culture, history, 

and geography. Back issues go all the way to 1960. 

Very informative articles for general readers and 

students.

URL: www.saudiaramcoworld.com/about.us/

The Shia Home Page. Web site created by Shii Muslims, 

the minority branch of Islam, to explain their doc-

trines and practices.

URL: www.shia.org/

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