From: bs.rekso@ds5000.dac.northeastern.edu
Subject: formula for calculating prayer time
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Originator: Mughal@Romeo.Caltech.Edu (Asim Mughal -Moderator)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 05:06:00 GMT


[Postmarked: Jul 15, '92]
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	Assalamualaikum,

	Brother and Sister in Islam, I'am looking for the formula
	to calculate prayer time by entering longitude and latitude
	of the city or source where I can find it

	Wassalam,

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budi reksoprodjo

## 
## AA ! I am appending a copy of Islamic Resource guide published on SRI
## earlier. It lists various softwares including prayer time tables.
##
## Regards,
## Asim Mughal
## 
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From:	IN%"hashem@nunki.usc.edu" 25-JUN-1992 11:55:44.63
To:	IN%"mughal%CitIago.BITNET@VM.usc.edu"
Subj:	Islamic Computing Resource Guide (Rel 1.1a)


                  Islamic Computer Resource Guide
                            June 24, 1992
                            Release 1.1a

After attending the Second International Confernece on Computer Technology
in Service of Islam in San Jose, I decided that there was a need to compile
a list of various computing resources available to the Muslim community.

This resource guide will serve as a listing for software, bulletin board
systems, and major network resources such as electronic mailing lists, forums
and newsgroups related to discussion of Islamic topics.

I have limited the scope of the list to software published in the English
language only, although I realize that there are many Arabic language software
packages available. I have also consciously omitted several culturally-related
software and computing resources such as Arabic word processors and Pakistani
mailing lists even though they may have Islamic relevance.

All prices listed below do not include shipping and handling. The prices and
information is up to date as of the above date. Please send omissions,
corrections, comments, etc... to:

Basil Hashem
CompuServe: 71517,346
Internet: hashem@usc.edu
America Online: bhashem
AMnet: ANSAR

This list is provided as a free service to the Muslim community, I did my
best to secure its accuracy but in no way do I guarantee its authenticity.
So, donUt hold me liable for anything. I would also like to thank the many
individuals that provided me with much of the information listed here, may
Allah reward their efforts.

Release Notes
=============
1.0:  Initial release.
1.0a: Fixed several typographic errors.
1.1:  Added several new software packages and some Internet resources
1.1a: Made a couple of corrections on network services, no new entries.


I. SOFTWARE

A. ON-LINE DATABASES

Name:         Al-Hadith Database
Category:     Hadith Database
Description:  A program to search the Sahih al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu
              Dawud, Al-Muwatta, and Mishkat al-Masabih hadith sources
              in English. Cross-referencing between the Al-Quran Database
              & Islamic LawBase.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM
              20MB free on hard disk
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $425 (IBS Advertised Price)
              $199 (Islamic Computing Centre)
Publisher:    Islamic Computing Centre
              73, St. ThomasUs Road
              London   N4 2QJ
              United Kingdom
              Tel: 071-359-6233
Availability: Islamic Book Service
              10900 W. Washington Street
              Indianapolis, IN  46231-2080
              Tel: (317)839-8150/(317)839-7669

Name:         Al-Quran Database
Category:     On-Line Quran
Description:  A program which displays side-by-side text of the Quran in
              Arabic and English. Yusuf Ali and M. Pickthall translations.
              Searchable English text by keyword with Boolean operators
              and soon by subject as well. Includes background information
              about the suras. Complements Al-Hadith Database.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM
              10MB free on hard disk
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $325 (IBS Advertised Price)
              $99 (Islamic Computing Centre)
Publisher:    Islamic Computing Centre
              73, St. ThomasUs Road
              London   N4 2QJ
              United Kingdom
              Tel: 071-359-6233
Availability: Islamic Book Service
              10900 W. Washington Street
              Indianapolis, IN  46231-2080
              Tel: (317)839-8150/(317)839-7669

Name:         The Alim 1.0
Category:     Quran and Hadith Database System
Description:  An Islamic study toolkit which includes: the Quran in Arabic,
              Yusuf Ali and M. Pickthall Translations and Concordances,
              Yusuf Ali Commentary, a Transliteration, Sahih Bukhari
              Hadith, Hadith Qudsi database, Islamic Subjects database,
              Maududi Sura Information, Chronological History of Islam,
              Biographies of the Companions of the Prophet, and Islamic
              Terms Dictionary. Every database is searchable via keywords
              (with Boolean operators) or by subject, regular expressions,
              and word series. Background searching and "save search"
              features. Multiple window operations and GUI menus and
              dialog boxes.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM
              1.5MB to 15MB free on hard disk
              EGA or better graphics required for Arabic
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $99
Publisher:    Advent Technologies
              1-800-397-5561
Availability: IQRA Bookcenter
              1-800-521-4272

