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| The website includes a number of controversial fatwas and extremist religious beliefs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mymuslimthoughts.blogspot.ca/2015/02/muhammed-al-munajjid-is-deviant-do-not.html|title=My Muslim Thoughts|author=Ali|work=mymuslimthoughts.blogspot.ca}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2015}} |
The website includes a number of controversial fatwas and extremist religious beliefs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mymuslimthoughts.blogspot.ca/2015/02/muhammed-al-munajjid-is-deviant-do-not.html|title=My Muslim Thoughts|author=Ali|work=mymuslimthoughts.blogspot.ca}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2015}} | ||
| public office - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> women being intellectually inferior to men (on a number of occasions),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.com/en/20051|title=Why is the witness of one man considered to be equal to the witness of two women? - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/930|title=The Man is Head of Household - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/1105|title=Does Islam regard men and women as equal? - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> women who work as broadcasters will lead to illegitimate children,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/111839|title=Ruling on a woman working as a broadcaster in radio and television - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> needing to divorce women who don't wear the hijab,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/ref/169563|title=Should he make his Christian wife wear hijab? - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> needing to leave work if there are women working there too,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/27304|title=Ruling on talking to women at work | |||
| - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> polygamy being necessary for all Muslim males,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/ref/11744/polygamy|title=She wants to marry a man but the law does not permit plural marriage. What should she do? | - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> polygamy being necessary for all Muslim males,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/ref/11744/polygamy|title=She wants to marry a man but the law does not permit plural marriage. What should she do? | ||
| - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> women who do not marry will become prostitutes and the illegitimacy of the children will be reflected in their behavior,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/14022|title=The ruling on plural marriage and the wisdom behind it - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> a muslim male being sinful for getting to know a girl for the sake of marriage,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/36618|title=He got to know a girl through the internet and he wants to marry her but her father is refusing - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/ref/27211/non%20muslim%20country|title=Should he go back and live in a kaafir country? | - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> women who do not marry will become prostitutes and the illegitimacy of the children will be reflected in their behavior,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/14022|title=The ruling on plural marriage and the wisdom behind it - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> a muslim male being sinful for getting to know a girl for the sake of marriage,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/36618|title=He got to know a girl through the internet and he wants to marry her but her father is refusing - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/ref/27211/non%20muslim%20country|title=Should he go back and live in a kaafir country? | ||
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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 ultra-conservative, fundamentalist Salafi school of thought. It was founded by Muhammad Al-Munajjid.
History
The service was one of if not the first online fatwa services. The launching of IslamQA.info in 1997 by a "protege of Saudi Arabia's then grand mufti" marked the "beginning of an online fightback by traditionalist" against the tendency of modern Muslims to answer questions by making their own interpretation of the Quran and Hadith.
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.
Controversial Fatwas and Extremist Religious Beliefs
The website includes a number of controversial fatwas and extremist religious beliefs.
- islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> polygamy being necessary for all Muslim males, women who do not marry will become prostitutes and the illegitimacy of the children will be reflected in their behavior, a muslim male being sinful for getting to know a girl for the sake of marriage, being sinful to live in non-Muslim countries (and needing to hate non-muslims if one does live in a non-muslim country), and not being allowed to appreciate the skills of non-muslim football players, because they are non-muslim. The website also states "The wife has no right to object to her husband owning female slaves or to his having intercourse with them.". The site also endorses death for homosexuality and for insulting the prophet of Islam. A fatwa by Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen 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."
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.
- Richard Gauvain, Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God, p 355. ISBN 9780710313560
- ^ Kadri, Sadakat (2012). Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia ... macmillan. p. 207. ISBN 9780099523277.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - Jonathan Schanzer, Steven Miller, Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam, and Social Media, p 51 -52. ISBN 9780981971261
- Alexa website: IslamQA retrieved February 5, 2013
- Alexa website: IslamQA retrieved August 4, 2015
- Alexa website: "Top Sites in: All Categories > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Islam" retrieved July 31, 2015
- Ali. "My Muslim Thoughts". mymuslimthoughts.blogspot.ca.
- "She wants to marry a man but the law does not permit plural marriage. What should she do? - islamqa.info". islamqa.info.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 90 (help) - "The ruling on plural marriage and the wisdom behind it - islamqa.info". islamqa.info.
- "He got to know a girl through the internet and he wants to marry her but her father is refusing - islamqa.info". islamqa.info.
- "Should he go back and live in a kaafir country? - islamqa.info". islamqa.info.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 48 (help) - http://islamqa.info/en/146844
- "Ruling on having intercourse with a slave woman when one has a wife - islamqa.info". islamqa.info.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 68 (help) - "The punishment for homosexuality - islamqa.info". islamqa.info.
- "FireShot Capture - Ruling on one who insults the Prophet (peace and _ - http___islamqa.info_en_22809.pdf". Google Docs.
- International Business Times: "Isis attempting to stop pregnant women having 'un-Islamic' C-section births" by Fiona Keating March 28, 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.' "