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'''Faith Freedom International''' ('''FFI''') is a website that is ].
'''Faith Freedom International''' ('''FFI''') is a ] that is ].<ref name="FPM">{{Cite web|url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16440|archive-url=https://swap.stanford.edu/20090417195806/http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID%3D3DDB4AD9%2DF928%2D4EF8%2DADEC%2D8A9C90594254|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2009|title=Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam|accessdate=September 18, 2007|publisher=]|year=Dec 31, 2004|author=Jamie Glazov}}</ref> FFI identifies itself as "a grassroots worldwide movement of ex-Muslims and all those who are concerned about the rise of the Islamic threat".{{citation needed|date=April 2019|reason=Where does this quote come from? Every occurrence of it on Google seems to come from Misplaced Pages.}} According to the website, FFI was founded by an ]ian residing in Canada, known as ]. On the website, Ali Sina has issued a standing challenge that he will remove the FFI website if proven wrong on a number of issues.


⚫ ==Website traffic and access==
FFI is listed by ] in the Appendix of his book, '']'', as one of the few Islamic related "friendly address, for individuals needing support in escaping from religion"<ref name="GD">{{cite book | title=The God Delusion| url=https://archive.org/details/goddelusion00dawk| url-access=registration| last=Dawkins| first=Richard| authorlink=Richard Dawkins| year=2006| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co.| location=Boston| isbn=0-618-68000-4| page=}}</ref> (although it was removed from the website following protest from other ex-Muslims and atheists).<ref></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| year=2003| pages=433–436| publisher=Prometheus Books| location=Amherst, NY| isbn=1-59102-068-9}}</ref> According to ], FFI "echoes the voice of Muslim dissidents that strive for freedom of faith and freedom ''from'' faith in Islamic countries."<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219210317/http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/islam/related.html |date=2012-02-19 }} by ]</ref>
] lists faithfreedom.org among the top 70,000 as measured by traffic as of January 2016.<ref></ref> According to ], faithfreedom.org was among the top 650,000 websites as of June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/faithfreedom.org|title=Faithfreedom Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa|website=www.alexa.com|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref>


⚫ ], the founder of FFI, has remarked that the website received over 10 million readers in just over a 2.5-year time span while being banned in a number of countries including Iran and ].<ref name="J Post"> – ] Interviews Ali Sina.</ref> A 2002 study on internet filtering in ] identified FFI as among the web pages that were blocked in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/saudiarabia/SA-F.html |title=URLs Blocked in Saudi Arabia – "F" Faith Freedom |access-date=2006-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204033516/http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/saudiarabia/SA-F.html |archive-date=2007-02-04 |url-status=live |df= }}</ref>
⚫ ==Website access and traffic==
⚫ A 2002 study on internet filtering in ] identified FFI as among the web pages that were blocked in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/saudiarabia/SA-F.html |title=URLs Blocked in Saudi Arabia – "F" Faith Freedom |access-date=2006-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204033516/http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/saudiarabia/SA-F.html |archive-date=2007-02-04 |url-status=live |df= }}</ref> ] lists faithfreedom.org among the top 70,000 as measured by traffic as of January 2016.<ref></ref>

==Alleged deaths threats and hacking attempts==
Because of the content of the site, Ali Sina claims to have received death threats from "two imams in India" who he alleges have offered a reward of US$20,000 (or 1 million Rupees) for anyone who kills him.<ref> – ] Interviews Ali Sina.
</ref><ref name="Recent Attacks On “Counter Jihad” Websites">{{cite web
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|url = http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2010/01/recent-attacks-on-%E2%80%9Ccounter-jihad%E2%80%9D-websites/
|title = Recent Attacks On "Counter Jihad" Websites
|access-date = October 9, 2010
|publisher = ]
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101216052427/http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2010/01/recent-attacks-on-%E2%80%9Ccounter-jihad%E2%80%9D-websites/
|archive-date = December 16, 2010
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}}</ref> The site itself has been hacked and subject to DDOS attacks several times since the website opened, most recently in January 2010.<ref name="Recent Attacks On “Counter Jihad” Websites"/><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416054221/http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/06/faith-freedom-hacked.html |date=2010-04-16 }}, June 7, 2008, Jihad Watch</ref>

==Notable content==

===Articles===
The website contains several articles authored by notable persons, including:

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*]<ref>see {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217043221/http://www.faithfreedom.org/op-ed/it-is-not-just-democracy-that-is-illegal-in-iran/ |date=2014-12-17 }} and {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020210617/http://www.womenspeecharchive.org/women/profile/speech/index.cfm?ProfileID=172&SpeechID=788 |date=2013-10-20 }}</ref>
*]<ref>see {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021141325/http://www.faithfreedom.org/articles/islamic-jihad-articles/fighting-islamist-%E2%80%98lawfare%E2%80%99/ |date=2012-10-21 }} and </ref>
*]<ref>See {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011210332/http://www.faithfreedom.org/articles/op-ed/fjordman-on-the-illusion-of-a-moderate-islam/ |date=2012-10-11 }} and {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213083645/http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/08/this-essay-overlaps-to-some.html |date=2013-02-13 }}</ref>
*]<ref>see {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101160532/http://www.faithfreedom.org/features/news/egypt-muslims-riot-over-appointment-of-christian-governor/ |date=2012-11-01 }} and </ref>
*]<ref>see {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023112412/http://www.faithfreedom.org/articles/political-islam/wilders-in-defense-of-%E2%80%98hurtful%E2%80%99-speech/ |date=2012-10-23 }} and </ref>
*]<ref>see {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227120719/http://www.faithfreedom.org/articles/political-islam/muhammad-islams-dirty-little-secret-by-eric-allen-bell/ |date=2012-12-27 }} and </ref>
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===Debates===
The website includes several debates between Ali Sina and Muslims, among them are prominent scholars such as ]<ref>''Peacemaker's Guide to Warmongers: Exposing Robert Spencer, David Horowitz, and other Enemies of Peace'' by Edip Yuksel, 2010, Published by Brainbow Press, {{ISBN|978-0-9796715-3-1}}; p. 145-267</ref> and Yamin Zakaria of the ICSSA.<ref>; A Debate between YAMIN ZAKARIA and ALI SINA; Published: February 27, 2005]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faithfreedom.org/category/features/debates/ |title=Debates |publisher=FaithFreedom.org |date= |access-date=October 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016170648/http://www.faithfreedom.org/category/features/debates/ |archive-date=October 16, 2011 |df= }}</ref>

Sina's contention is that Islam promotes hate and disunity, and thus poses an impediment to peace. According to his website, he has issued a challenge that should anyone prove him wrong he will publicly acknowledge his error and withdraw his charges against Islam, and will pay $50,000 to that person.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204022026/http://m.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Muslim-Mindset-The-hatred-is-in-Muhammad-himself#article=0QjM0QzQ0MTVBQUVFNEQ4QTc4MTdGNzNDQ0YwMDdGMjg= |date=2016-02-04 }}, Jerusalem Post</ref>

⚫ ==WikiIslam==
]
In September 2006, FFI launched<ref>On Monday Sept 4, 2006, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001032509/http://www.wikiislam.net/WikiIslam:About#History |date=2015-10-01 }}</ref> WikiIslam, a community-edited ] collecting critical and often incorrect 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.

WikiIslam was 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)." 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 ]." ] adds that "y impression is that the stories reported by WikiIslam have merely been selected to show that Muslims are ignorant, backward or even stupid."<ref name="CIWI"/><ref>Islamophobia: A Challenge For Us All, p. 5, Runnymede Trust (1997).</ref> 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"/>

In August 2008, the WikiIslam site was moved to a new server and since then it has been operating independently.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wikiislam.net/WikiIslam |title=WikiIslam |access-date=2016-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624085834/http://wikiislam.net/WikiIslam |archive-date=2016-06-24 |url-status=live |df= }}</ref> Since December 2015 EXMNA took over ownership and operation of WikiIslam.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Muslims of North America takes ownership and operation of WikiIslam|url=https://exmuslims.org/ex-muslims-north-america-takes-ownership-operation-wikiislam/|date=2015-12-03|website=Ex-Muslims of North America|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==
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Faith Freedom International
File:Faith freedom international -screenshot.jpgScreenshot of FFI
Type of siteAnti-Islam
Available inEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Spanish
OwnerAli Sina
Created byAli Sina
RevenueDonations
URLhttp://www.faithfreedom.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationeNom, Inc. (R39-LROR)
LaunchedOctober 26, 2001

Faith Freedom International (FFI) is a website that is critical of Islam.

Website traffic and access

Ranking.com lists faithfreedom.org among the top 70,000 as measured by traffic as of January 2016. According to Alexa, faithfreedom.org was among the top 650,000 websites as of June 2019.

Ali Sina, the founder of FFI, has remarked that the website received over 10 million readers in just over a 2.5-year time span while being banned in a number of countries including Iran and Pakistan. A 2002 study on internet filtering in Saudi Arabia identified FFI as among the web pages that were blocked in the country.

See also

References

  1. Faith Freedom at ranking.com
  2. "Faithfreedom Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  3. Muslim Mindset: 'The hatred is in Muhammad himself' – Jerusalem post Interviews Ali Sina.
  4. "URLs Blocked in Saudi Arabia – "F" Faith Freedom". Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2006-12-13.

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