Before I discuss the topic \”Social Networking in An Islamic Community\”, I will like to define what I mean by social networking and what I intend by Islamic Community. This will clarify the topic and define the scope of this article.

Social networking is defined as the grouping of individuals together into to specific groups, often like a small community or a neighbourhood and Islamic society is a community comprised of Muslims governing themselves by the rules and regulations legislated in the Quran and Hadeeth.

In an Islamic society Muslims are organised in both groups and strata. The first stratum is the level of the family. The Islamic family is headed by the father assisted by the wife. Both the welfare and the coordination of the family affairs are in the hands of the father. He is the representative of the societal government in that family.

Another stratum of the government above that of the family is the mosque where the father, being the head of the individual family, is a member. The mosque is headed by the imam. The of the mosque, in turn, is representing the Islamic leadership in the Muslim community. It is the duty of the Imam to give information on the policy or the decision of the Islamic government to the fathers who come to attend the five daily Muslim prayers.

Yet there is another higher stratum above the mosques for daily prayers. This is the Jumat mosque where the Islamic weekly Friday prayer is said. The Imams of the smaller mosques are prominent members of this mosque. The Imam of this Jumat mosque is either the Ameer – Muslim president – or a representative of the Ameer.

Thus the social networking of the Islamic society is designed from the hierarchy of the President through the Imam of the Jumat mosque through the Imam of local mosques down to the family level. The fathers get information from the local mosques. The Imams of the local mosques get information from the Imams of the Central jumat mosques. The Imams of the Jumat mosques in turn receive information from the Ameer who is the highest human authority of the society.

the Muslim social network is like a pyramid. The higher it goes the fewer the people responsibe for the level. There is only one leader or president called Ameer at the topmost helm of the state affair. Next is the level of the Jumat mosques where Imams are heading. These are relatively small representatives of the Muslim community. The next level is that of the Imams of the local mosques whose population is comparatively more than those of the Jumat mosques. The last stratum is that of the fathers heading each family whose number is the highest of the representatives.

Lastly, I must point out here that everybody in an Islamic society has the rights and responsibility in the community. Everybody is under the rule of Islamic laws as contained in the Quran and Hadeeth. No one is superior to the other either in the sight of Allah and in front of the Islamic law.

Abdul-Qadir Thamin is a specialist on Internet networking and online dating, and also the founder of love social network , Muslim Social Networking Site and absolutely free muslim dating site

Abdul-Qadir Thamin is a specialist on Internet networking and online dating, and also the founder of Love Social network http://yourslovely.com, islamic networking forum http://islamship.com and free muslim dating site in Nigerian http://nikahdating.com

Author Bio: Abdul-Qadir Thamin is a specialist on Internet networking and online dating, and also the founder of love social network , Muslim Social Networking Site and absolutely free muslim dating site

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