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Frequently Asked Questions: Part 12
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This message is automatically posted to 'soc.religion.islam'
every month and when updated. This lists answers to most
commonly asked questions on the forum. Contributions & changes
are requested and should be directed to: mughal@caltech.edu
OVERVIEW: The Frequently Asked Questions document for
Islam has been divided in parts. Below is the index.
Part 1 - Welcome & Index
Part 2 - Info on Islamic News Groups
Part 3 - Introduction to Islam
Part 4 - God & Worship
Part 5 - Islam, Quran & Muhammad (PBUH)
Part 6 - Marriage Laws in Islam
Part 7 - Women In Islam
Part 8 - Life after Death, Moral System & Human rights in Islam
Part 9 - Islam: Prophethood, Jesus & Trinity
Part 10 - Islam: Farrakhism & Malcom X
Part 11 - Islamic Internet Guide: Islamic Resources on Internet
Part 12 - Other Islamic Resource Guides on Internet
Part 13 - Islamic Literature: Books & Video
Part 14 - Islamic Calendar & Prayer Time Table for 1994
Part 15 - Misc: List of Halal Foods
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PART 12: Other Islamic Resource Guides on Internet
Contents
--Articles--
1. Introduction ..............................................................
2. Cyber Muslim 2.0 ..........................................................
3. Islamic Resource Guide ....................................................
--Announcements--
4. Archive Info ..............................................................
5. Credits ...................................................................
Articles .....................................................................
1. Introduction ..............................................................
AssalaamOalaikum,
It is a pleasure to note that there are other brothers who have also
done an excellent job of making information pertaining to Islam &
Muslims available on voluntary basis.
Each internet guide compiled has its own unique flavor. Specifically,
CyberMuslim informs us of Muslim forums and organizations on internet
while Islamic Resource guide emphasizes on the quran, hadith, prayer and
miscellaneous software packages available.
In this section of FAQ, both CyberMuslim & Islamic Resource Guide have
been included verbatim with permission from the authors. Both guides are
also available independently on Caltech MSA FTP Site-1-
(ftp.cco.caltech.edu dir:/pub/calmsa).
Jazakallah Khairun.
2. Cyber Muslim 2.0 ..........................................................
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#* (* *
#* Mas'ood Cajee's *
#* CYBERMUSLIM 2.0 *
#* >>>The Guide to Islamic Resources on the Internet<<< *
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#* AS LISTED IN ED KROL'S "WHOLE INTERNET CATALOG" *
#* AND OTHER FINE RESOURCE GUIDES TO THE INTERNET! *
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Compiled by Mas'ood Cajee [mcajee@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu], 7 April 94.
Additions/comments welcome. Copyleft (c) Mas'ood Cajee 1994. Permission
to reprint & distribute granted only if this heading included, and
maintainer notified. This list is available via:
gopher://latif.com:70/
>ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/mcgee/african/islam/cybermuslim.guide
>mail://mcajee@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu
>http://www.uoknor.edu/www/ou_info/mc_info.html
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PURPOSE: to list resources available on the Internet that contain a
significant amount of information related to Islam & Muslims.
AUDIENCE: this file is useful for educators, scholars, and students
of the Muslim World.
ASSUMPTIONS: to access the information sources listed here you must
have access to and know how to use anonymous ftp,telnet,
e-mail, gopher, usenet, and www.
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Section =1= INTERNET/BITNET MAILING LISTS
Listservs, Publications, and Discussion Groups
Section =2= ANONYMOUS FTP SITES
Quran Sites
Sites for Software, Graphics, etc.
Section =3= TELNET/GOPHER/WWW SITES
Section =4= USENET GROUPS
Section =5= ORGANIZATIONS ON-LINE
Section =6= INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY
Internet Links in CyberMuslimLand
Section =7= BIBLIOGRAPHY
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(The Internet has revolutionised the way people can communicate
and discuss Muslim, Arab, and Third World issues. Using e-mail, anyone
can tap into the wealth of information that exists. This section
includes lists or services that require only e-mail.)
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Name of Service: AFRICAN NEWS & INFO SERVICE
Content: Daily News about and from Africa.
Maintainer: Faraz Rabbani (frabbani@epas.utoronto.edu)
How to Subscribe:
send this one line message to LISTSERV@UTORONTO.BITNET
SUBSCRIBE AFRICA-N Your_Full_Name
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Content: News and discussion of Algeria.
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Name of Service: ALGERIA NEWS LIST
Content: News about Algeria in French and some English.
