A weekly list introducing two online resources of Islamic law, ranging from e-archives to e-libraries, from digitized personal collections to online depositories of first and secondary sources on Islamic law
Religious Studies: Islam is a library webpage maintained by the University of Memphis that provides a useful list of various databases and articles on Islam and Islamic law.
ismaili.net is the “[f]irst Ismaili Electronic Library and Database[.] Welcome to the [f]irst web site dedicated to H.H. The Aga Khan and to Ismailism.”
Law and Technology Resources for Legal Professionals provides “current, reliable, actionable, comprehensive law, technology and knowledge discovery resources for 29 years,” including on Islam and Islamic law.
ilga world database is “[a] unique knowledge base on laws, human rights bodies, advocacy opportunities, and news related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics issues worldwide,” including in Muslim-majority countries.
“Getting Started – Middle Eastern Studies” is a library guide prepared by Cai Fischietto (University of Massachusetts Amherst) that introduces “Middle Eastern studies resources available through the UMass Amherst Libraries and beyond.”
Global Islam is a webpage maintained by the Texas Tech University that contains a list of curates resources related to Islam, Islamic law, and Islamic history, among other subjects.
Islam: Library Sources for Research is a webpage maintained by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that provides “[a] general introduction to library resources for the study of Islam.”
Islamic Law AI Chatbot aims to “[c]reat[e] a database of Islamic law primary materials, charting jurisprudential decision nodes, and engaging covenantal pluralism for a global Muslim audience.”
Leuven Database of Ancient Books is a database that “attempts to collect the basic information on all ancient literary texts, as opposed to documents, not only in Latin and Greek, but in all ancient languages. Cuneiform is not yet covered, nor are the Egyptian Books of the Dead. At present, it includes 17296 items, dating… CONTINUE READING