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.
The Country and People of Arab Countries (http://www.hejleh.com/countries/)
Arranges links to many web sites by topics.
Fares.net (http://www.fares.net/en/)
Site includes a directory and a list of sites on a wide range of subjects including
tourism, entertainment, culture, the media, news and business. Search under
the name of the country. In English and Arabic.
Muslims, Islam, and Iraq (http://www.uga.edu/islam/iraq.html)
This website examines “the relationship of war in Iraq to Islam and Muslims,
including Shiites, Kurdish Sunnis, and Arab Sunnis.” Aside from countless
links there are several references to articles and books of interest.
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. |