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It is the virtual initiative Nevertheless, a move from a
competing many anti-Islamic standard presentation from the
Facebook pages by introducing web to social networks in
the friendly and peaceful face cyberspace is quite noticeable.
of Islam to Czech public. While some projects are
Most of the content is shared mainly relevant at the web,
articles of Czech news agencies such as the E-islám offering
and servers about Czech many articles and e-books and
Muslim community, its use social network mainly for
activities in creating promotion of newly added
intercultural dialog etc. articles, other projects – e.g.
There is no original text Shia Ahlulbayt Center – are
posted by the account, only active only on Facebook in
shared articles from different cyberspace.
sources. Nevertheless, the impact of
So, its added value for the all virtual projects in matters of
religious education or dialog religious dialog and education
development is very low. is very low in case of Islam.
A number of Facebook
Conclusion followers, article readers or
This short article described the YouTube viewers is very small,
current state of the role of especially compared to anti-
cyberspace in religious dialog Islamic virtual initiatives.
and education in the Czech It is not clear, and it wasn’t
Republic from the perspective the goal of this contribution,
of a Muslim minority. how to improve this state or
The minority is relatively what are main problems
small and passive compared to preventing massive and
minorities in many West- effective Islamic education
European countries. among Czech society.
This lack of activism causes The author of this text
a low attention of the Czech believes it is a combination of
society to the topic of Islam factors, mainly a lack of
(except the security level);
