Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Islam/Archive 10

Eid ul-Fitr
Sorry for the late notice, but this article is supposed to be included in August 30, but it looks like it will be omitted due to lack of references (the "Practice by country" section looks problematic—also note that it wasn't me who added the refimprove tag). Hopefully y'all can clean this up in two days. Thanks.  howcheng  {chat} 20:15, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Criticism of Judaism
Discussions as to what the article should and should not contain have restarted on Talk:Criticism of Judaism, and outside comments would be helpful. Please see the archives and Arbitration/Requests/Case/Noleander for history and active sanctions. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 05:49, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Ad-Dunya (This World)
I have dePRODded this article, which was sourced only to what seems to be a blog, and added a book reference. Can anyone expand or provide more references? JohnCD (talk) 19:59, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Article needed?
I've recently done some minor copyediting on a couple of Islamic schools, and have come across the term "Nazra" to describe one of the subjects they teach. It appears to be related to the Quran in some way, but I can't find any information on it (besides the fact that courses in it appears to be offered very widely). We don't have a Nazra article; is it a topic of sufficient note that we need one? I for one would like to know what it is! Yunshui (talk) 10:54, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Multi-move discussion
Readers here may be interested in contributing to a proposal regarding the renaming of 11 Ottoman Eyalet articles. See Talk:Mosul Eyalet. Cheers. -GTBacchus(talk) 13:14, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Categories for discussion – Category:Islamic conquests
Hello. There is currently an ongoing discussion regarding. It is being considered to be renamed to. If you would like to participate in this discussion, feel free to do so my clicking here. Thank you. — ξ xplicit  06:53, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

RFC at Ruhollah Khomeini
Hi there. There's currently an RFC underway at Talk:Ruhollah Khomeini, which is marked as high importance to WikiProject:Islam. Interested editors are invited to visit the talk page and take part in the discussion. TechnoSymbiosis (talk) 21:48, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Sultans or not
If someone here feels inclined to help, there's a minor dispute on whether Nasrid rulers styled themselves sultans or not (regardless of whether Western sources called them that). Someone with Arabic skills and willing to look in non-Western sources would best suited in this case. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 23:26, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Al-Muzzammil
I'm of the opinion that this and any similar articles should be taken to AfD if all they are just going to be copies of the verses (even if there is an English translation accompanying them). Can anyone point to policy or guideline reasons they should be kept? Dougweller (talk) 17:50, 15 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Sounds right. We don't have copies of all verses of the bible, or even (AFAIK) articles about important verses. Do we? I see we have, eg, Vayikra (parsha) but that is full of commentary William M. Connolley (talk) 19:03, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh dear, except I see (following the template there) that we do have all the sura. Deleting them all would presumably annoy someone William M. Connolley (talk) 19:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably, but I can see no policy reason that justifies their existence, which is why I'm asking. Dougweller (talk) 06:06, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
 * On yet another hand, I see there is a biblewiki, e.g.: http://www.biblewiki.be/wiki/Daniel_Chapter_12. So a surawiki or quaranwiki would be the correct analogue William M. Connolley (talk) 20:56, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Texts belong on Wikisource. The articles should be kept but the text and translations should be deleted from the article(s) and replaced with links to Wikisource or some other online source. The contents of the articles should be for description and commentary. Sura 2 (Al-Baqara) is done correctly. Adpete (talk) 02:07, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Abdul Muttalib (grandfather of Muhammad)
There is a pretty bad spelling error there. The article is misspelled called Abdul Mutallib (one t two ls). The problem is the correct spelling, Abdul Muttalib, is a disambiguation page. I can see two options: (1) rename it to Abdul Muttalib (grandfather of Muhammad) (this is the easiest fix but maybe not the best). (2) take the namespace at Abdul Muttalib and rename Abdul Muttalib to Abdul Muttalib (disambiguation). This should be done if this person is far and away the most famous "Abdul Muttalib". The problem is I don't know enough about Islam to make that decision. So, those who know more about this than me... what should it be renamed to? Adpete (talk) 01:31, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I intend to rename: and then Adpete (talk) 10:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Abdul Muttalib to Abdul Muttalib (disambiguation) (the latter has a single line history so this is safe)
 * Abdul Mutallib to Abdul Muttalib


 * The standard approach, based on looking at other pages, is to use Abdul Muttalib (name). See for example, Muhammad (name), Abdullah (name).Wiqi( 55 ) 10:27, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * For full names (as opposed to single names), "disambiguation" is the WP standard, e.g. John Howard (disambiguation). But whether we use "(name)" or "(disambiguation)" is a minor issue (and easily fixed by redirects). My main question is whether it's OK to have the grandfather of Muhammad as the main Abdul Muttalib. He is certainly the main one if I judge by incoming links at the disambiguation page Abdul Muttalib. Adpete (talk) 11:00, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I think his grandfather qualifies as the most notable "Abdul Muttalib". Also "(name)" should be preferred since "Abdul Muttalib" is a single name. Wiqi( 55 ) 11:07, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, I see. I've moved Abdul Muttalib to Abdul Muttalib (name) and I've put in a move request at Talk:Abdul Mutallib to move Abdul Mutallib to Abdul Muttalib. Thanks for your advice. Adpete (talk) 11:40, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's all done now. I hope I did it right. Leave a note on my talk page if you think I've made an error. Adpete (talk) 02:45, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Islam and Domestic Violence
I believe that WikiProject Islam has several informative subpages and legitimate information. However, I believe that overall it lacks various contrasting viewpoints about disputations in Islam. There are several stereotypes and issues society does not fully comprehend about the religion, such as women's roles and domestic violence. Specifically, I propose to expand on knowledge about Islamic women who are victims of domestic violence in various countries in a subpage of WikiProject Islam. I will be updating and expanding an existing article on Wikipedia called “Islam and domestic violence.” Topics that will be covered in our revised page will be: the definition of domestic violence, a general overview of Islamic and it’s effect on women, honor-related violence, current attitudes towards violence in Islamic countries, individual and community-level violence, and possible solutions to put an end to domestic violence. I plan to also write about interpretations of the Qur'an and how several interpretations dispute each other. (TasneemIslam1025 (talk) 15:50, 19 October 2011 (UTC))

