Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence and the Goals of the Islamic Jihad

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS, whichever way I read it, and I'm including all comments. -Splash 22:21, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence and the Goals of the Islamic Jihad
As a note to VfD voters this book is ranked #9,337 in Books on Amazon.com Klonimus 23:50, 4 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete. Non-notable propaganda work and probably a hoax, see Mark A. Gabriel. --Ian Pitchford 19:43, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - poorly written, nn, POV --LemonAndLime 21:04, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unsalvageable. Nandesuka 21:13, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep it's a notable book by a well known author. Klonimus 23:27, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep A cleric from Al Azhar University in Cairo, one of the most prestigious Islamic seminaries in the world, definetely is notable and has something relevent to say. Guy Montag 23:41, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per the above. - ulayiti (talk)   (my RfA)  23:46, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Ian Pitchford. -- RyanFreisling @ 23:54, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep quite notable, it doesn't matter if you agree or not --Quasipalm 00:26, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Guy Montag. Carioca 01:11, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge with the author. High ranking book sales, but the article is quite short. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:50, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Ian Pitchford --Irishpunktom\talk 10:57, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable book, notable subject.--Germen (Talk | Contribs Netherlands flag small.svg) 12:34, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence can be produced that this person was ever a muslim cleric and ever an academic in Egypt. The whole story stinks and frankly I don't believe it.  --Zero 12:38, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * "I was just freshly graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt—the oldest and most prestigious Islamic university in the world. It serves as the spiritual authority for Islam worldwide. I was teaching at the university, and I was an imam on the weekends at this mosque." Klonimus 17:54, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Gee, the anonymous author repeats his doubtful story. That's real solid proof.  --Zero 20:31, 9 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep per Guy et al. Briangotts (talk) 14:39, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Ian Pitchford. He summarized the book in 4 words. --Anonymous editor 16:40, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable book title. This is silly.  There are a lot of stupid books; do we need an article on every one? --csloat 08:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * strong Keep Why would you delete a book, unless you were trying to censor its content?--CltFn 11:53, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as per other users' comments. Babajobu 20:38, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Gabriel who?! Svest 23:58, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Of course. -- Karl Meier 21:19, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Refer to The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism on a similar discussion. --JuanMuslim 07:25, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.