Classical Islamic Heritage Books Library on the NET

The Transcendent Global Reference Library

Open 24 hours 365 days

Introduction

The parameters of global information industry has changed for good with widespread availability of Internet. Islamic Literary heritage is no exception to this. It is an Islamic obligation of historic importance that complete heritage of Classical Islamic Literature be digitized and made available on the Internet for everyone to make full utilization.

INTERNET has gained prominence as a pioneer of free exchange and distribution of information and dispensing knowledge. Academics have long enjoyed this medium for free. Now Business and commerce as well as general public can enjoy fruits of this excellent medium at a nominal cost. For the cost of local telephone anyone with a computer can communicate globally.

Thus the transcendent Internet is to become most suitable medium for transnational religious knowledge: Classical Heritage of Islam

With the advent of new millennium we are entering an era of paradigm shift comparable to that of printing press in the age of manual scripting. Traditional ways of publishing continually confronts new directions and opportunities. Internet presents publishers with multitude of opportunities and some concerns. It presents chances for massive content exposure and global display of their work, with some encroaching the copyright territory.

Iqra' International Educational Foundation, Chicago, as a specialist publisher of curriculum resources, have embarked on distant learning project "Iqra Academy" (www.iqraacademy.com) on the Net. Complimenting the academy project Iqra' also provides research resources in electronic and digital form on the Net (www.Islamic-e-Library.com) under personal supervision of Mufti AK Barkatulla of London UK. In the first stage we are planning to make available only classical Islamic heritage resources free for students and researchers.

Below are some of the benefits and advantages of Internet based depository and archive of Islamic Heritage Books:

Unique Features of Internet Library of Classical Islamic Heritage Books

· Open 24hours 365 days to 1000s of simultaneous user of the Internet.

· Out of print and expensive reference resources at meager costs.

· Flexibility of electronic format and speedy search and retrieval.

· Cheapest and fastest means of delivering quality titles universally.

· Web-Based searchable catalogues and indexes.

· On-line on-demand deliveries as well as offline and email dissemination.

· Bilingual and Multi-lingual editions of books and resources.