Muhammad, visual depictions and the sore need for expert commentary
At AN/I there is currently a discussion that relates to whether or not it is appropriate or accurate/educational to have depictions of Muhammad throughout that entry. For the AN/I discussion see - HERE. For the discussion at the entry talk page see - Talk:Muhammad/images. The reason I'm posting here is that I'm surprised by some of the comments being made by various contributors. For instance, just now I was told that Muhammad is not a religious article, it is merely a biography. I clearly disagree completely. This discussion is in sore need of knowledgeable commentators. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 18:28, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Said Nursi, The Article Importance
Hi, I just add this article into high importance list and WPI Muslim scholars task force. This scholar lived in Turkey and wrote 6000 pages books and these books translated to 45 diffirent languages and pretty much international symposiums organised on him. And I think he is one the most famous 20th century scholar. I hope we can improve this article together. Thank you -- rinduzahid (talk) 15:34, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Central Mosque Wembley
This has been nominated for deletion within 3 hours of creation. The article needs work, but I am sure that it can be saved. Discussion at Articles for deletion/Central Mosque Wembley. Jezhotwells (talk) 23:15, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Abd Allah ibn Hijazi al-Sharqawi
Abd Allah ibn Hijazi al-Sharqawi was apparently a Khalwati sufi scholar around 1800. The article's pretty terrible and stubby, and I'm not sure it actually establishes notability at the moment. But I'm more concerned about the birth year listed here. I have pretty serious reservations about the editor who added it (I just sent the two articles he created to AFD as probably hoaxes), and I'm having trouble finding confirmation in anything that's not a Wikipedia mirror. But I have poor availability of reference material that would cover 19th century Egyptian Islamic scholars to begin with. Could anyone with better resources take a peek? Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 17:50, 17 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Dear Ossifrage, I am also not sure whether he's enough notable or no. He was a scholar of Al-Azhar. Google search gives almost half a million result for his name (using Arabic script). Anyway, I added the link of Arabic wiki to the article.--Aliwiki (talk) 21:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Hrm. Well, as I suspected, the English article's birth year was a problem.  The Arabic Wikipedia has him born in 1150 AH.  Unless I'm really bad at this, that's more like 1737 than 1759, and I've adjusted our article to match the Arabic one, which I have more faith in.  With that many results from Google, I'm inclined to think there's sourcing possible out there.  I'm sort of out of my element here, so improvements are probably going to have to come from someone else, but I won't try to hit the article up for deletion or anything.  Thanks for the help.  Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 23:33, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Dispute at Ali that needs help
If anyone here is active, I could use some help at Talk:Ali. Two editors are arguing about...well, I'm not entirely sure. I think about how to spell or describe Ali and/or his father in English, along with a lot of other details. Part of the discussion revolves around Arabic sources, which I cannot read and thus have no useful input on. Additionally, there are concerns about what constitutes a primary source and what constitutes a secondary source, and how to interact with both. The main discussion is in the section Talk:Ali. Thanks for your help. Qwyrxian (talk) 08:13, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Help with Islamic art article
Hi, I noticed that a very important subject in Islamic art, the rock crystal ewer, has not had much attention paid to it. Please help with adding info to it if you are interested in Islamic art. Thanks --Turn685 (talk) 09:51, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Yemeni Quran codices
Hi! Not sure if anybody's found it out yet, but I found a source about the Quran... WhisperToMe (talk) 01:37, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Lester, Toby. "What Is the Koran?" The Atlantic. January 1999.

CNN religion article
This article describes a survey which concluded that Muslims are more religious than followers of other major religions WhisperToMe (talk) 04:29, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Greene, Richard Allen. "Conflict, theology and history make Muslims more religious than others, experts say." CNN. December 3, 2011.

2nd opinion sought
I just noticed in the article End time there is a lengthy list titled "Minor signs" under Sunni Islam. The list is unsourced; a few cursory searches resulted in similar lists, but none at any sites that appeared to be very scholarly. The list itself seems kind of dubious to me, and the annotations aren't helpful in determining the source. Thoughts? OhNo itsJamie Talk 21:50, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree that list is a bit crufty. Unless a source can be found, I would support removing the "Minor signs" list. Kaldari (talk) 22:10, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar challenge
For a barnstar, is anyone able to locate this alleged hadith (cf. also Gruber,, ) in one of the hadith collections? It's attributed to Tirmidhi by Schimmel, but no one can find it there. It appears it was also quoted by Mehmet Khaqani in his Hilye-i Serife, but again, no one seems to know in which Hadith collection this or similar ahadith can be found. Cheers,  J N  466  01:45, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * A similar hadith is discussed here (probably the "sees me" is equivalent to "seeing my hilya"?). Wiqi( 55 ) 20:42, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This sounds like it could be one of the ahadith here, in Tirmidhi's Shamaa-il. (Arabic), e.g. 391, 394, 395 etc. But do any of these use the word hilya in the Arabic original? I've been told (over on German Wikipedia) that they do not, and that it's something of a mystery why some recent and older writers have translated such passages (if these are indeed the ahadith concerned) using the word "hilye", if the Arabic word "hilya" does not occur in the Arabic original of the ahadith.
 * As far as I can tell at the moment, there seems to be some confusion between Turkish and Arabic language usage. In Turkish, hilya or hilye is used to denote a short, telegrammatic text describing the physical appearance and character of an esteemed person, above all of course the Prophet himself. Turkish calligraphists will say that there are hilyes (verbal descriptions) of Moses, Jesus, Abu Bakr and many other such persons, using this as a technical term to denote the type of short descriptive texts that they use for hilye calligraphy (or even sometimes inscribed on a rose, apparently). However, in Arabic, I'm told by Arabic speakers over on German Wikipedia, hilya does not have that meaning, i.e. it does not denote a literary genre consisting of short descriptive texts. Of course such descriptions exist in the ahadith and elsewhere, but there is no literary category label in Arabic calling such texts "hilyas". The Hilyat al-Awliya’ by Abu Nu’aym, for example, does not consist of such texts. It is simply a collection of biographies.
 * It's come up because the alleged references by the Prophet to "my hilye" in the ahadith has obviously played a role in the reception of hilya calligraphy in the Ottoman Empire, leading to the viewing of hilyes being considered as a mystical way of "seeing" the prophet in one's mind's eye (as in a dream), with the attendant benefits for one's soul. The missing link is how the Prophet's statements on a believer seeing him in a dream came to be reassigned to mean a believer reading a (calligraphic) description of his appearance (as in Taskale's version of the hadith, clearly referring to a written document). Does that make sense? -- J N  466  23:44, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Help with sources needed
I've recently copyedited the Muhammad Qadiri article substantially, both to remove the flagrant POV violations and to improve the flow of text. However, I've really struggled to find sources for it. None of the sources mentioned in the References list appear to exist (leastways not in a format I can access), and the only other mentions I can find are from Naushahia-related sources, which disqualifies them from establishing notability per WP:GNG and WP:SPS.

