This is a section taken from a longer speech by Brother Mudassar who looks at the dangers of simply "googling it", and how the misunderstanding of how google, facebook and twitter work can lead to mis-information being quickly spread. Video: Audio:
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Why Twitter didn’t delete anti-Muslim tweets
Ivana Kottasová, reporting for CNN: The anti-Muslim videos were first posted by Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of the far-right party Britain First. They depict violent assaults and the destruction of a statue of the Virgin Mary. They also appear to violate the terms of use published by Twitter. It warns users: “You may not promote … Continue reading Why Twitter didn’t delete anti-Muslim tweets
Woman sues Twitter for allowing ISIS activity on the website
From engadget: It's pretty well-known that ISIS and its supporters have been using social media to encourage acts of violence, and Twitter seems to be one of their preferred platforms. Now, a woman whose husband was killed when a gunman attacked a police training center in Jordan is suing the microblogging website for allowing ISIS (and sympathizer) … Continue reading Woman sues Twitter for allowing ISIS activity on the website
Twitter Agrees to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Tweets in Pakistan
The New York Times reports that At least five times this month, a Pakistani bureaucrat who works from a colonial-era barracks in Karachi, just down the street from the former home of his country’s secularist founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, asked Twitter to shield his compatriots from exposure to accounts, tweets or searches of the social … Continue reading Twitter Agrees to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Tweets in Pakistan
Islam Conversion Issue
Yuvan Shankar Raja quits Twitter after being abused by his followers. The music director's post on his decision to follow Islam has not gone well with a section of his fans. Their negative feedback has made the Illayaraaja's son to bid goodbye to the social networking site. He had announced last Sunday (February 9) that … Continue reading Islam Conversion Issue
New Inventions
Used for years as an excellent tool for Dawah activities, Islamic websites and social media have been proved as a perfect tool to gather support for the needy, after a successful campaign went viral to offer help for a Muslim heart transplant patient. Maria’s case went viral at social media after her family launched a … Continue reading New Inventions
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After our call for people to subscribe to our Youtube channel we would also like to let you know that we have a thriving and popular twitter account. As well as posting everything you can find directly on our blog here, we also retweet and post interesting articles which, due to various reasons, are not … Continue reading Follow us on Twitter for even more content
Subscribing to our Youtube Channel
We have been working very hard to improve the quality of the videos that we upload, so that they are interactive to watch and also that they are preserved for future generations to be able to watch and reference when they embark on their own journeys to learn about Islam. With this in mind we … Continue reading Subscribing to our Youtube Channel
Twitter Feed
As everyone will have noticed by now, we have revamped the site with a fresh new look. As a part of this we are slowly adding new features to the site. The first new feature we have enabled is the new twitter feed which you can see on the right hand side. This will have … Continue reading Twitter Feed