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The Internet Toolbox For Islam-Critics

Islam is a global challenge. It should be met with a global response. The best instrument for doing this is the Internet, the most international medium of all. As many news outlets may still be reluctant to openly criticize Islam, the Internet opens the possibility of a freer discourse on such subjects than more traditional media do. The intention behind this Toolbox is to encourage more people to use the Internet as a way of getting critical discussion of Islamic issues out to the general public. Any person who wants to is very welcome to copy this list or any parts of it that they may find interesting to their own websites. The Toolbox is a work in progress, and everybody is encouraged to add more "tools" of their own. For finding news about Islam, please look at the Internet Toolbox for Islam-critics - News about Islam.


Contents

[edit] Practical Tips For People Working To Expose Islam

The easiest thing you can do if you are concerned about Islam and what it is doing to the world is using the Internet. Email the links to some of the websites by ex-Muslims that are listed further down to friends, family, colleagues and everybody you know. You may include other Islam-critical websites such as http://www.jihadwatch.org/ . This is free, and takes very little of your time, while increasing the knowledge of Islam in the general public.

If you want to spend a little bit of money, try buying some books about Islam. Give them as gifts to friends and family. Write an invitation inside to some of the websites mentioned below. Order them from your local bookstore, which will make them aware of these titles and maybe order more of them. Write online reviews of good Islam-critical books on websites such as http://www.amazon.com/ .

Help and support the work of ex-Muslims and their organizations in any way you can. Giving money to websites by ex-Muslims should not be viewed as "charity". At a time when Muslims are working hard trying to limit freedom of speech about Islam even in Western and other non-Muslim countries, donations to these websites should be considered an investment in the freedom of your children.


[edit] Websites

[edit] Websites by Ex-Muslims

[edit] About treatment of ex-Muslims, Apostates from Islam

Persecution of Ex-Muslims

[edit] Non-Muslim Websites Critical Of Islam

[edit] Internet Forums for critique of Islam

mostly in German, but you can also write in English, French, Spanish or Netherlands)

[edit] Videos on the Internet

See main article: Videos on Islam

[edit] Literature

[edit] Recommended Books About Islam

See main article: Books

[edit] Free, Online Books About Islam

[edit] Critical texts, by non-Muslims and ex-Muslims

"Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam" by Robert Spencer and Ali Sina vs. Muslims

[edit] Texts by Islamists
[edit] Many books by influential Muslims, traditional and recent
[edit] Many texts about classical Islamic philosophy, from Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd and others

[edit] The Koran

Comment about the Koran: The Koran was "revealed" piecemeal and in stages to Muhammad, from the first parts in 610, to his death in 632, according to traditional accounts. After his flight, Hijra, from Mecca to Medina in 622, which marks the year zero in the Islamic calendar, Muhammad became a military and political leader over the first (and perfect) Islamic community, Umma. The revelations changed and became progressively more aggressive, violent and intolerant. The later Medinan verses are generally seen to cancel out (abrogate) the earlier ones from Mecca if there is disagreement between them. The chapters in the Koran are not arranged chronologically, according to the time of revelation. There is general agreement in most cases about which ones are from Medina and which are from the Mecca period, but there might be disagreement about some of the details.

Replying to "23. And if you (Arab pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which We have sent down (i.e. the Qur'an) to Our servant (Muhammad ), then produce a Surah (chapter) of the like thereof and call your witnesses (supporters and helpers) besides Allah, if you are truthful).
24. But if you do it not, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.) "

Meccan and Medinan suras (chapters) of the Koran:

Suggested chronological order of Koranic suras:

Translations in English:

More Koran in English


Online Koran translations in some languages other than English (French, German, Dutch, Bosnian, Albanian, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, Turkish, Urdu, Bangla, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Malay, Thai etc):


Transliteration (Arabic words written in Roman letters) of the Koran

Many different recorded audio recitations (The art of “Qiraa’aat”) of the Koran


The renowned tafsir (Koran exegesis, commentary and explanation) of Ibn Kathir (Note that some of the original Arabic quotations have been omitted from this English summary)

