miseshayek
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What a delight to find this Forum! I have been posting regularly to the about.com Islam Forum for about two years, but what I was looking for when I started that association was some place where I could obtain answers to semi-techinical questions about Islam. That is not the place, albeit the monitor does what she can and has provided an excellent front page. Hopefully this is such a place.
I am, however, concerned about two points in the posting guidelines, and I hope that the Forum Monitors will help me with those points.
First of all, it is stated that
"12.This is not a Fiqh discussion board. Prolonged threads arguing over Fatwas and the details of Islamic law will be closed. Avoid asking questions that require a Scholar or Shaykh, as there is no one on the board qualified to answer your questions. Please use other knowledgeable means such as a scholar, Imam or knowledgeable person in your area or provide sources.
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While I do not expect to reach the level of where I am engaged in such discussions anytime soon, are there some Scholars or Shaykh online who one can be referred to if such matters do arise?
Secondly [and I did not copy this one because of technological limitations] there is a prohibition against posting unapproved urls within messages. My issue with this is that, when a topic is very large, I will sometimes post a link to a book or article discussing the topic. I can assure you in advance that such links will not post to anti-Islamic or anti-Muslim material, as I do not believe in promoting hatred or misunderstanding. Is this not permitted? If it is not, can I at least post a citation to such material that is not a link?
Otherwise I look forward to interactions in this Forum, its technical basis is certainly extremely well designed, and the designers are to be complimented for providing to the rest of humanity a most excellent resource.
I am, however, concerned about two points in the posting guidelines, and I hope that the Forum Monitors will help me with those points.
First of all, it is stated that
"12.This is not a Fiqh discussion board. Prolonged threads arguing over Fatwas and the details of Islamic law will be closed. Avoid asking questions that require a Scholar or Shaykh, as there is no one on the board qualified to answer your questions. Please use other knowledgeable means such as a scholar, Imam or knowledgeable person in your area or provide sources.
"
While I do not expect to reach the level of where I am engaged in such discussions anytime soon, are there some Scholars or Shaykh online who one can be referred to if such matters do arise?
Secondly [and I did not copy this one because of technological limitations] there is a prohibition against posting unapproved urls within messages. My issue with this is that, when a topic is very large, I will sometimes post a link to a book or article discussing the topic. I can assure you in advance that such links will not post to anti-Islamic or anti-Muslim material, as I do not believe in promoting hatred or misunderstanding. Is this not permitted? If it is not, can I at least post a citation to such material that is not a link?
Otherwise I look forward to interactions in this Forum, its technical basis is certainly extremely well designed, and the designers are to be complimented for providing to the rest of humanity a most excellent resource.
