Talk:Islam in Asia

Observation
While it is factual that Islam began in the continent of Asia, the statement made in the first sentence of this article seems slightly off. This is because the geo-political origin of Islam is the region referred to today as the "Middle East." In academia, the Middle East and Asia are two separate regions, covered by two separate fields of study. (This is mainly based on the prevailing view that the cultural origins of Asia are found in ancient Chinese civilization while the cultural origins of the Middle East are found in several ancient Mediterranean civilizations, most notably Egyptian.) This is complicated by the fact the the Middle East exists both in Asia and Africa.

Should the point that Asia and the Middle East are two distinct cultural regions be mentioned in this article. For much of Asia, specifically East, Southeast, and South Asia, Islam is an import from much later than the 7th century.

I did not modify the article myself as I do not feel qualified to do so, however I wanted to bring this up.

Sven Manguard (talk) 19:31, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

Deleted Contributions
I have also posted this to Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents Please continue the discussion there to resolve the problem.

I am trying to contribute to history and size of population of Muslims in articles such as Islam in Asia. I have several peer-reviewed articles in scientific conference proceedings and journals and a recent 600 page book. So I added some results in Islam in Asia and other continent and cited by book. Interestingly, some editors such as AndyTheGrump, Jreferee and Dolescum keep reverting my contribution (basically deleting all of it and the source). They keep citing COI or self-publishing, none of which applies here. When I refute their allegations they come up with another excuse and keep threatening of blocking my account. Such "referees" or "editors" may have other motives that they are not disclosing. The job of an editor or contributor is to make the article better, not deleting all sources and information. Better means: checking facts, better reference, etc. Hkettani (talk) 17:01, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

My contribution was as follows (but got all deleted, either by an ill-informed editor or ill-intention):

Islam has started in Asia which explains why more than two-thirds of the World Muslim population resides in this continent. Islam started in Mecca in 609AD, and then was established in Medina in 622AD which marks the first Hijri year. Both cities are located in Hijaz, west of Saudi Arabia. By the death of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in 632AD, Islam was ruling all of the Arabian Peninsula. By the death of his second Caliph Omar bnul Khattab in 644AD, most of the Near East, parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia were under Muslim control. Islam continued spreading in Asia but at a much slower rate.

Significant portion of Central Asia and part of China was conquered during the reign of the sixth Umayyad Caliph al-Walid I bnu Abdel Malik bnu Marwan who ruled from 705 to 715. Islam spread to the rest of Central Asia and Russia when the Mongols adopted Islam as their religion in the first half of the fourteenth century. Most of the Indian Subcontinent was under Muslim control by the end of the twelfth century. Islam spread in the rest of Asia with trade and preaching. It spread through much of the Malay Archipelago starting the twelfth century and by the sixteenth century it became the dominant religion. Islam only reached the Korean Peninsula and Japan during the twentieth century.

Thus, the Muslim population increased from 7.6 million or 4.3% of the total Asian population in 700AD, to 12.7 million or 7.0% in 800AD, to 17.0 million or 9.2% in 900AD, to 21.1 million or 11.3% in 1000AD, to 24.9 million or 12.0% in 1100AD, to 29.1 million or 12.8% in 1200AD, to 35.0 million or 14.2% in 1300AD, to 40.2 million or 15.1% in 1400AD, to 47.4 million or 16.7% in 1500AD, to 60 mil-lion or 15.9% in 1600AD, to 70 million or 17.3% in 1700AD, to 92 million or 13.9% in 1800AD, to 163 million or 17.9% in 1900, to 0.93 billion or 24.9% in 2000, to 1.28 billion or 27.9% in 2020, and is projected to reach 1.68 billion or 35.6% by 2100, then 1.62 billion or 36.7% by 2200, and then 1.80 billion or 38.6% by 2300. Hkettani (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, please have a look at [your entry]. Your research seems to be self-generated and self-published with no apparent peer-review. __ E L A Q U E A T E  18:14, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Please read my answers there for such allegations if you seek fairness of judgement. Hkettani (talk) 18:16, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

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