Social networking sites for Muslims on the Internet

Started in 2006 by Egyptian, Mohamed El-Fatatry, 24, the Muxlim site in English is one of a handful of specifically Muslim communities developing a niche in a growing market. Similar sites include Mecca.com and Islamicaweb.com. Muslim youths claim they like the site’s culturally sympathetic sounding board. Muxlim is tiny: In Britain alone, it registered 22,000…

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Imam of Imperia posts Islamic sermon on Facebook, speaks of multifaceted jihad

An Islamic sermon in Italian was posted on Facebook, before it was due to be read at a local mosque. While the sermon condemns war as heinous, the theme of the sermon – the first of its kind proposed and composed by Hamza Piccardo – was to discuss the meaning of jihad, meaning both ‘holy…

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