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Name of service: ALJAZIRAH-LIST@CS.WASHINGTON.EDU
Content: Discuss issues of interest to students from Saudi Arabia, and
Arab Gulf countries in general, studying in the US and Europe. The
issues to be discussed include (but are not limited to) problems
pertaining to one's studies and one's life in a different society,
student and community activities, etc.
Maintainer: badr@cs.washington.edu
How to Subscribe:
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Content: Discussion and resources for linguists and teachers of Arabic.
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Name of Service: AR-RASSED
Content: A news and analysis weekly with biting commentary from a
Muslim perspective.
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to EABDELR@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU
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Name of Service: AWAIR Educator's Network
Content: Quarterly on-line newsletter MIDDLE EAST RESOURCES, as
well as other informational mailings for pre-collegiate educators
from AWAIR,
or Arab World and Islamic Resources, Berkeley, California.
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to awair@igc.apc.org
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Name of Service: AZERBAIJAN NEWS SERVICE
Content: News from Turan News Agency in Baku, Azerbaijan. This list
is run by the Azerbaijan Aydinlig Association, Berkeley, California.
Maintainer: F. H. Miandoab (farid@mem.odu.edu)
How to Subscribe:
send e-mail to farid@mem.odu.edu
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Name of Service: BERITA (MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC LISTSERV)
Content: Malay/Islamic issues and topics discussed in Malay & English.
Queries: berita-l@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to LISTSERV@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu with the message:
subscribe berita-l your_full_name
to receive only islamic topics include the following line:
set berita-l topics=IS
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Name of Service: BOSNET (BOSNIA NETWORK)
Content: Bosnet provides an opportunity to exchange ideas & connect
members of the Bosnian and Hercegovinian community, as well as all
others interested in the current events in RB&H. Features daily news,
exchange of relevant information, and calls for action.
Back issues and documents are available via FTP at (math.mcgill.ca).
Moderators: Nermin Zukic (zukicn@wu2.ul.aecd.ca)
Adnan Dzinic (adzinic@sun14.ulsi.uwaterloo.ca)
How to Subscribe:
send e-mail to zukicn@wu2.ul.aecd.ca
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Name of Service: EGYPT-NET
Content: Lively discussion and news about and from Egypt.
How to Subscribe:
send a message either to
egypt-net-request@das.harvard.edu or
egypt-net-request@das.harvard.bitnet
with the following subject: EGYPT-NET-REQUEST(ADD)
and a message body of
>>> (LastName, FirstName) your_e-mail_address
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Name of Service: HAFTALIK GUNCEL YORUM DERGISI
Content: A weekly Net Zine in Turkish.
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Name of Service: HELWA
Content: HELWA-L is a list for Malaysian women in the
U.S. and Canada.
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Name of Service: HISTORY OF ISLAM LISTSERV
Content: A mailing list that discusses Islamic history.
Queries: ISLAM-L@ULKYVM.BITNET
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Name of Service: ISLAM BBS
Content: A bulletin board accessible by modem only in Chicago area.
Archive of Islamic software with mail link to Internet.
Sysop: Mohammad Khan (mkhan@nyx.cs.du.edu)
(system@islam.chi.il.us)
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Name of Service: ISLAMIC INFORMATION & NEWS NETWORK
Content: A weekly Muslim news service featuring news, essays,
and opinion.
Owners: Asim Mughal (mughal@iago.caltech.edu)
Nauman Mysorewala
How to Subscribe:
send e-mail to listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu, listserv@psuvm.psu.edu,
or listserv@asuacad.bitnet with a blank subject and the message
subscribe MUSLIMS your_full_name
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Name of Service: ISLAM-NEWS
Content: News related to Islam. Ames, Iowa.
Submissions: islam-news@iastate.edu
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to spectre@iastate.edu
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Name of Service: ISLAMIC WORLD NEWS
Content: World News Updates, Analysis, Book Reviews, Essays, and
Readers' Opinions. Issued twice-a-week. A publication of the
International Muslim Students Union, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Editor: Ahmed E. Souaiaia
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to imnet2@max.u.washington.edu
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Name of Service: ITISLAT
Content: "It is Arabic Language and Technology".
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Content: Discussion on books in Turkish.
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Name of Service: LEBANON-NET
Content: Discussion and news related to Lebanon.
Maintainer: boudi@cumesa.mech.columbia.edu
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Name of Service: MACEDONIAN INFO LIAISON SERVICE
Content: News and information about Macedonia.