I'm hoping someone more expert with Arabic sources can take a look over the alleged references listed at the bottom of the article and turn at least some of them into inline cites - or better yet, locate some other third-party sources that could be used to fulfil WP:NOTE. Yunshui 雲&zwj;水 14:13, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Arabic speaker required – hadith wording
Could one of our Arabic speakers please confirm what the original Arabic phrase is for the words "noble features" in Hadith no. 7 on this page? The corresponding Arabic page is here. If you could give me a Romanised transliteration of the original Arabic words, I'd be very grateful. Thanks,  J N  466  01:45, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The Arabic phrase used is "ḥilyat al-nabī" (tra. "the hilya of the Prophet"). Most likely referring to a verbal description of the looks and manners of the Prophet rather than any written form of hilya. Wiqi( 55 ) 20:06, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Wiqi55. Am I correct in assuming that ḥilya just means "description" here? I'm confused, because some sources translate it as "adornment", and others as "description", "appearance". I imagine that in the situation described here, if a child asks his uncle, he would simply ask "what did he look like?" -- J N  466  23:15, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I have just checked al-munjid (the standard modern Arabic-Arabic dictionary) and two sense of hilya are given:
 * * al-ḥilya: "what is used for adornment, like certain minerals or gemstones."
 * * ḥilyat al-insān (tr. "the hilya of a person"): "what is seen from [that person's] color, appearance, and form."
 * My guess is that "hilya" in the linked narration denotes what is seen of the Prophet, i.e., his color, appearance, form, etc.
 * Reference: . Wiqi( 55 ) 13:41, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, looks like we're getting closer. I guess the question is whether "ḥilyat al-nabī" or "my "ḥilya" in the sense of "my form" is used in the Arabic original of any hadith that could reasonably be assumed to underlie the one cited by Schimmel, Zakariya et al. -- J N  466  07:05, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Islah (concept)


The article Islah (concept) has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * The corresponding Dab contains the only encyclopedia-worthy content this article has seen in its more than six years' existence. If its prose content can be expanded beyond a dictdef, it's high time to do so.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

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Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Jerzy•t 04:53, 15 December 2011 (UTC) Timestamp: 20111215044412

Concubinage
Recently, a substantial section has been added to the article on Concubinage as it pertains to the theology of Islam (see Concubinage). The section raises many interesting points and is a needed and potentially valuable addition to the article, but has some instances of non-encyclopedic tone and could use some copyediting, wikification, and general scrutiny from knowledgeable, experienced editors. Since I lack an adequate frame of reference, I just thought I'd call it to the attention of editors here. Cynwolfe (talk) 16:54, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Request for third opinion
Can another set of eyes please add their thoughts at Talk:Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. An editor keeps trying to support contentious claims with unreliable sources, despite repeated warnings. I've begun dialogue on the talk page, but that hasn't paused the editor's article adjustments. I've also requested at WikiProject Biography. Thank you.  Claret Ash  00:01, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Quran (belief and consideration)
In wikipedia article regarding Quran, there is a sentence that says: "...which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God...". The issue is no Muslim only "considers" the Quran to be the verbatim word of God, rather Muslims "consider and believe" (which is the closest interpretation of Arabic word ايمان/عقيده) it to be the verbatim word of God. And this is also supported by the definitions of the two terms, consider and belief. so the sentence should be changed to "...which Muslims consider and believe to be the verbatim word of God..." please refer to the definitions of the two terms. The word consider implies that the quran is "thought/regarded/treated as opinion" to be the verbatim word of God, and this thought may or may not represent the firm belief that is required and is the basic criterion for one to be a Muslim, on the other hand the word "belief" represents the notion of a strong psychological state in which the proposition or premise is held true, which in this case is the belief for Quran being the verbatim word of God. Moughera (talk) 07:49, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * You should bring this up on Talk:Quran, where other editors of the article can see it. In my opinion, consider is actually a stronger word than believe, as believe implies a lack of certainty, while consider basically means "think, substantially"...but it's editors at Talk:Quran who will ultimately make the decision. Qwyrxian (talk) 09:37, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Can someone tell me what this is about please?
The article itself is just a one line definition. Now someone seems to want to add some sort of numerology, counting the incidence of Q and of Quran. I'd appreciate some input here, and don't want to be seen as an infidel getting involved with someone. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 19:18, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * What article are you talking about? Kaldari (talk) 19:25, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. It's Talk:Qaf (sura), I don't know how I managed to leave that out! Dougweller (talk) 21:44, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Honor killing article unbalanced?
I was quite annoyed in the past that the Gender apartheid article was unbalanced to point of being an attack on the Muslim religion, especially since there already was a long article on Sex segregation in Islam. I got some really nasty harassment from a series of sock puppets over more than a month for removing excessive material and including more balanced material. I see much of the same problem at Honor killing where excessive material could be cut and more added about other ethnic and religious groups where this has happened.

I've discussed this at the Feminist Wikiproject since feminists don't like to see these type of articles possibly hijacked for other POV purposes. I've added one thing and will add another when get a chance. But I'm not as likely to try to cut as much excess material in that article. So if people interested in this topic think there is just too much POV pushing in the article - including ala [this article which explicitly does so - they might go to NPOV Noticeboard or otherwise edit and/or comment on the talk page. [[User:Carolmooredc|CarolMooreDC]] 21:09, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Merge War vs. Islam to War on terror?
I took off the quick delete template but unless article is improved probably needs to be merged to something else. See Talk:War_against_Islam. CarolMooreDC 13:17, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Islam and war
Article needs more eyes on it. I have also posted on WikiProject Military History. Itsmejudith (talk) 18:00, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Islamic theology template
Is it possible for me to add names and books to Islamic theology template? rinduzahid (talk) 17:03, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If you mean Template:Islamic Theology, certainly, but it might be best if you ensured that the articles added are among the most important for that broad subject. We could, I suppose, have separate templates for Shi'ite, Sunni, Ahmadiyya, and other branches of Islam, if such are warranted. What exactly were you thinking of adding? John Carter (talk) 00:41, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I meant this Template:Islamic Theology. I am from Turkey and am interested in and knowledgeable about Said Nursi who is a kind of contemporary Muslim scholar lived in Turkey between 1870s-1960 and his tafsir Risale-i Nur which is translated into 50 different languages and is read world wide. I am trying to give the people to have the opportunity to get a brief information about him and his works through Wikipedia. And I guess he and his works worth to be added to this template.  rinduzahid (talk) 16:32, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Urine Therapy, Camel Urine, Islam and Islamic Law
Since you people are Muslims, there is some confusion regarding whether or not Islam permits the use of camel urine to drink. I know that under Islam its considered an intoxicant but under Islamic law its considered for some weird reason allowed (sometimes not allowed as well from a different Sharia). Its all very confusing. Can you people help us at the article to finally say whether or not it is allowed? NarSakSasLee (talk) 11:40, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion discussion
Hi, I have nominated Tea With Terrorists for deletion. Any comments from this project would be welcomed here. Thanks; bobrayner (talk) 13:13, 8 January 2012 (UTC)

American Islamic Charities
Noticed a deletion prod on Islamic-American Zakat Foundation which I removed and put links to new refs on talk page. In searching about I see there is no article on the various American Islamic Charities, their histories and more recent contretemps, just in case someone wants to take on another project :-) CarolMooreDC 15:09, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

park51 controversy
park51 was very controversial, why is this being censored? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.142.33.105 (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Try looking at the actual article Park51 and asking any questions there - with details. CarolMooreDC 21:01, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Miracle of 19 in Quranic Initialed Suras:
See the edits of. The Sura articles, or at least some of them, need improving so they are mainly based on what reliable sources say about the Suras rather than just quoting them, but I'm not convinced this is an improvement. Dougweller (talk) 19:41, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Haraam
I've removed the NPOV tag from this section, if needed can it be fixed, thanks. - RoyBoy 00:16, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's History Month
Hi everyone. March is Women's History Month and I'm hoping a few folks here at WP:Islam will have interest in putting on events related to women's roles in Islam. We've created an event page on English Wikipedia (please translate!) and I hope you'll find the inspiration to participate. These events can take place off wiki, like edit-a-thons, or on wiki, such as themes and translations. Please visit the page here: WikiWomen's History Month. Thanks for your consideration and I look forward to seeing events take place! SarahStierch (talk) 19:10, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Tafsir?
I am in no way qualified to judge whether Tafsir Ishraq Al-Ma'ani asserts notability... unless all tafsir are notable by default?

