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Faith Freedom International (FFI) is a website that is critical of Islam. FFI identifies itself as "a grassroots worldwide movement of ex-Muslims and all those who are concerned about the rise of the Islamic threat". According to the website, FFI was founded by an Iranian ex-Muslim residing in Canada, going by the pseudonym of "Ali Sina." 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.

Faith Freedom International is listed by Richard Dawkins in the Appendix of his book, The God Delusion, as one of the few Islamic related "friendly address, for individuals needing support in escaping from religion" (although it was removed from the website following protest from other ex-Muslims). FFI's mission statement is included in Ibn Warraq's book Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out. According to Internet Infidels, "Faith Freedom International echoes the voice of Muslim dissidents that strive for freedom of faith and freedom from faith in Islamic countries."

Website access and traffic

According to a 2002 study by professor Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman of Harvard University, Saudi Arabia had banned the website. Ranking.com and Alexa list faithfreedom.org among the top 35,000 and 45,000 websites, respectively, as measured by traffic as of January 2012.

Alleged deaths threats and hacking attempts

Ali Sina claims to have received death threats from Muslims- two imams in India have offered a reward of USD 20,000 (or 1 million Rupees) for anyone who kills Sina. The site itself has been hacked and subject to DDOS attacks several times since the website opened 12 years ago, most recently in January 2010.

Notable contributors

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

• Cherie Blair
• Steven Emerson
• Fjordman
• Ed Koch
• Daniel Pipes
• Robert Spencer
• Geert Wilders
• Eric Allen Bell

See also

• Apostasy in Islam
• Criticism of Islam
• Internet censorship in Pakistan
• List of former Muslims
• MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism

References

1. "Ex-Muslim's site trashes Muhammad – Founder challenges: Prove me wrong and I'll take down page". WorldNetDaily. Sept 16, 2004. Retrieved September 18, 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. Jamie Glazov (Dec 31, 2004). "Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam". FrontPageMagazine.com. Retrieved September 18, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
3. Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. p. 379. ISBN 0-618-68000-4.
4. Ibn Warraq (2003). Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. pp. 433–436. ISBN 1-59102-068-9.
5. Islam - related sites by Internet Infidels
6. URLs Blocked in Saudi Arabia – "F" Faith Freedom
7. Alexa.com: Ratings for FaithFreedom.org
8. Faith Freedom at ranking.com
9. Muslim Mindset: 'The hatred is in Muhammad himself' – Jerusalem post Interviews Ali Sina.
10. ^ Miller, A. "Recent Attacks On "Counter Jihad" Websites". International Free Press Society. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
11. Jihad Watch, June 7, 2008, Faith-Freedom Hacked
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External links

• Faith Freedom International – Home page
• AliSina.org – Ali Sina Editorial Home Page

Critical

• Ali Sina and Faith Freedom International - updated 1/26/12 by Sheila Musaji of The American Muslim

• Websites
• Criticism of Islam