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In addition, this development focuses on the way

Muslims practice Islam, such as the Aqd (contract) of
marriage, which is now being carried out via the web
through video conferencing.
Now a days there are thousands of Islamic websites
operating in various European languages. Of these, only a
few offer on-line iftā - or the dispensing of legal opinions.
Someare maintained by semi-official bodies of muftis
like Islamonline.net, closely connected with the European
Council for Fatwa and Research; some of them are
operated by individual mufti seeking a global audience, like
Askiman.com, a website of a South-African mufti Ibrahim
Desai; and some are maintained by official fatwa issuing
committees of Islamic countries, like Fatwa-online.com,
which is connected with the Permanent Committee for
Islamic Research and Fatawa of Saudi Arabia.
The present paper is about the role of Cyber sites in
society of Kashmir (The province in the India). The
Kashmiri society is inhabited by 80% Muslim population.
Kashmir has the privilege of being a dominant Muslim
region in India, where religion has been playing a decisive
role in the life of people. The region has great number of
shrines and mazars belonging to Muslim saints who
visited the region from Iran and other central Asian
countries in order to disseminate the message of Islam.