About the archive

Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought is a free, independent and non-commercial library of writings by Muslim thinkers from the mid-19th century to today. It is modelled on the long-running volunteer archives of political and philosophical writing: an author-first structure, stable addresses, plain fast pages, and texts anyone can read, download and cite.

Scope

The archive collects writing by Muslim intellectuals of the modern period (roughly 1850 onwards): books, essays, articles, lectures and speeches. It includes only works written by the author; interviews, recordings and works about an author are listed separately where they are useful.

Editorial policy

Inclusion is not endorsement. The archive deliberately spans traditionalist, reformist, modernist, Sufi, Salafi, Shia and feminist thought, so that readers can study the arguments in the authors’ own words. Each text is reproduced faithfully from a named source edition, and corrections are welcome.

Copyright

Works are hosted only when they are in the public domain or when the rights holder has given permission. Works still in copyright that are freely available elsewhere are linked rather than copied. See Copyright and permissions.

How to cite the archive

Each work page has a “Cite this page” box. In general: Author. Title. Year. Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. URL.

Privacy

The archive counts visits with GoatCounter, an open-source counter that sets no cookies and stores no personal data: it records which pages are opened, which files are downloaded, which site a visitor came from, and the country, browser and screen size, without identifying anyone. Your Kindle and email addresses are saved only in your own browser and are used only to send the files you ask for.

Volunteering

The archive grows through volunteers who transcribe, proofread, translate and seek permissions. To help, write to contact@islamicarchives.org.