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{{Infobox Website
| name = Faith Freedom International
| logo = ]
| screenshot = ]
| caption = Logo and Screenshot of FFI
| url = http://www.faithfreedom.org
| commercial = No
| type = Religious/Political
| language = ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
| registration = ], Inc. (R39-LROR)
| owner = Ali Sina
| author = Ali Sina
| launch date = ], ]
| current status =
| revenue = Donations}}


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'''Faith Freedom International''' (FFI) is a ] organization which is ].<ref name="WND"/><ref name="FPM">{{Cite web|url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16440|title=Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=September 18|publisher=]|year=31 Dec 2004|author=Jamie Glazov|language=English}}</ref> FFI was founded by Ali Sina, the ] of an ] ] residing in ], who has issued a standing challenge that he will remove the FFI ] if proven wrong on a number of issues. Faith Freedom International is listed by ] in his book, '']'', as one of the few Islamic related "...friendly address(es), for individuals needing support in escaping from religion".<ref name="GD">{{cite book | title=The God Delusion| last=Dawkins| first=Richard| authorlink=Richard Dawkins| date=2006| pages=379| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co.| location=Boston| id=ISBN 0-618-68000-4}}</ref> FFI's mission statement is included in ]'s book ].<ref name="Leaving Islam">{{cite book | title=Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out| last=Ibn Warraq| authorlink=Ibn Warraq| date=2003| pages=433-436| publisher=Prometheus Books| location=Amherst, NY| id=ISBN 1-59102-068-9}}</ref>

Faith Freedom International hosts the ]-based site WikiIslam.

==The Website's Challenge==
The challenge of the Faith Freedom International website is that Ali Sina, the founder of the website will remove the website if all his allegations against Muhammad are proven wrong.<ref name="WND">{{Cite web|url=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40473|title=Ex-Muslim's site trashes Muhammad - Founder challenges: Prove me wrong and I'll take down page|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=September 18|publisher=]|year=16 Sept 2004|work=TESTING THE FAITH|language=English}}</ref> Sina promises a prize of $50,000 to "...anyone who can disprove my charges and prove Islam is a true religion in an objective (not subjective) way." He invites any refutation of the charges to be posted to his forum,<ref></ref> and he publishes the resulting debates to allow for his readership to judge the success or failure of the challenge.<ref></ref>

===Alteration===
On 29th July 2007, Sina altered the challenge so that he would now only debate with recognised scholars of Islam. The reward now stands at $50,000 to any scholar who proves him wrong and $50,000 to any non-scholar who persuades a successful scholar to debate. This alteration was explained on the grounds that the challenge had now stood for six years and those who took it up were increasingly using the same arguments repeatedly.{{fact|date=September 2007}}

===Debates===
In response to the Challenge, Muslim scholars and non-scholars have debated with writers of FFI{{Fact|date=September 2007}}. ] held such a debate.<ref>; </ref>

==Website access in Muslim countries==
According to a 2002 study by professor Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman of ], ] had banned the Faith Freedom Website.<ref></ref> ], a former student of ] had earlier reported that he was unable to access faithfreedom.org in ].<ref name=Ghamidi>http://www.faithfreedom.org/debates/Ghamidip6.htm</ref> The website operates well in one of the most populous Muslim countries, ] and also Pakistan.<ref name="Ghamidi" />
The Public Interest Registry service used by all .org domains,<ref></ref><ref> http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=faithfreedom&tld=org</ref> and Alexa.com<ref></ref> state that FFI website is hosted in ], Iran.

