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teachers between you and the Prophet” and which contained for download “all
the documents that every Muslim needs.”3 It was also characterised by outspoken
antipathy towards the Wahhabis.
108 WEB HISTORY
So was this a modern incarnation of an ancient Sufi brotherhood from the
Sudan? Was the Sammaniyya under Shaykh !asan Qariballah (who was well
known for his anti-Wahhabi stance, and who was regarded as a ‘modern’ shaykh
in the Sudan due to his adoption of ‘modern’ bureaucratic and technical means of
organisation and communication) particularly quick to embrace the new medium
of the internet to spread their message to the world?
A look behind the scenes reveals a somewhat different yet no less interesting
picture.
A SOFTWARE GURU
The domain Allah.com was registered, together with Muhammad.com, on
June 28, 1995, by Ahmad Darwish (ldapguru@yahoo.com) of Linuxvision,
Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Less than two months later, on August
17, 1995, Ahmad Darwish registered mosque.com, completing a trinity of
sites that for many years mirrored each other. His “Mosque of the Internet”
was first hosted by New Mexico Internet Access, Inc., in Albuquerque, under
the documents that every Muslim needs.”3 It was also characterised by outspoken
antipathy towards the Wahhabis.
108 WEB HISTORY
So was this a modern incarnation of an ancient Sufi brotherhood from the
Sudan? Was the Sammaniyya under Shaykh !asan Qariballah (who was well
known for his anti-Wahhabi stance, and who was regarded as a ‘modern’ shaykh
in the Sudan due to his adoption of ‘modern’ bureaucratic and technical means of
organisation and communication) particularly quick to embrace the new medium
of the internet to spread their message to the world?
A look behind the scenes reveals a somewhat different yet no less interesting
picture.
A SOFTWARE GURU
The domain Allah.com was registered, together with Muhammad.com, on
June 28, 1995, by Ahmad Darwish (ldapguru@yahoo.com) of Linuxvision,
Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Less than two months later, on August
17, 1995, Ahmad Darwish registered mosque.com, completing a trinity of
sites that for many years mirrored each other. His “Mosque of the Internet”
was first hosted by New Mexico Internet Access, Inc., in Albuquerque, under