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Faith Freedom International
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Logo and Screenshot of FFI
Type of site
Anti Islamic
Available inEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Spanish
OwnerAli Sina
Created byAli Sina
RevenueDonations
URLhttp://www.faithfreedom.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationeNom, Inc. (R39-LROR)

Faith Freedom International (FFI) is an Internet 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-non practicing Muslim residing in Canada, going by the pseudonym of "Ali Sina." Ali Sina claims "The idea that Islam can be reformed is a fallacy," he scoffs. "It's like saying we can reform Nazism and it will be a wonderful party."[3]. 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".[4] FFI's mission statement is included in Ibn Warraq's book Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out.[5]

Faith Freedom International hosts the Mediawiki-based site WikiIslam.


In September 2006, Faith Freedom International launched[6] WikiIslam, a community-edited wiki collecting negative and critical material about Islam.[7] According to the FAQ section on the website, "the main difference between WikiIslam and Wikipedia is that opinions critical of Islam are not censored on WikiIslam for political correctness."[7] Due to the controversial nature of the website, it has been subject to vandalism, due to which increased security measures have been employed.[7]

WikiIslam is the subject of an article in the 7/2007 issue of the journal Contemporary Islam, entitled "Cyber-Islamophobia? The case of WikiIslam",[7] which argues that the website commits selection bias by collecting only negative or critical material.[7][8] The article states that "In relation to the criteria set up by the Runnymede Trust ... it should be quite easy to label most of the material published on WikiIslam as expressions of Islamophobia." Göran Larsson adds that "[m]y impression is that the stories reported by WikiIslam have merely been selected to show that Muslims are ignorant, backward or even stupid."[7][9] Because of the presence of material obtained from other websites, such as MEMRI, the article notes that "it becomes much more difficult to argue that all information posted on WikiIslam is Islamophobic by nature."[7]

Death Threats and Vandalism

According to an article on the Jerusalem Post, Ali Sina claims to "guard his identity closely because of the death threats" he receives.[10]. Moreover, the server has been hacked on a couple of occasions. [11].

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Muslim's site trashes Muhammad - Founder challenges: Prove me wrong and I'll take down page". WorldNetDaily. 16 Sept 2004. Retrieved September 18 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |year= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ Jamie Glazov (31 Dec 2004). "Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam". FrontPageMagazine.com. Retrieved September 18 2007. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |dateformat= ignored (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. p. 379. ISBN 0-618-68000-4.
  5. ^ Ibn Warraq (2003). Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. pp. 433–436. ISBN 1-59102-068-9.
  6. ^ On Monday Sept 4, 2006, (WikiIslam) was opened to the public.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Cyber-Islamophobia? The case of WikiIslam, Journal: Contemporary Islam, publisher Springer Netherlands, ISSN 1872-0218 (Print) 1872-0226
  8. ^ "Compared to “Muslim homepages,” i.e. those set up by believing Muslims, WikiIslam contains only negative and critical examples. This bias is clearly represented in the section called “laughing with the prophet”, which presents stories and reports from the life of prophet Muhammad (i.e. hadith reports)." ibid.
  9. ^ Islamophobia: A Challenge For Us All, p. 5, Runnymede Trust (1997).
  10. ^ [2]
  11. ^ [3]
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