Internet Toolbox for Islam-critics

[Frodo Baggins]

Note as of February 2006: I will no longer have the time to keep all of the information in this thread updated. If somebody else wants to do it, he is welcome to do so.

For an up-to-date version of this Toolbox, please visit:
http://www.wikiislam.com/wiki/Internet_Toolbox


INTERNET TOOLBOX FOR ISLAM-CRITICS

Islam is a global challenge. It should be met with a global response. The best instrument for doing this is the Internet, the most international medium of all. As many news outlets may still be reluctant to openly criticize Islam, the Internet opens the possibility of a freer discourse on such subjects than more traditional media do. The intention behind this Toolbox is to encourage more people to use the Internet as a way of getting critical discussion of Islamic issues out to the general public. Any person who wants to is very welcome to copy this list or any parts of it that they may find interesting to their own websites. The Toolbox is a work in progress, and everybody is encouraged to add more "tools" of their own. For finding news about Islam, please look at the Internet Toolbox for Islam-critics - News about Islam.


PRACTICAL TIPS FOR PEOPLE WORKING TO EXPOSE ISLAM:

The easiest thing you can do if you are concerned about Islam and what it is doing to the world is using the Internet. Email the links to some of the websites by ex-Muslims that are listed further down to friends, family, colleagues and everybody you know. You may include other Islam-critical websites such as http://www.jihadwatch.org/ . This is free, and takes very little of your time, while increasing the knowledge of Islam in the general public.

If you want to spend a little bit of money, try buying some books about Islam. Give them as gifts to friends and family. Write an invitation inside to some of the websites mentioned below. Order them from your local bookstore, which will make them aware of these titles and maybe order more of them. Write online reviews of good Islam-critical books on websites such as http://www.amazon.com/ .

Help and support the work of ex-Muslims and their organizations in any way you can. Giving money to websites by ex-Muslims should not be viewed as "charity". At a time when Muslims are working hard trying to limit freedom of speech about Islam even in Western and other non-Muslim countries, donations to these websites should be considered an investment in the freedom of your children.





WEBSITES BY EX-MUSLIMS:

http://www.secularislam.org/

http://www.faithfreedom.org/

http://www.middleastwomen.org/

http://www.apostatesofislam.com/

http://www.knowislam.info/

http://www.homa.org/

http://www.ladeeni.net/english.htm

http://www.murtadd.org/

http://www.islamreview.org/

http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/

http://exmuslim.com/

http://www.shoebat.com/

http://www.noniedarwish.com/

http://www.muslimsandislamic.faithweb.com/

http://www.mukto-mona.com/

http://taslimanasrin.com/

http://www.ayaanhirsiali.web-log.nl/

http://www.geocities.com/ibn_rushd2

http://www.ampbreia.com/ampbreia2_001.htm

http://www.webspawner.com/users/hfali1/

http://www.assoaime.net/

http://www.sabatina.at/



About treatment of ex-Muslims, Apostates from Islam:

Ex-Muslims, Apostates from Islam, and death threats:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1193

A website which reports on what has actually happened to Apostates in Muslim countries:

http://www.yahoodi.com/peace/apostasy.html


http://muslim-canada.org/apostasy.htm

http://www.al-islam.org/short/apostasy.htm

http://www.beautifulislam.net/articles/apostacy_blasphemy_islam.htm

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Hahn/Mawdudi/

http://www.light-of-life.com/eng/ilaw/l5721et1.htm#p19

http://islamonline.net/fatwaapplication/english/display.asp?hFatwaID=102152

http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=38268

http://thetruereligion.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=119

http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_apos.htm

http://www.sunnah.org/msaec/articles/apostasy.htm

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=12406&dgn=4

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=811&dgn=3

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=696&dgn=3

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=42534&dgn=4

http://www.islam-qa.com/QA/5%7cJurisprudence_and_Islamic_Rulings(Fiqh)/Al-Riddah_(apostasy)/His_wife_has_left_Islam.23102000.7328.shtml

http://muslim-quotes.netfirms.com/femaleapostate.html

http://debate.domini.org/leekk/Index/A/apostasy.html

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=11902068_1




NON-MUSLIM WEBSITES CRITICAL OF ISLAM:

http://muslim-quotes.netfirms.com/

http://members.lycos.nl/whatsthisthen/

http://answering-islam.org/

http://www.tellthechildrenthetruth.com/


http://www.prophetofdoom.net/

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

http://www.challenging-islam.org/

http://www.victimsofjihad.com/

http://westernresistance.com/


A large list of critical websites:

http://listislam.cjb.net/



SOME RECOMMENDED BOOKS ABOUT ISLAM:

By ex-Muslims:

"Leaving Islam - Apostates Speak Out" edited by Ibn Warraq

"Why I am not a Muslim" by Ibn Warraq

"What the Koran Really Says" edited by Ibn Warraq

"23 years" by Ali Dashti

"Women and the Koran" by Anwar Hekmat

"Islam and Terrorism" by Mark Gabriel

"Islam and the Jews" by Mark Gabriel

"Rage against the veil" by Parvin Darabi

"Islamic Mysticism: A Secular Perspective" by Ibn Al-Rawandi

"Shame" by Taslima Nasrin

Coming soon: "A World Apart" by Ali Sina


By others:

"Onward Muslim Soldiers" by Robert Spencer

"Islam Unveiled" by Robert Spencer

"The Myth of Islamic Tolerance" by Robert Spencer

"Muhammad" by Maxime Rodinson

"Islam and dhimmitude" by Bat Ye'or

"Among the Believers" by V. S. Naipaul

"Islam and Human Rights" by Ann Elizabeth Mayer

"Human Rights in Iran: The Abuse of Cultural Relativism" by Reza Afshari

"Escape from Slavery" by Francis Bok

"American Jihad" by Steven Emerson

"The Rage and The Pride" by Oriana Fallaci

"Jihad in the West" by Paul Fregosi

"Mohammed and the Rise of Islam" by David S. Margoliouth

"Slavery in the Arab World" by Murray Gordon

"Reliance of the Traveller" by Ahmad Ibn Lulu Ibn Al-Naqib

"Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis" by Bat Ye'or



FREE, ONLINE BOOKS ABOUT ISLAM:

Critical texts, by non-Muslims and ex-Muslims:

A selection:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/library.htm

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

Great articles on various aspects of islam/quran/hadith:
http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/kasem/

A small media gallery:

http://www.apostatesofislam.com/media.htm

Video of public execution by impalement:

http://www.masada2000.org/impalement.asx


Index on articles by Hugh Fitzgerald from Jihad Watch:

http://www.challenging-islam.org/contributors/hugh/jihadwatch/subjindex.htm

"Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam" by Robert Spencer and Ali Sina vs. Muslims

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16440

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

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

"The Life of Muhammad", Sir William Muir:

http://www.answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Muir/Life1/



http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Muir/Life2/

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Muir/Life3/

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Books/Muir/Life4/

"Islam - The Arab National Movement" by Anwar Shaikh:

http://www.islamreview.org/AnwarShaikh/arabnationalism/

"The Origins of the Koran - Classic Essays on Islam鈥檚 Holy Book" edited by Ibn Warraq:

http://www.secularislam.org/research/origins.htm

Summary of the book "The Origins of The Koran: Classic Essays on Islam's Holy Book" edited by Ibn Warraq:

http://debate.org.uk/topics/books/origins-koran.html

"A "Perfect" Qur'an" by Brother Mark:

http://answering-islam.org/PQ/main.htm#MainIndex

"Muhammad" by Maxime Rodinson, chapter 3:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/rodinson.html

"Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam" by Patricia Crone, 231-250:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/crone.html

"Law and Justice" by Jospeh Schacht, chapter 4:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/schacht.html

"The original sources of the Qur'an" by Tisdall:

http://answering-islam.org/Books/Tisdall/Sources0/piii-iv.htm

"The Codification of the Qur'an text" by John Gilchrist:

http://answering-islam.org/Gilchrist/Jam/index.html

"The Coran, Its Composition and Teaching, and the Testimony it Bears to the Holy Scriptures" by Sir William Muir:

http://answering-islam.org/Books/Muir/Coran/

"The Historical Development of the Qur'an" by Edward Sell:

http://answering-islam.org/Books/Sell/Development/

"The Origin of Islam in its Christian Environment" by Richard Bell:

http://muhammadanism.org/bell/origin/p000i.htm

Bell's Introduction to the Quran, Revised by Montgomery Watt:

http://www.truthnet.org/Islam/Watt/

"The Collection of the Qur'an - from the hadiths" by John Burton:

http://answering-islam.org/Quran/Collection/index.html

"Jihad - The Islamic Doctrine of Permanent War" by Suhas Majumdar:

http://www.challenging-islam.org/library/doctrine/doctrine.htm

Prophet Of Doom - Islam's Terrorist Dogma in Muhammad's Own Words" by Craig Winn:

http://www.prophetofdoom.net/toc

"Islam Undressed" by Vernon Richards:

http://www.islamundressed.com/

"The Calcutta Quran Petition" by Sita Ram Goel:

http://voi.org/books/tcqp/

"Understanding Islam through Hadis - Religious Faith or Fanaticism?" by Ram Swarup:

http://www.bharatvani.org/books/uith/

"Indian Muslims - Who Are They" by K.S. Lal:

http://www.challenging-islam.org/library/lal/indianmuslims.htm

"Negationism in India - Concealing the record of Islam" by Koenraad Elst:

http://www.voi.org/books/negaind/






Texts by Islamists:

"The Millennium Biography" , Modern Islamic Biography of Muhammad:

http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Muhammad/Book/Millennium_Biography/TOC.htm

"The Life of Muhammad" by Muhammad Husayn Haykal:

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MH_LM/default.htm

Many books by influential Muslims, traditional and recent:

http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/subjectstart?BP

Many texts about classical Islamic philosophy, from Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd and others:

http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/

"On the Obligation to Accept the Authority of the Prophet" by Imam Shafi (767 - 820):

http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=204

Corpus (Works) by al-Ghazali (1058 - 1111):

http://www.ghazali.org/site/corpus.htm

"Mishkat Al-Anwar (The Niche for Lights)" by Ghazzali (1058 - 1111):

http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/mishkat/

"Munkidh min al-Dalal (Confessions, or Deliverance from Error)" by al-Ghazali (1058 - 1111):

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/1100ghazali-truth.html

"Principles of Islamic Faith (Al-`Aqidah Al-Wasitiyah)" by Ibn Taimiyah (1263 - 1328):

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/introduction/wasiti/taimiyah_1.html

"Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong" by Ibn Taimiya (1263 - 1328):

http://www.islamic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tazkiyyah/enjoining_right_and_forbidding_w.htm

"The Book of Tawheed" by Shaikh Abdul-Wahhaab (1703 - 1792):

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abdulwahab/

"Finality of Prophethood" by Syed Abul 'Ala Maudoodi (1903 - 1979):

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/finalprophet.html

Syed Abu-Ala' Maududi's Chapter Introductions to the Qur'an (1903 - 1979):

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

"Towards Understanding Islam" by Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi (1903 - 1979):

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/M_tui/

"Rights of Citizens in an Islamic State" by Syed Abul A'la Maudoodi (1903 - 1979):

http://www.jamaat.org/islam/HumanRightsCitizens.html

"Jihad" by Hassan al-Banna (1906 - 1949):

http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/jihad/

"Milestones", by Sayyid Qutb (1906 - 1966):

http://www.islamistwatch.org/texts/qutb/Milestones/index.html

"In the Shade of the Qur'an" - Koran commentary (tafsir) by Sayyid Qutb (1906 - 1966):

http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/tafsir/syed_qutb/index.htm

Article with background information about Sayyid Qutb - The Philosopher of Islamic Terror:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6858

"Defense of Muslim Lands" by Sheikh Abdullah Azzam (1941-1989):

http://www.islamistwatch.org/texts/azzam/azzam.html

"The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam" by Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926 -) :

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_LP/

"Priorities of The Islamic Movement in The Coming Phase" by Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926 -) :

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/Q_Priorities/

"Explanation of the Pillars of Eeman" by Sheikh Muhammed Ibn al-Uthaimeen:

http://www.muslimaccess.com/ebooks/pillars_of_eeman.asp

"The Elementary Teachings of Islam" by Mawlana Siddiqui:

http://muslim-canada.org/elementary_1.html

"Muslim Personal Law - An Exposition" by Athar Husain (1920 -):

http://muslim-canada.org/muspersonallaw.html

"Da'W a h Among non-Muslims in the West" by Khurram Murad (1932 - 1996):

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/KM_Dawah/index.htm

"The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam" by Taha Jabir al `Alwani (1935 -):

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/humanrelations/alalwani_disagreement/

More than 400 Free online books from Islamic point of view:

http://www.islammessage.com/books/e/Bookslist.htm





ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS SOURCES: THE KORAN, AHADITH AND MORE

http://www.islamicfinder.org/

Koran and ahadith search index:

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


The Koran:

What is the Koran?

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_quran.htm

An Index to the Koran:

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

Comment about the Koran: The Koran was "revealed" piecemeal and in stages to Muhammad, from the first parts in 610, to his death in 632, according to traditional accounts. After his flight, Hijra, from Mecca to Medina in 622, which marks the year zero in the Islamic calendar, Muhammad became a military and political leader over the first (and perfect) Islamic community, Umma. The revelations changed and became progressively more aggressive, violent and intolerant. The later Medinan verses are generally seen to cancel out (abrogate) the earlier ones from Mecca if there is disagreement between them. The chapters in the Koran are not arranged chronologically, according to the time of revelation. There is general agreement in most cases about which ones are from Medina and which are from the Mecca period, but there might be disagreement about some of the details.

Meccan and Medinan suras (chapters) of the Koran:

http://quran.al-islam.com/Index/indexe1.asp

http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=43487

Suggested chronological order of Koranic suras:

http://www.bombaxo.com/chronsurs.html

http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/chapters_chronological_sequence.html

The Koran and abrogation (the nullification of earlier revelations, replacing them with newer verses superseding them):

http://forum.homa.org/index.php?showtopic=13


The Koran, in three English translations:

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

Look up 8 English Koran translations at the same time:

http://quranbrowser.com/


More Koran in English:

http://www.equran.org/qrn/view/trans/compare/

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


Online Koran translations in some languages other than English (French, German, Dutch, Bosnian, Albanian, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, Turkish, Urdu, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Malay, Thai etc):

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

http://www.qurantime.com/

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

http://www.al-sunnah.com/quran.htm

http://www.islam-guide.com/

http://www.submission.org/quran/reader/

http://www.kuran.gen.tr/


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

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

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


Many different recorded audio recitations (The art of 鈥淨iraa鈥檃at鈥�) of the Koran:

http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/engblue/audio.php?page=rewaya



The renowned tafsir (Koran exegesis, commentary and explanation) of Ibn Kathir (Note that some of the original Arabic quotations have been omitted from this English summary):

http://tafsir.com/

http://www.dar-us-salam.com/store/main.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=Q09

More tafsir:

http://tafseercomparison.org/

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

http://www.islam101.com/quran/maududi/iindex.htm

http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/tafsir/syed_qutb/index.htm

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.wsfi.net/Documents/WHAT%20IS%20THE%20KORAN%20BY%20TOBY%20LESTER.HTM

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

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

http://answering-islam.org/PQ/main.htm#MainIndex

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

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

http://www.corkscrew-balloon.com/02/03/1bkk/04b.html

http://media.isnet.org/off/XIslam/GodWord/part1.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

More about Jihad:

Al-Muslim, the Book of Jihad:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/019.smt.html


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

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4343

Taqiyya and kitman - "deceptive Jihad" or lying for the sake of Islam:

http://knowislam.info/forum//viewtopic.php?t=145


Answers to "Sura like it" - challenge (Challenge in the Koran, 2:23, to produce something of equal quality as the Koran, "And if you are in doubt as to which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a sura (chapter) like it"):


http://www.islam-exposed.org/

http://www.answering-islam.org.uk/Quran/Miracle/

http://www.suralikeit.com/

http://members.aol.com/suralikeit/

http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/suralikeit.htm



Ahadith, the Sunna (The personal example, or custom and practice, of Muhammad and his companions):

The status of the Sunna in Islam:

http://www.qss.org/articles/status.html

About ahadith (Traditions of the sayings or practice of Muhammad and his companions. One of the main sources of Islamic law):

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_hadith.htm

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


The ahadith 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


Some selected highlights from the hadith:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4103

The funny side of Islamic teachings:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=244

The Black Rock and the Kaaba in Mecca:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4532


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

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

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


List of people killed for opposing Muhammad:


http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1142

"Muhammad and the Meccans: Who Antagonized Whom? Examining Muslims' Justification for Muhammad's Atrocities":

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Shamoun/antagonizing.htm

About Islamic slavery:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=216


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

Tha Pact of Omar (The Status of Non-Muslims, Dhimmis, Under Muslim Rule):

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/pact-umar.html

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jews-umar.html

Muhammad and the Treaty of Hudaybiyya:

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Muhammad/hudaybiyya.html

The Banu Qurayza - Traitors or Betrayed? :

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Muhammad/Jews/BQurayza/treaty.html


About sharia (Lit. path or road),"Islamic law", the law system inspired by the Koran and the Sunna of Muhammad which is incorporated in the recognized traditions, as well as the work and consensus of Muslim scholars over the two first centuries of Islam:

http://i-cias.com/e.o/sharia.htm

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sharia

http://www.challenging-islam.org/submissions/shariah.htm


The four Sunni schools of Islamic sharia law (Madhhab):

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

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

http://muslim-canada.org/sitedex.htm#judicial

http://muslim-canada.org/mylove.htm



About the Sunna and jurisprudence:

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

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



About Sufism ("Islamic mysticism" or "Islamic spirituality", the esoteric aspect of Islam):