Name:         Hadith on CD
Category:     Hadith Databases
Description:  Collections of hadith databases on CD ROM disks. Over 15
              languages supported.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with CD-ROM drive
Status:       Unknown
Price:        $?
Contact:      M.M. Al-Azami & Aqil M. Azmi
              Center for Hadith Analysis
              805 29th Street, #552-N
              Boulder, Colorado 80303
              Tel: (303) 938-1211

Name:         HadithBase
Category:     Hadith Database
Description:  A database program of Sahih al-Bukhari hadiths. Fully
              searchable by keyword and subject with Boolean operators
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM
              mono, CGA, EGA or VGA
              3 MB free on hard disk
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $195
Contact:      Sound Vision
              843 W. Van Buren, Suite 411
              Chicago, IL  60607
              1-800-432-4262

Name:         Holy Quran (English)
Category:     On-Line Quran
Decscription: A program to display the Yusuf Ali translation of the Quran.
              Keyword search capability with Boolean operators.
              Thesaurus and theme index. Ability to display Arabic script as
              well. This is one of a series of programs (mostly Arabic) which
              run under the Sakhr DOS system. Databases of the Quran,
              Al-Bukhary hadith, and Al-Mawarith (inheritence) expert
              system also available. The system requires a DOS Arabization
              package.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with Sakhr DOS Arabization
              VGA display capability
              20MB free on hard disk
Status:       Available June 1992
Prices:       Holy Quran (English) - $?
              DOS Arabization - $40
Contact:      Al Alamiah Electronics Company
              Heliopolis, Cairo
              P.O. Box: 5189 H. West
              Code 11771 EGYPT
              Tel: (202) 249-3618
              Tel: (202) 249-4170

Name:         Islamic LawBase
Category:     Law Database
Description:  A program to search the following legal literature: Fiqh al-
              Sunnah, Majellah al-ahkam, Hedaya al-Marghinani, Fatawa-e-
              Qazi Khan, Al Halal Wal Haram, Muwatta of Imam Malik, al
              Risala al-Qairawaniya, Criminal Law of Islam, and Kitab-ul-
              Kharaj in English.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM
              20MB free on hard disk
Status:       Available in Third Quarter 1992
Price:        $200 (estimated)
Publisher:    Islamic Computing Centre
              73, St. ThomasUs Road
              London   N4 2QJ
              United Kingdom
              Tel: 071-359-6233

Name:         IslamicWare: The Holy Koran & Explanation v7.0
Category:     On-Line Quran
Description:  "Koran: Contemporary Text" displays searchable text of a
              new English translation of the Quran by Ahmad Darwish.
              Subject index and concordance (word index) also available.
              "Explanation Koran: Contemporary Text", a commentary on
              the above translation.
              Also available "Koran: Academic Text", "Quran: Yusuf Ali text
              translation", "Koran: Yusuf Ali revised text", and "Koran:
              Muhammad Pickthall text revised", each available with index
              and concordance.
              Koran_CD and First electronic Islamic encyclopedia due in
              December 1992.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
              10MB free on hard disk (for text)
              4MB free on hard disk (for concordance)
Status:       Shareware and Commercial
Price:        Suras 1 & 2 available for free
              Koran: Contemporary Text - $79.95, with Index - $179.95,
              with Concordance - $279.95
              Explanation Koran: Contemporary Text - $79.95, with Index -
              $179.95, with Concordance - $279.95
              Other programs follow same pricing structure.
Publisher:    Ahmad Darwish & M. K.
              P.O. Box 8279
              Fremont, CA 94537-8279
              Tel: (510) 794-9363

Name:         Nahjul Balaagha Version 2.0
Category:     On-Line Sayings and Letters
Description:  A database program of the sayings and letters of Imaam Ali.
              Provides the ability to search, display and print sayings by
              keyword.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $?
Contact:      Al-Mahdi Islamic Software Centre (MISC)
              P.O. Box 45844
              Nairobi, Kenya

