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INTRODUCTION:
We would like to introduce an innovative plan on behalf of Islam. It is called
Islamic World, and it is a concept rather than an organization. We accept that there is
no path to a right and just world but Islam, therefore we want to do our utmost to bring
rightly guided committed belief and dedicated practice of Islam back into every aspect of
life for all members of the Muslim ummah; and, to make Islam both acceptable and attractive
to non-Muslims. While many of our pious brothers and sisters are attempting, both as
individuals and within organizations, to achieve this same worthy goal we will be using
a new approach. We will be using powerful innovative techniques of social influence and
sophisticated modern information technology to effectively disseminate the knowledge of
Islam and to unite the Muslim ummah. Our ultimate goal is a truly and fully, united
Islamic world.
PLAN (general):
Our intention is to utilize the motivational and educational potential of the Internet
to empower and unite the entire Muslim ummah. We believe our proposed activities would be
considered acceptable by the governments of virtually all the world's nations.
- It is proposed that if any individual, or social group of any size (up to and
including all of human society), is provided with a positive, more accurate world view
and a broad understanding of the laws of learning by which our relationship with the
physical, social and inner environment is governed then there will naturally result a
general movement toward everything good and right.
- To encourage the wide use of modern knowledge and technology by Muslims on
behalf of Islam.
- Use powerful motivational techniques from the social sciences to encourage
Muslims to unite and participate in the creation of a fully and truly Islamic world.
- To show how modern science and its philosophical implications have reached a
point where they are consistent in all ways with the revealed truths and essence of Islam.
- To help unite the many thousand Islamic organizations throughout the world in
the struggle against the devastating power of the onrushing wave of secular materialism
poised to crush the Islamic way of life. (NOTE: We will acknowledge that there are within
the Muslim world a number of differences of opinion regarding issues of belief and
practice. While in no way discounting the importance of some of these issues, but fully
realizing the effects of the dissension and disunity this causes among the ummah, we take
the position that during a period in history when the influence of shaitan is being so
widely and successfully spread throughout the world it is not the right time to focus our
energies on the resolution of these issues. Until the battle against the forces of evil
is resolved and a just and right Islamic world established we will accept without negative
comment all Muslims regardless of their varied beliefs and practices as our beloved
brothers and sisters united in this struggle against all ideas, things and persons who
oppose the beliefs and practice of Islam.
PLAN (specific - short term and long term):
- Create and maintain the number one Islamic web site in the world.
- Bring attention to and make available information concerning the positive,
more accurate word view and the broad understanding of the laws of learning necessary to
bring about a just and right Islamic world.
- Establish links to every Islamic site on the Internet(probably over 50,000).
- Daily commentary on important international news events from an Islamic perspective.
- Polls to assess the opinion of Muslims worldwide on various issues important to Islam.
- Act as a clearinghouse to compile and disseminate information in regard to all
ideas of benefit to the fulfillment of Islam and for programs to implement these ideas.
- Announcement of and information regarding important Islamic activities worldwide.
- Public acknowledgement and support for activities being done on behalf of
Islam (including an Islamic site of the week, a top ten Islamic sites list and periodic
awards for 'special' Islamic sites).
- Joining of resources between organizations, individuals and locations.
- Provide information on how to successfully fulfill our responsibility to Allah
in commanding the right and forbidding the wrong, including examples of subtle rights and
wrongs that often go unnoticed while being important in their influence upon the ummah.
- Da'wah resources will be made available both online and as downloadable
written and multimedia works.
- Promote the dissemination of cheaply photocopied downloaded materials in areas
of the world with limited access to electronic information technology.
- Islamic educational resources will be made available both online and as
downloadable written and multimedia works.
- Electronic publication of Islamic works.
- Access to online instruction in Qur'an, Islamic sciences and Arabic.
- Islamic search engine.
- Subject specific moderated chat rooms.
- Development of an 'Islamic Net' separate from the Internet.
- Place at least one computer terminal in every Mosque in the world linked to
the Islamic Network in order to help create a united ummah through the availability of
virtually instantaneous communication among all the world's Muslims.
(NOTE: In both our short term and long term plans implementation will take place
as quickly as manpower, resources, facilities and finances allow.)
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