Islamic Studies

Research Links

Qur'an

Search engines for Qur'an and Hadith in English:
www.searchtruth.com

Online resource for Qur'an commentary (tafsir):
www.altafsir.com

Online Qur'an Resources (sponsored by the Social Science Research Council):
www.ahjur.org/quran/virqur.htm

Islamic Art and Architecture

Islamic Art Network (Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation):
www.islamic-art.org/Home/Home.asp

Al-Jadid: Arab Culture and Arts
www.aljadid.com

Islamic Arts & Architecture:
www.islamicart.com/library/history

Museum With No Frontiers
www.discoverislamicart.org/exhibitions/ISL/

ArchNet. (Online community for Islamic architecture):
archnet.org/lobby.tcl

Modern Persian Art

www.kargah.com

Reference Resources:

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, online:
plato.stanford.edu

Islamic Philosophy online:
www.muslimphilosophy.com

A Shi’ite Encyclopedia online:
www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia

Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Islam):
www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1d.html

Encyclopaedia Iranica online:
www.iranica.com/newsite

Bibliography for Medieval Islamic Philosophy and Theology:
philosophy.cua.edu/faculty/tad/biblio.cfm

Search the journal “Annales Islamologiques” online:
www.ifao.egnet.net/anisl/

Hijri/Gregorian Calendar Converter:
bennyhills.fortunecity.com/elfman/454/calindex.html

Links to Research Resources

Alan Godlas’s “Islam and Islamic Studies Resources” page:
www.uga.edu/islam

Middle East Documentation Center, University of Chicago Library (bibliography for Mamluk studies):
www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia

Columbia University Libraries, Middle East Studies Internet Resources:
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm

University of Utah, Middle East Center, Middle East North Africa Internet Resource Guide:
www.cc.utah.edu/%7Ejwr9311/MENA.html

Contemporary News and Culture

www.islamicamagazine.com

www.cairotimes.com

english.aljazeera.net/News

www.dawn.com

www.metimes.com

www.q-news.com

www.islamonline.net/english

Sufism Sites

Shadhiliyya Tariqa:
http://shadhilitariqa.com/site/

Mevlana Rumi online:
www.mevlana.org

Naqshbandiyya Foudation:
www.nfie.com

Academic Associations

Middle East Studies Association (MESA):
www.mesa.arizona.edu

American Academy of Religion (AAR), Study of Islam Section:
groups.colgate.edu/aarislam

American Oriental Society (AOS):
www.umich.edu/~aos

Association française pour l'étude du monde arabe et musulman
www.afemam.org/

Middle East Medievalists
www.middleeastmedievalists.org/

The Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi Society (MIAS):
www.ibnarabisociety.org

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES):
www.dur.ac.uk/brismes

Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Seminar (SERMEISS):
academics.georgiasouthern.edu/sermeiss