Saturday, March 14, 2009

Comment Policy

If you wish to comment on any of the articles, or even propose a question, we'd appreciate if you would take note of the following guidelines. These restrictions apply to facilitate cool-headed and reasonable dialogue in opposition to the rash and chaotic insanity one tends to see on unsupervised forums and blogs on the Internet:

1. Be nice: please do not use foul, hateful, or disrespectful language in your comments, and please do not use the comments box as an outlet for hateful or bigoted tirades ; do understand the purpose and intent of this blog--this blog is intended to foster knowledge of the Qur'aan and Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf as-Saalih.
Personal attacks against any individual, individuals or even unfounded, unjustified hateful remarks or comments against any groups shall not be tolerated and such comments would be either deleted or edited.

2. Know your sources: If you wish to make a statement based on some amount of research, please back yourself up with proper sources. A hyperlink to a website with a short description would suffice (or if it is from a printed book, please provide the name of the book, the name of the author, the year published, page numbers if possible so that we may, or anyone else may, verify your claims).
If you're posting content from other sites, please avoid copy and pasting the whole article. Simply quote a paragraph or two, or even just a description of the content, and then place a link to it. This applies more so when the content is found on authentic Salafee sites, be they in Arabic or English.

3. Language: Please write your comments in either Arabic, Dhivehi, Spanish or English.

4. Anonymity: Anonymity in serious discussion is discouraged and is not tolerated by this blog. Anonymous or even pseudonymous comments will be rejected by the moderator. We feel that pseudonymity or anonymity inherently discredits the validity of a statement, and we strive hard to use our real names or kunyahs here. Please sign your comments by either your real name followed by your father's name or your kunyah, and we encourage you to declare your nationality and/or current geographical location, as well.

5. Commercials: Our blog is not a commercial one, however, we are not completely closed to the idea of hosting ads. If you wish to use our blog as an advertising space of any of your products, services or events, please do not use the comments section. Instead, send us an email and insha Allah, we could work something out. (aboo.ubaydah@gmail.com)

6. Edits: Comments are not set in stone, and if someone wants a retraction or an edit, please contact us and insha Allah, we'll comply as soon as possible.

7. Topicality: Keep all comments within the scope of the content, please. We'd like to discourage any idle talk that may hinder us from our goals.
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Written by our brother Ibraheem Shareef al-Maaldeefee.

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