Opinions, anyone? DS (talk) 15:21, 6 February 2012 (UTC)

Berbers and Islam
Would a subject expert be able to look at this article and fix possible NPOV issues? - RoyBoy 04:36, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Templates image deleted, needs replacement
A few weeks ago I left a message at Template talk:WikiProject Islam, pointing out that the image used in that template to indicate the Shi'a Islam task force has been deleted, causing the display of a small, red to be displayed in its place on all talk pages using that full template. Since the request for a change to that protected template received no responses, an admin suggested posting a query here. Subsequently, I also realized that Template:Shia Islam, used for an infobox on relevant pages, formerly used the same image; the reference has since been deleted, leaving no image in the side-bars. The original message contains a little bit of additional information and some links. Fat&#38;Happy (talk) 06:38, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Article on romance in Islam
I found: WhisperToMe (talk) 00:21, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Mattu, Ayesha and Nura Maznavi. "My Take: Top 5 myths about American Muslims’ love lives." CNN. 14 February 2012.

Subcategories "Type of garden"
I have posted a question on this subject on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening. Your opinions are welcome. Wiki-uk (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Big Bang
Hello, please see the discussion on the religious interpretations of the Big Bang. A couple users wish to remove the section in its entirety. Your comments on the section would be appreciated. Thank you, AnupamTalk 01:29, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

The Association of Islamic Charitable Projects of North America is based in Philadelphia. It is a organization that teaches Islam along with social responsibility. This is very important to Philadelphia's Muslim community. I would really appreciate it if you could overlook it and help the progression of the article. Dc513653 (talk) 04:54, 24 February 2012 (UTC)dc513653 (talk)

Imran Khan Nyazee
This is an article created by a new contributor. The sourcing seems on the thin side, and since I know absolutely nothing about the subject area, I would appreciate it if someone could check it and see if the information is correct and if the assertions of importance hold up. Thanks. wctaiwan (talk) 16:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Template redundancy
Greetings; I was just wondering why we have Infobox Sura and Infobox surah... Is there a reason or is it an oversight? Peace,  Litho  derm  18:38, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Maslak E AlaHazrat
Can somebody take a quick look at this article. As it is it makes no sense and I can't find an external ref that explains it simply enough for me to clean it myself - SimonLyall (talk) 10:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)


 * It's a strong POV fork of Barelvi and Ahmad Raza Khan with no redeeming WP value. I would also keep an eye on the contribs of the original author, since there's a high likelihood that one who writes such things may drift towards becoming a POV-pushing SPA. MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Possible greater cooperation across religion and philosophy projects
Please feel free to make any comments you might wish at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion regarding possible more closely coordinated activity between the various religion, philosophy, and mythology WikiProjects. John Carter (talk) 21:28, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * See the counter-proposal there at: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 09:36, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Featured picture candidate
This picture has been nominated as a featured picture, please voice your opinion if this picture meets Featured picture criteria for the category "Featured pictures/Places/Interiors". Discuss on the page at. All editors are welcome to vote. Penyulap  ☏  04:40, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Abdur Raheem Green, anyone?
I love this guy.. I've learnt so much from him, I'm a huge fan and have watched pretty much all videos of him on YouTube, his speeches, etc. I was very surprised that there was no article on him on Wikipedia, so I've now made it. I'm a new Wikipedian however and was wondering if anyone can touch up the article, edit obvious mistakes, etc. I also made a post over at the general helpdesk, here. Leaf Green Warrior (talk) 23:51, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Translation for the article Mosque of Uqba
Hi, Mosque of Uqba or Great Mosque of Kairouan is one of the best preserved and oldest monuments (mosques) in Islamic civilization. It is also a great masterpiece of architecture. The french version "Grande mosquée de Kairouan" is a featured article (in french Article de qualité). It would be very interesting to translate the french article. I can help for the architectural terms. Cordially Quincy2010 (talk) 01:35, 16 March 2010 (CET)

Request for Comment: Islamic-Jewish Relations
Hello all, I have started this RFC regarding Judaism influence on Islam. Please participate if you have some background on the subject. There are a few users who are repeatedly removing the Islamic POV even with my attempts to keep it neutral.

[See RFC Here]

MJC.2012 (talk) 15:05, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Big Bang RfC (Part II)
The latest RfC (administratively closed on 18 March) confirmed that there should be a presence of a brief "religious and philosophical implications" section in the Big Bang article. Which draft should be selected to appear in the section? Please participate in the RfC if you feel called to do so. With regards, AnupamTalk 00:10, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Top-priority articles?
The Lindsay Jones Encyclopedia of Religion, and its earlier edition edited by Mircea Eliade, has been counted as the standard reference work in the field of religion. I have gotten together a list of the articles, all of them of some substantial length and most if not all with individual reference sections, at User:John Carter/Religion articles. I believe that the default idea of a "Top" priority article is an article that any encyclopedia should have. Considering this encyclopedia is allegedly the best in the religion field, I think it makes sense to include the articles they have as "Top" priority. Also, considering most if not all of those articles are directly relevant, in some way, to "religion" as a whole, I believe it would make sense to tag at least those articles with the "WikiProject Religion" banner as well, with top priority assessment. Would that be acceptable to the members of this project? John Carter (talk) 15:37, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Kalām
There are ongoing discussions regarding the title of Ilm al-Kalam (see here) and the potential usefulness, or lack thereof, of Category:Kalam (see here). The suggestions and perspectives of this project's members would be most welcome at the two discussions. Thank you, -- Black Falcon (talk) 01:02, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Al-Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran
Another editor has created the article Al-Tibbyan Fi Tafsir al-Quran. The current article is just a stub and might benefit from the attention of experienced editors. The Farsi-language article fa:التبیان فی تفسیر القرآن may contain information that should be added to this article. I have no knowledge of Quranic exegesis, so I am unable to expand the article myself. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:50, 7 June 2012 (UTC)

