The ground rules, in plain English.

What this site is

Pueblo Islam is an independent community resource about Islam and Muslim life in Pueblo, Colorado, built and run by Ameen Systems. It offers general education, local information, free Quran copies, and routes for writing to a person.

What it is not

• It is not the masjid. It does not speak for Pueblo Islamic Society or any other organization, and it does not collect money on anyone else’s behalf.
• It is not a source of religious rulings. The site gives general information. For a ruling on your personal situation, consult a qualified scholar or an imam.
• It is not an emergency, crisis, medical, legal, or counseling service. In an emergency call 911; for a crisis call or text 988.

Local information, such as prayer and Jumu’ah times and calculated dates, is offered in good faith and can change. Confirm anything time-sensitive with its source, especially the masjid.

Community guidelines

For everyone who uses the forms, and for volunteers who meet visitors or new Muslims:

• Be sincere. Honest questions of every kind are welcome, including hard and skeptical ones. Harassment, threats, hate, and spam are not, and will not be answered.
• Be respectful of privacy. Send only what you need to. Never submit someone else’s information without their permission, including a Quran request for someone who has not asked for one.
• No pressure, ever. Volunteers invite; they never corner anyone, push anyone toward a decision, or ask about someone’s past.
• Keep confidences. Volunteers keep what they are told private, and meet people in public places or at the masjid.
• Know the limits. Volunteers do not give religious rulings or professional advice; they help people reach the right person.

We may decline to answer, or stop answering, anyone who ignores these guidelines, and may remove a volunteer from any role.

Payments

Support payments are made to Ameen Systems through Stripe. Pueblo Islam is not a registered charity: payments are not donations, are not tax-deductible, and are not zakat. One-time payments do not renew. Monthly support, when offered, renews each month on the same date until you cancel; Stripe emails a reminder 7 days before each renewal, and you can cancel online at any time from the support page or any Stripe email about it, which stops all future charges. Any payment made in error will be refunded in full if you write to contact@puebloislam.com within 30 days. See the support page.

Halal listings

A listing on the Halal Food in Pueblo page costs the business $10 a year, paid to Ameen Systems through Stripe when the listing form is sent. If we cannot confirm the place and list it, the $10 is refunded in full. The fee renews each year until canceled: we email a reminder 14 days before each renewal, and it can be canceled anytime from the link in that email or on Stripe’s billing page, which stops all future charges; the listing then stays up until the end of the year already paid.

A listing is information the business gave us and we confirmed as far as we reasonably could. It is not halal certification and not an endorsement, and paying does not change what we say or where a listing appears. We may decline a place we cannot confirm and remove one that is no longer accurate. If we remove a listing before its year is up for any reason other than wrong information from the business, we refund the $10.

Content and links

The writing and design of this site belong to Ameen Systems, unless marked otherwise. You are welcome to share and quote short passages with a link back. Quotations of the Quran use the Arabic text from Tanzil (tanzil.net) and the 1930 English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall; the Spanish pages use the translation by Isa García, published by QuranEnc. The Spanish versions of these terms and of the privacy policy are translations: if they ever differ from the English, the English governs. Links to other websites are offered for your convenience; we do not control those sites and are not responsible for them.

Limits

The site is provided as it is. We work to keep it accurate and available, but we cannot promise it will always be either, and we are not liable for decisions made on the strength of general information found here. Nothing in these terms limits any right you have under the law that cannot be limited.

Contact

Questions about these terms: contact@puebloislam.com. Privacy questions: privacy policy. If these terms change, the date at the top changes too.