Talk:Eid al-Mubahila

OR
No references, just OR and hagiography. --tickle me 08:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Clean Up, POV and Preaching in-text
1. It is not immediately clear if the accounts described here are supposed to be academically accepted historical accounts or if they are traditional accounts without a strong historical basis.

2. Furthermore, it is not said who celebrates this "holiday". One is given the impression that it is a universal Islamic celebration, which it is not, even if the accounts that apparently form its basis are considered sound across the board. Is this a Shi'a holiday? Do all Shi'a celebrate it? That needs to be mentioned in the first line.

3. The last line of the brief introductory paragraph says "Eid al-Mubahila [...] is a sound primer for the faithful in Islamic techniques of argument" which I think should be removed. It reads like a sermon and not an historical account. It could be replaced by referring to that statement as the opinion of a prominent Muslim scholar or a Muslim leader. On that note furthermore, I think the whole text needs to be carefully read to make sure this article is encyclopedic. I will flag the article for cleanup, attention, for someone that is more familiar with this "holiday."

--Sawyer207 (talk) 20:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

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