Haj Mirza Sayyed Ali Aqa Qadhi Tabatabai Tabrezi or Allamah Qazi
Hello there. I wanted to bring the above article to this project's attention. It was created a few days ago and was introduced in a fairly poor state. I removed a lot of content which was a) unencyclopaedic in style, and b) unsourced/sourced to blogspot (which is not considered reliable). Since then the author has repeatedly re-inserted the information and ignored all attempts to communicate. Since the article is under the scope of this project I wanted to get the opinion of some editors here, and some help at the article itself as I don't want to run over WP:3RR. Many thanks Basa lisk  inspect damage⁄berate 08:12, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Need Qu'ran verse citation for WP Equine
Hi, hoping someone here can help me with a verse about horses claimed to be from the Qu'ran. I've seen multiple English variants, usually claimed as myths, but basically it is about Allah creating the horse from the wind (which direction varies with who is telling the tale, and sometimes all four winds are included) and saying he will give it "flight without wings" or "to fly without wings." This quote is used and misused across many, many articles about the Arabian horse, and I would be delighted beyond words if anyone can verify 1) whether such a statement even is in the Qu'ran, and if so, where; and 2) if it is, what IS the most accurate English translation? or if not, is it some sort of legitimate Islamic tale or mythical story and is there a verifiable source for this? Montanabw (talk) 19:19, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposed MOS for Religion
There is now a proposed general Manual of Style for Religion and other articles relating to ethoses or belief systems at WikiProject Religion/Manual of style. Any input would be welcome. I personally believe at least one of the reasons why many articles in this field have been as contentious as they have been is because of lack of such guidelines, and would very much welcome any input from others to help come up with some generally acceptable solutions to some of these problems. John Carter (talk) 22:08, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

What language is this? موضوع اصلي :شيشه اسلامي
A new editor did what appears to be translation work into this language at Islamic art and Ramadan, adding his text to the English article, perhaps just while working -. Needless to say it was all reverted & he seems to have been scared off. I'd be very grateful if someone could identify the language, & ideally assess the quality of the translation & see if it was added at the appropriate equivalent articles. Most of the art ones are much shorter than the English equivalent. Johnbod (talk) 14:14, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
 * I wish I could read it, but I can't. I do note that they seem to be the title of another article in a foreign language wikipedia here. That article is written in the Persian Wikipedia, which uses the Persian language. Does anyone here speak Persian? John Carter (talk) 14:33, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

slang
Is it proper to refer to them as 'Jews' as in the heading title to subcategory?"Selene Scott (talk) 21:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)"

Mohamed Mahmoud Buheiri
Any help with more reliable sourcing of what appears to be a notable Qu'ran reciter here would be very appreciated, as would an Arabic rendering of his name in order to aid said search. Thanks in advance. Best, --j⚛e deckertalk 16:39, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Insha'Allah
This page, Insha'Allah, has been totally re-written (diff) by without any summaries to explain their edits. Just a 'heads up' for an editor across this subject to have a look see. Regards 220  of  Borg 17:22, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Ahmadiyya
I am relatively new to Wikipedia and trying to learn all of the etiquettes etc...I have tried to address the Bias in the Ahmadiyya page but unfortunately I believe that people motivated by bias are seeking to keep a fringe opinion as the main opinion on the article. For a minor edit that I had tried to make i.e to change the statement to "self identify" I have met with a wall of rejection by two prolific wiki-contributers. One is Ahmadiyya Peaceworld111 himself and whilst a respected wikipedia contributor has a vested interest in not maintaining the balance of the page. The other simply reverted every change that I had made. I questioning the selective referencing used in the opening line of the page. One quotation is from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community which whilst biased I am happy to accept. The other is from an author who spent time with the Ahmadiyya community in England. I raised the issue that throughout his book he had cited that Muslim opinion was that the Ahmadiyya were not Muslim and therefore to quote his singular statement whilst ignoring his own referencing of the fact mainstream Islam consider the Ahmadiyya to be none Muslim is biased. http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Islam_and_the_Ahmadiyya_Jama%CA%BBat.html?id=Q78O1mjX2tMC. I sought to resolve this issue by adding the statement that they self identify as an Islamic Reformist movement or alternatively to find an alternative opening quotation. All were met with firm refusals and a denial of any bias. Either way a fringe theory should not start an article as its prime quotation. If the other quotation is from the community itself then it supports the statement of self identification which I have put across (Steeringly (talk) 09:59, 30 June 2012 (UTC))
 * I am not sure that we have a fringe issue here, so much as a conflict between two religious opinions. I would have thought that the view that Ahmadiyaa are not Muslim is significant enough to be mentioned. Maybe not in the lead, but in a separate section. Would you mind posting this question at WikiProject Islam? Come back here if you need to. Itsmejudith (talk) 10:49, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

I wasnt particularly pushing an opinion that they are not Muslim the title of the section is misleading. I was simply trying to raise the issue that it was their self identification that categorises them as Muslim as generally Muslims reject their beliefs as heretical. The reason I feel that it is a fringe issue is because the work cited as evidence of the Ahmadiyyah being an Islamic reformist movement is a fringe opinion and therefore should be correctly categorised as self identification by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. (Steeringly (talk) 13:23, 30 June 2012 (UTC))


 * I'm not sure this is the best place for this discussion, which seems to be a NPOV issue. But to see this discussion in full see WP:Talk:Ahmadiyya Steeringly does not want the article to say that this is an Islamic movement. We've had a number of IP editors removing Islamic from the description, or adding 'non' so it says non-Islamic, even to the extent of changing the title of a book. Now I understand that most of Islam does not consider this group to be Islamic, but that's not the way Wikipedia works when describing religions. Wikipedia cannot decide that people who consider themselves to be Islamic or not Islamic. We represent the relgion's viewpoint and we can then present the opinions of those who disagree. Dougweller (talk) 14:06, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This is not just a self-identity, but a disputed one. Thus calling Ahmadiyya an "Islamic reform movement", with no attribution clause and no second opinion, suggests that we have taken sides in a dispute. For a similar example, we have plenty of historical figures that have self identified as "prophet of God", a religious claim, but we don't usually repeat such claims without qualification. Wiqi( 55 ) 14:51, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thats factually incorrect Dougweller if you follow the discussion we had identified the right to self identify. Initially I felt the opinion you expressed but after discussion it became evident that I needed to examine the issue further. I did and observed bias and thought it appropriate to point it out. I settled on what I thought was an appropriate adjustment which was unfairly rejected. (Steeringly (talk) 15:54, 30 June 2012 (UTC))

So what is the outcome of this? Should it be changed to religious reformist movement? I believe it's time to stop the militant protection of a page which should be allowed to be changed legitimately. Of course stopping all those who are trying to make unfair amendments just like any other page. (Steeringly (talk) 16:12, 30 June 2012 (UTC))

I have suggested some amendments on the ((Ahmadiyya))talk page. I would welcome contribution and opinion (Steeringly (talk) 18:14, 30 June 2012 (UTC))

New article: List of first mosques by country
I recently ran across mention of the "first mosque built" for a given location, so thought it would be interesting to have a list of when/where the first mosque was built for various countries: List of first mosques by country. It's been relatively easy to find citations thus far (although in some cases I have trouble finding an extant Wikipedia article on a given mosque). I'd appreciate any help in adding countries to the list! MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:07, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Related RfC
Please comment at Template talk:Religion topics. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 21:39, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Tasu'a
I've just removed some copyvio from this stub. Why has there been no article on Tasu'a before if it is an important holiday? And what is the normal spelling? It needs links to and from articles as well as expansion and a cleanup of the See also. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 13:01, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

RfC on God
There is a request for comment regarding the scope of the article God at Talk:God. Any and all input is welcome. John Carter (talk) 15:33, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

