Christianity Today included the CD-ROM in its list of "The Best Resources on Islam" in 2002. This updated 2006 version includes:
- 39 complete books
- many articles on Islam and Christian witness
- 14 new articles of current issues (contextualization, fundamentalism and militancy)
- extensive new course on current trends in Islam
- country profiles
- Hughe's classic 750-page Dictionary on Islam
- newly updated maps depicting the Muslim world
In addition... over 100 printable photographs of the Islamic world, eight complete courses of study on Islam by noted scholars, complete, searchable text of the Qur'an, annotated bibliography, links to Web sites related to Islam and much more. . . over 12,000 pages of resources!
The CD content is in Adobe PDF format and may be read on Windows, Mac or other platforms supporting Acrobat Reader or Adobe Reader, version 4.0 or above. Adobe Readers for Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP, and Mac 0S 9 and X are included. The CD also includes the content in "Folio Viewer" format, along with reader software for Windows. The Folio version is particularly recommended for those wishing to do complex searches. In addition, The World of Islam - Version 2.0 CD-ROM gives one the option to install the content of the CD to one's hard disk, enabling faster searches without the need of the CD-ROM in the drive.
If you are using Windows 7 or Vista, you must select "Install Acrobat (PDF) Version" on the third screen of the installation. The Folio Views version is not compatible with Windows Vista or Windows 7.
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