Mosque in Egypt. Paul Fuqua. 2005.
unitedstreaming. 7 November 2007
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Introduction
This pathfinder will guide your search for information on Islam, the Middle East and Indonesia.
Questions or problems? Email me at jhurd@klht.org
Dewey Call Numbers
Find books on your topic in this area of the non-fiction section.
955-956
Reference Books
The Middle East and North Africa REF 961.048
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East REF 956.003 Islamism The Middle East
Resources
Books
You'll find several books in the non-fiction section (955-956). Probably
the most helpful will be:
Islamism
Mansfield, A History of the Middle East 956.MAN
Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet 955 053
Cambridge History of the Islamic World 909 CAM Armstrong, Short History of Islam A Very Short Introduction: Islam A Very Short Introduction: The Koran Middle East Conflict What Arabs Think of Americans
E-Books:
Middle East Conflict Reference Library. See the password bookmark to access this from home.
Databases
CQ Global Researcher Topical reports on global issues
History Study Center / World Conflicts Today
Global Issues Find country information and articles from newspapers around the world (including Al-Jazeera)
iCONN
Websites
General Information
World Factbook: The CIA's guide to most countries.
Research Guides: A collection from the Middle East Institute of Columbia University
The Middle East
Global Connections: The Middle East: From PBS
Middle East: Land of Conflict CNN
Arab.net: Links to current news articles from leading journalists and editors in the M.E.
Art of the Islamic World : Archives from the Smithsonian
Indonesia
A Different Jihad: Indonesia and Islam From PBS
Portals to the World: Indonesia Resources selected by the Library of Congress
Politics of Islam in Indonesia 90 minute video/streaming MP3 lecture from the Heritage Foundation. Given by Visiting Professor of
the SE Asian Studies Program at Johns Hopkins.
Asian Internet Resources A Univeristy of Wisconsin portal to hundreds of primary source and internet sites relating to Indonesia.
You'll need to search, but it's a great resource.
Indonesia: An annotated directory of links grouped by topic--political, general, history & culture, etc.
Asian Studies Network Information Center University of Texas, with links to resources and country information
Country Studies: From the LOC
Iran
Portals to the World: Iran Resources selected by the LOC
Iran, Islam, Revolution and the Modern State: A 2 hour e-seminar from Columbia University
Iran and Human Rights
Iran's Constitution
Tehran Times: Online English version of the Iranian daily
Islam
Islam, The Modern World and the West: Collection of links
Islamic History Sourcebook: From Fordham University
Topic Index of the Qu'ran: Search the Qu'ran by topic, then read what it has to say on the topic.
The Koran: Or browse the Qu'ran by chapter
Virtual Religion Index: Islam A collection of websites from Rutgers University.
USC Muslim Texts Search the major Islamic Holy Books by topic
Saudi Arabia
Portals to the World: Saudi Arabia Resources selected by the Library of Congress
Inside Saudi Arabia: A series of reports from the St. Petersburg Times
Country Studies: Saudi From the LOC
Turkey
Turkey's Tigers: PBS looks at the religious, political and ethnic contrasts in Turkey
Portals to the World: Turkey A collection of links selected by the Library of Congress
Country Profile: General info from the BBC
Can Secular Democracy Survive in Turkey Interesting article from the Pew Forum
Art of the Ottoman Empire
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