"Google trying to steal Yusuf Estes Website

Assalamu alaikum WRUB Qatri Brothers & Sisters,

Please read the following message. Shaykh Yusuf Estes has himself send this to ICNA Chicago Dawah director Br. Sabeel Ahmed.

Google is trying to illegally take over Shaykh Yusuf Estes's website. Please send this email to all in your group and try to spread the word as much as possible. If its possible please also try to do some of the things mentioned in the points below by the Shaykh which might make an impact.

JazakALLAH Khair..

Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful

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As-salamu alaykum wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu

My brothers and sisters, a very important message from my dear brother Sh. Yusuf Estes. It was a shock to hear that the beautiful website run by Sh. Yusuf Estes:. We love the brother and all the excellent work he is doing and the wonderful sites he purchased and maintain. Please see his email below and take appropriate steps promptly.

JazakAllahu khairan and wassalam,
Dr.Sabeel Ahmed
Director
GainPeace.com
Islamic Circle of North America

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Note:- Forwarded Message from Shk. Yusuf Estes.

Bismillah Rahman Raheem

I need your help, inshallah. Please do something for me and for Islam right
now, inshalllah. First, read this and then join me and those who believe in
Allah - to stop a very horrible crime about to be committed by some very
powerful and forceful people. Help me put this information all over the
Internet and around the world - we can do it, inshallah.

Let me start at the beginning . . .

Can you imagine my shock when I opened up an email telling me our website
domain name (YOUTUBE.COM ) is being taken
over by GOOGLE and their video site - YOUTUBE?
Here is more or less what we were told:

NOTICE: Effective August 5th, 2009 Google (owner of YouTube.com) will take
over your domain name: YOUTUBEISLAM. COM.

Although we have purchased the name "YOUTUBEISLAM. COM
" and have renewed for several years through
GODADDY.COM it seems GOOGLE has enough influence to
just simply take our domain name from us - and by the way, we have even paid
for it all the way through to next year.

First, their lawyers contacted us saying they were going to take our domain
because we copied their logo. We didn't even come close to their logo..
(look for yourself www.YOUTUBEISLAM. com/images/ logo.gif)

They next came up with saying our name was too similar to their name. We
changed the name and the layout to read:
Yo Utu Beis Lam.com and we even registered that as a trade name.
We changed the logo and the images to reflect the new name.

They said they went into "arbitration" (of course we were not invited to
that meeting) and then our registrar (GODADDY.COM )
notified us they are "transferring" our domain name over to GOOGLE.

We have always maintained the highest of standards on our site - We never
allowed any videos with inappropriate material. We did not allow videos that
insulted or put down other religions. No dating or suggestive materials. No
bad language. Only topics fit for all the family.
We paid for the bandwidth from our own pockets to make sure everything was
always as it should be without having people click and wind up on websites
attacking beliefs or making fun of believers and certainly nothing to hurt
people's feelings.
Above all, we did not put up any ads (especially not GOOGLE ADS) on our
site.
(Could this be why they want it so bad?)
Or is it just so they can advertise their thousands of customers who would
be happy to introduce thousands of paying advertisers to ways of entering
into the homes of trusting Muslims who will think the website still belongs
to Yusuf Estes and his dawah team?
Maybe they just don't like Islam?
Or possibily they don't like seeing so many new people entering Islam from
our work?

Why does GOOGLE - a company who bought YOUTUBE for billions of dollars -
want to take away our little website?

Good question.

I think you know the answer.

But do we have to let them do this without at least telling others about the
unjust way of dealing of these people?
Are we just going to sit there and do nothing, while they destroy our work,
our efforts, our viewers trust and above all - destroy the chance for many
people to know the truth about real Islam in simple English language.

We don't have to.

We can make a difference, maybe even stop these cowards. Let's join
together, all around the world and make a difference.
Let's tell everyone what is going on and what they can do to help...

1. Get a good copy of this page and make sure it is easy to read
2. copy it
3. Make sure to mail it out to everyone and ask them to do the same
4. Send text messages - Like this: "Google trying to steal Yusuf Estes
website - www.YoutubeIslam. com Help us stop
them - www.GuideUS. TV for details"
5. Call people you know, or fax them, and tell them the same basic
statement, asking them to share this message in every way possible.
6. Send regular mail to Google ask them not to steal our only ad-free,
family video website and leave it for us to use.
7. Email the people at Google and tell them we all use their other services
and appreciate the good things they offer for people to use, but please let
us keep our family oriented website for true Islam in English.
8. Send faxes to Google and ask them to do the same thing.
9. Contact the local newspaper, the TV and radio people and tell them we are
not happy with what GOOGLE is doing to our website for true Islam.
10. Remind everyone to do this each and every day until the news people pick
up this story and it is heard around the world. Do it every day.
11. Tell everyone about our live broadcasts on our other websites and how
important it is for us to have our own TV station in America - for Muslims
to have a voice. A voice for Islam.

And by the way - on Sunday (today) we have a live broadcast on the Internet
to tell everyone about all of this. It will be at 2 PM our time (EST) and
will include Mutahhir Sabree myself and others.

Here is the site - link will be there, inshallah, to direct everyone to our
program.
www.GuideUS. TV

12. Pray to Almighty Allah and beg Him to give victory for His deen and His
message in English.

Thank you and may Allah Bless you and your family and make your efforts work
for good for you and for all of us, ameen.
____________ _________ _______

As regards all the material - we are keeping all of it - and we will be
making it available on our other websites, inshallah. Either of the follow:
1. www.GuideUS. TV
2. www.BridgeToFaith. com
3. www.WatchIslam. com

Make dua and ask Allah to keep this site and domain for His Sake, ameen.
Jazakallah khair was salam alaykum,
Yusuf Estes

www.YOUTUBEISLAM. com (while it lasts) -
Article on this site: www.IslamNewsroom. com

You touch people by realizing they want what everyone wants:
Recognition, respect and to feel as if they matter.

--
Dr. Warsi
Revert Education and Mentoring
www.GainPeace. com

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