FB over NOW Pak court bans Google/Yahoo/H.mail#32 - Page 20

Now, a Muslim-only 'Facebook'

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Now-a-Muslim-only-Facebook/articleshow/5984037.cms

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis outraged with Facebook over "blasphemous" caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed have created a spin-off networking site that they dream can connect the world's 1.6 billion Muslims.

A group of six young IT professionals from Lahore, the cultural and entertainment capital of Pakistan, launched www.millatfacebook.com for Muslims to interact online and protest against blasphemy.

The private venture came after a Pakistani court ordered a block on Facebook until May 31, following deep offence over an "Everyone Draw Mohammed Day" page considered "blasphemous" and "sacrilegious."

"Millatfacebook is Pakistan's very own, first social networking site. A site for Muslims by Muslims where sweet people of other religions are also welcome," the website tells people interested in signing up.

Dubbed MFB, after Facebook's moniker FB, its founder says professionals are working around the clock to offer features similar to those pioneered by the wildly popular California-based prototype.

Each member has a "wall" for friends to comment on. The site offers email, photo, video, chat and discussion board facilities.

The Urdu word "Millat" is used by Muslims to refer to their nation. The website claims to have attracted 4,300 members in the last three days -- mostly English-speaking Pakistanis in their 20s.

The number of aficionados may be growing, but the community is a drop in the ocean of the 2.5 million Facebook fans in Pakistan and there have been some scathing early reviews of the start-up.

Neither has Facebook been immediately reachable for comment.

"We want to tell Facebook people 'if they mess with us they have to face the consequences'," said Usman Zaheer, the 24-year-old chief operating officer of the software house that hosts the new site.

"If someone commits blasphemy against our Prophet Mohammed then we will become his competitor and give him immense business loss," he said, dreaming of making "the largest Muslim social networking website."

^cant they even come up with an original name??
facebook should sue them for copying their UI elements completely

eversince youtube started functioning, all video sites have adopted the tube bit to their name...goodness!


segregation on the basis of religion is the wrong way to go



and to think facebook originally started from a hot or not application..lol.that is so not conservative

Milatfacebook.com is an awesome idea. People across the world fight for equality and integration, to blend withins society as equal and ordinary humans like everyone else. It had become so mundane, finally some people who appreciate the idea of separate but equal. If only Nathaniel Bedford was alive. He would be proud of people who realize that they are fundamentally different and should separate themselves from the rest of the crowd. After all why would any Muslim want to integrate with ordinary humans. There will always be a percentage of ordinary humans who are ignorant and asinine and that is unacceptable. Now if only all the gay people, the black people, the Jewish people etc etc realized that they are different and set something different up for themselves. Things like Facebook that let anyone sign up and exercise free speech and expression are an insult to the separate but equal contest.

I do hope the organizers of Milatfacebook.com realize that the internet is not the real world and on the internet there is no God but Google. And unless they receive the blessings of almighty Lord Google there is no chance of outclassing anyone who willingly bows before the almighty Google.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

SATC is one of the boldest and controversial TV shows to be made. But it is witty, funny, makes fun of society, and is iconic. When I saw the first SATC promos where they go to Abu Dhabi, I knew there would be a controversial portrayal of women in a foreign culture. The show has received ire for its portrayal of American women.

ire from american woman or from abu dhabi?

I have never seen SATC but in a way I understand...but more rules will just beget more people who want to break those rules

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I do hope the organizers of Milatfacebook.com realize that the internet is not the real world and on the internet there is no God but Google. And unless they receive the blessings of almighty Lord Google there is no chance of outclassing anyone who willingly bows before the almighty Google.

So agree. People need to go out and LIVE. Not spend hours on the web, skimming through the net for any possible attackers of their faith/belief/whatever. Like everyone has said, the group didn't have as much followers until the Pakistani government made it into such a huge deal. Good job.

WTF? Facebook banned in Bangladesh as well? 😡

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

WTF? Facebook banned in Bangladesh as well? 😡

Ask Karan or K or Empti, they will tell you how to go around it.

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

WTF? Facebook banned in Bangladesh as well? 😡

I read this today..not that surprised tbh but it might help get rid of this FB obsession that some of us tend to suffer from. 😛

^^ I was never that obsessed with FB, but now that it is gone, I see how much I am missing it. 😆

Originally posted by: PhoeniXof_Hades

^^ I was never that obsessed with FB, but now that it is gone, I see how much I am missing it. 😆