More tafsir

About principles of tafsir


A non-Muslim, critical view of the Koran and Islam

[edit] Jihad

More about Jihad

[edit] Answers to "Sura like it" Challenge

Answers to "Sura like it" - challenge (Challenge in the Koran, 2:23, to produce something of equal quality as the Koran, "And if you are in doubt as to which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a sura (chapter) like it")

[edit] Ahadith, the Sunna

Ahadith, the Sunna (The personal example, or custom and practice, of Muhammad and his companions)

About ahadith (Traditions of the sayings or practice of Muhammad and his companions. One of the main sources of Islamic law)

The ahadith of al-Bukhari and others

About hadith collections, Islamic perspective

Some selected highlights from the hadith

The funny side of Islamic teachings

The Black Rock and the Kaaba in Mecca

"Sirat Rasoul Allah", The earliest biography of Muhammad, an abridged version

List of people killed for opposing Muhammad

"Muhammad and the Meccans: Who Antagonized Whom? Examining Muslims' Justification for Muhammad's Atrocities"

Islamic slavery

Letters and treaties of Muhammad (Islamic translations and presentations)

The Constitution of Medina, 622

Tha Pact of Omar (The Status of Non-Muslims, Dhimmis, Under Muslim Rule)

Muhammad and the Treaty of Hudaybiyya

The Banu Qurayza - Traitors or Betrayed?

[edit] Sharia

About Sharia (Lit. path or road),"Islamic law", the law system inspired by the Koran and the Sunna of Muhammad which is incorporated in the recognized traditions, as well as the work and consensus of Muslim scholars over the two first centuries of Islam:

The four Sunni schools of Islamic sharia law (Madhhab)


About the Sunna and jurisprudence

[edit] Other Sects of Islam

[edit] "Quranites", "Koran only" - Muslims who reject the ahadith completely

[edit] "Submitters", followers of the late Rashad Khalifa

[edit] Ahmadiyya Muslims

[edit] Sufism

About Sufism ("Islamic mysticism" or "Islamic spirituality", the esoteric aspect of Islam)


[edit] Shia Muslim resources


[edit] Sunni websites critical of Shias

About Shia Muslims and differences with Sunnis

[edit] Shia Hadiths and Quran perspective

[edit] Other Shia websites


[edit] Definitions of Arabic-Islamic Terms and Historical Information

[edit] Ancient Accounts of pre-Islamic Arabia

Interpretations of selected tales by Andrew Lang and Sir Richard Burton


[edit] Maps and Atlas

[edit] Other historical maps

[edit] Islamic Calender


[edit] Definitions of Islamic terms

Thomas P. Hughes' "Dictionary of Islam"

Islamic definitions

[edit] Arabic Language and Alphabet

[edit] Online automatic translators

Note that these automatic translators are far from flawless, but they can still be useful in certain situations:

[edit] Arabic-English lexicon

[edit] How to write and pronounce Arabic

[edit] Write with Arabic keyboard

[edit] The history of the Arabic alphabet and script

[edit] Difference between Classical, Modern and Colloquial Arabic

The differences between Classical (Koran) Arabic, written Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic (spoken dialects)

[edit] People to watch - Muslim websites

[edit] Islamic software products

  • Alim - contains translations of Quran (Abdullah Yusuf Ali, M. Maududi, Muhammed Asad, Farukh Malik, M. Pickthall and Shakir), Sahih Al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Al-Thirmidhi, Abu Dawood, and Hadith Qudsi, Fiqh-us-Sunnah and Al-Muwatta. See full feature list.

[edit] Wikipedia Links

[edit] Websites for Internet Privacy and Security

Basic introduction, with some hints and tips as a start:

[edit] Viruses, Trojans, Worms, spyware

[edit] Online tests for your computer


[edit] Websites about privacy

[edit] Security related software downloads

Note that some freeware is free because it contains spyware, so be careful with what you download. Visit PC Hell for more about this.

