Dan’s Course on Islam

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Jihad

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  The Koran's 164 Jihad verses
  

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More About Jihad

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  Al-Muslim, the Book of Jihad
  
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  http://www.secularislam.org/jihad/index.htm
  

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Answers to the produce a "Sura like it" Challenge

Answers to "Sura like it" - challenge (Challenge in the Koran, 2:23, to produce something of equal quality as the Koran, "And if you are in doubt as to which We have revealed to Our servant, then produce a sura (chapter) like it")

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  http://www.islam-exposed.org/
  
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  http://www.answering-islam.org.uk/Quran/Miracle/
  
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  http://www.suralikeit.com/
  
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  http://members.aol.com/suralikeit/
  
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  http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/suralikeit.htm
  

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The Hadith & the Sunna

Ahadith, the Sunna (The personal example, or custom and practice, of Muhammad and his companions)

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  The status of the Sunna in Islam
  

About ahadith (Traditions of the sayings or practice of Muhammad and his companions. One of the main sources of Islamic law)

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  http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_hadith.htm
  
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  http://lexicorient.com/e.o/hadith.htm
  

The ahadith of al-Bukhari and others

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  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/
  
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  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html
  

About hadith collections, Islamic perspective

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  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/brief1/
  
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  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/atit.html
  

Some selected highlights from the hadith

The funny side of Islamic teachings

The Black Rock and the Kaaba in Mecca

"Sirat Rasul Allah", The earliest biography of Muhammad, an abridged version

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  http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sira/index.htm
  
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sira
  

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A list of people killed for opposing Muhammad

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1142

"Muhammad and the Meccans: Who Antagonized Whom? Examining Muslims' Justification for Muhammad's Atrocities"

Islamic slavery

Letters and treaties of Muhammad (Islamic translations and presentations)

The Constitution of Medina, 622

Tha Pact of Omar (The Status of Non-Muslims, Dhimmis, Under Muslim Rule)

Muhammad and the Treaty of Hudaybiyya

The Banu Qurayza - Traitors or Betrayed?

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About Sharia

About Sharia (Lit. path or road),"Islamic law", the law system inspired by the Koran and the Sunna of Muhammad which is incorporated in the recognized traditions, as well as the work and consensus of Muslim scholars over the two first centuries of Islam:

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  http://i-cias.com/e.o/sharia.htm
  
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  http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Sharia
  
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  http://www.challenging-islam.org/submissions/shariah.htm
  

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The Four Sunni Schools of Islamic Sharia Law (Madhhab)

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  http://www.uga.edu/islam/shariah.html#law
  
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhahib
  
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  http://muslim-canada.org/sitedex.htm#judicial
  
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  http://muslim-canada.org/mylove.htm
  

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About the Sunna and Jurisprudence

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  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/law/fiqhussunnah/
  
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  http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muwatta/
  

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Other Sects of Islam

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  Sects of Islam http://www.answering-islam.org/L_islamic.html
  

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“Quranites”, “Koran only”

Muslims who reject the ahadith completely

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  http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=342
  

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Sufism

About Sufism ("Islamic mysticism" or "Islamic spirituality", the esoteric aspect of Islam)

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  http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/004940.php
  
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  http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/Sufism.html
  
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  http://world.std.com/~habib/sufi.html
  
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  http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/
  
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  The "Mathnawi" of Jalal'uddin Rumi, abridged version
  

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Shia Muslim Resources

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  Shia Library
  
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  A Shi'ite Encyclopedia
  
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  http://lexicorient.com/e.o/shii.htm
  
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  http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/blfaq_islam_twelver.htm
  
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  A multi-media site by Richard Hooker
  

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Sunni websites critical of Shias

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  http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/word_of_advice_to_shiites.htm
  
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  http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/index.htm
  
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  http://www.allaahuakbar.net/shiites/KAFI.HTM
  

About Shia Muslims and differences with Sunnis

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Shia Hadiths and Quran Perspective

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  Shia ahadith (Traditions about Muhammad and his companions) of Al kafi
  
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  Sayings of Imam Ali (Muhammad's son-in-law, first Shia Imam)
  
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  Shia tafsir (Quran commentary and explanation)