Virtually Islamic: Research and News about Islam in the Digital Age

Gary R. Bunt

Islam Interactive: Mediterranean Islamic Expression on the World Wide Web

"Islam Interactive: Mediterranean Islamic Expression on the World Wide Web" chap. in Shaping the Current Islamic Reformation, Barbara Allen Roberson (editor), (London & New York: Frank Cass, 2003, ISBN 0 7146 5341 1 hardback/ISBN 0 7146 8280 2 paperback, originally a special Issue of Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 7, No. 3, Autumn 2002 (London: Frank Cass & Co.) Chapter links

Bibliography

This bibliography relates to the Islam Interactive chapter, and only includes URLs referred to within it. The writer takes no responsibility for the contents of external links.

Articles

Jon Anderson, 'Is the Internet Islam’s ‘Third Wave’ or the ‘End of Civilization’?', Journal of Electronic Publishing (1997), http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/archive/Anderson.html

_____. 'New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere', ISIM Newsletter, 5, http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_5.pdf link updated 1 Aug 03

Brückner, Matthias, 'IslamiCity - Creating an Islamic Cybersociety', ISIM Newsletter, 8, (2001) http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_8.pdf link updated 1 Aug 03

Hamzeh, A. Nizar & R. Hrair Dekmejian, 'A Sufi Response to Political Islamisim: Al-Ahbash of Lebanon', International Journal of Middle East Studies, 28 (1996), 217-229. Al Mashriq, http://almashriq.hiof.no/ddc/projects/pspa/al-ahbash.html

Mandaville, Peter, 'Digital Islam: Changing the Boundaries of Religious Knowledge?', ISIM Newsletter, 2, (1999), http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_2.pdf link updated 1 Aug 03

Academic Reports and Papers from Web Sites

Alterman, Jon B., 'New Media, New Politics? From Satellite Television to the Internet in the Arab World' summarised in Policywatch, 356, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, December 11, 1998, http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/watch/Policywatch/policywatch1998/356.htm ____. 'Technology, Media, and the Next Generation in the Middle East', New Media and Information Technology Working Papers, (1999) http://nmit.georgetown.edu/papers/jwanderson.htm

El-Nawawy, Mohamed A., 'Profiling Internet Users in Egypt: Understanding the Primary Deterrent Against Their Growth in Number', Internet Society, (2000) http://www.isoc.org/inet2000/cdproceedings/8d/s8

Lohlker, Rüdiger, 'Der Koran im Internet', (2001), http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/ebene_1/orient/koran1.htm#Anmerkung_1a

Wolcott, Peter & Seymour Goodman, 'The Internet in Turkey and Pakistan: A Comparative Analysis', (Center for International Security and Co-operation, Stanford University, 2000), http://mosaic.unomaha.edu/TurkPak_2000.pdf

Material from Non-Governmental Organisations

Human Rights Watch,'The Internet in the Mideast and North Africa', (1999), http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/Internet/mena/

UNESCO Webword News, 'Only 4% of Internet users in the Arab world are women', 5 June 2000, http://www.unesco.org/webworld/news/000605_beijing.shtml

United Nations Development Project, Making new technologies work for human development, (2001), http://www.undp.org/hdr2001/

Online Media Articles

Al-Bawaba, 'Algeria Hopes to Improve Telecommunications by 2010' April 10, 2001; 'Egypt to Serve Less Privileged Areas with 100 Youth Centers Yearly' 27 July 2001, 'Expert: Rising Mideast PC Demand Bucks Global Trend' 15 August 2001, http://www.al-bawaba.com/news http://www.al-bawaba.com/news

Jacinto, Leela, 'Arab Internet Users Catch Up With the World of Cyber Porn', ABC News, 27 April 2001, http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/dailynews/arab010427_porn.html Kettman, Steve, '1,001 Arabian Nights of Sex' Wired, 24 April, 2001, http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,43243,00.html

Singh-Bartlett, Warren, '‘Inside job’ irks Hizbullah webmaster. Hacker targets resistance, but is enemy closer than we think?', Daily Star (Lebanon), 1 September 2001, reproduced by Islamic Resistance Support Organisation, http://www.moqawama.org/page2/f_articl.htm

Thorpe, Nigel, 'An Arabized Internet or Gutenberg 2?', 3 April 2001, Al-Bawaba, http://www.al-bawaba.com/news

Web Sites

AHBAB (the Gay and Lesbian Arab Society) http://glas.org/ahbab

Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (AICP), http://www.aicp.org

AICP Turkish site, http://www.aicp.de/html/turkisch1.html

Al-Azhar, http://alazhar.org

'Al-Azhar, The Bastion of Islamic Knowledge in Egypt,' http://www.ims.uwindsor.ca/~azhar/index.html

Al-Fatiha Foundation, http://www.al-fatiha.net/

Al-Quds Audiovision, http://www.islamicjihad.com

ArabBay, 'Morocco: Religion', http://www.arabbay.com/Arab_Countries/Morocco/Religion/Islam/

Arab Information Project, http://www.georgetown.edu/research/arabtech/

ArabBay, 'Morocco: Religion', http://www.arabbay.com/Arab_Countries/Morocco/Religion/Islam/

