One of the most controversial scholars of Middle East politics is Martin Kramer - he has his own web site.
And he is one of the directors of Campus Watch - whose web site is worth looking at.

"A Secret Iran-Arafat Connection Is Seen Fueling the Mideast Fire ,"  DOUGLAS FRANTZ and JAMES RISEN, New York Times, March 24, 2002.

"The Great Terror ," by Jeffrey Goldberg, The New Yorker,  March 25, 2002, pp. 52-75.  It looks to me [AF] as though the path is being cleared for some military action vs. Iraq in the not-to-distant future.  This essay analyzes Iraq's war against the Kurds, using biological and chemical weapons. [I wrote this a year ago!]

A page of links to sites on various "sides" of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .

The web site for the Deoband Islamic Center in Pakistan.

A website which one of the members of this class [Moe Yassine] designed when he was in high school for Osama Siblani , "Michigan's Arab Voice."  Arab-American News.

"Where the Prophet Trod, He Begs, Tread Lightly ," By Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, February 15, 2002

The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy has its web site.
    An article published by the Center: "ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY: The Struggle Continues " by Muqtedar Khan.

 Another essay on Islam and Democracy from a Pakistani perspective.

An "Op-Ed" piece by Yasir Arafat , in the New York Times on February 3, 2002, "The Palestinian Vision of Peace."

An interesting approach to "secularism", "fundamentalism", and "tolerance" from a multi-religious point of view.  Thomas Cahill , "The One True Faith: Is It Tolerance?" in New York Times, February 3, 2002.

Address given by President Musharaff of Pakistan "to the people" on January 12, 2002.

"Toward Submission or War in Palestine?," Adam Hanieh ,  MERIP Press Information Note 82, January 26, 2002.

"The Case of Azmi Bishara: Political Immunity and Freedom in Israel," Gad Barzilai , MERIP Press Information Note 80 January 8, 2001.

Osama Bin Laden Video Tape #1

Osama bin Laden interview with Al-Jazeera TV, June 10, 1999.

Osama bin Laden interview with Rahimullah Yusufzai, ABC News, January 1999.
http://www.aicongress.com/policy/articles.htm

A site which contains American Muslim attitudes and responses to September 11 [including an Op Ed piece by Mohammad Ayoub who is presenting on January 22 to our class.

A 'Pro-Jihad" site.

A second 'pro-jihad' site, with a different approach.  And finally, a site in Arabic which reports, favorably, the activities of al Qa'ida and the Taliban.

Revolutionary Afghan Women's Association (RAWA).

Interview with Dr. Saad al-Faqih , a Saudi dissident.

Middle East Online - an Arab site.

Amnesty International - a human rights organization, with reports on countries around the world.

Helsinki Watch - another human rights organization.

The U.S. indictment against Osama bin Laden, relating to the destruction of American embassies in East Africa.  This requires Adobe Acrobat reader.  It is provided by the FBI.

A site which contains many links to sites relating to Osama bin Laden, from Cornell University.

Newsday had an interesting article last fall on the significance for events in 1924 for Osama bin Laden.

Essays on Implications of September 11 From the Social Science Perspective

• "Theorizing Islam ," Richard W. Bulliet, Professor of History, Columbia University
• "Some Thoughts Subsequent to September 11th ," Bruce Cumings, Professor of History, University of Chicago.
• "The Attack on Humanity: Conflict and Management ," I. William Zartman, Professor of International Organizations and Conflict Resolution, Johns Hopkins University.
• "The End of the Unipolar Moment: September 11 and the Future of World Order ," Steve Smith, Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
• "Global Executioner: Scales of Terror ," Neil Smith, Professor of Anthropology and Geography, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
• "The Religious Undercurrents of Muslim Economic Grievances ," Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Law, and King Faisal Professor of Islamic Thought and Culture, University of Southern California.
• "September 11 and the Struggle for Islam ," Robert W. Hefner, Department of Anthropology, Boston University.
• "Piety, Persuasion, and Politics: Deoband's Model of Islamic Activism, " Barbara D. Metcalf, Professor of History, University of California, Davis.
• "Women, War and Fundamentalism in the Middle East ," Haideh Moghissi, Department of Sociology, York University.
• "The Evolution of 'Jihad' in Islamist Political Discourse: How a Plastic Concept Became Harder, " Farish A. Noor, Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia.
• "Neo-Fundamentalism ," Olivier Roy, Research Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
• "The Future of Secular Values , " Wang Gungwu, Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.
• "Unholy Politics ," by Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, Yale University.
• "Reassuring and Protecting, Following the Events of  September 11 , "  Didier Bigo, Professor of Politics, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris.
• "Negotiating Identity and Community After September 11 ."  Kay Deaux, Professor of Psychology, Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
• "The Return of the State ," John A. Hall, Department of Sociology, McGill University.
• "Governance Hotspots: Challenges We Must Confront in the Post-September 11 World , " Saskia Sassen, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago.
• "Terrorism and Cosmopolitanism ," Daniele Archibugi, Technological Director, Italian National Research Council.
• "Can Rational Analysis Break a Taboo? A Middle Eastern Perspective," Said Amir Arjomand, Professor of Sociology, State University of New  York at Stony Brook.
• "Responses to 9.11: Individual and Collective Dimensions ," Rajeev Bhargava, Professor of Political Theory and Indian Political  Thought, University of Delhi.
• "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim – An African Perspective ," Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Anthropology, Columbia University.
• "The Political Psychology of Competing Narratives: September 11 and Beyond ," Marc Howard Ross, Department of Political Science, Bryn Mawr College.
• "Terrorism and Freedom: An Outside View ," Luis Rubio, General Director, Center for Research for Development  (CIDAC), Mexico City.