IslamQA.info
| Islamqa.info | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Web address | http://islamqa.info |
| Commercial? | No |
Type of site | Political/ Religious |
| Available in | Arabic, English, Japanese, Chinese, Uighur, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Hindi, Russian, Urdu, Turkish and Bengali |
| Created by | Muhammad Al-Munajid |
| Launched | 1997 |
Alexa rank |
 12,038 (June 2013)[1] |
| Current status | active |
IslamQA is a website providing information regarding Islam in accordance with the Salafi school of thought.[2] 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.[3]
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). Visitors spend an average of 2 minutes and 58 seconds on the site during each visit. Relative to the overall population of internet users, this site appeals more to Middle Easterners; its audience also tends to consist of higher-income women and college graduates browsing from home and school who have more children. The percentage of visits to islamqa.info referred by search engines is roughly 35%.[1]
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.[4] 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."[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "islamqa.info Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "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).