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7. WhatsApp

This is another most common used social Net work site.
The site is used by about 90 % of the respondents. The site
is different from fb in many ways. It is instant messenger.
One can send message through it to individual users or to
the group users.
Religious information, religious teachings,
supplications, duas, Quranic messages, Hadiths, speeches
of ulmas, views of religious ceremonies in the form of
videos, audios, pictures can be disseminated through it.
Many religious people.
Ulmas, leaders have framed WhatsApp groups, through
which they send their desired information, teachings etc.
to the destined persons or groups. There are unlimited
groups worldwide and people can get information
globally.
This social net working is very useful in dissemination
the Islamic knowledge as the downloading of lectures,
books, quotations, etc. is easy. The information can be
send to a particular group we which to.

Conclusion
The use of IT for Islamic education has great scope and
people are aware of it. In Kashmir as observed 90 people
of males and 60 of females, tentatively use cell phones
and most of them have internet of these. Social net
working sites most commonly used are FB and
WhatsApp.
FB is used for multiple purposes and is beneficial in
informal religious education.However, no formal education
can be achieved through social networking sites in this
society as no such app has been created or used there.