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Islamic Internet Directory

Islamic Internet Directory

ISLAMIC INTERNET DIRECTORY ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

From: mcajee@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu (MAS'OOD CAJEE) Date: 26 Jul 93 16:17:00 GMT Organization: University of Oklahoma - University Computing Services

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* / \ * * l l * * I I * * I I * * CYBERMUSLIM 1.0 * * >>>A Guide to Islamic Resources on the Internet<<< *

************************************************************************ Compiled by Mas'ood Cajee [mcajee@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu], 22 July 93. Additions/comments welcome. Copyright (c) Mas'ood Cajee 1993. Permission to reprint & distribute granted only if this heading included. This list is available via ftp. Host: cs.bu.edu, file: amass/

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Muslims, Arabs, and those simply interested in Islam and 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, and USENET newsgroups.

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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 SITES Section =4= USENET GROUPS Section =5= ORGANIZATIONS ON-LINE

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ [The Internet has revolutionised the way people can communicate. Simply using e-mail, anyone can tap into the wealth of information that exists. This is also true for Muslim, Arab, and Third World issues. This section includes lists or services that are require only e-mail.]

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Name of Service: ALGERIA-NET

Content: News and discussion of Algeria.

How to Subscribe: send this one line message to algeria-net-request@monte.svec.uh.edu SUBSCRIBE ALGERIA-N Your_Full_Name

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Name of Service: ALGERIA NEWS LIST

Content: News about Algeria in French.

How to Subscribe: send this one line message to listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu SUBSCRIBE ALGNEWS Your_Full_Name

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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: send a message to Aljazirah-list-request@cs.washington.edu

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Name of Service: ARM THE SPIRIT

Content: Arm The Spirit is an autonomist information collective that disseminates information about liberation struggles in advanced capitalist countries and in the so-called "Third World".

How to Subscribe: send e-mail to aforum@moose.uvm.edu

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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: 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: HISTORY OF ISLAM LISTSERV

Content: A mailing list that discusses Islamic history.

Queries: ISLAM-L@ULKYVM.BITNET

How to Subscribe: send e-mail to LISTSERV@ULKYVM.BITNET with the message subscribe ISLAM-L your_full_name

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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: 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: MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC STUDY GROUP LISTSERV

Content: A Malay language mailing list discussing Islamic research.

Queries: MISG-L@PSUVM.BITNET

How to Subscribe: send e-mail to LISTSERV@PSUVM.BITNET with the message SUBSCRIBE MISG-L your_full_name

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Name of Service: MSA LISTSERV

Content: Muslim Students Association.

How to Subscribe: send e-mail to LISTSERV@psuvm.psu.edu with the message subscribe MSA-L your_full_name

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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 THE list to be on. You will automatically receive most of the other services listed plus more.

Maintainer: Rached Zantout [rzantout@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu]

How to Subscribe: send e-mail to msanews-request@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

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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]

How to Subscribe: send e-mail to nlns@igc.apc.org

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Name of Service: PAKISTAN NEWS SERVICE

Content: News Updates about Pakistan.

Queries: Pakistan@asuvm.inre.asu.edu

How to Subscribe: send this one line message to listserv@asuvm.inre.asu.edu or listserv@asuacad.BITNET SUB PAKISTAN Your_Full_Name

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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]

How to Subscribe: e-mail above address or send this one message to RFERL-L@UBVM.VM.cc.buffalo.edu SUBSCRIBE RFERL-L Your_Full_Name

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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: THE TUNISIA NETWORK

Content: Discussion and News about and from Tunisia.

How to Subscribe: send this one line message to listserv@psuvm.psu.edu subscribe TUNISNET your_full_name

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ [The Holy QUR'AN can be downloaded from numerous sites via FTP. Be aware, however, of the translation you are getting. The majority of sites carry the M.H. Shakir translation. The widely 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'an are also the best sites for software. An excellent for Islamic and Arab GIFS is .]

