Comments on: Al-Andalus Caliphate Government Sim Opens in Second Life; Judiciary to Be Based on Islamic Law http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/ Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds Tue, 13 May 2014 04:03:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Metaverse Muslim: Playing out our Mongrel Selves | Majjal http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-88764 Metaverse Muslim: Playing out our Mongrel Selves | Majjal Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:11:28 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-88764 [...] Ummah of Noor mosque, a replica of Mesopotamia by the Federation of American Scientists, and the Al-Andalus Caliphate project. As the title suggests, much of the focus was on understanding the religion and learning about how [...] [...] Ummah of Noor mosque, a replica of Mesopotamia by the Federation of American Scientists, and the Al-Andalus Caliphate project. As the title suggests, much of the focus was on understanding the religion and learning about how [...]

]]> By: Metaverse Muslim: Playing out our Mongrel Selves http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-88763 Metaverse Muslim: Playing out our Mongrel Selves Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:06:09 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-88763 [...] Ummah of Noor mosque, a replica of Mesopotamia by the Federation of American Scientists, and the Al-Andalus Caliphate project. As the title suggests, much of the focus was on understanding the religion and learning about how [...] [...] Ummah of Noor mosque, a replica of Mesopotamia by the Federation of American Scientists, and the Al-Andalus Caliphate project. As the title suggests, much of the focus was on understanding the religion and learning about how [...]

]]> By: Michel Manen http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-15705 Michel Manen Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:14:17 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-15705 Al-Andalus Caliphate Inaugural Festivities Saturday, March 8th, 2008 11:00 hrs slt to 22:00 hrs slt Al-Andalus Alhambra & Al-Andalus Generalife Contact Person: Michel Manen; E-mail: michel.manen@gmail.com The Inaugural Festivities of the Al-Andalus Caliphate Project in SecondLife, celebrating the completion of the building phase of Al-Andalus, will take place on Saturday, March 8th, 2008 between 11:00 hrs slt and 22:00 slt, in the Al-Andalus sims (Alhambra and Generalife). Come and join our party under the stars of SL’s most amazing city and enjoy the music of ten of SL’s best known entertainers! Schedule of events 11:00-12:00: Live DJ Cynthia Wilder – Arabic Dance Music 12:00-13:00: Edward Lowell – Love Songs and Original Ballads 13:00-14:00: Akito Kuramoto – Classical Violin (Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven) 14:00-16:00: Live DJ Gabrielle Riel – Hard Rock and Romance Dance Music 16:00-16:30: Naftali Torok – Folk Violin 16:30-18:00: Joaquin Gustav – Spanish Guitar 18:00-19:00: Noma Falta – Bayou Soul and Blues 19:00-20:00: Brixton Canning – Romantic Music 20:00-21:00: Kelvinblue Oh – Blues on the Run 21:00-22:00: Komuso Tokugawa – Electric Blues Project Summary The Al-Andalus Caliphate Project is an attempt to reconstruct 14th Century Moor Alhambra. It aims to build around this virtual space a community of individuals willing to explore the modalities of interaction between different languages, nationalities, religions and cultures shaped by authentic Islamic principles. Those principles include political participation, separation of powers, justice and the rule of law. Membership in the community is open to all, regardless of sim land ownership, SL premium status, species of avatar, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or other traditionally separatist classification, either real or apparent. The plan is to create a system of political and legal governance, based on notions of community self-governance, active citizen participation, equality, dignity, social justice, democracy and human rights. Future Plans We have now reached the most exciting – and challenging!-phase of our project: the moment when we bring together our two sims and our diverse community and begin our common work to see our project develop and grow. We will hold our first citizen meeting, on March 5th, where we will make decisions concerning the governance of our communities and the educational and entertainment activities we wish to pursue. We look forward to debating and approving a constitution that will define and structure our system of government. From there, the citizenry will guide the activities of the sims. We hope to establish Al-Andalus as one of Second Life’s educational, entertainment, commercial and tourist hubs, establish links and common projects with both SecondLife and Real Life organizations having similar interests, and continue to bring creative ideas in democracy, as well as beautifully-designed and built sims to the grid. We hope you can join us. Al-Andalus Caliphate Inaugural Festivities
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
11:00 hrs slt to 22:00 hrs slt

Al-Andalus Alhambra & Al-Andalus Generalife

Contact Person: Michel Manen; E-mail: michel.manen@gmail.com

The Inaugural Festivities of the Al-Andalus Caliphate Project in SecondLife, celebrating the completion of the building phase of Al-Andalus, will take place on Saturday, March 8th, 2008 between 11:00 hrs slt and 22:00 slt, in the Al-Andalus sims (Alhambra and Generalife). Come and join our party under the stars of SL’s most amazing city and enjoy the music of ten of SL’s best known entertainers!

Schedule of events

11:00-12:00: Live DJ Cynthia Wilder – Arabic Dance Music
12:00-13:00: Edward Lowell – Love Songs and Original Ballads
13:00-14:00: Akito Kuramoto – Classical Violin (Bach, Vivaldi, Beethoven)
14:00-16:00: Live DJ Gabrielle Riel – Hard Rock and Romance Dance Music
16:00-16:30: Naftali Torok – Folk Violin
16:30-18:00: Joaquin Gustav – Spanish Guitar
18:00-19:00: Noma Falta – Bayou Soul and Blues
19:00-20:00: Brixton Canning – Romantic Music
20:00-21:00: Kelvinblue Oh – Blues on the Run
21:00-22:00: Komuso Tokugawa – Electric Blues

Project Summary

The Al-Andalus Caliphate Project is an attempt to reconstruct 14th Century Moor Alhambra. It aims to build around this virtual space a community of individuals willing to explore the modalities of interaction between different languages, nationalities, religions and cultures shaped by authentic Islamic principles. Those principles include political participation, separation of powers, justice and the rule of law.