[edit] MISCELLANEOUS: LINKS NOT RELATED TO ISLAM

Basic introduction, with some hints and tips about Internet privacy and security:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=24992



http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/ (Large, free online Encyclopedia, made by volunteers)

http://www.onelook.com/ (Multiple dictionary search)

http://babelfish.altavista.com/ (Online automatic translator, multiple languages)

http://www.quotationspage.com/ (Over 21,000 quotations online from over 2,500 authors)

http://www.findarticles.com/ (Search millions of articles from leading publications)

http://www.questia.com/ (The world's largest online library)

http://www.archive.org/ (The Internet Archive. Browse through 30 billion web pages archived from 1996)

http://www.gutenberg.org/ (Project Gutenberg, free electronic books on the Internet, mostly older literary works)

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ (Listing over 20,000 free books on the Web)

http://www.ipl.org/ (The Internet Public Library)

http://books.mirror.org/gb.home.html (An Index to great online books in English translation)

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ (History through the eyes of those who lived it)

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ (The Internet History Sourcebooks Project)

http://www.besthistorysites.net/ (Award-winning portal, contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites)

http://www.pantheon.org/ (The Encyclopedia Mythica is an online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legends from all over the world)

http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/ (About maps and mapping)

http://www.worldatlas.com/ (Atlas, including maps of individual countries)

http://www.fark.com/ (All kinds of information and news, especially the weird and unusual)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ (HowStuffWorks explains hundreds of subjects)

http://www.about.com/ (Guidance from real people searching the Internet for the information, goods, and services)

http://www.linksgiving.com/ (Searchable collection of user-submitted favourite links)


Movies, music, food, travel, entertainment:

http://www.imdb.com/

http://www.ifilm.com/

http://www.allmusic.com/

http://www.metacritic.com/

http://www.allbookstores.com/

http://www.virtualtourist.com/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.engadget.com/

http://www.gamerankings.com/

http://www.gamespot.com/

http://www.sportsvl.com/

http://allrecipes.com/

http://www.recipezaar.com/

http://www.wineloverspage.com/

http://www.tastings.com/

http://www.coffeeresearch.org/

http://www.coffeeuniverse.com/

http://www.just-for-tea-lovers.com/

http://www.planet-tea.com/

http://chocolocate.com/

http://www.chocolate.com/


Space and science news:

http://www.spacedaily.com/

http://www.spaceref.com/

http://www.space.com/

http://www.nasa.gov/

http://www.esa.int/

http://www.extremescience.com/

http://www.newscientist.com/

http://www.techreview.com/


Some background information and free software:

http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/

http://www.pchell.com/

http://isc.sans.org/

http://www.isoc.org/

http://www.internetworldstats.com/


Internet, software and technology news:

http://news.com.com/

http://www.wired.com/

http://slashdot.org/

http://www.pcmag.com/

http://www.pcworld.com/

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=1212

http://www.theregister.co.uk/


Internet censorship:

http://www.ojr.org/ojc/topics/index.php?tID=38

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/

http://www.benedelman.org/

http://www.opennetinitiative.net/

http://www.infowar-monitor.net/

http://www.citizenlab.org/

http://www.rsf.org/

Internet Under Surveillance, report 2004:

http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=433



HUMOR SECTION:

"Mohammed's Believe It or Else!", a comic book about Islamic teachings:

http://davidsonpress.com/islam/

Index of forum member "the Farside":

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=244

http://www.humorlinks.com/

http://mindswap.net/

http://theonion.com/

http://www.snopes.com/

http://www.funpic.hu/en.index.php

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Humor/

http://www.thehumorarchives.com/categories/Religion/

http://www.ahajokes.com/religious_jokes.html

http://politicalhumor.miningco.com/

http://www.satirewire.com/

http://www.newgrounds.com/

http://www.darwinawards.com/

http://www.allahpundit.com/



FINDING NEWS ABOUT ISLAM

The following is not an exhaustive list of places to find news about Islam, just a suggestion of where to start. The list includes both mainstream news outlets and smaller websites, both anti-Islamic ones and hardcore Islamist ones. It goes without saying that the fact that a website is listed here does not mean we endorse all views expressed there.


GENERAL NEWS:

http://jihadwatch.org/

http://www.nieuwsbronnen.com/newssearchportal/

http://news.yahoo.com/

http://news.google.com/

http://edition.cnn.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/