MO Rules (Draft 4) Options

[Simba]

I added my own little things to the rules, what do you think? (By the way, this isnt final)

1) Although you don't necessarily have to agree with every opinion, you certainly have to show respect. (Repeating a manner of disrespect will result in a warning being issued.)

2) No insulting or disrespecting any religious figures from any faith. Debate is allowed, but blatant disrespect will will result in a warning being issued.

3) No one has the right to declare someone a 'kaffir' (infidel) because we don't have the ability to look into the hearts of other people. (Failure to comply with this rule will result in a warning being issued)

4) Avoid meddling in Sunni/Shia debates or Sufi/Salafi debates when you don't have any knowledge on them whatsoever. Only constructive debates allowed. Anyone who purposely tries to create divisions on the forum will be suspended.

5) Discussions about breaking copyright infringements such as pirating or ripping off music artists is not allowed on the forum. Anyone seen to be doing this will be suspended.

6) No spamming.

7) Do not post where you are not contributing to a topic. Spamming is a violation of forum rules.

8) We encourage proper spelling and grammar on the forum in order to make every member understand the posts and feel welcomed in each discussion. Therefore avoid slang as much as possible.

9) Do not pick fights or bring up childish arguments in public. If you have an issue between yourselves, then resolve it through PM. The forum needs to maintain a friendly environment.

10) Do not copy and paste information without providing the source. Posting article/poem/story without mentioning source/author is plagiarism. (Failure to provide the source will result in a warning being issued)

11) If you're providing articles or readings which are too long, post atleast 2-3 paragraphs of the article and the rest can be read in the link/source provided.

12) Posting an anti-islamic link or an offensive content will lead to a suspension.

13) Do not swear in public or use explicit/sexual hints or words. (Failure to comply with this rule will result in a warning being issued: disabled 20)

14) In a debate, you are attacking the 'argument'; you are not attacking the 'member' in the debate.

15) We are not in war or have any beef against the West, therefore do not post anything regarding the intention of bombing or killing innocent civilians. If you have such a beef against the West, then you shouldn't really be on this forum.

16) You may disagree with a scholar's opinion, but this doesn't give you the right to insult him/her. (Failure to conform by this rule will result in a light warning being issued.)

17) Any behavior that comes in the way of any dawah opportunities will be removed by the moderator's good judgment

18) Starting a topic in the wrong forum will be moved to the right forum by a moderator or administrator. Please ensure you choose the right forum for the topic intended.

19) Starting a topic of discussion, including any posts that gives a bad name to Islam will result in a warning being issued.

20) Posting a gender personal or sexual topic outside the gender room is not encouraged. We have been given our own gender rooms to discuss more confidential issues and simply have an 'all girl time' or 'all boy time'. (If someone posts anything confidential outside the gender rooms, they will be issued a warning)

21) If a brother/male is found in the sisters section, or a sister/female is found in the brothers section, they will be suspended. (Warning: disabled 10). If this violation is repeated, suspension may result from 20 days to indefinite.). Again, we must maintain a clean and friendly environment on the forum.

22) No form of racism is allowed.

23) Discuss personal conflicts with another member through PM, not in the forums.

24) Bad usernames must be reported to an admin in order to change it to a more appropriate one.

25) Signatures must not link to spam sites, sites that have viruses or spyware.

26) Violent signatures are not allowed.


27) If member are reporting a violation to a moderator or admin, they must provide a link to the reported post/topic

28) Members of the forum should avoid going off-topic.

29) If a member apologizes and promises to abide by the forum rules, then their suspension will be over.

30) Preaching/Debating a Non-Islamic faith is allowed as long as it is posted in the appropriate forum.

[Binty]

Asalam alaikum

I like them. Apart from the usual rules that help keep the forum clean, they stress the importance of respecting other faiths, opinions and avoiding a judgmental tone from any member.
I reckon these type of rules can really maintain a respectful forum

But then again, that's my view, i can't seem to pick out anything to criticize as yet, or maybe I have no conflict with any of the rules...so if anyone wants to be critical if they must. Otherwise nicely constructed Simba

[iamcrazy]

I like them!

[denadeen]

I am unclear on number 17. Does that mean if we see a dawah opportunity we should do dawah? or we should NOT do dawah? I'm confused :S

[Binty]

No denadeen, what it means is that, say there's a topic which appears to come in big use for dawah- anyone of us can participate in it in order to boost it up...however if anyone tries to be silly or mocks/swears in that topic/project then rule 17 is enforced. Ofcourse, the islamic section is dawah but sometimes a muslim and non-muslim may end up in a deep one to one discussion about Islam (so we see strong dawah here) and other members should respect this without showing any wrong behavior etc.

I hope that makes sense (for someone who just woke up )

[denadeen]

ah, I see Zayd, that makes sense

Chailvr: Da'wah literally means "summons" or "call". It's an Arabic term meaning to invite or an invitation to discuss Islam. Some people refer to this as preaching, but it's not really preaching. It's more of understanding sides, because we don't try to get people to believe any way or certain ideas. God makes people believe, and if He wills that person to listen to the Messege, then He will open the person's heart and he'll listen to us. But we dont' force people to listen to us. We aren't in your face about it. If people have questions, that's a form of Dawah. i work at macy's here in Champaign, and I get looks by little kids all the time wondering why I have to wear a hat on my head (my headscarf) LOL I kindly explain to them that in my religion we do this to be closer to God. That would be a form of Dawah. We aren't preacher. More of an understanding time. Does that make any sense or about as clear as mud? :S

[Simba]

Hey guys we need to finalize this or something. any more suggestions?

[iamcrazy]

Nope thats about it right?

[Waqas]

Houston: SIMBA you are cleared to proceed.
SIMBA: Copy that Houston.

[iamcrazy]

erm...

[BrightBroom]

why are topics closed?

I have had two of topics closed for no reason. One more and I will wage jihad against MO. and by jihad, I mean 'make more goofy topics'

[iamcrazy]

Make more 'goofy' topics.....

[Simba]

who keeps closing topics? stupidity isnt against the rules on MO. thats what makes us different.

[iamcrazy]

who keeps closing topics? stupidity isnt against the rules on MO. thats what makes us different.

i love MO

[Waqas]

Saira is it you *Hey mexicans shut the **** up.* sorry the mexicans and talking really out loud in spanish. Some tengo stuff.....

Okay as I was saying, are you closing the topics?

[iamcrazy]

not me am all for keeping them open it was one of them AA

[iamcrazy]

he wasnt home i think college or what ever and well you can see the rest

[Waqas]

I was in College when some huge Mexican family walked into the College building to use the bathroom (Anyone can enter our campus w/o ID cause its in the heart of Manhatttan). They were mad loud and I had to tell the to shut up (sort of nice way).

[Binty]

hehe^^

by the way i never closed the topics u guys are on about, i mean, come on, i join the stupidity!

[Waqas]

WHO DOESNT LOL