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After the ‘real’ Azhar came online in late 1997/early 1998, Ahmad included a
link to it on his site, which was still called the “Azhar Mosque of the Internet.”16
But only a few months later, reference to the Azhar was dropped (from the text
as well as from the title) when, between September and December 1998, Ahmad
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Darwish turned his “Azhar Mosque of the Internet” into the “Official Sammania
Site.” Ahmad had been in contact with the Sammani shaykh !asan al-Fati" before
(cf. the latter’s praise for Ahmad’s Seerah of December 1996). It is unclear
how this contact first came about—perhaps during a visit by !asan al-Fati" to
the United States in 1993. In September 1998, however, !asan al-Fati" attended
the “2nd International Islamic Unity Conference” in Washington, DC, which
was organized by the traditionalist “Islamic Supreme Council of America”
(dominated by Hisham $abbani’s Naqshbandiyya-!aqqaniyya). Most likely it
was there that Ahmad Darwish introduced !asan al-Fati" to his internet site
and received permission from the shaykh to turn this Mosque into the “Official
Sammania Site.”
Figure 4:
After the ‘real’ Azhar came online in late 1997/early 1998, Ahmad included a
link to it on his site, which was still called the “Azhar Mosque of the Internet.”16
But only a few months later, reference to the Azhar was dropped (from the text
as well as from the title) when, between September and December 1998, Ahmad
A HISTORY OF ALLAH.COM
115
Darwish turned his “Azhar Mosque of the Internet” into the “Official Sammania
Site.” Ahmad had been in contact with the Sammani shaykh !asan al-Fati" before
(cf. the latter’s praise for Ahmad’s Seerah of December 1996). It is unclear
how this contact first came about—perhaps during a visit by !asan al-Fati" to
the United States in 1993. In September 1998, however, !asan al-Fati" attended
the “2nd International Islamic Unity Conference” in Washington, DC, which
was organized by the traditionalist “Islamic Supreme Council of America”
(dominated by Hisham $abbani’s Naqshbandiyya-!aqqaniyya). Most likely it
was there that Ahmad Darwish introduced !asan al-Fati" to his internet site
and received permission from the shaykh to turn this Mosque into the “Official
Sammania Site.”
Figure 4: