Kashmiri Developers Launch ‘Muslim Chat’
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Three young Kashmiri developers have launched what they say is the first of its kind Islamic chat messenger ‘Muslim Chat and Discussions’ app to make the use of social media for the propagation of Islam.
The application which has more than 10,000 active users from different parts of the world was launched on the Google playstore on April 25, 2017.
"Muslim Chat and
Discussions application is intended to provide Muslims around the world
with a platform to express view on Islam and for Non-Muslims to learn
more about the religion,” said Faheem Ahmed.
"Islam is a peaceful religion. The world needs to know the true teachings of Islam.”
Muslim Chat and discussion was born out of the hope to build a community based network.
Indonesia has the world’s largest Muslim population and the potential of such an application was high.
"Friends from Indonesia and Malaysia helped us translate the application into Bahasa Indonesian and widely promoted the application there,” said Suheel Dar.
"After success of the ummahtalk.com there, we decided to launch the application in Kashmir.”
The team initially launched the UmmahTalk.com website for its Indonesian and Malaysian users, but realizing their dream of building a Kashmir based social network, they started to work on ‘Muslim Chat and Discussions’ app primarily for the Kashmir based users.
"We always wanted to build a Kashmir based network but we failed in our first attempt because of the lack of resources,” said another co-developer of the app Faheem Ahmed.
Despite internet ban in Kashmir, the number of downloads by local users have increased.
The app developers said Muslim youth are wasting time and resources on social media which prompted them to develop such an app.
"The immoralities on social media influence their behavior. The launch of this application was to provide an alternative that helps them understand, practice and propagate Islamic values and teachings to the wider audiences,” they said.
They said the youth are disconnected from the Islamic seminaries, risingkashmir.com reported.
"We thought to reach out to them on internet. Our network is open to Muslims and non-Muslims alike to understand and know the true teachings of Islam,” said Suheel Dar.
