Learning about the world of Islam

Everything (well, not everything, but a lot of stuff) you wanted to know about the Islamic World but heretofore (and apart from Wikipedia) did not know where to begin, I have gathered together below. The following resources should suffice by way of an introduction and material for further exploration, research and reading, should you summon the requisite motivation:

• Islam Study Guide 
• Islam & Muslims in the United States: A Select Bibliography 
• Islamic Studies Bibliography 
• The Bedouin: An Introductory Bibliography 
• Democracy and Islam 
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Bibliography  
• Modern Iran: A Basic Bibliography 
• The Modern and Post-Modern Arab World: A Basic Bibliography  
• Poetry and Islam: An Introduction