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/004940.php

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

http://www.opposing-religious-views.com/Islam_Sufism.html

http://world.std.com/~habib/sufi.html

http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/

The "Mathnawi" of Jalal'uddin Rumi, abridged version:

http://muslim-canada.org/sufi/book0rumi.html


Sects of Islam:

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_sects.htm


About "Quranites", "Koran only" - Muslims who reject the ahadith completely:

http://www.opposing-religious-views.com/Islam_Quranites.html

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=342

About "Submitters", followers of the late Rashad Khalifa:

http://www.opposing-religious-views.com/Islam_Submitters.html

About Ahmadiyya:

http://www.opposing-religious-views.com/Islam_Ahmadiyya.html



Some Shia Muslim resources:

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

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_twelver.htm


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

About Shia Muslims and differences with Sunnis:

http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Sects/Shiite/Encyclopedia/TOC.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

The Arab Israel Conflict in Maps:

http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/MAPS/index.html

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



The Islamic calendar:

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


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


Definitions of Islamic terms:

Thomas P. Hughes' "Dictionary of Islam":

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

http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/indexes/blglossary_islam.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/

Ancient Accounts of pre-Islamic Arabia:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/arabia1.html


The Arabian Nights (A Thousand Nights and a Night, Alf Layla wa Layla):

Interpretations of selected tales by Andrew Lang and Sir Richard Burton:

http://www.arabiannights.org/index2.html

http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/arabnit.htm







ABOUT THE ARABIC LANGUAGE AND ALPHABET:

http://dictionary.ajeeb.com/en.asp

http://www.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?refid=532&lang=3

Online automatic translators. Note that these automatic translators are far from flawless, but they can still be useful in certain situations:

http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box

http://www.free-translator.com/


How to write and pronounce Arabic:

http://www.funwitharabic.com/alphabet.html

http://www.i-cias.com/babel/arabic/

http://arabic-language.eigenstart.nl/

Write with Arabic keyboard:

http://www.arabicdictionaries.com/arabickeyboard.htm


The history of the Arabic alphabet and script:

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

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm

http://www.ancientscripts.com/arabic.html

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


The differences between Classical (Koran) Arabic, written Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic (spoken dialects):

http://www.pacificarabic.com/resources/diglossia.html

http://slate.msn.com/id/2063956

http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?arabic.htm






PEOPLE TO WATCH - SOME MUSLIM WEBSITES:

http://www.cair-net.org/

http://www.mpac.org/

http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.org/

http://www.islamonline.net/

http://www.islamicity.com/

http://www.islamworld.net/

http://www.al-islam.com/

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

http://www.islam.com/

http://icssa.org/

http://www.islam-qa.com/

http://www.dawanet.com/

http://www.islammessage.com/bb/

http://www.islamicaweb.com/

http://www.islam.tc/

http://www.islamweb.net/

http://www.islamtoday.com/

http://www.alminbar.com/

http://www.qss.org/

http://www.alhediya.com/

http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/S/shariahtv/

http://www.mcb.org.uk/

http://londonschoolofislamics.org.uk/

http://www.khilafah.com/

http://geocities.com/sh4ri4h/

http://www.caircan.ca/

http://muslim-canada.org/

http://www.ottawamuslim.net/

http://www.shariahprogram.ca/

http://www.islam-australia.com.au/

http://www.worldofislam.info/

http://www.as-sahwah.com/

http://www.ifew.com/

http://www.salafitalk.net/

http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org/

http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/

http://www.fatwa-online.com/

http://www.islaam-online.com/

http://www.ummah.com/

http://www.altmuslim.com/

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/

http://www.internetmuslim.com/

http://www.messageonline.org/

http://www.muslimcreed.com/

http://www.4muslims.org/forums/

http://www.salaf.com/

http://www.bakkah.net/

http://www.iu.edu.sa/english/

http://www.muhajiroun.com/

http://www.hizbollah.tv/english/frames/index_eg.htm

http://www.hamasonline.org/

http://www.jihadunspun.com/

http://www.shareeah.org/

http://www.noi.org/

http://www.tanzeem.org/

http://thetruereligion.org/

http://muslimedia.com/


http://www.islamicnews.org/english/

http://ummahnews.com/

http://www.themodernreligion.com/

http://www.azizahmagazine.com/

http://forums.gawaher.com/

http://www.ihrc.org/

http://www.islamlib.com/en/

http://muslimwakeup.com/

http://www.harunyahya.com/




WEBSITES FOR INTERNET PRIVACY AND SECURITY:

Basic introduction, with some hints and tips as a start:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24992


Websites about viruses, Trojans, Worms, spyware:

http://www.virus.gr/

http://anti-virus.com/

http://www.virustotal.com/

http://www.spywareinfo.com/

http://www.spychecker.com/

http://anti-trojan.com/

http://research.pestpatrol.com/

http://www.hideaway.net/


Websites with online tests of your computer:

http://www.gemal.dk/browserspy/

https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

http://www.pcflank.com/

http://stealthtests.lockdowncorp.com/

http://www.hackerwatch.org/probe/

http://www.all-nettools.com/


Websites about privacy:

http://privacy.net/

http://www.cdt.org/privacy/guide/

http://www.emailprivacy.info/

http://www.epic.org/


Websites with downloads:

Note that some freeware is free because it contains spyware, so be careful with what you download. Visit PC Hell for more about this.

http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php

http://www.majorgeeks.com/

http://nonags.com/

http://www.shareware.com/

http://www.bartdart.com/

http://www.firewallguide.com/freeware.htm

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/browse/0,cat,1443,sortIdx,1,00.asp

http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,4148,23,00.asp

http://www.webattack.com/

http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/

http://www.download.com/

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/





For background information about Islam, the Koran and Islamic sources, websites by ex-Muslims and Muslims, the Arabic language, definitions of Islamic terms, historical information, recommended books to buy as well as free online books and much more, please look at the Internet Toolbox for Islam-critics - Background information. The following links will focus on news sources, and some additional funny, interesting or useful websites.




