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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gazaly" data-source="post: 7662596" data-attributes="member: 10197"><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">The "halal" version of Facebook  launched by Pakistanis last month after  a ban was imposed on the social networking website for featuring  blasphemous caricatures is going strong with 333,000 users having signed  up at the last count.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Millatfacebook.com, or "MFB" for short,  was launched by six tech-savvy Pakistanis following a furore over the  caricatures of Prophet Mohammed on Facebook.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">The Urdu word  "millat" is used by Muslims to refer to their nation.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">"Dear  brother/sister, congratulations and salam to over 330,000 Muslims  already united as one Millat/Ummah at MFB.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">"Now we are doing an  upgrade to ensure high speed for all our Muslim community..." reads a  note by the creators on MFB.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Though thousands of Pakistanis have  joined MFB, not many have given a thumbs-up to it.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">"The Halal  Facebook for Pakistan? Soon there will be gender segregation there!"  remarked an avid Facebook user in an online discussion on MFB.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">"We  don't need another social network," said another Facebooker.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">To  join MFB, users are expected to "respect humanity," "respect beliefs of  all people" and "not disrespect anyone".</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Though MFB has been  dismissed by many as a poor Facebook clone, the number of users is  rising by the day.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">"Millatfacebook is Pakistan's very own, first  social networking site. A site for Muslims by Muslims where sweet people  of other religions are also welcome," reads the welcome note at MFB,  which aims to cater to 1.57 billion Muslims around the world.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Like  Facebook, each member has a "wall" for friends to comment on.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">The  site offers e-mail, photo, video, chat and discussion board facilities  as well.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Last month, a Pakistan court briefly blocked access to  Facebook due to a contest for blasphemous caricatures.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Some  furious Internet users responded by shutting down their Facebook  accounts, but Omer Zaheer Meer, one of the founders of MFB, decided to  take a more practical approach and set up his own alternative.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">"Basically  the objective is to provide a platform for all people, not only  Muslims, but nice and decent people of all faiths, to come together and  interact in a way that is socially responsible by providing them all the  freedom of expression (while) respecting each other's sensitivities and  faiths...," Meer told a local newspaper.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">MFB's administrators  have blamed the CIA for posting Prophet Mohammed's caricatures, saying  they have proof the IP address used for this purpose was connected to US  secret services.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">Facebook has yet to respond to its new  Pakistani rival but Meer is confident his project will have a  significant impact on the US-based company.</a><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php" target="_blank">http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php</a> Read more at: <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php?cp" target="_blank">http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/halal-version-of-facebook-is-a-hit-in-pakistan-31612.php?cp</a></blockquote>

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