KSIJ Connect · KSIJ Careers

Community Guidelines

KSIJ Connect and KSIJ Careers

Effective date: 5th October 2026

1. Our values

These Guidelines are built on values our community already lives by:

• Adab (etiquette). Courtesy in speech, patience in disagreement, and respect for elders, scholars and one another.
• Amanah (trust). What people share with you, including their details, their time and their confidences, is a trust.
• Ukhuwwah (brotherhood and sisterhood). We are here to help each other succeed, not to compete for attention.
• Khidmat (service). Mentors, employers and members give their time freely. Honour that generosity.
• Haya (modesty and dignity). In how we present ourselves and how we speak to each other.

A simple test for anything you post or send: if it would be inappropriate in front of your family or at your Jamaat, it does not belong here.

2. Who these Guidelines apply to

These Guidelines apply to every Member, Mentor, Employer and job seeker, and to everything on KSIJ Connect and KSIJ Careers: profiles, photographs, posts, comments, messages, requests, endorsements, opportunities, job posts and applications. They also apply to conduct off the platform where it involves Members and is connected to the Services, for example continuing to contact someone elsewhere after they have declined you here.

3. Be yourself, honestly

• Use your real name and your own photograph.
• Describe your work, qualifications and experience accurately. Do not claim degrees, titles, employers, certifications or religious authority you do not hold.
• Keep your profile up to date.
• If you use AI tools to help write your profile or posts, you are responsible for making sure every claim is true.
• One person, one account. Do not create accounts for others or share yours.

4. Introductions and conduct between men and women

Our etiquette features exist to make professional connection comfortable for everyone. Please follow them in spirit, not just in letter.

• Begin with one short, respectful introduction that clearly states a professional or community reason for contact.
• If your request is not accepted, that is the answer. Do not send another request, do not message a relative or friend of theirs, and do not contact them on another platform.
• Keep conversations professional and to the purpose you stated.
• Do not comment on anyone's appearance, ask for photographs, ask personal questions unrelated to your purpose, or suggest meeting privately.
• Do not ask for personal phone numbers or social media handles unless the conversation genuinely requires it and the other person is comfortable.
• KSIJ Connect is not a matrimonial or matchmaking service. Unsolicited marriage proposals and romantic approaches are not permitted.
• If you choose same-gender discovery, other Members must respect that choice.

5. Photographs, images and presentation

• Profile photographs should be of you alone, clear and recognisable, and in keeping with the community's standards of modest dress and presentation.
• Do not post photographs of other people without their permission.
• Never post photographs or videos of children unless you are their parent or guardian, and even then think carefully about who can see them. Never post any image of someone else's child without their parent's permission.
• No sexual, suggestive or revealing images of anyone.

6. Faith, scholarship and respectful discussion

Our community holds a rich range of views and follows different maraji'. Discussion is welcome. Division is not.

• Discuss religious matters with knowledge, humility and courtesy.
• Do not insult, mock or disparage any religion, sect, school of thought, marja', scholar or religious practice.
• Do not declare any Muslim to be outside the faith, and do not call for anyone to be excluded from the community.
• Do not present your own opinion as a religious ruling. For questions of fiqh, refer people to qualified scholars or the office of their marja'.
• Do not share fabricated or unverified narrations or rulings as if they were authentic.
• Treat followers of other faiths with the same respect you expect for yours.

7. Harassment, bullying and threats

Never threaten, intimidate, bully, stalk, shame, humiliate or repeatedly contact anyone. This includes:

• threats of violence or harm, even as a "joke";
• encouraging others to target someone;
• repeatedly messaging or requesting someone who has not replied;
• publicly shaming someone, their family or their Jamaat;
• sharing someone's personal information to expose or intimidate them;
• sexual harassment of any kind.

8. Hate and discrimination

Do not attack, demean or exclude anyone because of their race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, colour, gender, disability, age, health, or the sect or school of thought they follow. Do not use slurs or stereotypes. Criticism of ideas is allowed; attacks on people are not.

9. Violence, terrorism and violent extremism

Zero tolerance. Do not post, share, praise, support or recruit for terrorism, violent extremism, or organisations or individuals engaged in them. Do not incite, threaten or glorify violence against anyone. We remove this content immediately, close the accounts involved, and report to law enforcement where required or where there is a risk to life.

10. Protecting children

Zero tolerance. Any content or behaviour that sexualises, exploits, grooms or endangers a child is prohibited. We remove it immediately, permanently close the accounts involved, preserve the evidence, and report it to the relevant authorities. The Services are for adults only; do not use them to contact children. See our Child Safety Standards.

11. Sexual content and exploitation

• No sexual content, nudity or sexually suggestive material of any kind.
• Zero tolerance for sharing, or threatening to share, intimate images of anyone without their consent, including images that have been faked or altered with AI, and for sextortion. We act on these reports within hours, report to authorities, and permanently close accounts.

12. Self-harm and wellbeing

• Do not post content that encourages, promotes or instructs self-harm or suicide.
• If you are struggling, you are not alone. You can reach trained counsellors confidentially through Safe Haven at haven.ksijyouth.com, our community's confidential counselling service. If you are in immediate danger, call your local emergency number straight away (for example 112 in India and the European Union, 999 in the United Kingdom, 911 in the United States and Canada).
• If you see a Member who seems to be at risk, report it. We will reach out with support resources, and where there is an immediate risk to life we may contact emergency services.

