Gulf News reports, the creation of the Islamic superheroes is mainly intended to curb stereotypes associated with people of the Islamic faith. The characters fight evil and personify the 99 attributes of Allah.

Twitter users are fascinated by the first Islamic superheroes, but some feel it’s not a good idea.

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   leilangod  (Toronto, Canada) loves that “DC Comics will launch a new comic book series depicting Islamic superheroes” http://bit.ly/hHziO. My favourite? Noora the Light 25 Oct 2009 from web
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   MXML (Lebanon) @bintbattuta Naif Al-Mutawa at Pop!Tech http://is.gd/4B6vJ Creator of the99, “the 1st group of superheroes born of an Islamic archetype” 25 Oct 2009 from web
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   rokapark (Tokyo, Japan)Does anybody see this? Seems interesting: superheroes in Islamic culture & society. http://www.the99.org/ 26 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   rhaque (Boston) I’m sure someone will get into trouble for this – The 99: Superheroes inspired by the qualities of Allah http://bit.ly/2BM9Gi 31 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
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   zahidi1 (location undisclosed) Muslim superheroes maybe it will help give muslims a better image
   http://tinyurl.com/ygr2kbn 03 Nov 2009 from web

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