RfC on Ramadan
There is currently a request for comment regarding Ramadan at Talk:Ramadan. Any input is more than welcome. John Carter (talk) 20:25, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

Censorship in Islam
Currently, there is Category:Censorship in Islam. I am thinking about starting a article on the topic. A simple Google search seems to show that there would be enough to get started. Casprings (talk) 21:53, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Chalilakath Kunahmed Haji
This article is near the end of the page patrol queue and is tagged for multiple issues. Notability needs to  be asserted. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 06:42, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

Quran-Any participants?
I was looking to improve the quran pages on wikipedia. I have collected a lot of sources and need help. Is anyone willing to help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.180.56.240 (talk) 06:13, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Proposed changes to WP:NOT
Please see the recent notifications at Administrators' noticeboard/Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts and Village pump (policy) as it effects all religion editors: "There is currently discussion at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not regarding a proposed addition to that policy page. As topics of this nature tend to spawn some of the most heated and contested discussions we have, any and all informed, neutral opinions are more than welcome. John Carter (talk) 15:33, 6 August 2012 (UTC)" Thank you, IZAK (talk) 08:18, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Templates up for deletion
Of the series of templates Mu'tazilite-Class Ahmadiyya-Class Salafi-Class Shi'a-Class Sunni-Class NOI-Class ;
 * Sunni-Class NOI-Class have been nominated for deletion

-- 76.65.128.252 (talk) 04:19, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

New article Shi'a Islam in Indonesia
Greetings, I recently put together Shi'a Islam in Indonesia, since that topic has very little coverage on Wikipedia. I'd appreciate any help in expanding the article. Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk) 17:56, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Discussions
There are currently discussions about deleting an article and a category about Islam and censorship here and here. My very best wishes (talk) 23:50, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

Merge proposal for Nakoula Basseley Nakoula
A discussion has begun here to decide if the article Nakoula Basseley Nakoula should be merged to Innocence of Muslims Please discuss this at the talkpage indicated to keep all discussion centrally located. An AFD was recently closed as "Keep" with the suggestion that the article could be proposed for merger. Please help collaborate on a consensus. Thank you.--Amadscientist (talk) 19:50, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Innocence of Muslims
We have an edit war beginning that I wish to nip in the bud (one way, or the other). Guidelines suggest asking at the involved projects and I am very much about Wikipedia WikiProjects so....... I am asking if the film article Innocence of Muslims should include a full section detailing the protests or just a mention alone in context and with secondary sources be included?--Amadscientist (talk) 05:57, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

a woman who marries a non muslim has the share in the father's property or not
Should a muslim woman be debarred from the rights of accuiring a share from the father's property if she marries a non muslim — Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.161.56.16 (talk) 20:04, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

Wahhabi Article Additional Facts
[Please add the following to the Wahhabi Article]

The original Wahhabi movement banned music, dancing, poetry, silk, gold and jewellery. In modern times, they have considered the telephone, radio and television as innovations not sanctioned by God.

Reference: Boyd & Lehman (Ed), (1994) Chambers Dictionary of World History. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zma51 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Islamophobia& and Geller's recent stunts
More eyes are needed at Islamophobia& to ensure that Geller's recent stunts are reported in appropriate manner, and whether they deserve coverage at all. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  17:40, 11 October 2012 (UTC)

Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
Byzantine–Seljuq Wars, an article that  may be interested in, has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the good article reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. AIR corn (talk) 07:27, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Caffeine and Islam
Hi. Theres' something of a dispute at Talk:Caffeine over whether coffee is an illicit substance under Islamic law. Any input or perspective on this dispute would be much appreciated. It would be particularly useful to locate good secondary sources on this topic. Thanks. FiachraByrne (talk) 13:50, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Category:Mai Safoora
Category:Mai Safoora, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for renaming or deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you.. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 14:59, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

Possible goals for 2013
This is probably more than a bit presumptuous on my part, but I have started a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Religion asking what if any sort of goals we might be able to reasonably set for the next year, in wikipedia and other WF sites as well. I figured the wikipedia probably gets more attention, which is why I started the discussion there. But I would be very interested in seeing any input regarding what the editors here think might be the areas here most in need or meriting additional attention. Maybe, and at this point it is just a maybe, maybe we might be able to get some input on such topics if we have some idea what it is we really need to work on. Anyway, I would welcome any input anyone here might have. John Carter (talk) 20:06, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Possible "Core" Islam articles, and perhaps some important articles to focus on, maybe of "Top" importance?
Over at the Christianity WikiProject, there has been for some time a "Core topics" list within the project of the 100 or so most important articles to that topic. Given the number of variant trends and traditions within Islam, I think it might be useful to develop such a "core list" here as well, if the others here thought that would be helpful. I tend to think that the articles relating to Islam in the recent, highly-regarded "Encyclopedia of Religion" are probably among the most important articles relating to Islam, given that those articles are among those included in what is generally regarded as one of the better, more comprehensive sources on the broader topic of "religion". The listing of the articles to be found in that source which it indicates relate to Islam can be found at User:John Carter/Religion articles. Also, I have recently gone through the rather highly regarded reference work "Islam A to Z" and found the following substantial articles in that source:


 * 'Abbas ibn 'abd al-Muttalib; 'Abbasid Caliphate; 'Abd al-Hamid II; 'Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr; 'Abd al-Malik; 'Umar 'abd al-Rahman or Omar Abdul Rahman; 'Abd al-Rahman; Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab; Muhammad 'Abduh; Ablution; Abortion; Abraha; Abraham or Ibrahim; Abrogation; Abu; Abu Bakr; Al-Nu'man ibn Thabit abu Hanifah; Abu Hurayah; Abu Lahab; Abu Musa al-Ash'ari; Abu Muslim; Abu Nuwas; Abu al-Qasim; Abu Sufyan; Abu Talib; 'Ada; Adam; Adhruh arbitration; al-'Adl; 'Adn; Adultery; Sayyid Jamal al-Afghani; Afghanis; Agha Khan; 'Ahd; Ahl; Ahl al-Bayt; Ahl al-Hadith; Ahl al-Hall wa 'l-'aqd; Ahl al-Haqq or Ahl-i Haqq; Ahmadis or Amadiyyah; Sayyid Ahmad Khan; Ahmad al-Ahsa'i; 'A'ishah or Ayesha; Ajal; Ajnadayn; Akhbaris or Akhbariyyah; Ghiyath al-Taghlibi al-Akhtal; Akhund; Alamut; 'Alawis ('Alawiyun); Alcohol; Alhambra (Al-hamra'); 'Alids; 'Ali ibn Abi Talib; Aligarh; 'Alim; Allah; Allahu Akbar; Almohads (al-Muwahhidun); Almoravids (al-Murabitun); Almsgiving; al Shaykh family; 'Amal; Amal; 'Amil; Muhammad al-Amin; Aminah; Amir (Emir); Amir al-Mu'minin; Amir al-Umara; 'Amr ibn al-'As; 'Amr ibn al-Kulthum; Amsar; Amulets; Angels (Mala'ika); Ansar; Abd Allah al-Ansari; Antarah ibn Shaddat; Apostasy; 'Aqabah; Pledge of 'Aqabah; 'Aql; al-Aqsa; 'Arabic; 'Arafat; 'Asabiyah; Abu 'L-Hasan al-Ash'ari; 'Ash-arites ('Ash-ariyyah); 'Ashura; Abu Sa'id al-Asma'i; Assembly of Constitutional Experts; Atabat; Athar; Aws; Ayahs; A'yan; Ayatollah (Ayatallah); Ayn; Ayn Jalut; Ayyubid Dynasty; al-Azhar; Azraqites;
 * Bab; Babi; Bab-i a'La; Babik (Babak); Battle of Badr; Husayn al-Baghawi; Baghdad; 'Abd al Latif al-Baghdadi; Baha'i; Bahirah; Ahmad Baladhuri; Hasan al-Banna; Banu; Jannat al-Baqi; Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Baqillani; Barakah; Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi; Barmakids; Basmalah (Bismillah); Basra; Hasan al-Basri (Hasan-i Basra); Bast; Batinites (Batiniyyah); Bay'ah; Abu'l-Fazl Bayhaqi; Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah al-Baz; Beards; Bektashi; Believers (Mu'minin); Nabih Berri; Bid'ah; Bila Kayfah; Bilal; Abu Rayhan al-Biruni; Black stone; Bohras; Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari; Buraq; Burdah; Burqa'; Buyid Dynasty (Buwayhid Dynasty);
 * Cairo; Calendar; Caliph (Khalifah); Classical concept of Caliphate; Call to Prayer; Battle of Camel; Carrion; Chador; Children; Chishtis (Chistiyyah); Christians; Circumcision; Coffee; Companions; Concealment; Concubinage; Conversion; Covenant; Createdness of the Koran; Creation; Creed; Crucifixion;
 * Dahna; Dahri; Da'i; al-Dajjal; Damascus (Dimashq); Dancing; Dar al-Harb; Dar al-Hikmah; Dar al-Islam; Dar al-Sulh; Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Darazi; Darwish (Dervish); Da'wah; Hizb al-Dia'wah; Day of Judgment; Death; Deluge; Deoband (college); Year of Deputations; Devil; Dhikr (Zikr); Din; Dinar; Dirham; Divorce; Diwan; Diyah; Dome of the Rock; Donme; Druzes; Du'a;
 * Education; Elijah Muhammad; Emigration; Enjoining the good and forbidding evil; Necmettin Erbakan (Arbakan Najm al-Din); Evil eye; Excommunication; Exegesis of the Koran;
 * Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (Fazl Allah); Articles of faith; Fana'; Faqih; Faqir; Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi; Fardh (Farz); Fasting; Fatalism; Fatiha; Fatimah; Fatimids; Fatwa (Fetva); Festivals; Fida'i; Fida'iyan-i Islam (Fida'iyyun); Fida'iyan-i Khalq; Fiqh; Fitnah; Five Pillars of Islam (Arkan al-Din); Five principal acts in Islamic law; Fivers; Food; Forgiveness; Fornication; Friday; Fundamentalism; Furqan;
 * Gabriel (Jibril); Gama'at al-Islamiyya (Jama'at); Gambling; Genie; Ghadir al-Khumm; Ghanima; Ghassinids; Ghaybah; Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali; Ghazi; Ghaznavid Dynasty; Ghazwah (Ghazw); Ghusl; Guardians Council;
 * Hadd (Hadud); Hadith; Hafiz; Hafsah; Hagar (Hajar); Ibn Yusuf al-Hajjaj; Abu'l 'Ali al-Mansur al-Hakim; Halal; Halimah; Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj; Hamas; Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad; Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah; Hand; Hanif; Haram; Harim (Harem); Harun al-Rashid; Harut and Marut; Hasan ibn 'Ali; Hasan al-Sabbah (Hasan-i Sabbah); Hashimite Clan; Hatim al-Ta'i; Ibn al-Haytham; Heaven; Hell; Hennah; Hereafter; Hidden Imam; Hijab; Hijaz; Hijrah (Hejira); Hila (Hiyal); Hilal; 'Allamah ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli; al-Hirah; Hisbah; Hittin (Hattin); Hizb; Hizb-i Islami; Hizbullah (Hizballah); Hospitality; House of Wisdom; Hudaybiyah; Hujjatiyah Society; Hulagu; Battle of Hunayn; Hur; Husayn ibn 'Ali; Amin al-Husayni; Husayniyyah; Hypocrites;
 * 'Ibadat; Ibadites (Abadites); Iblis; 'Abdallah ibn al-'Abbas; al-Qazvini ibn Amaj; ibn al-Arabi Muhyi al-Din; 'Izz al-Din ibn al-Athir; Ibn Babawayhi (Babuyah); Ibn al-Sa'igh ibn Bajjah (Avembace); Muhammad ibn 'abd Allah ibn Batutah; Ahmad ibn Hanbal; Abu Muhammad 'Ali ibn Hazm; Abu Muhammad 'abd al-Malik ibn Hasham; Muhammad ibn Ishaq; 'Abd al Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun; Shams al-Din ibn Khallikan; Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Majah; Abu al-Walid Muhammad Ibn-Rush (Averroes); Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa'd; 'Abd al-Aziz al-Rahman ibn Faisal al-ibn Sa'ud; 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud; Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (Avicenna); Ahmad ibn Tayu miyyah; Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Tumart; Ibrahim; 'Id; 'Id al-Adha; 'Id al-Fitr; 'Idda; Idolatry; Al-Sharif al-Idrisi; Idrisid Dynasty; Iftar; Age of Ignorance; Ihram; Ijma'; Ijtihad; Ikhshidid Dynasty; Ikhwan; 'Ilm ('Elm); Imam; Imami; Iman; Immortality; Imru 'l-Qays; Law of Inheritance; Inshallah; Intercession; Interest; Muhammad Iqbal; Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani; Abu Nu'im al-Isfahani; Islam; Islamic amal; Islamic dress; Islamic Jihad (1982); Islamic Jihad (Muslim Brotherhood); Islamic law; Islamic Republic of Iran; Islamic Salvation Front; Islamist movement; Ism; Isma'il; Isma'ilis; Isnad (Sanad); Israfil (Asrafil); Istanbul; Istihsan; Istislah; 'Izra'il;
