User talk:HaroonAzam

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Concerning honorifics regarding the Prophet
Hello, I thought I should explain why I reverted your edit. Wikipedia, for the sake of maintaining a policy of neutrality, does not include honorifics in articles on any person. There would be endless fights about which religion is being represented and shown favoritism, such as anti-Islamist Christians who would perhaps like (God forbid it!) to put "Muhammad, False Prophet and Apostate" in articles. Much of the Wikipedia Muslim community, as well as other editors interested in improving and maintaining Islam-related articles on the subject, have put together a manual of style regarding Islam-related articles, with guidelines on how articles providing information on Islam should be presented. I hope you continue to edit on Wikipedia, and I look forward to working with you in the future. Sincerely, Peter Deer (talk) 12:29, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your message. I believe, Wikipedia should adopt a policy of respect to all religions. Being Muslims, we are bound to be respectful to all Prophets. Isn't it better to allow editors to put honourifics for all Prophets, instead of removing it from their names. That may be called Neutrality. Moreover, removing honorifics from the Prophet (PBUH) doesn't make Wikipedia a neutral website, because As a Muslim, we are ordered by Prophet PBUH to do so, and people from other religions may not like this. So removing honorifics means to us that Non-Muslims are given favour, although it may not be intended. HaroonAzam (talk) 14:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)