QURAN ANONYMOUS FTP SITES DIRECTORY/FILE

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ariel.unm.edu /pub/misc cs.bu.edu /amass/quran cs.ubc.ca /mirror1/next/Literature/working etlport.etl.go.jp /pub/NeXT/Literature/working ftp.mcs.kent.edu /pub/islam ftp.uu.net /doc/literary/obi/Religion gatekeeper.dec.com /.8/misc/scripture/quran nova.cc.purdue.edu /pub/next/Literature/working ocf.berkeley.edu /pub/religion/quran phoenix.oulu.fi /pub/quran pinus.slu.se /pub/etext/misc princeton.edu /pub/quran.tar.Z roxette.mty.itesm.mx /pub/next/Literature/working slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com /pub/doc/quran sonata.cc.purdue.edu /pub/next/Literature/working sunsite.unc.edu /pub/docs/books/religious unix.hensa.ac.uk /pub/uunet/doc/literary/obi/Religion uxc.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/quran.tar.Z

ANON FTP SITE RESOURCES: DIRECTORY

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cs.arizona.edu QuranRef: /pub/icon/

cs.bu.edu ArabTeX,Mac software,sounds American-Arab Scientific Society newsletter: /amass/

cs.dal.ca USENET docs: /comp.archives/

cs.ubc.ca ArabTeX 2.07: /pub/local/arabtex

csd4.csd.uwm.edu Arabic&Islamic software,GIFs: /pub/bashar/

ftp.mcs.kent.edu ArabTeX,Kateb,music,GIFs,sounds arabic poems,software,islamic articles,hadith

ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu Islamic articles: /pub/cms Pakistan info,docs,GIFs: /pub/gifs/Pakistan

inf.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de ArabTeX: /pub/arabtex

israel.nysernet.org Israeli&Jewish archive: /pub/

liasun3.epfl.ch ArabTeX: /pub/tex Kaaba,Hajj,Lebanon,Syria Arab music GIFs&sounds!: /users/choueiry/

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Host: info.rutgers.edu or 128.6.26.25

Offers: An on-line search utility for the Qur'an. Select library, reference, religion, and finally Koran from the menus.

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Host: info.umd.edu or 128.8.10.29 (Login:info)

Offers: An on-line search and browsing utility for the Qur'an. Individual suras can be read and searched for keywords. Select Reading Room, Religion, and then Koran from the menus.

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Host: ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu or 129.237.10.29

Offers: A site to browse documents related to the former USSR and also other topics of historical and current interest. Login as "ex-ussr" to view lists of current leaders and parties in the former Soviet republics. Also try out the "history" login for a lot of ex-USSR info.

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Host: freenet-in-a.cwru.edu (a=b=c) or 129.237.1.30

Offers: "The Islamic School", an Islamic forum at the Cleveland Free- Net. Introductory information on Islam, frequently asked questions and information about the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Type "go islam" at the main menu prompt.

Maintainers: Eusat Mercan [aa755@freenet-in-a.cwru.edu] Sukru Gultop [sxg12@freenet-in-a.cwru.edu] Mesut Sahin [mxs44@freenet-in-a.cwru.edu]

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Newsgroups are often a rich source of information and place of discussion. This section lists newsgroups in which topics related to Muslim, Arab, and Third World issues are regularly discussed.]

INTEREST AREA NEWSGROUP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Indonesia alt.culture.indonesia Bosnia alt.current-events.bosnia Somalia alt.current-events.somalia World Trade Center alt.current-events.wtc-explosion India Affairs alt.politics.india.progressive Alternative News misc.activism.progressive India/Pakistan misc.news.southasia Afghanistan soc.culture.afghanistan Africa soc.culture.african The Arab World soc.culture.arabic Malaysia/Indonesia soc.culture.asean Bangladesh soc.culture.bangladesh Bosnia soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna India soc.culture.indian Indonesia soc.culture.indonesia Iran soc.culture.iranian Lebanon soc.culture.lebanon Morocco/Algeria/Tunisia soc.culture.maghreb Malaysia soc.culture.malaysia Pakistan soc.culture.pakistan Turkey soc.culture.turkish Former Yugoslavia soc.culture.yugoslavia Islam soc.religion.islam Middle East Affairs talk.politics.mideast Ex-USSR talk.politics.soviet

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NAME E-MAIL ADDRESS

~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arab World And Islamic awair@igc.apc.org Resources (AWAIR)

The Message Magazine 5577178@MCIMAIL.COM

Oslobodjenje, Sarajevo, OSLOBODJENJE_ZG@ZAMIR-zg.comlink.de Bosnia Newspaper

Peacenet Mideast pnmideast@igc.apc.org

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY///////////////////////////////////////////////////

Name Host File

~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ Basil Hashem's Islamic cs.bu.edu /amass/islam-guide.text Computing Resource Guide

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