MISCELLANEOUS: LINKS NOT RELATED TO ISLAM

Basic introduction, with some hints and tips about Internet privacy and security:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24992




http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/ (Large, free online Encyclopedia, made by volunteers)

http://www.onelook.com/ (Multiple dictionary search)

http://babelfish.altavista.com/ (Online automatic translator, multiple languages)

http://www.quotationspage.com/ (Over 21,000 quotations online from over 2,500 authors)

http://www.findarticles.com/ (Search millions of articles from leading publications)

http://www.questia.com/ (The world's largest online library)

http://www.archive.org/ (The Internet Archive. Browse through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996)

http://www.gutenberg.org/ (Project Gutenberg, free electronic books on the Internet, mostly older literary works)

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ (Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web)

http://www.ipl.org/ (The Internet Public Library)

http://books.mirror.org/gb.home.html (An Index to great online books in English translation)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ (History through the eyes of those who lived it)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ (The Internet History Sourcebooks Project)

http://www.besthistorysites.net/ (Award-winning portal, contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites)

http://www.pantheon.org/ (The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends from all over the world)

http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/ (About maps and mapping)

http://www.worldatlas.com/ (Atlas, including maps of individual countries)

http://www.fark.com/ (All kinds of information and news, especially the weird and unusual)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ (HowStuffWorks explains hundreds of subjects)

http://www.about.com/ (Guidance from real people searching the Internet for the information, goods, and services)

http://www.linksgiving.com/ (Searchable collection of user-submitted favourite links)



Movies, music, food, travel, entertainment:

http://www.imdb.com/

http://www.ifilm.com/

http://www.allmusic.com/

http://www.metacritic.com/

http://www.allbookstores.com/

http://www.virtualtourist.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.engadget.com/

http://www.gamerankings.com/

http://www.gamespot.com/

http://www.sportsvl.com/

http://allrecipes.com/

http://www.recipezaar.com/

http://www.wineloverspage.com/

http://www.tastings.com/

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/

http://www.coffeeuniverse.com/

http://www.just-for-tea-lovers.com/

http://www.planet-tea.com/

http://chocolocate.com/

http://www.chocolate.com/



Space and science news:

http://www.spacedaily.com/

http://www.spaceref.com/

http://www.space.com/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.esa.int/

http://www.extremescience.com/

http://www.newscientist.com/

http://www.techreview.com/


Some background information and free software:

http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/

http://www.pchell.com/

http://isc.sans.org/

http://www.isoc.org/

http://www.internetworldstats.com/


Internet, software and technology news:

http://news.com.com/

http://www.wired.com/

http://slashdot.org/

http://www.pcmag.com/

http://www.pcworld.com/

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=1212

http://www.theregister.co.uk/


Internet censorship:

http://www.ojr.org/ojc/topics/index.php?tID=38

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/

http://www.benedelman.org/

http://www.opennetinitiative.net/

http://www.infowar-monitor.net/

http://www.citizenlab.org/

http://www.rsf.org/

Internet Under Surveillance, report 2004:

http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=433




HUMOR SECTION:

"Mohammed's Believe It or Else!", a comic book about Islamic teachings:

http://davidsonpress.com/islam/

Index of forum member "the Farside":

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=244

http://www.humorlinks.com/

http://mindswap.net/

http://theonion.com/

http://www.snopes.com/

http://www.funpic.hu/en.index.php

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Humor/

http://www.thehumorarchives.com/categories/Religion/

http://www.ahajokes.com/religious_jokes.html

http://politicalhumor.miningco.com/

http://www.satirewire.com/

http://www.newgrounds.com/

http://www.darwinawards.com/

http://www.allahpundit.com/




FINDING NEWS ABOUT ISLAM

The following is not an exhaustive list of places to find news about Islam, just a suggestion of where to start. The list includes both mainstream news outlets and smaller websites, both anti-Islamic ones and hardcore Islamist ones. It goes without saying that the fact that a website is listed here does not mean we endorse all views expressed there.



GENERAL NEWS:

http://jihadwatch.org/

http://www.nieuwsbronnen.com/newssearchportal/

http://news.yahoo.com/

http://news.google.com/

http://edition.cnn.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.foxnews.com/

http://www.alertnet.org/

http://www.reuters.com/

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/world/

http://www.voanews.com/

http://www.insideworldnews.com/

http://news.nabou.com/world/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

http://www.time.com/

http://www.economist.com/

http://www.iht.com/

http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Islamic+News

http://islam.newstrove.com/

http://www.topix.net/religion/islam

http://www.terrorism.com/

http://www.trackingterrorism.com/

http://internet-haganah.co.il/haganah/

http://www.pressdigest.net/tocnews.html

http://www.worldpress.org/

http://www.drudgereport.com/

http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/

http://muslimwakeup.com/

http://www.islamicity.com/

http://www.memritv.org/

http://www.worldtribune.com/

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

http://www.meforum.org/meq/

http://www.theatlantic.com/

http://www.rocketnews.com/
(Just type "Muslim" and 0 days (today), and it will search out news)

http://www.centralasianews.net/about.php
(Look for news after region or country)



OTHER SOURCES:

http://www.amnesty.org/

http://humanrightswatch.org/

http://www.wluml.org/english/

http://www.forum18.org/

http://www.indexonline.org/

http://www.siteinstitute.org/

http://www.globalsecurity.org/

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse

http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/

http://www.militantislammonitor.org/

http://ctstudies.com/

http://www.freedomhouse.org/

http://www.uscirf.com/

http://www.dhimmi.com/

http://www.wwrn.org/

http://cultnews.net/

http://www.skeptic.com/

http://www.beliefnet.com/

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/

http://www.infidels.org/wire/cats.shtml#islamism

http://virtuallyislamic.blogspot.com/

http://www.strategypage.com/

http://www.citizenlab.org/

http://www.rsf.org/

http://unix.dfn.org/

http://www.ifex.org/en

http://www.iabolish.com/

http://www.stopstoningnow.com/

http://www.cis.org/



THE "ANGLOSPHERE":

