Faith Freedom International
 Screenshot of FFI |
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| URL | http://www.faithfreedom.org |
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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Anti Islamic |
| Registration | eNom, Inc. (R39-LROR) |
| Available language(s) | English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Spanish |
| Owner | Ali Sina |
| Created by | Ali Sina |
| Launched | October 26, 2001 |
| Revenue | Donations |
Faith Freedom International (FFI) is a website that is critical of Islam.[1][2] FFI identifies itself as "a grassroots worldwide movement of ex-Muslims and all those who are concerned about the rise of the Islamic threat". According to the website, FFI was founded by an Iranian ex-Muslim residing in Canada, going by the pseudonym of "Ali Sina." On the website, Ali Sina has issued a standing challenge that he will remove the FFI website if proven wrong on a number of issues.
Faith Freedom International is listed by Richard Dawkins in the Appendix of his book, The God Delusion, as one of the few Islamic related "...friendly address[es], for individuals needing support in escaping from religion"[3] (although it was removed from the website following protest from other ex-muslims). FFI's mission statement is included in Ibn Warraq's book Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out.[4]
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[edit] Website access and traffic
According to a 2002 study by professor Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman of Harvard University, Saudi Arabia had banned the website.[5] Ranking.com and Alexa list faithfreedom.org among the top 35,000 and 45,000 websites, respectively, as measured by traffic as of January 2012.[6][7]
[edit] Alleged deaths threats and hacking attempts
Ali Sina claims to have received death threats from Muslims- two imams in India have offered a reward of USD 20,000 (or 1 million Rupees) for anyone who kills Sina.[8][9] The site itself has been hacked and subject to DDOS attacks several times since the website opened 12 years ago, most recently in January 2010.[9][10]
[edit] Notable contributors
The website contains several articles authored by notable persons, including:[11]
[edit] See also
- Apostasy in Islam
- Criticism of Islam
- Internet censorship in Pakistan
- List of former Muslims
- MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism
[edit] References
- ^ "Ex-Muslim's site trashes Muhammad - Founder challenges: Prove me wrong and I'll take down page". WorldNetDaily. 16 Sept 2004. http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40473. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
- ^ Jamie Glazov (31 Dec 2004). "Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam". FrontPageMagazine.com. http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16440. Retrieved September 18, 2007.
- ^ Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.. p. 379. ISBN 0-618-68000-4.
- ^ Ibn Warraq (2003). Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. pp. 433–436. ISBN 1-59102-068-9.
- ^ URLs Blocked in Saudi Arabia - "F" Faith Freedom
- ^ Alexa.com: Ratings for FaithFreedom.org
- ^ Faith Freedom at ranking.com
- ^ Muslim Mindset: 'The hatred is in Muhammad himself' - Jerusalem post Interviews Ali Sina.
- ^ a b Miller, A. "Recent Attacks On "Counter Jihad" Websites". International Free Press Society. http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2010/01/recent-attacks-on-%E2%80%9Ccounter-jihad%E2%80%9D-websites/. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ Jihad Watch, June 7, 2008, Faith-Freedom Hacked
- ^ Faith Freedom: List of Authors
[edit] External links
- Faith Freedom International - Home page
- AliSina.org - Ali Sina Editorial Home Page
