India Resources ~ Muslim Traditions

• Converts to Islam
  http://www.convertstoislam.org/
  [Resources for recent converts and those who are considering conversion to Islam.]
• Discover Islam
  http://www.discoverislam.com/
  [An online representation of a commerically available series of posters accompanied by brief essays that together comprise a thematic introduction to the tradition at a basic level.]

• Al Islam Org
  http://www.al-islam.org/
  ["Al-Islam.org is a work of the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP), which is a non profit private Internet based group of people operating from throughout the world. Our objectives are to digitise and present on the Internet quality Islamic resources, related to the history, law, practice, and society of the Islamic religion and the Muslim peoples with particular emphasis on Twelver Shia Islamic school of thought."]
• Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion
  http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
  [A very well-maintained selection of topically-organized linked resources on Islam provided by Dr. Alan Godlas of the University of Georgia.]
• Salaam
  http://www.salaam.co.uk/
  [A relatively new site, intending to become "the premier resource for Islamic related information."]

• Holy Qu'ran
  http://www.hti.umich.edu/relig/koran/
  [A searchable version of an English translation by M.H. Shakir.]

• Al-Aqsa Mosque
  http://www.al-aqsa.com
  [A mosque of historical importance in Jerusalem.]

• Islam in Mauritius
  http://www.islam-mauritius.org/
  [Well-designed site, with frames and Java. Extensive resources and links.]
• Islamic Server
  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/
  [A site maintained by the Muslim Students Association at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA.]
• Muslim Students Association at SUNY, Buffalo
  http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/
  [Comprehensive pages maintained by students at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.]

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Organization - U. Texas
  http://www.utexas.edu/students/amso/
  [Useful site for understanding Islam from the standpoint of the sectarian movement established by Gulam Ahmad in northern India in the nineteenth century.]
• Muslim Public Affairs Council
  http://www.mpac.org/
  [A North American service, public interest, and Muslim lobbying organization.]
• Nation of Islam Online
  http://www.noi.org/
  [Site sponsored by the Chicago-based movement among African-Americans, with information on Elijah Muhammad and Louis Farrakhan.]
• Shiite Encyclopedia
  http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/
  [Online reference work from Shi'a perspectives. Keyword searchable. Downloadable as a zip file.]

• Mysticisms from Middle East
  http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/mys/mideast.htm
  [Links to sites representing Muslim or Islamic mysticism.]

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