==Traffic rankings==
The Traffic ranking for Faith Freedom International has fluctuated since its inception in ].<ref name=alexarating></ref> According to the online source ], which reports traffic from Alexa toolbar users, in early ] faithfreedom.org was in the top ten thousand sites on the ]. Currently it is in the top fifty thousand.<ref name=alexarating /> It saw a significant spike in site traffic during February 2006. This occurred at the onset of the ] stemming from the ], but has since returned to average levels. The site has had significant highs and lows. During the end of September 2006 the site went below the top 100,000 and then spiked up and reached 20,000 by the beginning of October. During the same month it went back down to 60,000. It has fluctuated between 20,000 and 80,000 till February 2007, and has fallen down below 100,000 again.<ref name=alexarating />
According to ], Faith Freedom International is in between the top 30,000 and 40,000 websites.<ref></ref> According to ], Faith Freedom International has had over 25 million views since its creation, receives approximately 10,000 visitors every day and about 1 million page views every month.<ref name="Site Meter">{{cite web | title = Faith Freedom International | work =Site Summary | publisher =] | date =July 14, 2005 | url =http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=sm7freefree }}</ref>

==WikiIslam==<!-- This section is linked from ] -->
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In ] ], Faith Freedom International launched<ref>On Monday Sept 4, 2006, </ref> WikiIslam, a community-edited ] collecting negative and critical material about Islam.<ref name="CIWI">, Journal: ''Contemporary Islam'', publisher ''Springer Netherlands'', ISSN 1872-0218 (Print) 1872-0226</ref> According to the FAQ section on the website, "the main difference between WikiIslam and Misplaced Pages is that opinions critical of Islam are not censored on WikiIslam for political correctness."<ref name="CIWI"/> Due to the controversial nature of the website, it has been subject to vandalism, due to which increased security measures have been employed.<ref name="CIWI"/> Although the site claims that anyone can edit content, editing privileges require an account that is only given with special permission.

WikiIslam is the subject of an article in the 7/2007 issue of the journal ''Contemporary Islam'', entitled "Cyber-Islamophobia? The case of WikiIslam",<ref name="CIWI"/> which argues that the website commits selection bias by collecting only negative or critical material.<ref name="CIWI"/><ref>"Compared to “Muslim homepages,” i.e. those set up by believing Muslims, WikiIslam contains only negative and critical examples. This bias is clearly represented in the section called “laughing with the prophet”, which presents stories and reports from the life of prophet Muhammad (i.e. hadith reports). My impression is that the stories reported by WikiIslam have merely been selected to show that Muslims are ignorant, backward or even stupid." ibid.</ref> The article states that "In relation to the criteria set up by the ]... ...it should be quite easy to label most of the material published on WikiIslam as expressions of ]."<ref>Islamophobia: A Challenge For Us All, p. 5, Runnymede Trust (1997).</ref><ref name="CIWI"/> Because of the presence of material obtained from other websites, such as ], the article notes that "it becomes much more difficult to argue that all information posted on WikiIslam is Islamophobic by nature."<ref name="CIWI"/>

==Views of Ali Sina==
According to the columnist ] in the ], Ali Sina believes that Islam is not a religion but a political movement. Spengler disputes this claim, forwarding that Islam is both a religion and a political ideology.<ref> </ref> He also suggests that, among other things, Islam allows the Muslims to wage war against the non-Muslims.<ref name="FPM"/> Sina has accused ] of being a a ], a ], and a mass ].<ref name="WND"/>

==Controversy==
===Alleged racism===
A user named "Sona2"<ref></ref> on faith freedom in march 2007 claimed he had evidence to prove Ali Sina was a racist which he published in a topic on faithfreedom<ref> - Note login/membership required to view.</ref>. He also published this on his personal blog<ref> By Sona.</ref>.

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==References==
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==External links==
* -Official Home page
* - Archived home page
* home page

===Articles related to Faith Freedom International or Ali Sina===
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* by ] of ]'s radio station ]
* - Barbara J. Stock Comments on Ali Sina and Yamin Zakaria's Debate
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* in an article on ]
* - 19.org, website by ]
* Commentary on Ali Sina's debate with Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.

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=== Opposing Websites ===
* - Rebuttals to FaithFreedom.org web site and Ali Sina
* - A website opposing the views of Ali Sina and Faith Freedom International
* - A website claiming to expose lies Against Islam by Ali Sina and Faith Freedom International
* A website attempting to refute “Faith Freedom International”

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