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The '''Ahlul Bayt Digital Library Project''' ('''Ahlul Bayt DILP
The organization is a [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] public charity<ref name="guidestar">{{cite web |title=Ahlul bayt digital islamic library project |url=http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgive&ein=41-1971730 |publisher=JustGive}}</ref> and was established by volunteers who contributed materials. The DILP and the Al-Islam.org site are supported by individual donors. The Ahlul Bayt DILP stated that it aim is to encourage the research of Islam.
== History ==
The organization was established in 1996.
Since its launch,{{When|date=December 2023}} Al-Islam.org is the top site in [[Yahoo!]]'s list of [[Shia Islam|Shia]] sites by popularity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Islam/Sects/Shia_ism/ |title=Islamic Sects > Shia'ism |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207190003/http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Islam/Sects/Shia_ism/ |archive-date=2006-12-07 }}</ref>
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The free digital library consists of more than 800 resources in different languages, like Spanish, Italian, Swahili, Arabic, Urdu and Gujarati, contributed by volunteers. The Ahlul Bayt DILP also works on the Shiite Encyclopedia, the Event of Gadeer Khum project, and the Tahrif (distortion) of Islamic texts.<ref>{{cite web |title=Al-islam.org Free Library |url=http://www.al-islam.org/alpha.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103033122/http://al-islam.org/alpha.php |archive-date=2007-01-03}}</ref> While it does not hold the copyrights on the digitized texts, permission was obtained to rectify the material. The multimedia section of Al-Islam.org has a collection of audio and video resources.
The Ahlul Bayt DILP's digital library consists of more than 4,000 free resources.<ref name="guidestar" />
==Projects==
===The Multilingual Quran===
The Multilingual Quran section of the DILP is a searchable Quran with English translation as well as commentary from Agha Puya
===The Event of the Ghadir Khum project===
A scholarly examination of the event where [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]] appointed [[Ali|Imam Ali]] as his successor. The study focuses on examining the chain of narrators and the tradition of [[Al-Ghadir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al-islam.org/ghadir/|title=Ghadir Khumm: In Qur'an, Hadith and History|website=al-islam}}</ref>
==See also==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |url= http://www.al-islam.org/ |title= Al-Islam.org by the Ahlul Bayt DILP
*[http://lcweb4.loc.gov/911/catalog/2507.html archived] and part of the [[Minerva (disambiguation)|Minerva]] project of the [[Library of Congress]]
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