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.
Algeria online (http://www.djazaironline.net/)
Major Algerian website that provides information on many aspects of life in Algeria.
Algeria-Interface (http://www.algeria-interface.com/)
Major portal on Algeria - It is linked to other websites that cover political,
social and cultural issues in the country.
Algerie Press Service (http://www.aps.dz/an/welcome.asp)
Website that covers the Algerian media.
The Country and People of Arab Countries (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/)
A major regional website that covers historical and current events in the Arab
world. Search for Algeria. It is also linked up to numerous other websites.
Encyclopedia of the Orient (http://lexicorient.com/e.o/index.htm)
Important encyclopedia on the Middle East and North Africa. Search by country,
name or word.
Fares.net (http://www.fares.net)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites 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.
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.'
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.
Political Resources on
the Net (http://www.politicalresources.net/algeria.htm)
Excellent website for legal document on Algeria, including the Constitution.
It also has information on political parties and the media.
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://menic.utexas.edu/Countries_and_Regions/Algeria/)
Excellent website on the government, politics, news and media, education and
the social sciences in the Middle East. |