NATION
"SalamWorld": A Facebook for Muslims?
A new social networking site, “SalamWorld”, will soon be available to Muslims around the world. But this one will be a cleaner and more restricted site by “filtering out harmful content” and that it will “uphold and respect family values” they mention in their commercial, according to the Washington Post.
Abdulvahed Niyazo, one of Salamworld’s owners, tells the Hürriyet Daily News that “The content that is being used on other social networks is not very secure and full of haram,” according to the Washington Post. Haram translates to “forbidden” in Arabic. “We don’t want our young people to absorb all these ideas that are not familiar to them,” he said.
Salamworld will be launched in July during Ramadan in eight different languages.
Would you like to contribute to this story? Join the discussion.
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Only On 7
-
Leon Harris and Alison Starling weeknights on ABC7
For all the breaking stories happening in your neighborhood and developing stories happening around the world, join Leon Harris and Alison Starling weeknights on ABC7 News at 5 and 11.
TBD Blogs What you need to read
-
@TBD Arts
Tonight: JD McPherson's 'Signs and Signifiers'
-
@TBD On Foot
A close reading of a D.C. commute
Best of TBD In case you missed it
-
Food truck frenzy
Billed as the biggest food truck assembly to ever happen in D.C., "Curbside Cookoff: Trucko De Mayo" took place on Saturday with at least 40 vendors.
Photo Galleries Pictures from around the region
-
PHOTOS: Capital Pride parade, festival
-
Maine Avenue Fish Market: Fresh fish for sale under a D.C. bridge
-
National Puppy Day photos: Celebrating the sweetness of dogs










3 Comments