Social networking site for Indonesian Muslims getting popular

Padang (Indonesia), Aug 23 (ANI): A social networking site specially made for the Indonesian Muslims, CMnet, is becoming increasingly popular among Internet users since it was launched on August 6.

CMnet that can be accessed at www.cybermoslem.net is the first social networking site for Muslims in Indonesia with the facebook and twitter system combined with edited-opensource system.

"CMnet has now 3,700 members not only from Indonesia but from other countries as well, including the United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Egypt, Kuwait, and some European countries," said Cmnetfounder Dolla Indra, adding that his site had been visited 5,894,954 times.

Apart from the positive interest, Dolla said the site was also target of 5,000 hackers, The New Strait Times reports.

Dolla said he had recently upgraded the CMnet system to avoid hackers and made it stronger and more stable.

He hoped the government would support his effort to develop CMnet as a web-based application in Indonesia. (ANI)