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» Are Islam and the West at Loggerheads? - Interview with Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics on Islam's relationship with the West.




» Bayt Al-Maqdis or Al-Arth Al-Muqaddasa - 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).




» British Muslim Monthly Survey - A monthly collection of press clippings on Islam in the UK, by Birmingham University, organised by date and theme.




» CaptiveMinds.org - A library of articles about Islam and politics, environmental and social issues, health, education and history; also includes suggestions for Muslim activists.




» Center For Dialogues: Islamic World - U.S. - The West - Promotes dialogue between the west, the US, and the Islamic world. Includes articles, publications listing, resources, events, and contacts. [New York University]




» Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) - 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.




» Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia - A project of the Runnymede Trust (UK); includes information on their report published June 2004; includes extracts, and links.




» Institute of Islamic Studies and Centre for Study of Society and Secularism - Articles by Asghar Ali Engineer about politics, jurisprudence, human rights, and other topics from a Muslim perspective.




» Islam and Human Rights - Explores the relationship and tensions between Islam and the western paradigm of buman rights. Includes articles, bibliographies, information on rights organizations, and links.




» Islam and Liberal Democracy - 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.




» Islam in the Post-Cold War Era - Online book analyzes the political, economic, and some other problems faced by the Islamic world and the role of Islam in the new millennium.




» Islam, Islamists, and Democracy - 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.




» Islamic Human Rights Commission - 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.




» Islamic Institute - 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.




» Islamophobia - Wikipedia encyclopedia article defines the term, summarizes its history, and gives examples. Includes links.




» Islamophobia Watch - A weblog which documents material in the public domain which advocates a fear and hatred of the Muslim peoples of the world and Islam as a religion.




» Kurzman, Charles - 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.




» MCB Watch - An occasional personal weblog, monitoring and commenting on the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).




» Misuse of Jihad - Jeremiah McAuliffe's explanation of how the Islamic term jihad is misused and mistranslated as "holy war".




» Mullahs on the Mainframe - Modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism - Excerpt from a book by Jonah Blank, explaining why modernity and Islamic fundamentalism need not be mutually exclusive.




» Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) - Muslim civil liberties group with focus on non-violent Jihad and political activism. News and comment.




» Muslim World Journal of Human Rights - 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.




» Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States - 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.




» Political Islam - 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.




» Political Islam - An article by Samir Amin explores and demythologizes political Islam.




» The Production of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe - A paper addressing a number of questions concerning Muslim religious authority in communities in Western Europe.




» Revival of the Islamic Sciences - A collection of essays on political and social topics.




» Teachings of Islam - Contains mainly articles about non-violence, freedom, pluralism, and issues about Quran and Islam.

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