13. Money, fraud and scams

• Never ask any Member for money, loans, investments, donations, gifts or payment of any kind in messages, requests or posts.
• Never charge anyone for a job, an interview, a reference, a mentorship session or an introduction.
• No pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing, crypto or forex "opportunities", guaranteed-return investments or get-rich-quick offers.
• No phishing, fake job offers, fake invoices or requests for sign-in details, codes or bank details.
• Fundraising, including for religious, charitable or medical causes, is allowed only through channels we have approved in writing or through your Jamaat.

14. Business, commercial activity and spam

• You may describe your business or profession on your profile, and post genuine opportunities in the Opportunities section.
• You may not send unsolicited sales messages, promotions or newsletters to Members, add Members to mailing lists, or repeatedly post the same content.
• You may not use the directory to build lists of Members for marketing, recruitment agencies, or any other third party.

15. Other people's privacy

• Do not share anyone's phone number, address, workplace, documents, messages or photographs without their permission.
• Do not screenshot or forward private conversations.
• Do not share news of another person's illness, hospitalisation, family matters or death unless their family has made it public or asked you to share it.
• Do not record calls or mentorship sessions without everyone's clear agreement.

16. False information and forged announcements

• Do not knowingly share false or misleading information, especially about health, safety, individuals or the community.
• Do not create or share fake announcements, notices, circulars or statements that appear to come from any Jamaat, the World Federation, a scholar, an institution or KSIJ Connect.
• Do not spread rumours about individuals, families or Jamaats.

17. Impersonation and use of names and logos

Do not pretend to be another person, an office bearer, a scholar or an organisation. Do not use the name or logo of any Jamaat, the World Federation or KSIJ Connect in a way that suggests their endorsement without written permission.

18. Jamaat affairs and public issues

• Civil, constructive discussion of community matters is welcome.
• Do not campaign for any election, including Jamaat elections, through messages or requests.
• Do not make defamatory allegations against office bearers, trustees, volunteers or anyone else. If you have a grievance about a Jamaat, raise it through that Jamaat's own processes.
• Keep political discussion respectful, and follow the law of your country.

19. Illegal, regulated and harmful goods and activities

Do not use the Services to buy, sell, promote or facilitate illegal drugs, alcohol, weapons, gambling, counterfeit goods, stolen property, forged documents, visas or work permits obtained improperly, or any other illegal or harmful activity.

20. Intellectual property

Share only content you created or have permission to share. Credit others' work. Do not post pirated material, copied articles in full, or others' designs and photographs without permission.

21. AI and synthetic media

• Label images, audio and video that are AI-generated or altered to look real.
• Never create or share synthetic content that depicts a real person without their consent in a misleading way, that is sexual, that involves a child, or that forges documents, certificates or references.
• Do not use AI to generate fake endorsements, reviews or engagement.

22. Mentors and mentees

• Mentors: give honest, balanced guidance within your experience; make clear it is personal guidance, not professional advice; never charge; never use mentorship to sell services or recruit; keep sessions professional and follow section 4; respect confidentiality.
• Mentees: respect your mentor's time; attend what you book or cancel early; do not pressure mentors for jobs, referrals or favours; keep what you learn in confidence where asked.
• Hold sessions online, or in a public or Jamaat setting.

23. KSIJ Careers

• Employers: post only genuine, current vacancies; describe roles honestly; never charge candidates; use candidate information only for the role; follow employment and anti-discrimination law where you recruit; reply to candidates respectfully, including to decline.
• Job seekers: apply honestly; do not submit forged or AI-fabricated credentials; respond to employers courteously; withdraw applications you are no longer pursuing.

24. Using the Services fairly

No bots, scrapers, scripts or automation. No fake accounts, fake endorsements or coordinated activity to boost or bury content. No attempts to get around blocks, same-gender discovery, message requests, suspensions or bans. No probing or attacking our systems; report security issues to admin@ksijyouth.com instead.

25. Reporting

• Use the report option on any profile, post, comment, message or job, or write to our Grievance Officer at asad.sayed@ksijyouth.com.
• Reports are confidential. We do not tell the reported Member who reported them.
• You can block any Member at any time.
• We review every report. We acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and act faster for the most serious harms.
• Please report in good faith. Deliberately false or abusive reports are themselves a breach of these Guidelines.
• If you believe someone is in immediate danger, contact emergency services first.

26. How we enforce these Guidelines

We look at how serious the behaviour is, whether it has happened before, the harm it caused or could cause, and the context, including whether content has genuine public, educational or community value. We aim to be fair, consistent and proportionate, and we respect freedom of expression within the law.

• Warnings and strikes normally expire after 12 months without further breaches.
• We will tell you what action we have taken and why, unless the law or safety prevents it.
• You can ask us to reconsider any decision within 30 days. Someone who was not involved will review it. Further appeal routes, including the Grievance Appellate Committee in India, are set out in the Terms of Use.
• If an account is permanently closed, the person may not create a new account without our written permission.

27. Changes to these Guidelines

We will update these Guidelines as the community and the law evolve. We will tell Members about significant changes in advance, and the date at the top shows the current version. Suggestions are welcome at admin@ksijyouth.com.