There has been a lot of anticipation in the Muslim web circles for the launch of Muxlim.tv, a Muslim video site. Muxlim.tv belongs to the Muxlim network of sites which include Muxlim.com – a news start page, MuslimSpace.com – a Muslim MySpace site, as well as a search engine and an online Qur’an resource.

Even though no official announcements have been made, links appearing across the Muxlim network encourage Muxlim members to visit the video section. And we received an IM from the CEO informing us of today’s launch. Muxlim.tv was also featured on Associated Press’ online news hub, asap – Video-sharing sites aimed at Muslims.

Thanks to Muxlim CEO, Mohamed El-Fatatry, we were given a sneak preview of the site. One exceptional feature of the site is the ease of browsing through the various sites in the network. We could jump from one site to the other without having to keep on logging in. We were delighted to see the Muslim Unity Day 2007 commercial as the featured video on the home page. When asked if they knew the organizers of MUD 2K7, who happen to be good friends of ours, Mohamed said that he didn’t know them but found the video to be very interesting.

With FaithTube and IslamicTube recently emerging on the Islamic YouTube video scene, what makes Muxlim.tv stand out?  Well, firstly, the aesthetics of the site are well done. Great layout and color scheme, which fits the Web 2.0 style. Secondly, you cannot add a video from an external site (YouTube, Google Video, etc.). (You can now upload videos from external sites!) However, as you will notice, Muxlim.tv is still in beta phase – http://beta.muxlim.tv/ As the site grows, we are sure more features will be added. Mohamed informed us that Muxlim.tv actually launched early to populate the video inventory. They also have big plans for the future of the site which they hope to include beaming videos to mobile phones, satellite TV channels and more. We hope social networking tools will be added for easy sharing of the videos.

Drop us a comment if you have used Muxlim.tv, FaithTube or IslamicTube. We would like to hear your feedback.

Update: a Muxlim.tv Facebook app is in development. Look for it soon, insha’Allah.

Update II: Join the Facebook group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2795596939