The Noble Qur'an: this site offers several different translations of the Qur'an with commentary.

Hadith Database: this valuable online tool allows you to do simple word searces from various collections of the Hadith.

The Islam Project: a multimedia effort aimed at schools, communities, and individuals who want a clearer understanding of Islam.

Islam: Empire of Faith (PBS): companion site to program aired as part of the "Empires" series.

The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University: founded to build a stronger bridge of understanding between Islam and Christianity.

Freedom Forum/First Amendment Center: a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people.

Islamic Society of North America: works to help Muslims lead an Islamic way of life in North America.

Islam & Islamic Studies at the University of Georgia: includes detailed information about Islam.

Project MAPS (Muslims in American Public Square): examines the role of Muslims in American society and their participation in civic life.

The Council on Islamic Education: provides resources and information on Islam and Muslims.

The Islamic Networks Group: offers presentations relating to Islam and the Muslim world with the goal of eliminating stereotyping through education.

Muslim American Society: provides leadership through the Muslim American Society and the Ministry of W.D. Mohammed.

Muslims AGAINST Terrorism (MAT): founded by a group of young Muslim-American professionals in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

Site of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations: set up by the leaders of Islamic States in 1969.

The Middle East Network Information Center: this site is maintained by the University of Texas and includes links to many online and other resources related to the Islamic world.

Islamicity: dubbing itself the Sunnah Learning Center, this site offers a search engine and links to a variety of Islamic material.

Islam online: based in Qatar this site gives a good window onto attitudes and problems encountered in the Middle East.

Council on American-Islamic Relations: CAIR is dedicated to presenting an Islamic perspective on issues of importance to the American public.

Islamic Association for Palestine: dedicated to ending Israeli occupation and freeing the Palestinian people through the dissemination of information.

Middle East Directory: a search engine that bills itself as the largest English-language guide to Middle East related web sites.

Al-Huda: a cultural newsletter dedicated to promoting the Islamic heritage and culture, it seeks to increase the general public’s knowledge about Islam.

Al-Qur'an was-Sunnah Society: the purpose of this site is to present visitors with an authentic source of Islamic information and help Muslims and Non-Muslims learn about Islam.

Islamic World: a page dedicated to knowledge and transformation.

National Security Archive: this site declassifies foreign policy related documents from the US government and posts them on the web; see in particular the section on "US Propaganda in the Middle East: The Early Cold War Version"

Revolutionary Associaton of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): this is the site of the famous organization founded by Meena in 1977 that describes itself as "freedom-loving and anti-fundamentalist."

Interpreting Veils: This site looks at the different types of veils worn by women around the Muslim world as well as at the historical origins of and questions raised by the practice of wearing the veil.

Iraq Body Count: The worldwide update of reported civilian casualties in the war on Iraq. 

Al-Haq (Law in the Service of Man): This is the site for the organization begun by Raja Shehadeh, author of Strangers in the House.

American Friends Service Committee: This specific link within the broader page includes an interview with author Raja Shehadeh conducted in March, 2002. 

The Edward Said Archive: This page is not maintained nor sanctioned by Edward Said, but offers quick and easy access to a lot of his writings, as well as to information regarding controversies he has become embroiled in. 

USS Liberty: A brief rundown on the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty with links to other more detailed web sites.