Bayynat, http://www.bayynat.org.lb/index.html

Bint El Nas, http://www.bintelnas.org

Centre Islamique de Lausanne (AICP French language site) http://www.al-islam.ch

Cyberfatwa, Index zu Fatwas und Muftis im Internet, http://www.cyberfatwa.de

Druze Net, http://www.druzenet.org/

Electronic Intifada, http://electronicintifada.net

Bint El Nas, 'About Us', http://www.bintelnas.org/aboutus.html

Fazilet (Virtue) Party, http://www.fp.org.tr

Friends of al-Aqsa, 'Facts on al-Aqsa', http://www.aqsa.org.uk/factsonaqsa.html

Friends of al-Aqsa, 'The Centrality of Masjid al-Aqsa In Islam' http://www.aqsa.org.uk/flyers/centrality.html

Front Islamique du Salut, http://www.fisalgeria.org

Front Islamique du Salut - Conseil de Coordination, http://www.ccfis.org

Gay Egypt, http://www.gayegypt.com

Gay Lebanon, http://www.fortunecity.com/village/orton/67/main.html

Hamas, http://www.hamas.org *

Harf, http://harf.com

Hizbollah, http://www.hizbollah.org/arabic/frames/index_ar.htm

'Images of Daily Life in Morocco': http://www-geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/Miller/millerone.html

Intifada.com, http://intifada.com

Intifadat El-Aqsa, http://www.islamiccenterforstudies.org/aqsa/drra.html

Islam Online, http://islamonline.net

Islamic Association for Palestine. http://www.iap.org/

Islamic Association of Palestine (IAPINFO), Discussion List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iapinfo

Israel Druze Website, http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Outback/9277/d1.htm

Jamahiriya, http://mathaba.net/info/

Morocco Ministère des Habous et des Affaires Islamiques, *http://www.habous.gov.ma Morocco Ministry of Communications, Welcome to Morocco, http://www.mincom.gov.ma/english/e_page.html

Muhammad al-Durrah website, http://www.al-sham.net/al_quds.html

Muslim Brotherhood, http://www.ummah.org.uk/ikhwan/

Network Solutions, http://whois.networksolutions.com

Palestine Information Center, http://www.palestine-info.org

Prelude, http://www.prelude.co.uk/mb/banna/index.htm

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Home Page, http://www.nasrollah.net/

Sidi Muhammad Press, http://www.sufimaster.org/indexie.htm

Transnational Sufism http://artsWeb.bham.ac.uk/mdraper/transnatsufi/projectdesc.htm

Virtually Islamic, http://www.virtuallyislamic.com

Other Material drawn from Web Sites

AICP. 'Maqamat Holy Shrines and Graves' http://media.aicp.org/html/islamic_pictures-maqamat_graves.html

____.'Islamic Madih in Arabic', http://media.aicp.org/html/madih.html

____. 'Islamic Events', http://media.aicp.org/html/mawlid.html

____, 'The Irrefutable Proof that Nazim al-Qubrusi Negates Islam' http://www.aicp.org/IslamicInformation/Qubrusi/Qubrusi02FirstConclusion.htm

____, 'Sufi-Claimers': Misguided People Spreading Falsehood Under the Guise of Sufism' http://www.aicp.org/IslamicInformation/sufism03.htm

____, 'The History of the Fighting with the Wahhabiyyah' http://www.aicp.org/IslamicInformation/Wahhabiyyah/TheHistoryOfTheFightingWithTheWahhabiyyah.htm

____. 'Nida' Al-Ma^rifa' [sic] http://media.aicp.org/html/chat.html

Bayynat, 'Friday Speech', http://www.bayynat.org.lb/english/fridayspeech.html ____. 'Purity' http://www.bayynat.org.lb/english/islamicr.html

Bint El Nas, 'About Us', http://www.bintelnas.org/aboutus.html ____. 'Issue 4, Ya Allah!', http://www.bintelnas.org/04divine/contents.html

Gay Egypt, 'US Congressmen Warn Mubarak Imprisoning The Queen Boat 52 Could Cost Egypt Two Billion Dollars', 7/8 August 2001, http://www.gayegypt.com/secweekaug20.html

Harf, 'Le Livre digital du Saint Coran,' http://www.harf.com/frn/ _____.'Economic Fatwa', http://fatawa.al-islam.com/default.asp

Islam Online, Merve Kavakci, Live Dialogue, 'The Recent Ban of the Virtue Party in Turkey', 28 June 2001, http://islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/

Islamic Resistance Support Organisation, 'Daily News', http://www.moqawama.org/arabic/f_report.htm

Islamic Resistance Support Organisation, 'Martyrs', http://www.moqawama.org/martyrs/body.htm

Palestine Information Center, 'Amir al-Kodir', http://www.palestine-info.net/arabic/hamas/shuhda/aamerkodere/aamer2.htm Palestine Information Center, 'Fatawa', http://www.palestine-info.net/arabic/fatawa/alamaliyat/qaradawi.htm Palestine Information Center, '19 Jewish settlers killed, over 100 injured, in Jerusalem blast', August 15, 2001, http://www.palestine-info.com/index_e.htm Palestine Information Center, 'Shuhada', http://www.palestine-info.net/arabic/palestoday/shuhada/emanhejofile/emanhejo.htm

Sidi Muhammad Press, 'Sidi Meets with the Pope' http://www.sufimaster.org/pope.htm

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