Name:         QuranBase
Category:     On-Line Quran
Description:  A database program of the Yusuf Ali translation of the
              Quran. Fully searchable by keyword, chapter, verse and
              subject.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 256K RAM
              mono, CGA, EGA or VGA
              1.5 Free MB on Hard Disk
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $179
Contact:      Sound Vision
              843 W. Van Buren, Suite 411
              Chicago, IL  60607
              1-800-432-4262

Name:         QuranFinder
Category:     On-Line Quran
Description:  A program to search English text translation of Yusuf Ali by
              keyword or chapter/verse.
System Req.:  Macintosh
Status:       Under Development
Price:        $?
Author:       Moataz Kamel
Availability: Soon

Name:         Quranic Text
Category:     On-Line Quran
Description:  Text of the M.H. Shakir English translation of the Quran.
System Req.:  Text Editor
Status:       Freeware
Price:        $0.00
Author:       Unknown
Availability: 1) FTPUable from Caltech MSA archive or
              2) Via e-mail from the Pakistan News Service.
              Send an e-mail message to:
                From Internet: Listserv@ASUACAD.bitnet
                From BITNET: LISTSERV@ASUACAD
              with the following command in the text of the e-mail message:
                GET PAKISTAN AL_QURAN
              3) On-line at the Islamic School on Cleveland Freenet.

B. EDUCATIONAL/GAMES

Name:         Al-Qari
Category:     Educational
Description:  A program designed to teach children and adults to recite
              the Quran in Arabic. Uses sounds and text in Arabic and
              English.
System Req.:  Macintosh.
Status:       Under development
Price:        $?
Contact:      Sound Vision
              843 W. Van Buren, Suite 411
              Chicago, IL  60607
              1-800-432-4262

Name:         Hijrah
Category:     Game
Description:  Small game written in BASIC which quizzes the player
              regarding the flight of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be
              upon him) from Mecca to Medina.
System Req.:  IBM and compatibles with BASIC interpreter (such as BASICA
              or GWBASIC)
Status:       Shareware
Price:        $5
Availability: AmNet BBS

Name:         Islam Stack
Category:     Database
Description:  A Hypercard stack outlining the main events of Islamic
              History, from the birth of Muhammad until World War II.
              Includes maps and family trees.
System Req.:  Macintosh with Hypercard
Status:       Freeware
              Disk Number: 8412
Price:        $6.99 (Cost of medium)
Availability: EDUCORP
              7434 Trade Street
              San Diego, CA 92121
              Orders: 1-800-843-9497
              Info: (619) 536-9999

Name:         Islamic Scholar I
Category:     Tutorial
Description:  Written in an artificial intelligence language, a menu-driven
              educational program covers more than 60 topics in fiqh and
              aqeedah; basics of Islam; and "how to"'s P the basic duties of
              Muslims. The English meaning and transliteration of small
              chapters from the Quran is included as well.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
Status:       Commerical Product
Price:        $39
Availability: Sound Vision
              843 W. Van Buren, Suite 411
              Chicago, IL  60607
              1-800-432-4262

Name:         pcIQ
Category:     Game
Description:  A "trivia type" quiz game on topics sucj as QurUan, Sirah,
              Ummah, events and Fiqh. Multiple choice answers. Also
              includes a facility to learn to read the last hizb of the Quran
              in Arabic and display color Islamic art.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible with 512K RAM
              EGA or VGA display
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $49.95
Publisher:    Islamic Computing Centre
              73, St. ThomasUs Road
              London   N4 2QJ
              United Kingdom
              Tel: 071-359-6233

C. ART

Name:         Clip Art Collection #1: Calligraphic Designs
Category:     Art
Description:  30 calligraphic images in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
              format.
System Req.:  Macintosh with an application to read EPS formatted files
              Postscript printer or imagesetter
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $54.95
Publisher:    Sakkal Design
              1523 175th Place SE
              Bothell, WA 98012
              Tel: (206)484-8830


