Announcements

Teaching About Islam and Muslims in the Public School Classroom
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The Council on Islamic Education was founded in 1991 to provide academic support and scholarly resources about Islam and Muslim history to K-12 textbook publishers, educators, and others. We went on to cultivate expertise in world history and teaching about world religions, producing assessments of national and history-social studies state standards, training thousands of teachers, publishing high-quality teaching materials, and reviewing numerous social studies textbooks.
What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
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Author: John Esposito
Esposito presents in question-and-answer format the information about Islam that people most want to know. One of the three books used for the introduction of Pitt's Fulbright Hays study tour for high school teachers in 2009 to Egypt. Link to PDF of book below. An accessible book for high school students.
Research and Presentation Tips
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Great tips on research and presentation (useful for participants in CERIS's Undergraduate Research Symposium) at Pitt's Speaking in the Disciplines page.
NAFSA Poster Session Reading Resources on Middle East / North Africa
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Click here for a PDF list of books and articles on the Middle East and North Africa from a poster session at the NAFSA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in May, 2002.
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
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Author: Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf has combed the works of Arab chroniclers of the Crusades, many of them eyewitnesses and participants in the events they describe. The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is a vivid portrait of a society nearly destroyed by internal conflict and shaken by a traumatic encounter with an alien culture. Maalouf offers fascinating insights into the historical forces that even today shape Arab and Islamic consciousness. The book is available in Pdf at link below.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam
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Author: John Emerick
Using the "Idiot's Guide's" formula of questions and answers, sidebars, and small, easy-to-digest essays, Emerick makes Islam accessible to anyone.
Approaching the Qur'an: The Early Revelations
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This was our Faculty Reader's Forum selection for facilitated discussion on September 14, 2006. Despite the rapid growth of Islam in this country, its precepts and scripture remain inaccessible to many readers. It is difficult, too, that many of its believers assert that the Qur'an cannot be translated.
500 Most Influential Muslims in the World
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The Muslim 500 has become the world’s premiere source for a listing of the World’s most influential Muslims. And with each edition the annual publication increases its scope and depth. created by the Royal IslamicStrategic Studies Centre The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center
for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Islam: Empire of Faith
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Running Time: 160 min
A survey of 1000 years of Islamic history starting at the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Includes Muslim contributions in art and science.
Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet
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This web site - a companion to the PBS program of the same name - offers profiles of both the prophet Muhammad and several contemporary American Muslims who describe the meaning of their faith. The web site contains additional historical and biographical information as well as background information on Islam.

Running Time: 120 min
A innovative biography of prophet Muhammad told by 21st Century American Muslims who live his example.

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