Politics

The Production of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe - A paper addressing a number of questions concerning Muslim religious authority in communities in Western Europe.
http://www.let.uu.nl/~martin.vanbruinessen/personal/publications/making_authority.htm

Revival of the Islamic Sciences - A collection of essays on political and social topics.
http://www.geocities.com/chriscoquard/essays.htm

Mullahs on the Mainframe - Modernity and Islamic Fundamentalism - Excerpt from a book by Jonah Blank, explaining why modernity and Islamic fundamentalism need not be mutually exclusive.
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/056767.html

Islamophobia Watch - 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.
http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/

Are Islam and the West at Loggerheads? - Interview with Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics on Islam's relationship with the West.
http://www.angelfire.com/dc/mbooks/mythofconfrontation.html

Islamic Institute - Building relationships between American Muslims and the political leadership of the United States, involving Muslims in the political process, and inspiring the development of conservative grassroots movements.
http://www.islamicinstitute.org/

Islam and Human Rights - Explores the relationship and tensions between Islam and the western paradigm of buman rights. Includes articles, bibliographies, information on rights organizations, and links.
http://www.law.emory.edu/IHR/

Islamophobia - Wikipedia encyclopedia article defines the term, summarizes its history, and gives examples. Includes links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia

British Muslim Monthly Survey - A monthly collection of press clippings on Islam in the UK, by Birmingham University, organised by date and theme.
http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/bmms/

Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia - A project of the Runnymede Trust (UK); includes information on their report published June 2004; includes extracts, and links.
http://www.insted.co.uk/islam.html

Bayt Al-Maqdis or Al-Arth Al-Muqaddasa - 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).
http://www.nawajee.com/AlArthAlMuqaddasa/

Political Islam - An article by Samir Amin explores and demythologizes political Islam.
http://www.loompanics.com/Articles/PoliticalIslam.html

Muslim World Journal of Human Rights - 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.
http://www.bepress.com/mwjhr/

Kurzman, Charles - 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.
http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/

Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) - 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.
http://www.islam-democracy.org

Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States - 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.
http://www.puoicm.org/

Teachings of Islam - Contains mainly articles about non-violence, freedom, pluralism, and issues about Quran and Islam.
http://www.shirazi.org.uk

CaptiveMinds.org - A library of articles about Islam and politics, environmental and social issues, health, education and history; also includes suggestions for Muslim activists.
http://www.captiveminds.org/

MCB Watch - An occasional personal weblog, monitoring and commenting on the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).
http://mcbwatch.blogspot.com/

Misuse of Jihad - Jeremiah McAuliffe's explanation of how the Islamic term jihad is misused and mistranslated as "holy war".
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010923jihad0923p5.asp

Islam in the Post-Cold War Era - Online book analyzes the political, economic, and some other problems faced by the Islamic world and the role of Islam in the new millennium.
http://ghazali.net/book2/

Islamic Human Rights Commission - 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.
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/

Political Islam - 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.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/polislam.htm

Center For Dialogues: Islamic World - U.S. - The West - Promotes dialogue between the west, the US, and the Islamic world. Includes articles, publications listing, resources, events, and contacts. [New York University]
http://islamuswest.org

Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) - Muslim civil liberties group with focus on non-violent Jihad and political activism. News and comment.
http://www.mpacuk.org/

Islam and Liberal Democracy - 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.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/rwright.htm

Islam, Islamists, and Democracy - An article by Professor Abootalebi analyzes the differences among Islamic movements, and their attitudes toward democracy. Discusses the wide variety of views and the debates within Islamist and fundamentalist movements.
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/journal/1999/issue1/jv3n1a2.html

Institute of Islamic Studies and Centre for Study of Society and Secularism - Articles by Asghar Ali Engineer about politics, jurisprudence, human rights, and other topics from a Muslim perspective.
http://ecumene.org/IIS/