D. PRAYER CALCULATION/CALENDAR FUNCTION

Name:         An-NidaU 2.1
Category:     Prayer Time Calculations
Description:  Calculates prayer time schedules for any month of any year
              (upto 2050); for any location in the world. Comes preset for
              more than 550 locations world wide. Other locations may be
              used as well. Options include printing in Arabic or English,
              calculation using Hijrah or Christian calendars, Shafi'i or
              Hanafi prayer times, Qibla direction and more.
System Req.:  Macintosh
              Hypercard software
Status:       Commerical Product
Price:        $39
Availability: Sound Vision
              843 W. Van Buren, Suite 411
              Chicago, IL  60607
              1-800-432-4262

Name:         calendrical.l
Category:     Calendar Converter
Description:  A Common Lisp program to calculate the Hijri, Gregorian and
              Julian calendars. Includes definitions of some important events.
System Req.:  LISP interpreter
Status:       Freeware
Price:        Free
Author(s):    Nachum Dershowitz and Edward Reingold <reingold@cs.uiuc.edu>
Availability: AMASS Software Library

Name:         Prayer Timing Version 1.1
Category:     Prayer Time Calculation
Description:  C-language computer routines to calculate prayer times given
              selected parameters. A program based on Minaret 1.3.
System Req.:  C compiler
Status:       Freeware
Price:        Free
Author:       Kamal Abdali
              P.O. Box 65207
              Washington, DC  20035
Availability: AMASS Software Library

Name:         Prayer Timing Version 1.1
Category:     Prayer Time Calculation
Description:  FORTRAN-language computer routines to calculate prayer
              times and moon sighting data given selected parameters.
System Req.:  FORTRAN compiler
Status:       Freeware
Price:        "Free" with a request for donation to the address below.
Author:       MSA-UMR
              202 Rolla Building
              Rolla, MO 65401

Name:         Minaret 1.3
Category:     Prayer Times Calculation
Description:  A menu-driven program to calculate prayer times for many
              cities in the world. New cities can be added by providing
              location and timing data. Shows the direction of the Qibla,
              and various data related to the Hijri calendar (date
              conversion). Produces text and TeX output of prayer schedules.
System Req.:  Macintosh Plus or higher
              100K free on hard disk or floppy
Status:       Shareware
Price:        $10
Author:       Kamal Abdali
              P.O. Box 65207
              Washington, DC  20035
Availability: On Internet, can be FTPUed from several sites such as
              sumex-aim.stanford.edu and the AMASS Sofware Library.

Name:         Taqwim 3.0
Category:     Islamic Calendar Converter
Description:  A program that converts dates from the Gregorian calendar to the
              Islamic calendar.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $20?
Author:       Mark Woodsworth & John Woods
Availability: University of Chicago
              Department of Middle Eastern Studies

E. MISCELLANEOUS

Name:         Daily Ayat
Description:  A program to automatically display an ayat of the Quran
              each time you start your computer.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $19.95
Publisher:    ISL Software Corp.
              San Antonio, TX
              (512)690-5973
              1-800-397-5561

Name:         Daily Hadith
Description:  A program to automatically display a short hadith each time
              you start your computer.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $19.95
Publisher:    ISL Software Corp.
              San Antonio, TX
              (512)690-5973
              1-800-397-5561

Name:         PrayerMinder
Description:  Allows for the creation and saving of prayer time tables. A
              memory-resident program with a five-alarm clock which
              reminds you of the times to pray.
System Req.:  IBM PC or compatible
Status:       Commercial Product
Price:        $29.95
Publisher:    ISL Software Corp.
              San Antonio, TX
              (512)690-5973
              1-800-397-5561


II. BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS

Name:         AMnet BBS
Location:     Bethesda, MD
Description:  A BBS setup by the American Muslim Council (AMC), a lobby
              group for American Muslims. News reports, electronic mail,
              and files available.
Price:        Free
Contact:      Ammad-Ad-Dean Ahmed
Phone:        (301)951-0539 (voice)
              (202)789-2527 (BBS)
Parameters:   2400 Baud, No Parity, 8 Bit, 1 Stop

Name:         IMA Electronic News Service
Description:  A subscription service for accessing news reports affecting
              Muslims worldwide.  Accessed via computer modem. Mostly
              for the press.
Price:        $50/month (may vary)
Contact:      Islamic Media Association, Inc.
              256 S. Robertson Blvd.
              Beverly Hills, CA 90211
              Tel: (310)659-4211


