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| According to ] in June 2013, Islamqa.info was ranked #12,038 in the world with a bounce rate of roughly 75% (i.e., 75% of visits consist of only one pageview) and search engines accounting for 35% of visits.<ref name=alexa> retrieved February 5, 2013</ref> In July 2015, Islamqa.info was ranked #6,787 in the world with a bounce rate of roughly 69.9% and search engines accounting for 46.7% of visits.<ref name=alexaJuly2015> retrieved August 4, 2015</ref> In 2015, Alexa lists the site as the most popular on the topic of Islam.<ref> retrieved July 31, 2015</ref> | According to ] in June 2013, Islamqa.info was ranked #12,038 in the world with a bounce rate of roughly 75% (i.e., 75% of visits consist of only one pageview) and search engines accounting for 35% of visits.<ref name=alexa> retrieved February 5, 2013</ref> In July 2015, Islamqa.info was ranked #6,787 in the world with a bounce rate of roughly 69.9% and search engines accounting for 46.7% of visits.<ref name=alexaJuly2015> retrieved August 4, 2015</ref> In 2015, Alexa lists the site as the most popular on the topic of Islam.<ref> retrieved July 31, 2015</ref> | ||
| This website has many useful information with proofs from Quran and Hadiths, | |||
| ==Controversial Fatwas== | |||
| But some people have objection to some of its independent fatwas | |||
| The website includes a number of controversial fatwas.<ref>http://mymuslimthoughts.blogspot.ca/2015/02/muhammed-al-munajjid-is-deviant-do-not.html</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2015}} These include women who drive being prostitutes,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/ref/45880/women%20driving</ref>{{not in citation given|date=August 2015}} women being "weak, defeated and dazzled" if they take part in politics,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/ref/3285/women's%20testimony</ref>{{not in citation given|date=August 2015}} women being intellectually inferior to men (on a number of occasions),<ref>http://islamqa.com/en/20051</ref><ref>http://islamqa.info/en/930</ref><ref>http://islamqa.info/en/1105</ref> women who work as broadcasters will lead to illegitimate children,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/111839</ref> needing to divorce women who don't wear the hijab,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/ref/169563</ref> needing to leave work if there are women working there too,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/27304</ref> polygamy being necessary for all Muslim males,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/ref/11744/polygamy</ref> women who do not marry will become prostitutes and the illegitimacy of the children will be reflected in their behavior,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/14022</ref> a muslim male being sinful for getting to know a girl for the sake of marriage,<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/36618</ref> being sinful to live in non-Muslim countries (and needing to hate non-muslims if one does live in a non-muslim country),<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/ref/27211/non%20muslim%20country</ref> and not being allowed to appreciate the skills of non-muslim football players, because they are non-muslim.<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/146844 | |||
| </ref> The website also states "The wife has no right to object to her husband owning female slaves or to his having intercourse with them.".<ref>http://islamqa.info/en/10382</ref> The site also endorses death for homosexuality <ref>http://islamqa.info/en/38622</ref> and for insulting the prophet of Islam.<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxf5iTqy304AWThTc2NjMkxNa3M/view?pli=1</ref> A fatwa by ] posted on the website state that Muslim women should not use pain-relieving medication during labour and delivery as it may be a plot against Muslims "because the more births take place in this manner, the more the skin of the abdomen is weakened and pregnancy becomes more dangerous for the woman, and she becomes unable to get pregnant."<ref> March 28, 2015</ref> | |||
| ==Controversy in Saudi Arabia== | ==Controversy in Saudi Arabia== | ||
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| Type of site | Political/ Religious |
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| Available in | Arabic, English, Japanese, Chinese, Uighur, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Hindi, Russian, Urdu, Turkish and Bengali |
| Created by | Muhammad Al-Munajid |
| URL | http://islamqa.info |
| Commercial | No |
IslamQA is a website providing information regarding Islam in accordance with the Salafi school of thought. It was founded by Muhammad Al-Munajjid.
Contents
IslamQA is available in 12 languages, including English, Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, Russian, French, and Spanish, the website provides fatawa covering basic tenets of faith, etiquette and morals, Islamic history, and Islamic politics.
Traffic
According to Alexa Internet in June 2013, Islamqa.info was ranked #12,038 in the world with a bounce rate of roughly 75% (i.e., 75% of visits consist of only one pageview) and search engines accounting for 35% of visits. In July 2015, Islamqa.info was ranked #6,787 in the world with a bounce rate of roughly 69.9% and search engines accounting for 46.7% of visits. In 2015, Alexa lists the site as the most popular on the topic of Islam.
This website has many useful information with proofs from Quran and Hadiths,
But some people have objection to some of its independent fatwas
Controversy in Saudi Arabia
The website was banned in Saudi Arabia because it was issuing independent fatwas. In Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's Council of Senior Scholars has sole responsibility for issuing fatwas. The Council was granted this exclusive authority to issue fatwas by a royal edict issued in August 2010 (while restrictions had been in place since 2005, they were seldom enforced); this move was described by Christopher Boucek as "the latest example of how the state is working to assert its primacy over the country’s religious establishment." IslamQA.info was still banned as of July 2015.
See also
References
- ^ "islamqa.info Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-06-07. Cite error: The named reference "alexa" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- Richard Gauvain, Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God, p 355. ISBN 9780710313560
- Jonathan Schanzer, Steven Miller, Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam, and Social Media, p 51 -52. ISBN 9780981971261
- Alexa website: IslamQA retrieved August 4, 2015
- Alexa website: "Top Sites in: All Categories > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam" retrieved July 31, 2015
- "Saudi Arabia blocks 'Islam Question and Answer'," Al Arabiya (in Arabic), September 2, 2010
- Christopher Boucek, "Saudi Fatwa Restrictions and the State-Clerical Relationship," Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, October 27, 2010 (accessed November 18, 2013).
- Christian Science Monitor: "Saudi Arabia presses 'YouTube imams' to toe the line on Yemen - Popular Muslim clerics are using social media to stir dissent beyond the purview of government-controlled mosques and satellite TV stations. Saudi Arabia is sensitive to criticism of its war in Yemen" By Taylor Luck June 2, 2015 |Now Saudi authorities are cracking down on online dissent, blocking several popular sites – such as those of clerics such as Mohammed Munajjid and Abdulrahman Barrak – for “promoting bold ideas and theses.”