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               good tool for spreading ideas of      cyberspace. It has its own web
               the Center and Ahlulbayt.             page  with  basic  information
                                                     about  Islam  (basics  of  the
               Other  Cyberspace  Islamic            religion,  how  to  pray  properly
               Projects in the Czech Republic        etc.),  several  online  books  of
               Although  the  UMOCR  is  the         spiritual  content  in  Czech
               only  registered  and  official       translation,  a  discussion  forum
               representative  of  Muslims  in       with Q and A between readers
               the  Czech  Republic,  there  is      and editors (almost empty) and
               another  one  alternative  project    information  about  the  Union
               aspirating  for  the  Islamic         itself;  Moreover,  the  page
               leadership at least in the virtual    references  to  other  channels,
               world.                                such     as    Facebook      and
                  It is the Muslim Union of the      YouTube.
               Czech  Republic  (Muslimská
               unie    v    České     republice-      Picture 3, The Muslim Union web
               http://muslimskaunie.cz/.                page, http://muslimskaunie.cz/
                  This      organization       is
               considered as controversial due
               to  its  chairman  Muhamed
               Abbas     who      had    several
               problematic public speeches on
               Czech  Television  and  other
               media  demanding  the  Islamic
               rule  in  whole  Europe  or
               defending     stoning     as    a
               punishment etc.
                  So, it is difficult to mention
               this  organization  as  the  one
               helping     the    creation    of
               intercultural dialog.
                  Nevertheless,     from     the        Although the Facebook profile
               educational  perspective,  the        www.facebook.com/muslimskaunie/  is
                                                     very  poorly  full-filled,  mainly
               Muslim Union is very active in
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