The USA:

http://www.cair-net.org/

http://www.c-span.org/

http://www.nationalreview.com/

http://www.cbsnews.com/

http://abcnews.go.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

http://www.washtimes.com/

http://www.opinionjournal.com/

http://news.ft.com/home/us

http://www.latimes.com/

http://www.suntimes.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/

http://www.nypost.com/

http://www.boston.com/

http://www.cfr.org/

http://slate.msn.com/

http://www.newsmax.com/

http://city-journal.org/

http://www.weeklystandard.com/

http://frontpagemag.com/



Canada:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/

http://www.canadafreepress.com/

http://www.globeandmail.ca/

http://www.thestar.com/

http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/



The UK:

http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/

http://news.scotsman.com/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/

http://news.independent.co.uk/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.politics.co.uk/

http://www.icnetwork.co.uk/

http://www.ananova.com/

http://www.sky.com/skynews/

http://www.kenanmalik.com/

http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/

http://www.mpacuk.org/

http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/

http://www.themuslimweekly.com/


Ireland:

http://www.ireland.com/

http://www.examiner.ie/

http://www.rte.ie/news/


Australia:

http://www.australiannews.net/

http://www.smh.com.au/

http://www.news.com.au/

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/

http://www.theage.com.au/


New Zealand:

http://www.newzealandnews.net/

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/



THE ARAB WORLD:

http://english.aljazeera.net/

http://www.arabnews.com/

http://www.sauditimes.com/

http://www.spa.gov.sa/

http://www.saudiinstitute.org/

http://www.memri.org/

http://www.aina.org/news.html

http://www.sahafa.com/

http://www.pmw.org.il/

http://www.palestiniannews.net/

http://www.egyptdailynews.com/

http://www.metimes.com/

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/

http://www.egypttoday.com/

http://news.nabou.com/world/north_africa_news.html

http://www.northafricanews.com/

http://www.algeriadaily.com/

http://www.amazigh-voice.com/news.htm

http://www.arabicnews.com/

http://www.menafn.com/

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/

http://www.accessmiddleeast.org/

http://www.gulf-news.com/

http://www.albawaba.com/

http://www.alsabaah.com/English.html

http://www.iraq.net/

http://dailystar.com.lb/

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/

http://www.jordantimes.com/

http://www.syriadaily.com/

http://www.sana.org/english/mainEn.htm

http://yementimes.com/

http://www.hrinfo.net/en/

http://www.cewla.org/en/

http://www.amanjordan.org/english/

http://www.equalityiniraq.com/english.htm

http://www.kurdishmedia.com/

http://www.kurdistanobserver.com/

http://www.zindamagazine.com/


Israel:

http://internet-haganah.co.il/haganah/

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/

http://www.jpost.com/

http://www.jrep.com/

http://www.maarivintl.com/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/

http://www.imra.org.il/

http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/

http://www.ict.org.il/



AFRICA:

http://theafricanews.net/

http://www.africadaily.com/

http://www.afrol.com/

http://allafrica.com/religion/

http://bamako.africaonline.com/afol/

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/Home/

http://www.topix.net/world/africa

http://www.africanewssearch.com/

http://www.africast.com/

http://www.panapress.com/index.asp?code=eng


West Africa:

http://www.westafricanews.com/

http://nigeriannet.com/africannews/

http://www.dailytimesofnigeria.com/

http://www.cameroonnews.com/

http://www.ghananews.com/


East Africa:

http://www.eastandard.net/

http://www.kenyatimes.com/

http://www.nationmedia.com/

http://www.addistribune.com/

http://www.banadir.com/

http://www.hiiraan.com/

http://www.sudan.net/news/news.html

http://www.sudantribune.com/


Southern Africa:

http://www.news24.com/

http://www.sabcnews.com/

http://africa.iafrica.com/

http://www.mg.co.za/

http://www.iol.co.za/

http://www.namibian.com.na/



LATIN AMERICA:

http://www.efenews.com/latinamerica/

http://latinamericanews.net/

http://www.newscuts.com/Latin.America.News.shtml

http://www.topix.net/world/south-america

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/

http://www.brazilnews.com/

http://www.centralamericadaily.com/

http://colombiapost.com/

http://www.nicanews.com.ni/nn21/

http://www.southamericannews.com/

http://www.mexicodaily.com/



ASIA:

http://www.asiasource.org/news/

http://www.atimes.com/

http://www.asianewsnet.net/

http://www.asianews.it/main.php?l=en

http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/


Turkey:

http://theturkeynews.net/

http://www.turkishpress.com/

http://www.zaman.org/

http://www.turks.us/

http://www.turkishdailynews.com/

http://www.turkishweekly.net/

http://www.dunyagazetesi.com.tr/lobby_eng.asp?dept_id=87

http://www.topix.net/world/turkey

http://www.wwhr.org/


The Caucasus:

http://www.rferl.org/

http://www.eurasianet.org/

http://www.ihavenet.com/caucasus.html

http://news.nabou.com/world/caucasus_news.html

http://www.iwpr.net/caucasus_index1.html

http://www.tol.cz/

http://www.interfax.com/


Iran:

http://www.iranfocus.com/

http://www.iranmania.com/news/

http://www.payvand.com/news/

http://www.iranvajahan.net/english/

http://www.irna.ir/

http://iranfilter.com/

http://www.radiofarda.com/en_default.aspx

http://www.daneshjoo.org/cgi-bin/messageboard/ikonboard.cgi

http://www.activistchat.com/

http://www.badjens.com/

http://aoij.org/english/


Iran and Afghanistan, with focus on women:

http://www.badjens.com/

http://www.irandokht.com/news/

http://www.webwoman.info/

http://www.irandwr.org/english/


Afghanistan:

http://www.afghanistannews.net/

http://www.afghandaily.com/

http://www.afgha.com/

http://www.rawa.org/


Central Asia:

http://www.centralasianews.net/

http://www.centralasiadaily.com/

http://www.newscuts.com/Central.Asia.News.shtml

http://news.nabou.com/world/central_asia_news.html

http://www.rferl.org/

http://www.irinnews.org/Asiafp.asp

http://www.interfax.com/


SOUTH ASIA:

India:

http://www.sulekha.com/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

http://www.hindustantimes.com/

http://www.indiaexpress.com/

http://www.webindia123.com/

http://www.outlookindia.com/

http://www.newkerala.com/

http://www.asianage.com/

http://www.saag.org/


Pakistan:

http://www.hrcp-web.org/

http://www.hrcp.cjb.net/

http://www.pakistannews.net/

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/

http://www.hipakistan.com/en/

http://www.satribune.com/

http://www.dawn.com/

http://www.jang.com.pk/

http://www.paktoday.com/

http://www.paknews.org/

http://paktribune.com/

http://www.pakistan-facts.com/


Bangladesh:

http://www.hrcbm.org/

http://thebangladeshnews.net/

http://bangladesh-web.com/

http://www.thedailystar.net/

http://www.mukto-mona.com/

http://www.thepersecution.org/


Sri Lanka:

http://www.srilankannews.net/

http://www.tamilnet.com/


Nepal:

http://www.nepalitimes.com/

http://www.nepalnews.com/



SOUTHEAST ASIA:

http://www.southeastasianews.net/

http://www.topix.net/world/southeast-asia

http://www.asiaobserver.com/Southeast_Asia_news.htm


Indonesia:

http://indonesianews.net/

http://www.asiaobserver.com/indonesia.htm

http://www.indonesia-news.com/

http://www.thejakartapost.com/

http://www.laksamana.net/

http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia

http://www.achehtimes.com/


Malaysia:

http://malaysianews.net/

http://www.nst.com.my/

http://www.thestar.com.my/

http://www.malaysiakini.com/

http://www.bernama.com/

http://www.malaysia-today.net/

http://www.asiaobserver.com/Malaysia-news.htm


Thailand:

http://thailandnews.net/

http://www.bangkokpost.net/

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/

http://www.thailand-news.com/


The Philippines:

http://philippinesnews.net/

http://www.asiaobserver.com/Philippines-news.htm

http://www.manilatimes.net/

http://www.inq7.net/


Singapore:

http://www.singaporenews.net/

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/

http://www.thinkcentre.org/


Vietnam:

http://vietnamnews.net/

http://www.asiaobserver.com/Vietnam-news.htm


Burma (Myanmar):

http://www.irrawaddy.org/


Brunei:

http://www.bruneinews.net/




EAST ASIA:

http://www.rfa.org/english/


China:

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=china

http://www.thechinanews.net/

http://www.topix.net/world/china

http://www.cbiz.cn/

http://iso.hrichina.org/public/index

http://www.cicus.org/news/index.php

http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/


PRC government and HK media:

http://xinhuanet.com/english/

http://www.scmp.com/

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

About the Internet and censorship in China:

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/chinadn/en/

http://sirc.blogspot.com/



Taiwan:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/

http://www.etaiwannews.com/


Japan:

http://home.kyodo.co.jp/

http://www.japantoday.com/

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm


Korea, North and South:

http://english.chosun.com/

http://www.southkoreanews.net/

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/

http://www.nkzone.org/nkzone/

http://www.nkhumanrights.or.kr/



EUROPE:

http://eunews.proeurope.org/eu_news.php

http://www.euobserver.com/

http://www.eubusiness.com/

http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/

http://www.qantara.de/

http://europa.eu.int/

http://www.eurabiantimes.com/

http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/

http://trans-int.blogspot.com/




Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, The Netherlands:

http://www.expatica.com/


Germany:

http://www.dw-world.de/english/

http://www.faz.com/IN/

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/english/

http://www.germany-info.org/

http://www.insideeurope.com/html/germany.html

http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/


France:

http://thefrancenews.net/

http://www.ttc.org/

http://www.topix.net/world/france

http://www.insideeurope.com/html/france.html

http://mondediplo.com/


Italy:

http://theitalynews.net/

http://www.agi.it/english/

http://www.italy-news.net/index_eng.php3

http://www.italynews.com/


Spain:

http://spainnews.net/

http://www.efenews.com/Spain/

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news.htm

http://www.insideeurope.com/html/spain.html

http://www.topix.net/world/spain


Portugal:

http://www.the-news.net/

http://www.topix.net/world/portugal


The Netherlands:

http://dutchreport.blogspot.com/

http://netherlandsnews.net/

http://www.nisnews.nl/

http://www.rnw.nl/

http://www.dnd.nl/

http://www.ayaanhirsiali.web-log.nl/


Belgium:

http://www.belgiumnews.com/

http://www.brusselspost.com/

http://www.rvi.be/html/rvi_web/uk/news/

http://www.arabeuropean.org/


Scandinavian and Nordic countries:

http://www.cphpost.dk/

http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/fremmedsprog/English/

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/

http://www.norwaypost.no/

http://fomi.ytring.dk/English/News.htm

http://fomi.ytring.dk/English/Englishindex.htm

http://fjordman.blogspot.com/

http://www.thelocal.se/

http://www.spectator.se/stambord/

http://swedennews.net/

http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/english/

http://icelandreview.com/


Switzerland:

http://www.nzz.ch/english/

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/


Austria:

http://www.topix.net/world/austria

http://www.wienerzeitung.at/frameless/english.htm

http://www.austriatoday.at/


Greece:

http://www.ekathimerini.com/

http://www.mpa.gr/index.html?page=english


Cyprus:

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/


The Balkans and Southeast Europe:

http://www.b-info.com/news/newscan.shtml

http://news.nabou.com/world/balkans_news.html

http://www.balkantimes.com/html2/english/

http://www.southeasteurope.org/

http://www.balkanpeace.org/

http://www.seeurope.net/en/


Russia:

http://russianews.net/

http://www.interfax.ru/e/0/0/0.html

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/

http://www.russiajournal.com/

http://english.pravda.ru/


Central and Eastern Europe:

http://www.rferl.org/

http://www.novinite.com/

http://www.centraleuropepost.com/

http://www.newscuts.com/Eastern.Europe.News.shtml

http://www.praguepost.com/

http://www.polandnews.com/

http://www.tol.cz/
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[everybee]

This is an interesting book review here:


I wrote a brief review on this back a year ago (see below) where I saluted the brave souls speaking out that had forsaken dogmatic religion.

