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Muslim social networking site set to launch

Farivar, Cyrus JohnMarch 5, 2012

Salamworld aims to draw Muslims from around the world to have a 'halal' space online. The Turkish startup has already received financial backing from investors in Russia and Kazakhstan.

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Everyone knows Facebook is big, with more than eight-hundred million users and a value of some one hundred billion dollars. But there are other social networking sites. In China, Sina Weibo reports 227 million user accounts. And Russia's Vkontakte says it has more than 100 million. Now Salamworld.com hopes to establish itself as the Muslim facebook, offering a halal or Islam-friendly social networking platform. From Istanbul, Matthew Brunwasser reports.