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Islam and Slavery
Written by the scholars of the "The Wisdom Fund," this page contains
useful source material. See also my notes on African-American Islam and
slavery.
Islam and Ecology
an on-line article from the scholarly journal, Cross
Currents, written by Marjorie Hope and James Young. The bulk of this
article is the text of the authors' interview with Professor Seyyed
Hossein Nasr. In addition, the authors compare Nasr's viewpoint with that
of Thomas Berry, one of today's most significant eco-philosophers.
Islam and AIDS
Positive Muslims
a South African based website focusing on the issues facing HIV positive
Muslims. Among other points noted on the website are that heterosexual
transmission is now the main form of HIV transmission in South Africa and
that a number of Muslim scholars ('ulama) are HIV positive.
The National
Muslims AIDS Initiative
is a website developed at Bronx Community
College of the City University of New York through funding from the Ford
Foundation. Among other things this site contains information about the
Islamic perception of AIDS prevention and Islamic guidance for Muslims
afflicted with AIDS.
Islam and Media
Islam, Animation, and Money: the Reception of Disney's Aladdin in Southeast Asia
is a well-documented and nuanced article written by Timothy White
and J. E. Winn in the on-line journal KINEMA (Spring, 1995).
Islam, Business, and Economics
The Issue of Riba' (charging interest) in Islamic Faith and Law
is a scholarly article by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina of the University of
Virginia. society, and democratization. Islam is mentioned in various
places throughout the article, but is discussed in particular with regard
to the relationship between ethnicity and the vision of contemporary
Islamists.
