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Online safety and protecting children

The responsibility placed upon parents to watch over the devices of their children, drawn from Friday Sermons and question and answer sessions with Huzoor (aba).

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Maintaining Morality in the Online World

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Maintaining Morality in the Online World

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The Internet and Instructions Regarding its Proper Use

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The Internet and Instructions Regarding its Proper Use

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Computers and Network Security (Part 1) — Food For Thought

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Computers and Network Security (Part 1) — Food For Thought

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Computers and Network Security (Part 2) — Food For Thought

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Computers and Network Security (Part 2) — Food For Thought

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This Week With Huzoor — 27 August 2021 (internet use)

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This Week With Huzoor — 27 August 2021 (internet use)

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This Week With Huzoor — 3 October 2025 (internet)

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This Week With Huzoor — 3 October 2025 (internet)

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Verified guidance from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · Message for Annual Ijtema Khuddam & Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya, India

    Naming the vices: inappropriate online chatting and pornography among youth

    “The misuse of the Internet and Social Media is becoming increasingly common and this includes inappropriate chatting between boys and girls online. Similarly, the Internet is being used to watch indecent and immoral films including pornography.”

    — Address to Khuddam, Annual Ijtema UK, 26 September 2016

    India (message, not delivered in person) · 2017-10-10

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    Publication: Weekly Badr Qadian, 2 November 2017

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · Address, National Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya Ijtema Germany

    Mobile phones, strangers contacting children, and the case for saying no

    “Through phones, some people contact children directly and then incite them into bad habits. Hence, the phone is also a very harmful thing due to which children lose all good sense and get involved in wrongdoings, so avoid this.”

    — Address at National Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya Ijtema Germany, 16 September 2011

    Germany · 2011-09-16

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    Publication: Al Fazl International, 9 March 2012

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · Friday Sermon

    Obscene film and idol-worship content on TV and the internet

    “In homes, through television or the Internet, such vulgar and obscene films and programs are shown that push a human toward evil... The fornication of the mind and the eyes is real and gradually this behavior leads to actual sin.”

    — Friday Sermon, 23 April 2010, Switzerland

    Baitul Huda Mosque, Sydney, Australia · 2013-10-18

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    Publication: Al Fazl International, 8 November 2013

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · Address, Annual Ijtema Lajna Ima'illah Germany

    Girls 'trapped by boys in wrong groups' online — a direct exploitation warning

    “Sometimes such cases are reported in which girls are trapped by boys in wrong groups and have to leave their homes; thus, becoming a disgrace for their families and the Jama'at... Parents should block such channels, which leave a filthy effect on the mind of children. Such channels should be kept on a permanent block. When children watch TV for 1 to 2 hours, however much they want to watch they can do so, but they should only watch decent and wholesome dramas and cartoons.”

    — Address, Annual Ijtema Lajna Ima'illah Germany, 17 September 2011 (Al Fazl International, 16 November 2012)

    Germany · 2011-09-17

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    Publication: Al Fazl International, 16 November 2012

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · Concluding Address, Lajna Ima'illah UK National Ijtema (6,800+ attendees)

    Schools 'sexualising' young children — a direct warning to parents

    “Even in schools, very small children are being taught inappropriate and immoral things, which they are far too young to comprehend. As a result, children, from a very young age, are being conditioned by their schools and the wider society into a secular way of thinking and away from religious values and teachings... These days, even children's cartoons or computer games include storylines or characters that are wholly inappropriate and take away children's innocence.”

    — Concluding Address, Lajna Ima'illah UK National Ijtema, 17 September 2022, Old Park Farm, Kingsley (Press & Media Office, 23 September 2022)

    Old Park Farm, Kingsley, UK · 2022-09-17

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    Publication: Press & Media Office, 23 September 2022

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  • Unattributed local circular (unofficial) · Numbered household guidance circular

    Household circular: report inappropriate photos to Sadr Khuddam and the Amir

    “In terms of rules for posting pictures on Facebook, there is no distinction between girls and boys. If you know of a male who has an account on Facebook, and has posted pictures, please report immediately to Sadr Khuddam ul Ahmadiyya, and notify Amir Sahib as well.”

    — Guidelines and Instructions received from Hudhur-e-Anwar (aba) regarding the use of Electronic Media, 2011, cited on "Ahmadiyya and the Internet" wiki

    Unspecified · 2015-01-01

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    Publication: Reproduced on a third-party wiki, not an official Community domain

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor

    Parents must watch children's mobile phone time — and explain why, with kindness

    “It is the duty of the parents as well that they should watch that their children are not spending too much time on mobile phones and make them realise, with love and kindness, that they have a purpose and they should try to achieve that purpose instead of wasting their time on online games.”

    — Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba), quoted in 'Phones: A Love-Hate Relationship', Review of Religions

    MTA studios (mulaqat broadcast) · 2025-12-12

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    Publication: MTA News, 12 December 2025; cited in Review of Religions

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  • Khalifatul Masih V · This Week with Huzoor — timestamp 33:35

    A child himself asks how to stay safe on the iPad his school gave him

    “33:35 – A Tifl mentions that has received an iPad from school and asks how he can be safeguarded from the ills of social media?”

    — alislam.org episode page, This Week With Huzoor – 11 October 2024

    Broadcast mulaqat with Atfal, Norway · 2024-10-11

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    Publication: alislam.org video archive

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  • Al Hakam editorial · Feature essay revisiting entry #23 in light of the later Times grooming report

    'The Imam is a shield' — Fortnite warning as a case study in protective obedience

    “Nowadays, a game called Fortnite is being played regularly amongst the youth in which their money is going to waste. Parents as well as the auxiliary organisations such as Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya and Atfal-ul-Ahmadiyya in particular must protect them from getting involved in it because one step leads to another and they will eventually get hold of bank cards and spend money on it.”

    — Friday Sermon 2019, quoted in 'The imam is a shield: Huzoor's warning about Fortnite', Al Hakam, 25 March 2021

    N/A — publication · 2021-03-31

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    Publication: Al Hakam, 31 March 2021

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