Billed as a ‘Halal Facebook’, a new social network for the global Muslim community is being prepared for launch during Ramadan in July.
‘Salamworld’ is being designed as a cleaner and more filtered version of Facebook, and will be available in eight different languages at launch.
There are an estimated 300 million Muslim users online, and Salamworld will need to attract 17% of the online Muslim community register in order to reach its goal of 50 million users in five years.
The company, based in Istanbul, has already caught the attention of investors with tens of millions being put into the site.
The social network will feature a raft of applications, including eBooks, games, an online encyclopedia and city guide, where users will be provided with worldwide city guides to mosques, Islamic centers, Halal restaurants and other Muslim businesses.
The site will also feature an online store of Islamic goods and services and tours will be advertised and organised for annual pilgrimages to the holy city of Mecca.
In a commercial for Salamworld it states:”By filtering out harmful content, by making the content uphold and respect family values, we conform to the requirements of Muslims throughout the world. As Salamworld, our aim is to overcome all political, language and cultural barriers, to open the world to Muslims. And open Muslims to the world.”
http://salamworld.com/
