7 Annoying Trends on Facebook Facing Muslims
By HijabGirl on Muslim Lifestyle from maniacmuslim.com
Now there are at least seven new (annoying) trends on Facebook facing Muslims..
Now there are at least seven new (annoying) trends on Facebook facing Muslims.. 
Inspiring our Children to Pray
By SuhaibWebb on Muslim Lifestyle from www.suhaibwebb.com
A couple months ago, Imam Suhaib posted a question on Facebook asking how to encourage one’s child to pray. Alhamdullilah (praise be to God), there were many great responses. We wanted to share some of the wonderful advice and stories shared by fellow readers. May our hearts always be open to beneficial advice. *Responses abridged and [...] 
Social media in Indonesia: Eat, pray, tweet
By HijabGirl on Muslim Lifestyle from www.economist.com
Indonesia is now the world’s second-largest market for Facebook and the third-largest for Twitter, according to several web research firms. For industry insiders, however, the most exciting statistic is not how many Indonesians use social media, but how many still don’t. Of 230m or so Indonesians, fewer than 20% are connected to the internet.
Foreign firms see untapped potential.
Muslim Facebook is here! MillatFacebook - Do we need it?
By elan on Muslim Lifestyle from www.elanthemag.com
In reaction to the global uproar surrounding Facebook’s recent allowance of a “Prophet Muhammad Cartoon Day”, several Muslims have formed an offshoot of the popular social networking site aimed at providing Muslims and “Peaceful people from other religions” with a virtual “safe space” in which to network. MillatFacebook.com seeks to provide all the functions of Facebook - minus the massive inventory of apps/games, and of course, minus the religious insensitivity. As the founders put it: “The objective is to provide a platform for all Muslims and nice, decent and sophisticated people of all religions and faiths, to come together and make a network. They should interact in a way that is socially responsible by providing them all the freedom of expression, however respecting each others’ sentiments, sensitivities and beliefs.” 
Protesters Threaten To Leave Facebook Over Removed Pages
By MuslimVoices on Muslim Lifestyle from muslimvoices.org
A group of protesters threaten to leave Facebook on July 21 due to the networking site's removal of four popular Islamic fan pages. 
Pakistan (continues) to monitor and block websites for blasphemous and 'anti-Islam content'
By Saladin on News from www.google.com
Pakistan's government ordered the monitoring of websites including Google, Yahoo and YouTube for "anti-Islam content" Friday, an official said, as tensions over the Internet continued.
"The major websites which will be monitored for anti-Islam content include Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, Bing, Amazon and YouTube," the spokesman told AFP.
He added that the government had also ordered the blocking of 17 webpage links containing blasphemous content. The links include pages within YouTube, Islam Exposed and Jehad.org
A high court earlier this week ordered the government to block access to nine websites including Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Amazon, MSN, Hotmail and Bing for showing material against "the fundamental principles of Islam and its preaching".
Muslim Viewpoints about Facebook: Halal or Haram?
By l0gikal on Opinion from www.huffingtonpost.com
Some Muslims worry Facebook runs afoul of Muslims standards of modesty. Others see it as a home to offensive images like depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, and have personalized Facebook to fit their Islamic beliefs.
Is Family on Facebook Such a Bad Thing?
By elan on Muslim Lifestyle from www.elanthemag.com
Earlier this year, I opened my email to find a message from Facebook. It had finally happened - the dreaded and the inevitable - my father had joined Facebook and wanted to be my friend. I knew what that meant - first dad, then my eight aunts and uncles, 500 cousins, and 1,000 second cousins.
Bangladesh blocks Facebook over Islamic image controversy | VentureBeat
By l0gikal on News from social.venturebeat.com
Bangladesh has become the latest country to block social networking site Facebook because of a page that asks people to draw their own images of the prophet Muhammad.
Clearly, this isn’t going to kill Facebook, which has nearly 500 million users. But it shows that what might have been considered a small protest is gathering steam in the Muslim world. Facebook is already facing a lot of opposition over its privacy rule changes, so all it needs now is another controversy.
Is it Haraam to Be on Facebook?
By ChillYoIslamYo on Opinion from www.chillyoislamyo.com
Wait hold up, why are we so quick to say something is haraam or halal? Recently I’ve been hearing people say Facebook is Haraam, in other words it’s not permissible to use.
Well it all depends on how you use it right? This reminds me of a statement from one of the great scholars of the past who said “a glass can be used to drink alcohol or water”.
