Salaam dear readers,

IJTEMA is in crisis. We tried to come up with solutions, but we have failed so far. The model that we work on- reading a ton of blogs, selecting a few of them, posting them and finding relevant image is a very time consuming process. We are not even sure how much we have achieved, looking at our site meter. It would seem that the model of IJTEMA is a failure.

We also had constant attrition in memebers leaving the group because of their other, “real life” obligations- as IJTEMA duty takes quite some time. And it is not even clear what was being achieved. We had trouble getting new recruits, as we did not write much ourselves, but promoted others’ writings.

The IJTEMA photo contest that we had, two years ago was a success, and I look back at that wistfully. We were unable to do something similar this year.

So we have decided to shut down the normal operation of IJTEMA for the time being. We do not want the brand that we have made to get lost, so the site will be there for some time, inshaAllah. Also because we want the archives to be available, at least for some time.

We are also planning to have a blog directory. InshaAllah it will be completed.

In the meantime, if you want something of your own writing to be published here at IJTEMA, please do forward it to editor AT ijtema DOT net

Therefore, allow me to say JazakAllah khair to our group members, the writers and to our readers for staying around all these years when we were experimenting with IJTEMA, and inspiring us. We hope to be back, one day, when we have another idea worth experimenting with. InshaAllah that time it will be a success.

As indicated in the previous post, as the Islamosphere has grown in size, our job has become harder and harder. We are going on a hiatus for brainstorming. We shall be back in a month, inshaAllah!

As Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahe wa Barakatuhu

We need your help.

It’s not money. We need something more. We need your participation.

The Islamosphere has grown considerably over the time since IJTEMA was first launched almost two years ago in March 2007.  In size, scope and quality. It has become very difficult for us to keep track of the new pots that are coming up every minute.

We need your help in keeping Ijtema at it’s best. Please share with us the posts you like- including your own. The post you like is publicized, you also gain a link as a hat-tip, and Ijtema benefits. Only with your active help, can we hope to bring you the best.

A Ijtema blog directory is just in the offing. We shall need your help in making that directory a useful resource, inshaAllah.

Please go here and drop us a tip.

JazakAllah khair in advance.

-IJTEMA team.