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The following is part of a series of posts dedicated to things Muslims tend to adore. Although Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family, it is also an insatiable beast that demands two things in return: your time and dignity. Just like the rest of humanity, Muslims are on Facebook as well. If you’re Muslim and on Facebook you’re accustomed to being invited to Muslim themed Facebook groups that should never have been created in the first place. These groups range from the utterly pointless to the outright embarrassing. Here are some of the worst Muslim-related Facebook groups I could find. Group Name: “Profile Picture of Yourself Is A Pathway for Shaitan” I mean sure, there could be some un-Islamic consequences resulting from having your picture on the Internet (stalkers?), but I don’t think this group is really deterring anyone. If someone were really this concerned over keeping their visage private, they probably wouldn’t be on Facebook to begin with. As I’ve said earlier, there is a certain level of dignity lost when you display most of your life on the Internet. Also, whoever created this group did not take into account the possibility of hideous people (in which case their profile picture may be an obstacle on the pathway to Shaitan). Come on, I’m just saying. Group Name: “To prove that there are more than 1,000,000 people who Worship ALLAH!!!” Assuming this person achieves this goal of having a million people join this group, so what? What does this prove and to whom exactly? Richard Dawkins? Maybe he’ll see this group pop up on his Facebook homepage and realize Islam is the truth and start wearing a thobe? There are too many unanswered questions. Please, can we put an end to these types of pointless groups that waste people’s time and annoy people more than anything. I’m begging you. Group Name: “islam of world” It’s amazing that with only three words you could undermine the English language so thoroughly. Not only does this group’s name make no grammatical sense whatsoever, it also ostensibly shares an identical purpose with the 200 other facebook groups named “Islam” (seriously, search “islam” and you’ll come up with pages and pages of groups). Group Name: “um not terrorist cuz i’m muslim & um not satanic cuz i listen 2 metal music” What shocked me about this outrageously specific group name is that it had 465 members. That means that 465 people in the world are passionately Muslim, love metal music, and despise being literate. Group Name: “I bet I can find 10 people who think Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is kinda sexy” Ok this group is self aware and I’ll admit, funny. But what’s interesting is that it has 24 members. Which I assume means: mission accomplished? Hooray?! Ironically, I’ve spent 3 hours searching for Facebook groups just so I can make fun of how much of a waste of time they are. I’m a hypocrite, whatever. Muslims, as a general rule, if you feel the need to create a Facebook group, please refrain and save us all the embarassment. Contact the author Email: imranjkhan@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/imranjkhan Facebook: facebook.com/imranjk http://www.elanthemag.com/index.php/site/blog_detail/things_muslims_love_creating_facebook_groups-nid14226500/