الرئيسية
By AFP
ISTANBUL, December 1, 2011 (AFP) - A group of Muslim businessmen
unveiled plans in Turkey on Thursday for a Facebook-style social
networking site with "healthy values" for a young, Islamic audience.
SalamWorld.com,
which will make its internet debut next year, "will seek to unify the
youth in a common vision and the healthy values of Islam while
attempting to not diffuse any unhealthy information," said Akhmed
Azimov, the initiative's vice-president.
Based in Istanbul, with
offices in Moscow and Cairo and coordinators in 30 countries, the site
hopes to attract 50 million users within three years, Azimov told about
150 journalists from Muslim countries at the company's luxurious
Istanbul offices.
"The heart of the project is to create a
network without any content that is prohibited by religion," said
Azimov, a Dagestan native. "To achieve this, we will have a big team of
moderators and there will be filters.
"We also count on users to moderate themselves and to filter the contents."
Azimov
declined to discuss funding details but said "there's no problem with
that," adding the investors were a group of businessmen from the Muslim
world.
Beyond user-generated content, the site will offer
services such as theological consultations and city guides that list
mosque locations and halal food stores.
"We're going to try to create an online encyclopedia, a sort of Islamic Wikipedia," Azimov said.
ISTANBUL, December 1, 2011 (AFP) - A group of Muslim businessmen
unveiled plans in Turkey on Thursday for a Facebook-style social
networking site with "healthy values" for a young, Islamic audience.
SalamWorld.com,
which will make its internet debut next year, "will seek to unify the
youth in a common vision and the healthy values of Islam while
attempting to not diffuse any unhealthy information," said Akhmed
Azimov, the initiative's vice-president.
Based in Istanbul, with
offices in Moscow and Cairo and coordinators in 30 countries, the site
hopes to attract 50 million users within three years, Azimov told about
150 journalists from Muslim countries at the company's luxurious
Istanbul offices.
"The heart of the project is to create a
network without any content that is prohibited by religion," said
Azimov, a Dagestan native. "To achieve this, we will have a big team of
moderators and there will be filters.
"We also count on users to moderate themselves and to filter the contents."
Azimov
declined to discuss funding details but said "there's no problem with
that," adding the investors were a group of businessmen from the Muslim
world.
Beyond user-generated content, the site will offer
services such as theological consultations and city guides that list
mosque locations and halal food stores.
"We're going to try to create an online encyclopedia, a sort of Islamic Wikipedia," Azimov said.