MuslimSpace is a social networking site for Muslims that’s based in Espoo, Finland. According to Alexa they reach 145k users per week. The users come from around the world. The top three countries are Malaysia (18.5%), United States (13.6%) and Serbia and Montenegro (12.3%).

MuslimSpace is very much a MySpace clone especially when looking at the profile pages which feature all the same elements as MySpace. Besides the usual networking features the site also has blogs, photo galleries, groups, polls and forums, and even a Ramadan button to donate money to a charity marathon.

Like everywhere else in the online Muslim world, hijab is a big topic. MuslimSpace has, since its creation, had a rule forbidding women from posting pictures of themselves without “hijab” (in this case meaning headcovering).
Meanwhile the founder/admin Mohamed has stated that: “till further notice, modest pics even if non-hijabbed are allowed on the site.” A wonderful event, indeed, but somehow he manages to turn the allowance into an insult,” and he continues:
“MuslimSpace should reflect the true image of the real Ummah even if its not perfect. There is no use of acting all pious and hijabbed online, while the reality is different.”

The site was acquired by a company called Muxlim, that was established in Finland in 2006. Muxlim also runs other sites targeted to Muslims, notably IslamicTorrents.net and Muxlim.tv. Not hard to guess what those sites are related to…. They also feature an online version of the Quran and a Search for Muslim-related sites created with Google Custom Search. According to them there are currently 150M Muslims that use the internet and they hope that in a few years most of them will be using their services.

—->startupbin