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| {{Infobox Website | |||
| | name = Islamqa.info | |||
| | logo = islamqa logo.jpeg | |||
| | screenshot = | |||
| | caption = | |||
| | url = http://islamqa.info | |||
| | commercial = No | |||
| | type = Legal/ Religious | |||
| | language = Arabic, English, Japanese, Chinese, Uighur, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Hindi, Russian, Urdu, Turkish and Bengali | |||
| | registration = | |||
| | owner = | |||
| | author = ] | |||
| | launch date = 1997 | |||
| | current status = active | |||
| | revenue = | |||
| | alexa = {{DecreasePositive}} 6,669 ({{as of|2015|6|7|alt=August 2015}})<ref name=alexa-siteinfo-6-7-15>{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/islamqa.info# |title= islamqa.info Site Info | publisher= ] |accessdate= 2015-06-07 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.--> | |||
| | creed = ] | |||
| }} | |||
| '''IslamQA''' is a ] providing information regarding ] in accordance with the ] school of thought.<ref>Richard Gauvain, Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God, p 355. ISBN 9780710313560</ref> It was founded by ] and is the most popular ] website in the Arab-speaking world.<ref> '']''. 10.01.2016</ref> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| The service was one of if not the first online fatwa services.<ref name=kadri-207/> The launching of IslamQA.info in 1997 by ] marked the beginning of a Salafi attempt to answer questions by making their own interpretation of the ] and ].<ref name=kadri-207>{{cite book|last1=Kadri|first1=Sadakat|title=Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia ...|date=2012|publisher=macmillan|isbn=9780099523277|page=207|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztCRZOhJ10wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Heaven+on+Earth:+A+Journey+Through+Shari%27a+Law&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAWoVChMIob7syrnZxwIVhg6SCh0fYg3Z#v=onepage&q=Heaven%20on%20Earth%3A%20A%20Journey%20Through%20Shari'a%20Law&f=false|}}</ref> | |||
| == Contents == | |||
| IslamQA is available in 12 languages, including ], ], ], ], ], ], and ], the website provides ] covering basic tenets of faith, etiquette and morals, Islamic history, and Islamic politics.<ref>Jonathan Schanzer, Steven Miller, Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam, and Social Media, p 51 -52. ISBN 9780981971261</ref> | |||
| ==Traffic== | |||
| 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-siteinfo-2-5-2013> 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 name=topsites-islam> retrieved July 31, 2015</ref> | |||
| ==Fatwas in the media== | |||
| The fatwas on the website have been noted in news sources.<ref name="Greenberg-7-10-14"/><ref name="ARAFA-10-10-15"/> | |||
| ===Women=== | |||
| The fact-checking website Punditfact mentioned Al-Munajjid's justification for why women should not drive, as published on IslamQA.info, when deciding the factual accuracy of the claim that Saudi Arabia was the only Muslim-majority nation that did not allow women to drive.<ref name="Greenberg-7-10-14">{{cite web|last1=Greenberg|first1=Jon|title=Obeidallah: Saudi Arabia is the only Muslim nation where women can't drive|url=http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/oct/07/dean-obeidallah/obeidallah-saudi-arabia-only-muslim-nation-where-w/|website=Punditfact|accessdate=2 May 2016|date=7 October 2014}}</ref> | |||
| The fatwa was quoted saying: "It is well known that (driving) leads to evil consequences which are well known to those who promote it, such as being alone with a non-mahram (marriageable) woman, unveiling, reckless mixing with men, and committing haraam (sinful) actions because of which these things were forbidden."<ref name="Greenberg-7-10-14"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/ref/45880/women%20driving|title=Does the ruling on driving a car vary from one country to another? - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> | |||
| ===Slavery=== | |||
| One of IslamQA's fatwas on ] — specifically of men having sex with female slaves — has been noted in the media as one of many similar fatwas published by Islamic scholars on the role of women in Islam. The fatwa was quoted stating that a Muslim wife "has no right to object to her husband owning female slaves or to his having intercourse with them The ] are unanimous in this assessment, and no one is permitted to view this act as forbidden, or to forbid it. Whoever does so, is a sinner, and is acting against the ]."<ref name="Knipp-10-1-16">{{cite news|last1=Knipp|first1=Kersten|title=Women in Islam: Behind the veil and in front of it|url=http://www.dw.com/en/women-in-islam-behind-the-veil-and-in-front-of-it/a-18969819|accessdate=2 May 2016|agency=DW|date=10 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/10382|title=Ruling on having intercourse with a slave woman when one has a wife - Islamqa.info |work=islamqa.info |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160106101656/http://islamqa.info/en/10382 |archivedate=6 January 2016}}</ref> Calling IslamQA founder and General Supervisor Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid a "revered Saudi-educated Salafi scholar," journalists Asra Q. Nomani and Hala Arafa quoted part of his fatwa: “Praise be to Allah, Islam allows a man to have intercourse with his slave woman, whether he has a wife or wives or if he is not married. A slave woman with whom a man has intercourse is known as a ''sariyyah'' (concubine) from the word ''sir'', which means marriage.”<ref name="ARAFA-10-10-15">{{cite news|last1=Nomani|first1=Asra Q.|last2=Arafa|first2=Hala|title=Inside the World of Gulf State Slavery|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/11/inside-the-world-of-gulf-state-slavery.html|accessdate=2 May 2016|agency=Daily Beast|date=10.11.15}}</ref> | |||
| ===Other fatwas=== | |||
| Al-Munajjid's fatwa on ],<ref name=IslamQAhomosexuality>{{cite web|url=http://islamqa.info/en/38622|title=The punishment for homosexuality - islamqa.info|work=islamqa.info}}</ref> which he called "one of the greatest crimes, the worst of sins and the most abhorrent of deeds" was quoted by the National Review as an example of "]'s oppressive and often brutal strictures against homosexuality."<ref name="MCCARTHY-14-8-13">{{cite news|last1=MCCARTHY|first1=ANDREW C.|title=Obama’s Gay-Rights Hypocrisy|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/355715/obamas-gay-rights-hypocrisy-andrew-c-mccarthy|accessdate=2 May 2016|agency=National Review|date=14 August 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Controversy in Saudi Arabia== | |||
| The website was banned in ] because it was issuing independent fatwas. In Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's ] has sole responsibility for issuing fatwas.<ref> '']'' (in Arabic), September 2, 2010</ref> 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."<ref>Christopher Boucek, '']'', October 27, 2010 (accessed November 18, 2013).</ref> IslamQA.info was still banned as of July 2015.<ref> 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.' "</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| == External links == | |||
| * {{official website|http://islamqa.info}} | |||
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