ISLAMIC STUDIES is offered at U.S. universities including Harvard, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Bard, University of Washington, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and others. Islamic Studies is offered internationally as well.
What Does Islamic Studies Mean? In the non-Muslim world, the term can mean the study of any aspect of Islam, the Islamic world, and Muslim societies. It can also mean the study of traditional subjects such as the study of Qur'an and tafsir, and Islamic historiography, or mysticism.
Islamic Sources and Information:
From Yale University's library
http://www.library.yale.edu/neareast/islamicsites.html
From CIMEL, School of Oriental and African Studies
http://www.soas.ac.uk/Centres/IslamicLaw/Materials.html
From Emory University's project on Islamic Family Law
http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL
A Few Sources on Islamist Militance, Violence, Counter and Anti-Terrorism
A Hundred Osamas: Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency, Sherifa Zuhur
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfmpubID=636
· Islamic Rulings on Warfare
Sherifa Zuhur and Youssef H. Aboul Enein
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfmpubID=588
· Prince Turki speaks on the Saudi people’s rejection of terrorism
http://www.mofa.gov.sa/Detail.aspnSectionID=571&InNewsItemID=37367
· International Crisis Group’s publications on Islamism and violence
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=2969&l=1
· APSA’s Listings and Bibliography of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
http://www.apsanet.org/content_29409.cfm
· Centre For the Study of Terrorism
http://www.cfsot.com
· CombatingTerrorism Center , U.S. Military Academy
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/default.asp
·Jamestown
http://jamestown.org/terrorism
ISLAMIC STUDIES is offered at U.S. universities including Harvard, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Bard, University of Washington, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and others. Islamic Studies is offered internationally as well.
What Does Islamic Studies Mean? In the non-Muslim world, the term can mean the study of any aspect of Islam, the Islamic world, and Muslim societies. It can also mean the study of traditional subjects such as the study of Qur'an and tafsir, and Islamic historiography, or mysticism.
Links:
* Excellent information on Islam and Islamic Studies http://godlas.myweb.uga.edu
* al-Azhar al-Sharif (Al Azhar University) http://www.alazhar.org
* Study of Islam Section, American Academy of Religion
http://www.aarweb.org/programunit/progunits%5Clist-itemasp?PUNumzAARBU066
Hassan al-Banna, Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
Current Issues of Interest -- ISLAMOPHOBIA
International meeting against Islamophobia in Istanbul
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=129015
EGYPT
Sherifa Zuhur. EGYPT: POLITICAL, SECURITY, AND ISLAMIST CHALLENGES.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=787
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DRAFT MANIFESTO
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40381
HEARING ON FREEZING OF MUSLIM BROTHER ASSETS
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/Article.asp?ID=14896&LevelID=2&SectionID=0