An occasional personal blog, monitoring and commenting on the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).

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.

Jeremiah McAuliffe's explanation of how the Islamic term jihad is misused and mistranslated as "holy war".

Interview with Professor Fred Halliday of the London School of Economics on Islam's relationship with the West.

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).

Political activism from and for Muslim Americans. Includes a brief outline of Islam, information about their campaigns, and contact details.

Promotes Muslim participation in campaigns for peace and freedom. Includes information about their activities, events, and contact details. (UK)

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.

Excerpt from a book by Jonah Blank, explaining why modernity and Islamic fundamentalism need not be mutually exclusive.

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.

Explores the relationship and tensions between Islam and the western paradigm of buman rights. Includes articles, bibliographies, information on rights organizations, and links.

Articles by Asghar Ali Engineer about politics, jurisprudence, human rights, and other topics from a Muslim perspective.

Online book analyzes the political, economic, and some other problems faced by the Islamic world and the role of Islam in the new millennium.

A collection of essays on political and social topics.

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.

A library of articles about Islam and politics, environmental and social issues, health, education and history; also includes suggestions for Muslim activists.

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.

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, Massachussets, US.

A paper addressing a number of questions concerning Muslim religious authority in communities in Western Europe.

An article by Samir Amin explores and demythologizes political Islam.

Wikipedia encyclopedia article defines the term, summarizes its history, and gives examples. Includes links.