Disappointed by the news that their beloved and admired premier Muslim app has been allegedly selling location data of users to the US military for ‘counterterrorism’ through a third-party data broker called X-Mode, without notification, scores of Muslim users of the app have stormed the official Twitter handle of #MuslimPro demanding immediate answers.
The Vice.com, the technology website, had alleged in a report widely re-published by the international mainstream media that the US military is buying location data of people, especially Muslims in the US and across the world from several popular Muslim apps including MuslimPro, Quran App and Muslim Dating App, among others.
Although the apps in the face of the storm have not responded to the allegations since Monday, November 16 when the story hit the cyberspace, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’ largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation has strongly condemned the illegal, unholy and unGodly transactions between their government and the popular Muslim apps.
The development has angered many users to have begun uninstalling the app, asking; “If #MuslimPro doesn’t renounce this allegation, I would suggest you try Muslim Pocket”, as posited by Caspofungin @jamiuabdullahi5 on the MuslimPro Twitter handle.
Another tweep, Md Emad Uddin @Emad_mallick_16 asked: @MuslimPro (I am) not one of your users but this is matter of concern and you should come (sic). You need to clear everything ASAP if you’ve sold our data i.e. money over faith you’ll questionable on akhirah.(sic) But if you’ve not then clear coz it may decrease ur subscribers.
Checks by Muslim News showed that the app, with over 46,000 followers on Twitter has made two posts in the last 24 hours, none addressing the allegation. The first post, reads, “Islam is a total way of life. #MuslimPro” and the latest, a quote from the Holy Quran, Ali ‘Imran 3:144, which says; “Muḥammad [SAW] is no more than a messenger; other messengers have gone before him…”
As more Muslims expect explanation from MuslimPro, one user, Inzer Choudary @inzer_choudary claimed that the owner of the app is not even a Muslim, adding, “I don’t think he cares if he gets questioned on akhirah (the hereafter).
Our investigation revealed that the leading Islamic app, with over 10 million Muslim users, was developed by a non-Muslim, Erwan Mace, a French national who lives in Singapore.
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