Academic Resources
These are helpful sources for quickly looking up basic terms/concepts on Islam and religion, more generally:
These syllabi, articles, and collections have been curated to reflect the intersection of politics, religion, race, gender, and empire as they manifest in contemporary social issues:
These websites are useful for translation assistance:
Al Maany (for Arabic)
Tanzil.net for text search and translations of the Qur’an
Hans-Wehr Arabic dictionary (searchable PDF)
Rekhta.org Urdu dictionary
Other miscellaneous sources:
The Library of Congress has digitized the 1831 autobiography of Omar Ibn Sayyid, an enslaved West African Muslim scholar who lived in North Carolina. His writings are among the earliest Muslim narratives found in the US.
Native Land Digital is a growing resource to learn about the Indigenous peoples, territories, and languages of Turtle Island and beyond.