Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Islam: Politics
- Interview with Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics on Islam's relationship with the West. - 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). - A monthly collection of press clippings on Islam in the UK, by Birmingham University, organised by date and theme. - A library of articles about Islam and politics, environmental and social issues, health, education and history; also includes suggestions for Muslim activists. - Promotes dialogue between the west, the US, and the Islamic world. Includes articles, publications listing, resources, events, and contacts. [New York University] - 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. - A project of the Runnymede Trust (UK); includes information on their report published June 2004; includes extracts, and links. - Articles by Asghar Ali Engineer about politics, jurisprudence, human rights, and other topics from a Muslim perspective. - Explores the relationship and tensions between Islam and the western paradigm of buman rights. Includes articles, bibliographies, information on rights organizations, and links. - 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. - Online book analyzes the political, economic, and some other problems faced by the Islamic world and the role of Islam in the new millennium. - 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. - Wikipedia encyclopedia article defines the term, summarizes its history, and gives examples. Includes links. - 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. - 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. - An occasional personal weblog, monitoring and commenting on the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). - Jeremiah McAuliffe's explanation of how the Islamic term jihad is misused and mistranslated as "holy war". - Excerpt from a book by Jonah Blank, explaining why modernity and Islamic fundamentalism need not be mutually exclusive. - Muslim civil liberties group with focus on non-violent Jihad and political activism. News and comment. - 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. - 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. - 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. - An article by Samir Amin explores and demythologizes political Islam. - A paper addressing a number of questions concerning Muslim religious authority in communities in Western Europe.
