Adherents.com (http://www.adherents.com/)
“Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics
and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent
statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations,
religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns,
etc... Data [is presented] from both primary research sources such as government
census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as
well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics.” Database
is searchable by the name of the religion (denomination, sect)
or by location.
Aid
to the Church in Need: Religious Freedom in Majority Islamic Countries
(http://www.alleanzacattolica.org/acs/acs_english/report_98/egypt.htm)
A 1998 report on religious freedom in majority Islamic countries, and information
on the persecution of the Coptic minority.
Ancient Egypt (http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html)
A British Museum website providing information on all aspects of ancient Egyptian
life, gods and goddesses, pharoahs, mummification, pyramids, temples, trades,
writing.
Arts of the Islamic
World (Freer and Sackler Galleries) (http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/islamicHome.htm)
The phrases “arts of the Islamic World” and “Islamic art” refer
to a variety of artistic traditions that have flourished since
the advent of Islam in the late seventh century across a vast
geographic area.... While different regions developed their own
distinctive styles, the resulting artwork shared several characteristics
inspired by their common religion, such as the use of calligraphy
to transform simple objects into works of art and the use of
abstract geometric designs to decorate the Koran, the holy text
of Islam.
CNS: al-Jihad al-Islami (http://cns.miis.edu/research/wtc01/aljihad.htm)
Overview of the ideology and group ties of the fundamentalists religious group
seeking to establish Islamic rule in Egypt.
The Coptic Network (http://www.coptic.net/CopticWeb/)
Includes 1) The Coptic Web, articles and comprehensive indices of Internet resources
of interest to the Coptic community; 2) The Encyclopedia Coptica ; and 3) Copt-Net
Digest, main form of communication between Copt-Net members.
Coptic Orphans Support Association (http://www.copticorphans.org/)
Nonprofit organization aiding needy and poverty-stricken Egyptian children providing
food, clothing, medicine, and educational assistance.
Copts.com (http://www.copts.com)
Site reporting on persecution of and injustices to Copts in Egypt.
Encyclopedia Coptica (http://www.coptic.net/)
It provides information about the Coptic Church history and Coptic studies.
Fares.net English: (http://www.fares.net/en/) Arabic:
(http://www.fares.net/ar/)
Directory of websites on a wide range of subjects including tourism, entertainment,
culture, the media, news and business in English and Arabic. Search under the
name of the country.
Lesson Designer, Teachers,
Arabic Education Delivery Tools, Koran (Quran) Databases and
search
(http://www.readverse.com/)
Read~Verse, a California company is offering a free search facility for the entire
Koran in Arabic and English.
The Life of our
Holy Mother Mary of Egypt (http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/st.mary.html)
It provides information about the life of Saint Mary in Egypt.
MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute (http://www.memri.org/)
Founded in 1998, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) ‘explores
the Middle East through the region's media. MEMRI bridges the
language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East,
providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media,
as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual,
social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.’
Niolitic
Spirituality and Philosophy (http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Classroom/9912/niloticspirit.html)
Overview of Ancient Egyptian cosmology in relation to its rulers
and other ancient civilizations
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds
of citations on various aspects of Islam as practiced around
the globe, as well as sites which contain the complete Arabic
and English texts of the Koran.
Pope Shenouda III (http://www.copticpope.org/)
It is the official site of the Coptic Pope of Alexandria, Egypt.
UCLA
Library Collections & Internet Resources (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/colls/mideast/)
The University of California Library Collections and Internet
Resources in Middle Eastern, Arab, Islamic, Armenian and Central
Asian studies.
University of Texas Middle
East Website (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmes/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media,
education and the social sciences in the Middle East.
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