And, will there be terrorists???
How long will it take for terrorists to take over this virtual world for muslims???
Based loosely on other virtual worlds such as Second life and The Sims, the game lets members control the life of a cartoon avatar to explore the Muxlim Pal world .
Members can control several "meters" governing happiness, fitness, knowledge and spirituality that change when the character carries out tasks in the social world.
The avatar or 'pal' can go to prayer rooms and go shopping.
Aimed at Muslims in Western nations, Muxlim Pal's creators hope it will also foster understanding among non-Muslims.
Many of the men wear beards and the female characters can choose to wear a hijab. However, makers of the site insists it is not aimed at religious people.
"We are not a religious site, we are a site that is focused on the lifestyle," said its founder, Mohamed El-Fatatry
"This is for anyone who is remotely interested in the Muslim culture and the Muslim lifestyle," he told the BBC.
posted by GayandRight @ 11:15 PM
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Do you recognize that you're being openly, unambiguously xenophobic and racist with your commentary on that news item?
Suppose some well-intentioned software company set up a web resource intended to present some (necessarily reductive, generalized) perspective on the various forms that sexuality outside of heteronormativity can be manifested in lifestyles.
I'm not saying that would be a totally great or well-reasoned mechanism for fostering understanding of the non-straight contingent of society, but if some jerk blogger posted a link to an article about it and tagged it "And, will there be pedophiles???" then the bigotry inherent in even forming the question would be on parade.
Hell, it was a little bit prejudiced of me to even come up with that example.
Terrorism as a tactic is not endemic to Islam. Grow up.
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