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History_of_Allah-com, page : 36
translation of parts of Ghazali’s Revival of the Religious Sciences.
CUSTODIAN OF PROPHETIC TRADITION
ON THE INTERNET
In autumn 2005, Ahmad’s sites suffered a technical problem. In October,
Allah.com temporarily linked to other sites, and in November, Ahmad began to
reconstruct the site, apparently from earlier backups. This reconstruction (which
126 WEB HISTORY
eventually also was reflected on Muhammad.com, and in the course of which
mosque.com returned to Ahmad’s trinity of sites) took some time; it was not
completed until January 2006. The site’s temporary instability may not be unrelated
to the fact that around this time, Ahmad left the United States and his
Linux business there and returned to Cairo. Between August and October 2006,
mosque.com and Muhammad.com redirected to alnabee.com, a minor Saudi site
promoting the veneration of Prophet Muhammad, recommended by al-Azhar
(Mawaqi"mufida, 2008). Around November 2006 they reverted to mirroring
Allah.com. Not much else changed until May 2007, when a design update was
implemented on all three sites and Ahmad built a separate Arabic site.35 Simultaneously,
the site’s host was temporarily moved to the Moroccan genious.net. By
November 2007, Ahmad had integrated both Arabic and English into “the first
CUSTODIAN OF PROPHETIC TRADITION
ON THE INTERNET
In autumn 2005, Ahmad’s sites suffered a technical problem. In October,
Allah.com temporarily linked to other sites, and in November, Ahmad began to
reconstruct the site, apparently from earlier backups. This reconstruction (which
126 WEB HISTORY
eventually also was reflected on Muhammad.com, and in the course of which
mosque.com returned to Ahmad’s trinity of sites) took some time; it was not
completed until January 2006. The site’s temporary instability may not be unrelated
to the fact that around this time, Ahmad left the United States and his
Linux business there and returned to Cairo. Between August and October 2006,
mosque.com and Muhammad.com redirected to alnabee.com, a minor Saudi site
promoting the veneration of Prophet Muhammad, recommended by al-Azhar
(Mawaqi"mufida, 2008). Around November 2006 they reverted to mirroring
Allah.com. Not much else changed until May 2007, when a design update was
implemented on all three sites and Ahmad built a separate Arabic site.35 Simultaneously,
the site’s host was temporarily moved to the Moroccan genious.net. By
November 2007, Ahmad had integrated both Arabic and English into “the first