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Muxlim Pal: Virtual Community For Muslims
Techtree News Staff, Dec 12, 2008 1355 hrs ISTOffers a virtual 3D environment catering to western Muslim audiences
Muxlim Pal was recently launched and is the brain child of Dubai-born Mohamed El-Fatatry, who is based in Finland. Muxlim Pal is an online social networking community that offers a virtual 3D environment catering to western Muslim audiences. Not to be confused with Second Life, Muxlim is loosely based around virtual worlds like The Sims. "We are not a religious site, we are a site that is focused on lifestyle," said Mohamed El-Fatatry, founder of Muxlim.com - the parent site of Muxlim Pal.
Just like virtual worlds, visitors can customize their cartoon avatar and drop in at Muxlim's office, beach cafe, shopping malls, gift shops, and other places to chat with visitors. The virtual world is based on Flash, runs on Amazon's cloud computing infrastructure, and looks promisingly slick. More basic 'The Sims' like features would be implemented in the Muxlim Pal world soon.
To upgrade character clothing and possessions, 'coins' need to be purchased, just like Second Life has Linden Dollars. Though creators claim that Muxlim isn't a religious site, the tag line itself states - Enhancing the Muslim Lifestyle. One can find religious impressions like kneeling for prayer, which is not found on massive multiplayers online. Creators claim tens of millions users visit Muxlim every year.
Such faith-based social networking sites are a Web 2.0 social networking phenomenon. Inspired by Facebook, along came Faithbook, which is a site launched by a group of British Jews and supported by the Muslim Institute. As Times Online reported, even Pope Benedict XVI couldn't resist posting a message asking for prayers on Xt3.com (Christ in Third Millennium), a networking site for Roman Catholics. A British newspaper site, The Jewish Chronicle, will be re-launched with social networking functions.
Not to mention, we'll soon have a plethora of faith-based websites on the Internet. Among niche-based social networking sites are faith-based Christian gaming communities; check out Lions of Judah, a Christian gaming community, and Visions, where it is still 'work-in-progress.'
Within an hour of Muxlim Pal's launch, a bunch of 'griefers' disrupted the site and caused problems for half an hour or so. The two-year-old community site has an impressive track record and is largely visited by US and UK users.
Related Links:
Second Life Sees Sex Toys Lawsuit
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Sims Animals [GCA 2008]
Just like virtual worlds, visitors can customize their cartoon avatar and drop in at Muxlim's office, beach cafe, shopping malls, gift shops, and other places to chat with visitors. The virtual world is based on Flash, runs on Amazon's cloud computing infrastructure, and looks promisingly slick. More basic 'The Sims' like features would be implemented in the Muxlim Pal world soon.
To upgrade character clothing and possessions, 'coins' need to be purchased, just like Second Life has Linden Dollars. Though creators claim that Muxlim isn't a religious site, the tag line itself states - Enhancing the Muslim Lifestyle. One can find religious impressions like kneeling for prayer, which is not found on massive multiplayers online. Creators claim tens of millions users visit Muxlim every year.
Such faith-based social networking sites are a Web 2.0 social networking phenomenon. Inspired by Facebook, along came Faithbook, which is a site launched by a group of British Jews and supported by the Muslim Institute. As Times Online reported, even Pope Benedict XVI couldn't resist posting a message asking for prayers on Xt3.com (Christ in Third Millennium), a networking site for Roman Catholics. A British newspaper site, The Jewish Chronicle, will be re-launched with social networking functions.
Not to mention, we'll soon have a plethora of faith-based websites on the Internet. Among niche-based social networking sites are faith-based Christian gaming communities; check out Lions of Judah, a Christian gaming community, and Visions, where it is still 'work-in-progress.'
Within an hour of Muxlim Pal's launch, a bunch of 'griefers' disrupted the site and caused problems for half an hour or so. The two-year-old community site has an impressive track record and is largely visited by US and UK users.
Related Links:
Second Life Sees Sex Toys Lawsuit
Sony PlayStation Home Arrives
Now a Virtual World from Google!
Sims Animals [GCA 2008]
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