Membership in the community is open to all, regardless of sim land ownership, SL premium status, species of avatar, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or other traditionally separatist classification, either real or apparent. The plan is to create a system of political and legal governance, based on notions of community self-governance, active citizen participation, equality, dignity, social justice, democracy and human rights.

Future Plans

We have now reached the most exciting – and challenging!-phase of our project: the moment when we bring together our two sims and our diverse community and begin our common work to see our project develop and grow. We will hold our first citizen meeting, on March 5th, where we will make decisions concerning the governance of our communities and the educational and entertainment activities we wish to pursue.

We look forward to debating and approving a constitution that will define and structure our system of government. From there, the citizenry will guide the activities of the sims. We hope to establish Al-Andalus as one of Second Life’s educational, entertainment, commercial and tourist hubs, establish links and common projects with both SecondLife and Real Life organizations having similar interests, and continue to bring creative ideas in democracy, as well as beautifully-designed and built sims to the grid. We hope you can join us.

]]> By: Sameh Strauch http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-15491 Sameh Strauch Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:42:42 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-15491 Some of the comments here are incredibly offensive. Denied a Caliphate in the real world, some would apparently deny Muslims one even in cyberspace! Some of the comments here are incredibly offensive. Denied a Caliphate in the real world, some would apparently deny Muslims one even in cyberspace!

]]> By: Microgovernment Extropia opens: creative expression and community « A comfortable review of news dropping from the metaverse http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-12874 Microgovernment Extropia opens: creative expression and community « A comfortable review of news dropping from the metaverse Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:37:52 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-12874 [...] events include a party at Al Andalus (another microgovernmental project in Second Life that opened in September) to commemorate the opening of Extropia’s “embassy” there, and a December 22 Solstice [...] [...] events include a party at Al Andalus (another microgovernmental project in Second Life that opened in September) to commemorate the opening of Extropia’s “embassy” there, and a December 22 Solstice [...]

]]> By: Taran Rampersad http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-11190 Taran Rampersad Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:36:57 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-11190 Just to note here that there will be a discussion on this on Saturday, November 17, from 1-3 PM SLT See http://www.your2ndplace.com/node/727 for details. Just to note here that there will be a discussion on this on Saturday, November 17, from 1-3 PM SLT

See http://www.your2ndplace.com/node/727 for details.

]]> By: Sophrosyne Stenvaag http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-11168 Sophrosyne Stenvaag Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:00:43 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-11168 We will be hosting Michel Manen for a discussion of Islamic law and community in Second Life this Saturday, November 17, from 1-3pm Pacific time. Please see <a href="http://sophrosyne-sl.livejournal.com/38238.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> for event details and location. We will be hosting Michel Manen for a discussion of Islamic law and community in Second Life this Saturday, November 17, from 1-3pm Pacific time.

Please see this post for event details and location.

]]> By: Virtual Al-Andalus - Interfaith forums http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-9209 Virtual Al-Andalus - Interfaith forums Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:09:32 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-9209 [...] Virtual Al-Andalus I thought this might be an interesting topic of discussion. THere’s a sim in SL that’s establishing a virtual caliphate. It’s leaning more to the left than the right from the sounds of it. A brief quote: "The Al-Andalus Caliphate Project reconstructs 13th Century Moor Alhambra and builds around this virtual space a community of individuals willing to explore the modalities of interaction between different languages, nationalities, religions and cultures within a political and juridical space shaped by authentic Islamic principles." This is an article about it on a blog about law in virtual worlds: Virtually Blind – Virtual Law | Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds Blog Archive Al-Andalus Caliphate Government Sim Opens in Second Life; Judiciary to Be Based on Islamic Law and this is their website: Al-Andalus Caliphate What do you think about the project? Personally I think it’s a fascinating social experiment. I’m curious to see how it works out and what the response is to it both from those more to the right and those who might have an issue in general with that type of governance. [...]

]]> By: 3-D Virtual Caliphate Dreams « The Tasneem Project [’staqim] http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-9072 3-D Virtual Caliphate Dreams « The Tasneem Project [’staqim] Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:45:18 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-9072 [...] On Virtually Blind, Manen elaborates that “many such strands exist in an extremely rich and diverse history of Islamic jurisprudence going back to the origins of the Ku’ran (sic.), and a lot of research is being done by scholars in Europe and North America, as well as the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.” And his goal is “to pull this debate together and try to apply it in Second Life [which is] much easier and less dangerous than in real life.” [...] [...] On Virtually Blind, Manen elaborates that “many such strands exist in an extremely rich and diverse history of Islamic jurisprudence going back to the origins of the Ku’ran (sic.), and a lot of research is being done by scholars in Europe and North America, as well as the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.” And his goal is “to pull this debate together and try to apply it in Second Life [which is] much easier and less dangerous than in real life.” [...]

]]> By: Le Califat d’Al-Andalus dans Second Life « Community Chest : Ma 2e vie http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-9030 Le Califat d’Al-Andalus dans Second Life « Community Chest : Ma 2e vie Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:50:24 +0000 http://virtuallyblind.com/2007/09/13/al-andalus-caliphate-opens/#comment-9030 [...] [repris de Virtually Blind] [...] [...] [repris de Virtually Blind] [...]

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