Rules and Regulations

[Expergefactionist]

Rules and Policies
(Last updated 7th October 2011)

A. General Behaviour applicable to threads, posts, signatures and avatars

1. Adhere to correct Islamic Adab (etiquette) while discussing or debating issues.

2. Abuse of the forums in any way will result in an immediate ban.

3. You are not allowed multiple usernames. If found guilty of such, all your usernames will be banned.

4. Do not post anything that may incriminate you for ‘glorifying’ or ‘inciting terrorism’. This is clarified as follows:

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i. Links to Jihad videos and other such sites will be removed. As a rule, you may discuss theoretical aspects in theological terms without specifying place or time.

ii. Celebration or glorification of troop/resistance fighter deaths or troop/resistance fighters' successes will be removed. While posting news articles or engaging in frank discussion is welcome, language that may be viewed as celebratory should be avoided.

iii. Incitement, advocacy or suggestion of activities illegal under UK law will all be removed. (As of 23/08/2009)

5. This is not a matrimonial message board; any member found using the forums for soliciting marriage in any way, publicly or via PMs will receive an immediate ban.

6. Duplicate posts are not allowed. If duplications are found, all such posts found in the less appropriate forums/threads will be removed.

7. Try not to flood the board by pasting long articles, and instead write your arguments yourself. Excessive copying and pasting of long articles without a good reason may lead to deletion of your posts.

8. Do not post your home addresses or telephone numbers for your own security.

9. Submit your posts under appropriate forums/threads. The moderators have the right to move your post to an appropriate section.

10. Any thread or post that is simply a link will be candidate for immediate deletion. Include a small description of or excerpt from the link.

11. Vulgar language, insinuations, insults or even mildly bad language will not be tolerated. Using asterisks in place of the word is also not allowed except when quoting a third person.

12. Personal information about a third person is not yours to post.

13. Off topic and pointless posts are subject to deletion.

14. A thread may be deleted upon request by the starter of the thread, however, it still rests on the discretion of the Moderators. Only rare exceptions will be granted, so please think before you post.

15. This is an English language forum and we reserve the right to delete posts written in other languages.

16. Do not quote the entire previous post to add 1 small sentence.

17. Pirated software is not welcome here.

18. Posts perceived by forum staff to be entrapping or baiting forum participants into making legally compromising statements, whether intentionally or unintentionally, will be moderated and the poster may be banned.

19. Think twice before you register and make any posts. We do not delete accounts or accept ban requests. The easiest option is to log off and never come back.

20. The forums' administrators will not allow the forums to be used as a primary platform to disseminate highly controversial political material (such as latest al-Qaeda, IRA, Tamil Tiger news, etc). Users are, however, still allowed to post such non-incriminating material, so long as it is linked to its primary source. (As of 06/01/2008)

21. Signatures should be no more than 6 lines of small-sized fonts; less lines when using larger fonts (line spacings are included). Signatures over this length will be automatically clipped by the forum settings. (As of 09/07/2008)

22. There's a fine line between coming here and engaging in an open debate about your religious/philosophical/sect's position and just blindly promoting/spreading your beliefs with an indifference to dissenting voices. When we think you've crossed it you'll receive a ban. (As of 30/05/10)

23. Any thread or post which we deem too graphic, violent or adult in nature will be removed at the discretion of the admin team. (As of 28/02/11)

24. Islamic Awakening reserves the right to delete adverts about (or signature links to) events, speakers or organisations deemed to teaching/promoting Islamically problematic concepts and subject matter. (As of 15/06/11)

25. Access to the Brothers' and Sisters' Sections is considered a trust. Forum users granted access are expected to uphold this trust by not sharing the content with others outside of the section as well as protecting their account from being used by others to view it. Any account discovered to have breached this trust will be considered negligent, lose access to the area and may also receive a punitive ban at our discretion. Members found to have accessed these private areas without right will be given a permanent ban. (As of 19/06/11)

26. Users repeatedly posting essentially the same theme, topic, argument or continuously referring the reader to a particular website in their activity are liable to have their posts combined into a single thread or deleted. (As of 18/08/11)

27. Failing or refusing to cooperate/communicate with Moderators when required to do so may result in a discretionary ban. (As of 07/10/11)


B. Gender Relations (GR)

1. Smiling or winking emoticons directed at the opposite gender are not allowed.

2. LOLing directly at the opposite gender's posts is not allowed.

3. Joking with the opposite gender is not allowed.

4. Excessively praising the opposite gender is not allowed.

5. Flattering the opposite gender is not allowed.

6. Declaring your love (for the sake of Allah) to the opposite gender is not allowed.

7. Friend requests should not be made to the opposite gender; this is considered free-mixing and will be moderated.

The moderators may innocently overlook some violations as they may fall into some themselves. We are not perfect, so please be patient with us and point out the oversight tactfully.


