Google’s Orkut's Blasphemy Of Islam’s Prophet
Mar 18, 2007
By Ahmed Al-Faris | Jihad Unspun
Orkut, the so-called Internet social network service run by Google is the latest to jump on the bandwagon of ongoing blasphemy against our Prophet (pbuh) by allowing despicable content, hate speech and degrading cartoons to grace its pages.
Named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten, it claims to be designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships but it has rapidly become a place of racism and religious ridicule. As Orkut facilitates the easy creation of accounts and communities where users can then post so-called profiles, set up communities and link to external websites, it’s easy to post multiple id’s quickly.
In recent months, there has been rise in the number of fake and clone profiles, something that can be achieved just in a matter of a few minutes. These profiles are normally created to troll, to spam and to flood Orkut with depraved content. It isn't hard to find users owning more than one profile, with some stating they own hundreds. And that’s how the massive amount of defamation has been able to steep this Google product in hate filled profiles.
While several hate communities that focused on racism, Nazism, and white supremacy have been deleted due to guideline violation, the same has not been true for the blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The website is now blocked by the government of Iran, UAE and Saudi Arabia but the filth is widely available elsewhere. Several profiles host links to cartoons more depraved than those in Denmark yet Google has failed to implement their terms of use. So it is now up to us, the Muslim Ummah, to take action against this religious hatred.
Below you will find some links to disturbing content on Orkut. You will need an email address and a password to sign up in order to access the content. While there are literally hundreds of these types of pages published there, these links will give you a taste of what Orkut’s publisher Google is allowing to transpire.
• http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=27788721
• http://www.orkut.com:80/Profile.aspx?uid=16770208918255980044
• http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=14973697593886942263
• http://www.orkut.com:80/Profile.aspx?uid=16652949837447373440
• http://www.orkut.com:80/Profile.aspx?uid=11221316015516957072
One of the most offensive posts is hosted in an Orkut profile that links to the following “Blogspot” page. Blogspot is also owned by Google. Here you we see shameful blasphemous cartoons that make Denmark’s assault look mild.
http://incredibleislam22.blogspot.com/2007/01/ncredible-islam.html
We need to let Google know that this content is unacceptable, especially from a publisher with this kind of distribution and that the Muslims will not tolerate it. There are several actions we can take as follows:
1. Fill out this form for Google and register your complaint. While it is near impossible to find a “complaints” department on Google, this form will allow you to type in the url and submit it. Remember to be courteous and don’t sink to the low levels the enemies of Islam have.
http://www.google.com/support/news_pub/bin/request.py?contact_type=report_news&ReportProblemNews=report_other+
2. Report abuse 0n Orkut. Once you have an account on Orkut, you can report abuse here:
http://www.orkut.com/FlagProfile.aspx?uid=12801676188287621644
3. Here is the registration for Google – give them a call or fax them.
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043 US
dns-admin@google.com
+1.6502530000
Fax- +1.6506188571
4. Forward this report to as many people as possible and ask for their assistance.
5. The IP of the cartoon page is 72.14.207.141. We leave it to your imagination.
The cartoons published in Denamrk set a dangerous precedent that has proved to be a slippery slope. If we allow this type of content to be published, sooner or later even the Muslims will not find it offensive, may Allah prevent that, Ameen. We need to act and act now to remove the vile material from the web. There is power in numbers and if we act as one hand, Google will have no choice but to respond and remove it. Let’s show them that the Muslims really do have a voice. (JUS)
