Difference between revisions of ".shia"
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| − | '''.shia''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> | + | '''.shia''' is a proposed [[TLD]] in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.]].<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> It is a [[Community TLD|community priority application that refers to the second-largest denomination of Islam.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam Shia Islam, Wikipedia.org]</ref> It states: "AGITSys and its constituent team members hail from the heart of the Shia Muslim community, both in terms of geography and the nationality of the team members. Their links to the community therein are thus irrefutably strong, as they themselves are passionate members of it...[and] In order to register a .SHIA Domain Name, you declare that you are part of the Islamic Religious and Cultural Community. Registrants must electronically accept that they have pronounced the Shahadah (declaration of faith) which states, “I testify that there is no god except for the God [Allah], and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of the God.”<ref>Application 1-2129-23641</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:26, 2 December 2012
| Status: | Proposed |
| Registry: | Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. |
| Registry Backend: | Council of Country Code Administrators |
| Type: | Community |
| Category: | Culture |
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.shia is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program. The applicant is Asia Green IT System Bilgisayar San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti..[1] It is a [[Community TLD|community priority application that refers to the second-largest denomination of Islam.[2] It states: "AGITSys and its constituent team members hail from the heart of the Shia Muslim community, both in terms of geography and the nationality of the team members. Their links to the community therein are thus irrefutably strong, as they themselves are passionate members of it...[and] In order to register a .SHIA Domain Name, you declare that you are part of the Islamic Religious and Cultural Community. Registrants must electronically accept that they have pronounced the Shahadah (declaration of faith) which states, “I testify that there is no god except for the God [Allah], and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of the God.”[3]
Objection
Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) filed an objection against the TLD.[4]