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Note: This is an Islamic site, anything that is not noted below and is considered unIslamic will not be allowed. Laws of Islam and Shari'a are implemented in this site strictly.

The following rules apply in this Forum.

1) Blasphemy of any kind towards Allah (sw), Prophet Muhammad (saww), the Ahlul-Bayt and any Prophet of Allah, shall be met with a permanent ban from this site. No warning is necessary.

2a) Disrespect to any Mujtahid, Marja' Taqleed, or religious authority will not be tolerated whatsoever.

Due to previous experience in this site with respect to the above rule, any topics which the moderators agree on to be of controversial nature and would lead to destructive debates and disunity amongst the Ummah will NOT be allowed on this forum. Members who do not abide by this rule would have their post locked/deleted followed by a warning/ban if they do not comply. Members are encouraged to discuss this in private (email or PM) as an alternative to avoid personal attacks and disunity on the site. The AliWalay.Org team does however reserve the right to keep such threads open granted that it is put under heavy moderation and all parties engaged in the debate maintain a certain level of respect and maturity.

c) Cursing of the 3 "Caliphs" (Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman by name or number) as well as Sunni scholars is strictly prohibited. This involves cursing by name, swear words and defamatory language. The Mod/Admin team also reserve the right to edit/delete posts or ban members in accordance with the application of these rules. This is the only way to keep peace between the 2 parties and allow constructive discussions. In response to the bold offering of praise to the enemies of Islam and the Ahlulbayt , Muawiyah and Yazeed, by some members on this board, the AliWalay team have decided to warn (or ban if warnings are exhausted) any member who offers such open praise to these killers of the Ahlulbayt and the pious Companions .

3) No swear words, unmannered replies or racist comments, especially when directed at other members. A warning followed by a temporary ban shall be met. If a member repeats their offensive or racist language, a permanent ban will take place. No excuses.

4) Member profiles, names, signatures, avatars or titles which are overtly sexual or contain tasteless references to sexual organs and offensive nicks are to be avoided. A request to conform will be followed by a ban if member does not comply.

5) Non-Islamic Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are inappropriate on this site. You're free to advertise your Islamic site to a certain extent however.

6) Policies or actions by the AliWalay team should not be discussed and made into a public debate, unless specified by a moderator/admin. If anyone is unhappy with the actions taken by the AliWalay team feel free to contact the moderators and reasons will be given to them. Discussions of AliWalay internal affairs in a public manner causes more confusion and therefore will not be allowed unless initiated by the AliWalay team. Additionally, topics closed by moderators shall not be re-opened by members in any form or way.

Members are only allowed 3 warnings, in which a decision would be made whether to apply a permanent or temporary ban. Moderators will send a warning (via PM) or in the post itself after editing out any improper comments that disobey any of the above rules. Moderators also reserve the right to delete an entire post or topic if it conflicts any of the above rules. Members may ask for a log of their warnings from any mod at anytime.

Also note that this site is open for everyone, Muslim or not. Everyone is asked to respect each other as brothers and sisters and respect each others' faith, background and origin. Any attack by anyone towards any of the faiths will not be allowed and would be served by a warning. Muslims are to act as such towards any non-Muslim guests or guests of other faiths. Those of other faiths are to respect this forum and its rules as much as they wish to be respected.

Please obey the above rules as they will be implemented strictly in this site. The AliWalay.Org administration team will be the sole and final arbiter on decisions with regards to the above rules. For any questions or comments, contact the administrator at webmaster@AliWalay.Org

Policy

Considering the real-time nature of this site, it is impossible for us to review messages or confirm the validity of information posted. Please remember that we at do not actively monitor the contents of and are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this site or any entity associated with this site. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email or the "Report" link. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this site to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law. You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this site.

Although AliWalay.Org does not and cannot review the messages posted and is not responsible for the content of any of these messages, we at this site reserve the right to delete any message for any or no reason whatsoever. You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless the forum and AliWalay.Org in general.

For questions or comments, email the admin at: webmaster@AliWalay.Org

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AliWalay.Org does however reserve the right to disclose any personal information presented during the original signup process or gathered when you sign on (Ie, IP or computer/location information) to it's Administration team for Moderating and tracking purposes.

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The following is a helpful list of things that should be avoided when using a discussion forum such as AliWalay.Org. Please read it carefully and try to follow these guidelines.

Things that should be AVOIDED on the discussion forum:

1- Posting the wrong subject in the wrong forum.

There is nothing worse than having a topic so out of place that people become confused when they see it! It's not only annoying for members who are on the forum seeking a certain subject and seeing another, but also for the moderators who have to go through the troubles of moving them. Sometimes we even delete them to send a message across.

2- Quoting the post above you.

You DON'T have to click on the "Quote" button if you're replying to a post immediately above yours. It's a "given" when you reply. You may however quote a single sentence from the post immediately above yours, but PLEASE, not the entire post.

3- Posting one-word/one-line replies.

If you have nothing important to post, please don't post anything . Leave it to others who may have something beneficial to say. Nothing is worse than a silly topic with silly one-word replies. Members from the same community, posting in the 'local community forum', should confine their posts to one thread.

4- Two people replying back and fourth to each other, changing the topic.

Please note this is a discussion forum not a chatroom. Hijacking a thread and turning it into an endless back and forth off-topic chat is not only rude, but quiet disruptive. If you wish to start a conversation with someone, please PM or email them instead.

5-Spamming - posting pointless comments and topics with the obvious intention of boosting post count.
while we do not impose a post limit, members who have an inordinate number of post per day will be warned and asked to delete their posts. Further instances may result in a short ban.

6- Starting a topic that was discussed before.

If a topic has been discussed before and led to a 50+ post thread, please look it up and find your answer rather than opening a new thread. It's very annoying that people have to repeat themselves when it comes to such matters. There is no reason to start topics that have been exhausted.

7- Posting in CAPS.

Posting in CAPS is not only considered as shouting and rude, it's also very hard to read and makes the poster seem very immature. Please refrain and use CAPS LOCK wisely.

8- Posting too many smilies and explanation or question marks in post.

* Same as above, smilies and excessive use of periods, commas, questions marks and explanation points is very annoying. Posting 5 to 10 smilies in a post brings down the level of that thread and in turn makes the whole site seem childish.

9- Hijacking threads!

There is nothing worse to a poster than seeing his thread hijacked by a couple of people, completely changing the topic before he/she can get his/her answer. Please AVOID doing this. Simply start another thread if it's a different topic.

10- Posting the same topic under different forums

Some people post their thread in many different forums to try to get as much views as possible. This is a moderator's nightmare. MULTIPLE THREADS WILL BE DELETED SO DON'T DO IT.

11- Using long nicks, titles, signatures or a bad choice combination of the three.

This is pretty self explanatory. Anything too big or flashy takes the focus off of the thread. Please avoid doing that.

We ask everyone here to obey these guidelines and refrain from doing any of the above. This will insure better standards for posting on this site and it's a courtesy to the readers and the administrators/moderators.

5. MODERATORS LAW
A Mod's word is law, don't bother arguing here.

*Follow the rules and you will love your stay here.*