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service. This did not pay, however. In 1996, the site was “visited by over 39,000
visitors and only 29 cotributed [sic].” Ahmad asked for checks to be mailed to
him in anticipation of the large Islamic library to come:
We have over 80 mb of Koran almost ready to download, in shaAllah, just need more
coding!
We will have Islamic oreintaion/introduction to Islam in the InterActive Islamic
College, please let us know what you like to learn, even if you do not attend. Though if
you subscribe will be a great help to you and your beloved.
$ If you and your family can help to support the Mosque & College will be greatly rewarded
and appreciated.15
Ahmad also explored other possibilities for income generation. Faithful to the
metaphor of the “Mosque on the Internet,” he constructed—playing for the first
time with the new Java Script—an area called “Souks around the Mosque,” which
was meant as a space to advertise the businesses of fellow Muslims. His first entry
there was CompuEx.com of Houston, the company that had taken over his
Linuxvision. But except for two other entries, the Souk remained empty, and the
area quietly lapsed. Later, Ahmad abandoned the idea that he could derive an
income from his site and advertised it as being free.
NEW SPONSORS: THE “OFFICIAL SAMMANIA SITE”
visitors and only 29 cotributed [sic].” Ahmad asked for checks to be mailed to
him in anticipation of the large Islamic library to come:
We have over 80 mb of Koran almost ready to download, in shaAllah, just need more
coding!
We will have Islamic oreintaion/introduction to Islam in the InterActive Islamic
College, please let us know what you like to learn, even if you do not attend. Though if
you subscribe will be a great help to you and your beloved.
$ If you and your family can help to support the Mosque & College will be greatly rewarded
and appreciated.15
Ahmad also explored other possibilities for income generation. Faithful to the
metaphor of the “Mosque on the Internet,” he constructed—playing for the first
time with the new Java Script—an area called “Souks around the Mosque,” which
was meant as a space to advertise the businesses of fellow Muslims. His first entry
there was CompuEx.com of Houston, the company that had taken over his
Linuxvision. But except for two other entries, the Souk remained empty, and the
area quietly lapsed. Later, Ahmad abandoned the idea that he could derive an
income from his site and advertised it as being free.
NEW SPONSORS: THE “OFFICIAL SAMMANIA SITE”