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Re:How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs? by int_19h on Friday August 29, 2025 @09:35PM (#45071171)
However, "imamat" by itself is a generic term, so it's not clear why it should be controlled by a single organization that happens to have it in the name.
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Re:How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs? by ccgreg on Friday August 29, 2025 @11:49PM (#45071766)
Given that this discussion was started by someone mentioning only these 3 related things, I'd guess that the motivation might a negative one.
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Re:How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs? by 627467 on Friday August 29, 2025 @11:29PM (#45071682)
Aren't there tons of generic terms gTLD controlled by a single organizations now?
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Re:How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs? by jonesjohnson on Saturday August 30, 2025 @02:35AM (#45072390)
I've just learned here that .man is owned/controlled by the MAN group

edit: source: https://icannwiki.org/.man

also: walmart applied for .george https://icannwiki.org/.george

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Re:How did .agakhan, .ismaili and .imamat get their own TLDs? by gerikson on Saturday August 30, 2025 @06:13AM (#45073432)
And indeed, the KSA rep has opposed it:

https://slate.com/technology/2012/08/icann-top-level-domain-...

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