I am a secular humanist, and an ardent admirer of Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins. My culture is Hindu and I am very proud of it. However, let me say at the outset that it does no good to forsake fundamentalist Islam and become a fundamentalist Hindu.

Since I wrote my review, many new reviews including ones by Muslims have appeared on this book. Understandably, Muslims are not going to rate this book highly. However, some of their diatribes about the apostates are merely that - frustrated rantings and ravings. As an example, to Yaseen from Oakland, I say that you must have peanut sized brains if you believe that a 1400 year old text is the literal word of God. The Quran is at best a historical text that represents the creation myths of the Arabs. Likewise the Bible and the Bhagvad Gita represent the creation myths of the Jews/Christians and the Hindus.

Over the past year I have been given several books by a colleague at work who is a devout and tolerant Muslim. These books seek to reconcile the Quran with the findings of modern science. Unfortunately, even a cursory reading of this Islamic propaganda is enough to show the hollowness of these wildly stretched claims. One of the key points these books make is that you have to read the text in the original Arabic to truly appreciate how well the Quran foretells modern scientific findings. Strange indeed must be a universal God that needs his readers to understand perfect Arabic (of all languages!) to get his message. There is no mention in these books that the Quran endorses the creation of Adam from dust and Eve from his rib. I would like to know how anyone with more than a peanut size brain can believe this ridiculous story in the light of findings of evolutionary science.

I have no difficulty understanding that all Muslims are proud of their cultural heritage and revere the Prophet. He was in probability a very wise man whose teachings were relevant to the times that he lived in. I will not quarrel with Muslims that the Prophet may have improved the lot of women in those times.

However, taking the Quran as the literal word of God today and the only source of knowledge has led to a decline in Islamic societies. Look everywhere around the world - to quote President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, Muslims are the most backward of all societies. Muslims are either killing fellow Muslims or are being exploited by non-Muslims. Witness how a small country like Israel with 5 million odd Jews is able to dictate terms to the entire Islamic world. The world's only superpower (led by a fundamentalist Christian President who claims that the same God of the Old Testament gave him the green signal !) can invade and occupy an Islamic country with impunity in a war that has killed many thousands of Muslims and face no more than a few whimpers from Islamic governments.

Here in the US, Muslims are viewed with suspicion and fairly or unfairly, as Yaseen from Oakland states 'venom is being spewed on Islam'. In my native India, it appears that most of the outsourcing boom has conferred wealth and comfort on the scientifically educated Hindus while leaving the Madrasa educated Muslims way behind. This is rapidly leading to an explosive two-tier society.

Meanwhile Islamic leaders and clergy are spreading the 'reassuring' message that Islam is the world's fastest growing religion. Whereas this growth may be true, how does that really matter? Most of the people who convert to Islam are likely to be underpriviledged minorities or poor or disaffected in some way. How will it help if a 100 years from now half the human population is Muslim, is poor and is exploited by the non-Muslim half ?

This whole sad state of affairs is not likely to change until Muslims accept modernization and stop believing that all truth flows from the Quran. Sadly the Muslims can believe what they want but the universe will not care - it will go inexorably on. Ultimate power for humankind will rest with those who open their minds and accept the scientific way to harness the forces of Mother nature.

The true heroes of today should not be Jesus Christ, Prophet Muhammad or Krishna but great secular scientists and philosophers like Stephen Hawking and Betrand Russell.


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1591020689/ref=pd_trkn_qp_b//002-5363140-4383263?v=glance
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origin of the mythology

[Frodo Baggins]

This list has now been updated and changed, and includes links to Shia Muslim websites, as well as many new news sites.
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[Ampbreia]

Can you suggest any websites that SHOW Islam in action with a lot of pictures? Please? I'm working on a special project.

[Chi85]

[Ampbreia]

Thank you Chi85! That helps a lot!

[Chi85]

[Frodo Baggins]

OK, I have changed and expanded the list again.
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[Isomorph]

Some of your might be interested in this.

Tor, an open-source project to help people 'engage in anonymous communication online.'
http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/12/22/2031229.shtml?tid=95&tid=158&tid=153&tid=17

[CroMagnon]

Interesting & informative article,
with quotes - only from early islamic sources:

Muhammad and the Meccans:
Who Antagonized Whom?
Examining Muslims' Justification for Muhammad's Atrocities
http://answering-islam.org.uk/Shamoun/antagonizing.htm






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[Frodo Baggins]

Thank you for the information, CroMagnon. It has been included.
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[CroMagnon]

Hi Frodo, thanx a lot for all the work you are doing here in this thread and in the resource center in general.

I think you have not yet included a reference to this extremely informative book, available online:

A 'Perfect' Quran
http://answering-islam.org/PQ/index.htm

with the main index at:
http://answering-islam.org/PQ/main.htm#MainIndex

Apart from the book as a whole, especially interesting are also Chapter IX and appendix A
(in: 'Part 2 The True State of the Qur'an'):
CHAPTER IX: SAMARQAND VS. 1924 EDITION - ‘THE SAME’?
http://answering-islam.org/PQ/Part2-index.htm#Part2

[Frodo Baggins]

Thank you, CroMagnon. Great links, as always. The book has been added.
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[Frodo Baggins]

A few new books and links added.
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Do you know of any good links about Islam? Suggest them to me for the Internet Toolbox for Islam-critics, and inform me about links not working.

[Mughal]

A new book has arrived on line that undresses islam.

ISLAM UNDRESSED By Vernon richards

http://www.islamundressed.com/


Islam means war,

http://www.petitiononline.com/ckd2005/
http://www.petitiononline.com/ukd2005/


Stoning to death and women
http://www.awakenedwoman.com/wfafi_stoning.htm
http://www.wfafi.org/

Also the fatwa that says, a woman cannot be head of islamic state.

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=20677&dgn=4

For more about Islam visit the folowing links

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1048

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=759

And for interesting links

http://www.religionandsecularism3.gq.nu/favorite_links.html
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