By far the best site on the web for English speakers to learn about Islam is that created by our UGA colleague, Professor Alan Godlas. His site is up-to-date, filled with basic and sophisticated information, and does not promote any tendentious views:
The following two sites are also good sources of information. The first has a decided Sunni perspective, while the second reflects Shi`i perspectives.
The next three
sites will help you find verses and passages in the Quran. The third will let you hear the Quran
recited while seeing the Arabic text.
http://www.al-sunnah.com/call_to_islam/quran/pickthall/
http://web.umr.edu/~msaumr/Quran/
The last site is
a guide to the Pilgrimage (Hajj).