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Name of Service: MAGHREBIAN SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE
Content: Discussion on science and technology in the Arab World.
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Name of service : MSM-NET
Content : Majlis Syura Muslimun is a forum for discussion to enhance
our knowledge about Islam, to increase our awareness on the current
issues that affect our lives, and to share news on Malaysia, its region,
and the world.
Maintainer and queries: Ainul Lotfi (Abu Umayr)
es2047@eng.warwick.ac.uk
How to subscribe :
send e-mail to msm-net-request@warwick.ac.uk
(include your name, institution, and level of study)
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Name of Service: MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC STUDY GROUP LISTSERV
Content: A Malay language mailing list discussing Islamic research.
Queries: MISG-L@PSUVM.BITNET
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Name of Service: MIDDLE EAST LIBRARIANS LIST
Content: Discussion and forum for Middle East librarians.
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Name of Service: MIDDLE EAST MUSIC LIST
Content: Discussion and information about all aspects of Mideast
music.
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to middle-eastern-music-request@nic.funet.fi
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Name of Service: MIDDLE EAST WATER LIST
Content: Discussion and forum for information and research related
to Middle East water resource issues emanating from Israel.
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Name of Service: MSA LISTSERV
Content: Muslim Students Association.
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Name of Service: MSA NET
Content: A moderated list providing a means for MSA chapters to
organize at a national level, exchange ideas and information about
activities, publicize events, seek help, and advise.
Queries: (msa-request@htm3.ee.queensu.ca)
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to msa-request@htm3.ee.queensu.ca
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Name of Service: MSA-NEWS
Content: News about Islam, Muslims, and the Muslim World. This is
a very good list to be on. You will automatically receive many of the
other services listed plus more.
Maintainer: Rached Zantout (rzantout@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
How to Subscribe:
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Name of Service: MUSLIM BAY NET
Content: A list for Muslims in the San Francisco Bay Area to exchange
information about activities, events, and other issues.
Maintainer: Munes Tomeh (tomeh@ocf.berkeley.edu)
How to Subscribe:
send e-mail to muslimbaynet-request@ocf.berkeley.edu
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Name of Service: NEW LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE (NLNS)
Content: A grass-roots news service based in Cambridge, Mass. that
collects articles from the radical press, and distributes them to more
than 100 subscribing papers and also individuals who just like to
read the best of the grassroots press every three to four weeks.
Some form of financial contribution is urged.
Maintainer: (nlns@igc.apc.org)
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Name of Service: PAKISTAN NEWS SERVICE
Content: News Updates about Pakistan.
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Name of Service: RFE/RL DAILY REPORT
Content: A digest of the latest developments in Russia, Transcaucasia
and Central Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe. Published Monday
through Friday (except German holidays) by RFE/RL Research
Institute, a
division of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Munich, Germany.
Queries: Brian Reed (RI-DC@RFERL.ORG)
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Name of Service: SANAT UZERINE TARTISMA LISTESI
Content: The arts in Turkey.
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Name of Service: SINEMA UZERINE TARTISMA LISTESI
Content: Discussion related to Turkish films.
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Name of Service: SOMALIA NEWS UPDATE mc
Content: SNU is an entirely independent newsletter devoted to
critical analysis of the political and humanitarian developments in
Somalia and Somaliland. It is published irregularly via electronic mail.
Maintainer: antbh@strix.udac.uu.se
How to subscribe:
send e-mail to above address; back-issues available via FTP
at ftp.uu.net in doc/politics/umich-poli/SNU
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Name of Service: SOUTH ASIAN WOMENS NET
Content: SOUTH ASIAN WOMENS NET is a discussion group
for women from the South Asian countries as well as
women from other parts of the world interested in
the concerns of South Asian women. This forum is
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Content: A news list out of Tehran, Iran.
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Content: Official news from the Tunisian Information Office in
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Content: The Tunisia List was created to make easier the
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and researchers all over the world.
Owners: Maher Hamdi hamdi@rsm.enst-bretagne.fr
bouaziz@biomath.jussieu.fr
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[The Holy QUR'AAN can be downloaded from numerous sites via FTP. Be
aware, however, of the translation you are getting. While a majority
of sites carry the M.H. Shakir translation, the more accepted Yusuf Ali
and M.M. Pickthall translations can be had at and
at . Islamic and Arabic SOFTWARE, along with sounds,
graphics, and documents, are also available via FTP. The above-mentioned
sites for the Qur'aan are also the best sites for software. An excellent
for Islamic and Arab GIFS is . Resources are listed by
Uniform Resource Locater: (protocol://site_name:port/directory/file).
THE QUR'AN: UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATERS (URLs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ftp://ariel.unm.edu/pub/misc
ftp://cs.bu.edu/amass/quran
ftp://cs.ubc.ca/mirror1/next/Literature/working/
ftp://etlport.etl.go.jp/pub/NeXT/Literature/working/
ftp://ftp.mcs.kent.edu/pub/islam/
ftp://ftp.uu.net/doc/literary/obi/Religion
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.8/misc/scripture/quran
ftp://nova.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/Literature/working/
ftp://ocf.berkeley.edu/pub/religion/quran
ftp://phoenix.oulu.fi/pub/quran
ftp://pinus.slu.se/pub/etext/misc/
ftp://princeton.edu/pub/quran.tar.Z
ftp://roxette.mty.itesm.mx/pub/next/Literature/working/
ftp://slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com/pub/doc/quran
ftp://sonata.cc.purdue.edu/pub/next/Literature/working/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/docs/books/religious/
ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/uunet/doc/literary/obi/Religion/
ftp://uxc.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/quran.tar.Z
ISLAMIC & ARABIC SOFTWARE URLs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ftp://cs.arizona.edu/pub/icon/
QuranRef
ftp://cs.bu.edu/amass/
Mac software, sounds, Amer-Arab Scientific Society newsletter
ftp://cs.dal.ca/comp.archives/
USENET docs:
ftp://cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/arabtex
ArabTeX 2.07:
ftp://csd4.csd.uwm.edu/pub/bashar/
Arabic&Islamic software,GIFs:
ftp://ftp.cse.psu.edu/pub/jamoussi/TSS
Tunisian Scientific Society info and documents
ftp://ftp.mcs.kent.edu
ArabTeX,Kateb,music,GIFs,poetry,software
3. Islamic Resource Guide ....................................................
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The Islamic Computing
Resource Guide
Release 2.0
December 1992
A Software and Network Resources Directory
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by
Basil Hashem
R E L E A S E N O T E S
2.0 12/10/92 Developed the new format, updated Internet
information, added QuranBase Mac, Al-Munad, Alim 1.5,
IslamicTimer and re-ordered the sections.
1.1c 7/16/92 Fixed some information regarding the Islamic School.
1.1b 7/12/92 Spell-checked, corrected some miscellaneous
information, found a home.
1.1a 6/24/92 Made a couple of corrections on network services, no
new entries.
1.1 6/2/92 Added several new software packages and some Internet
resources.
1.0a 5/22/92 Fixed a few typographical mistakes.
1.0 5/15/92 Initial release.
P R E F A C E
After attending the Second International Conference on Computer
Technology in Service of Islam in San Jose, CA (April 1992), I decided
that there was a need to compile a list of various computing resources
available to the Muslim community.
This resource guide will serve as a listing for software and major
network resources such as electronic mailing lists, forums and newsgroups
related to discussion of Islamic topics.
I have limited the scope of the guide to software published in the
English language in order to maintain a focus and keep the guide at a
manageable size. I realize that there are many Arabic language software
packages available. I have consciously omitted them. Perhaps someone else
will pick up the slack in this area.
This guide is provided as a free service to the Muslim community, I did
my best to secure its accuracy but in no way do I guarantee its
authenticity. Please do not hold me liable for anything. I would also
like to thank the many individuals that provided me with much of the
information listed here, may Allah reward their efforts. You may
distribute this guide electronically as you wish, but if you wish to
publish it in any print media, e.g. newsletters or magazines, please
contact me first. I will most certainly grant you permission; I simply
would like to keep track of how and where this guide is used. Please send
any additions, corrections or comments to me via e-mail at
hashem@netcom.com.
The latest copy of this guide is available via file transfer (FTP) from
the AMASS Software Library at Boston University. Thanks go to Abdelsalam
Heddaya.
Inshallah, you will find this guide useful.
S O F T W A R E
A. ON-LINE DATABASES - QURAN
Al-Quran Database
-----------------
A program which displays side-by-side text of the Quran in Arabic and
English. Yusuf Ali and M. Pickthall translations. Searchable English text
by keyword and subject with Boolean operators. Includes background
information about the suras. Complements Al-Hadith Database.
Requires: IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM and 10MB free on a hard disk
Price: $99
Islamic Computing Centre Islamic Book Service
73, St. Thomas's Road 10900 W. Washington Street
London N4 2QJ U.K Indianapolis, IN 46231-2080