III. NETWORK MAILING LISTS/FORUMS/NEWSGROUPS

A. BITNET/INTERNET RESOURCES:
[I]    1. Usenet newsgroup: soc.religion.islam
        Description: A moderated newsgroup discussing Islamic topics.
        Subscriptions: via a newsreader (rn, nn, etc.)
        Submissions: Posting via newsreader (rn, nn, etc.)
        Moderators:
            Asim Mughal (mughal@romeo.caltech.edu)
            D. Salman Azhar (azhar@duke.cs.duke.edu)
            Dr. Hanan Lutfiya (hanan@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu)
            Basalat Ali Raja (gwydion@gnu.ai.mit.edu)

[I]    2. Mailing List: MSA-NET
        Description: A mailing list to discuss Muslim Student Association
            (MSA) issues.
        Subscriptions: msa-request@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca
        Submissions: msa@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca
        Moderators: Boualem Sekhri

[B/I]  3. Mailing List: Muslim News Network
        Description: MNN is a moderated forum dedicated to educate the
          network communities on issues relating to the Muslims in an
          academic & non-political environment. Submissions are compiled in
          the form of a newsletter and mailed to the subscribers.
        Subscriptions: Send an e-mail mesage to:
          From Internet: Listserv@ASUACAD.bitnet
          From BITNET: LISTSERV@ASUACAD
             Include in text of the message the following line:
          SUB MUSLIMS Firstname Lastname
        Submissions:
          From Internet: MUSLIMS@ASUACAD.bitnet or
                         muslims@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
          From BITNET: MUSLIMS@ASUACAD
        Moderators: Asim Mughal (mughal@iago.caltech.edu)
             Mir Assadullah (ssi!mma@uunet.uu.net)
             Nauman Mysorewala (pakeditr@asuacad.bitnet)
             Mansoor Jafri (majafri@iago.caltech.edu)
             Zubair Ahmad (sahmad@us.oracle.com)
             Imran Medhi (imran@merlin.jpl.nasa.gov)

[I]    4. CalTech Muslim Students Archive
        Host: through.ugcs.caltech.edu
        Address: 131.215.128.1
        Description: The on-line text of the Quran was made available but is
          temporarily being corrected.
        Access: via File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
        Username: anonymous (or ftp)
        Password: me@myplace.here.and.now
        Questions: Waqar Malik (waqar@ugcs.caltech.edu)

[B/I]  5. Quranic Text
        Description: Text of the M.H. Shakir English Quran translation
          available from the Pakistan News Service
        Access: Send an e-mail message to:
          From Internet: Listserve@ASUACAD.bitnet
          From BITNET: LISTSERV@ASUACAD
            with the following command in the text of the e-mail message:
          GET PAKISTAN AL_QURAN

[I]    6. The Islamic School
        Description: An Islamic subject area at the Cleveland Free-Net
          Community Computer System. Introductory information on Islam,
          many of the areas are under development including an on-line
          Quran and hadith, frequently asked questions and information
          about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
        Access: Use the TELNET utility to connect to one of the following:
          free-net-a.cwru.edu          [129.22.8.82]
          free-net-b.cwru.edu          [129.22.8.75]
          free-net-c.cwru.edu          [129.22.8.76]
        You will then be asked whether you are a registered user or a vistor.
          Select 2 to indicate a visitor. Then, select 2 to "Explore the
          system". Upon being presented with the main menu, type "go islam"
          to access the Islamic School.
        Contact: All on Free-Net
          Eursat Mercan (Sysop) [aa755]
          Sukru Gultop  (Co-sysop) [sxg12]
          Mesut Sahin   (Co-sysop) [mxs44]

[I]    7. "Snake" Archive Site
        Description: Archive site for the M.H. Shakir English Translation
          of the Quran.
        Host: snake.mcs.kent.edu
        Address: 131.123.2.222
        Access: via File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
        Username: anonymous (or ftp)
        Password: me@myplace.here.and.now

[I]    8. American Arab Scientific Society (AMASS) Software Library
        Description: An archive site with a collection of software including
          Minaret 1.3, calendrical.l, prayertimer, and other items.
        Host: cs.bu.edu
        Address: 128.197.2.1
        Access: via File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
        Username: anonymous (or ftp)
        Password: me@myplace.here.and.now

B. COMPUSERVE:
    - "Islam" Subject Area in the Religion Forum (GO RELIGION)



Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam