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3 3 6Islam i n World Cult u r e sSaid, Edward W. 1997. Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determ i n eHow We See the Rest of the Wo r l d . New York: Vintage Books.This provocative study examines the ways U.S. media and popular film imagesof Islam are shaped by dominant economic and political interests.Webb, Gisela, ed. 2000. Windows of Faith: Muslim Women Scholar-Activists inN o rth America. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.This collection of essays offers discussions of Muslim women and theQur’an, law, literature, and Islamic activism.Internet ResourcesProject MAPS (http://www.projectmaps.com) is overseen by the Center forMuslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. The project sponsorslarge-scale studies of Muslims in the United States.The Council for American-Islamic Relations (http://www. c a i r-net.org) is aWashington, D.C.–based political activism group that lobbies on behalf ofMuslims and sponsors research on the American Muslim community.The Islamic Society of North America (http://www.isna.net), the largestMuslim organization in the United States, publishes Islamic Horizons and holdsa popular annual convention.The Islamic Circle of North America (http://www.icna.com) is a nationalorganization focused on the political and religious development of the Muslimcommunity in North America.A z i z a h ( h t t p : / / w w w.azizahmagazine.com) is a magazine “for the contempora ry Muslim women” published in Atlanta, Georgia.Al-Fatiha (http://www.al-fatiha.net) offers on-line support for gay, lesbian,bisexual, and transgendered Muslims.Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam site (http://www.noi.org) offers informationabout the movement, the leader’s speeches, and links to the Final Calln e w s p a p e r.Wallace D. Muhammad (now W. D. Mohammed) can be heard on NewAfrica Radio (http://newafricaradio.com), which also contains links to theAmerican Society of Muslims and its official newspaper, the Muslim Journ a l .