C. Privacy Policy

Just so we are not accused of spying on fellow Muslims, the list is the following of what is not private (to the mods/admins):

• IP Addresses
• Email Addresses
• Reputation Comments
• Deleted Posts
• Poll Votes
• Your Who's Online status (even if you have chosen to browse invisibly)
• Deleted visitor messages
• Private profiles
• Private Groups

[Expergefactionist]

... and of course, we're all free to discuss/object to these rules, or even suggest other needed rules.

[ibnmyatt]

... and of course, we're all free to discuss/object to these rules

Assalamu Alaikum

I have a question in relation to the rule 4:

Do not post anything that may incriminate you for ‘glorifying’ or ‘inciting terrorism’

While I understand the reasoning behind this - and the sensible wording in relation to incriminating ourselves - how is this rule to be applied? Does it mean that posts which *may* offend the kuffar in this respect or which *may* be in contravention of their unjust man-made fallible laws will be removed by the Admins, or does it mean that we will have to be careful not to offend the kuffar and their laws in this respect?

Surely this means that we have to accept, in some measure, the kaffir concept of *terrorism* and their definition as to what this pejorative concept of theirs means? [I will not start a debate here about *terrorism and Islam* - I have made my view concerning this matter clear in several articles!]

[Expergefactionist]

Well, if our aim was to please the creation then there wouldn't be any point in adhering to Islam.

Islam has been offensive to all Kuffar at all times and all places, so nothing new here.

What we are specifically talking about here is that which will get a person incriminated. We don't want to see our good brothers and sisters locked up behind bars where they could be of better use to Islam and Muslims outside.

The 'terrorism' (closed within quotes) refers to their understanding of terrorism, irrespective of whether we agree or disagree. It does not mean we have conceded to their definition. All it means is that we are trying to breath as much as we can in the current British-Blarite totalitarian-facist climate

So if you criticise the laws, Blair, their policies, etc etc, is all allowed.

What will be edited/deleted is things like:
7/7 on its way! Europe you'll pay! If you get my drift

The rule is, just try to save yourself from Blair's dungeons (and see how long you can last :eek

[abu falafel]

4. Excessively praising the opposite gender is not allowed.

5. Flattering the opposite gender is not allowed.

I think this shud apply to both genders.

6. Declaring your love (for the sake of Allah) to the opposite gender is not allowed.

LOL!

[Expergefactionist]

It does apply to both genders as it states...

many of the rules are simply copied and pasted from IN (hope sas doesn't mind!)

But the credit is due where its due. The line you're lol'ing at as actually sas's

[Abu Faaris As-Sumalee]

Salam wa 'alaykum

Why do you need to know the ip ?.

I thought the reason people delete posts is because they might have said somthing that wasnt appropriate or somthing that they regret, so why do the admins get to see them?.

what does "Reputation Comments" mean

"poll votes" what possible need is there for that?.

[Aburafay]

Assalamo AlaIkum!

In many Forums, the source for a quote is essential, so that the readers may be aware of its credibility. A member (can't recollect the name) stated to be a woman, and from Lebanon, has quoted some stuff on Jews being to blame. The whole post practically is a quote, which also violates rules of other forums as the benefit of a discussion forum is lost when you copy/paste and do not say anything yourself.

Wassalam.

[gag order]

what is meant by the term 'reputation comment' and a 'referral'

[Umm Ahmed]

Reputation comments , I dont think thats activated.
A referral is when a new member is registering and fills in the referral box "fulan" , thats then transfered to "fulan's account.

If you go to my profile http://forums.islamicawakening.com/members/umm-ahmed/
You will see Referrals: 2.