 * Abd al Rahman al Jabarti; Jabrites (Jabriyyah); Ja'far al-Barmaki; Ja'far al-Sa'diq; Amr ibn Bahr al-Jahiz; Maulawi Jalal al-Din Rumi (Jalaluddin Rumi); Jama'at-i Islami; Nur al-Din abd al-Rahman Jami; Janaba; Ibn 'Atiyah Jarir; Jerusalem (al-Quds); Jesus ('Isa); Jibril; Jihad; 'Abdul Qadir al-Jilani; Jizyah; Abu Ali Muhammad al-Jubba'i; Judaism; Judge; Jum'a; 'Abd al-Malik al-Juwayni; Ala al-Din ata Malik al-Juwayni; Juwayriyyah Bint al-Harith;
 * Ka'bah; Kafir; Abu al-Misk Kafur; Kahin; Kalam; Karamat; Karbala; Karubiyun; Kasb; Kaysaniyyah; Kemalism; Khadijah; Al Khalil ibn Ahmad; Ayatollah Sayyiod ali Husayni Khamene'i; Sayyid Ahmad Khan; Khanaqah (Khanqah); Kharaj; Kharijites (Khawarij); Khatam; Sayyid Muhammad Khatami; Khatib; Khazraj; Khilafat movement; Khirqa; Khojas; Ayatollah Ruhollah al-Musavi al-Khomeyni; Khums; Khutbah; Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi; Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi; Kismet; Kiswah; Kitab; Kizilbash; Koran (Qu'ran); Kufah; al-Khufr; Muhammad Yaqub al-Kulayni (Kulini); Kunyah;
 * Labid ibn Rabi'a; Lakhmids; Laqab; Last Day; Layalat al-Qadr; Li'an;
 * Abu'l-'Ala al-Ma'arri; Madhhab; Madrasah; Al-Mahdi; Mahdi of the Sudan; Mahr; Majlis; Makruh; Maktub; Malik; Abu 'Abd Allah Malik ibn Anas; Malikites; Mamluk Dynasty; Abu al-'Abbas 'abd Allah al-Ma'mun; Mandeans; Mandub; Manichaeism; Abu Ja'far 'Abd Allah ibn Muhammad Mansur; Taqi al-Din al-Maqrizi; Marabout; Ma'rib; Ma'rifah; Marja' al-Taqlid; Marj Rahit; Maronites; Marriage; Martyr; Mary (mother of Jesus); Mary the Copt (Mariat al-Qiptiyah); Mashhad (Meshed); Masjid; Maslaha; Battle of the Masts; Ali ibn Husayn Mas'udi; Matn; Abu Mansur al-Maturidi; Sayyid Abu 'l-a'la Maududi; Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi; Mawla (Mawali); Mawlawiyya (Mevlevi); Mawlid al-Nabi (Maulid an-Nabi); Maymuna Bint al-Harith; Mazar; Mazar-i Sharif; Mecca (Makka); Medina (al-Madina); Charter of Medina; Messenger; Mevlevis (Maulawiyya); Mihna; Mihrab; Mika'il (Mikal); Millet (Millat); Mina; Minaret; Minbar (Mimbar); Ahmad ibn Muhammad Miskawayh; Mongol Invasion; Husayn 'Ali Montazeri; Moses (Musa); Mosque (Masjid); Mu'adh ibn Jabal; Mu'allaqat; Mu'awiyah; Mubah; Abu al-'Abbas al-Mubarrad; Muezzin (Mu'adhdhin); Al-Dabbi al-Mufadhdhal; Mufti; Muhajirun; Muhammad 'Ali; Muhammad; Mulla Muhammad 'Umar; Muharram; Muhtasib; Mujaddid; Mujahid (Mujahidun or Mujahidin); Mujahidin'i Islam; Mujahidin-i Khalq; Mujtahid; al-Mukhtar; Mulla; Munkar and Nakir; Muhammad al-Muntazar; Muqaddimah; Ibn al-Muqaffa; Hashim ibn Hakim al-Muqanna; Murabitun; Murid; Murji'ites; Murshid; Muruwwa; Musa ibn Nusayr; Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr; Musa al-Kazim; Musaylimah (Maslama); Muslim; Muslim Brotherhood; Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj; Mustadh'afun (Mostazafun); Mut'ah; Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad Mutanabbi; Mutatawi'ah; Mu'tazilites; Muwahhid;
 * Nabi; Abu al-Hasan al-Nadawi; Nadhir; Abu al-Faraj al-Nadim; Banu Nadir; Nafs; Battle of Nahrawan; Najaf; Names and namegiving; Naqshbandis (Naqshbandiyyah); Ahmad al-Nasa'i; Nation of Islam; Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi; Battle of Nihavand; Nisbah; Niyyah; Hasan ibn Ali Nizam al-Mulk; al-Madrasa al-Nizamiyyah; Nizaris (Nizariyyah); Noah (Nuh); Nocturnal Journey (Mi'raj); Abi Abdullah al-Nu'man; Nur Muhammadi;
 * Oath; Occultation; Organization of the Islamic Conference; Orthodoxy (Sunnites); Ottoman Empire (Osmanli);
 * Pan-Islamism; Pasdaran; Pensions; Peoples of the Book; Pilgrimage; Farewell pilgrimage; Pir; Polygamy; Polytheism; Prayer; Predestination; Preserved tablet; Pride; Priests; Prophets; Punishments; Purdah; Purification;
 * Qadariyyah; Qadiriyyah; Battle of Qadisiyah; Qanun (Kanun); Qari'; Qarmatians (Carmatians); Qasidah; Qaynuqah; Qiblah; Qiyas; Qom; Quraysh; Qurayzah; Qutaybah ibn Muslim; Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Dinawari ibn-al-Qataybah; Qutb; Sayyid Qutb;
 * Rabb; Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyyah; Rahim; Raj'ah; Rajm; Rak'ah; Ramadhan (Ramazan); Rasul; Rawdhah Khani (Ruzeh Khani); Ra'y; Rayhana Bint Zaid; Abu Bakr al-Razi; Fakhr al-Din Al-Razi; Recompense; Remembrance; Repentance; Retaliation; Revelation; Reward; Rhymed prose; Ribat; Riddah; 'Ali al-Ridha (Reza); Muhammad Rashid Ridha; Ahmad ibn Ali al-Rifa'i; Rightly Guided Caliphs (Rashidun); Right Path; Rosary; Rowzeh; Ruh; Rum (Rome); Ruqayyah;
 * Sacred Months; Sacrifice; Sadaqa; Musa al-Sadr; Safavid Dynasty; Saffiyah Bint Huayy; Saints; Saj'; Sajdah; Salaf; Salafiyyah; Yusuf ibn Ayyub Salah al-Din (Saladin); Salamah Bint Abi Umayyah (Umm Salamah); Salman the Persian (Al-Farisi); Salvation; Sama'; Samanid Dynasty; Samarra; Ibn Adiya al-Samuel (Samaw'al); Sanctuary of Peace; Sanusiyyah; Sawdah Bint Zam'ah; Sa'y; Sayyid; Schools of Law; Scriptures; Seal of the Prophets; Sects; Seljuq Dynasty; Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali al-Shadhili; Muhammd bin Idris al-Shafi'i; Shahada; Abu 'l-Fath Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Karim Shahrastani; Shajar al-Durr; Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'rani; Shari'ah; 'Ali Shari'ati; Muhammad Kazim Shariatmadari; Sharif; Shaykh (Sheikh); Shaykh al-Islam; Shaykhis (Shaykhiyyah); Shi'ah; Shi'ism; Shirk; Shurah; Shu'ubiyyah; Abu Bishr al-Sibawayh; Sifah (Sifat); Siffin; Sulayman abu Dawud al-Sijistani; Silsilah; Sinf; Sin; Jawhar al-Siqilli; Ahmad al-Faruqi al-Sirhindi; Slavery; Station of Abraham; Succession to Muhammad; Sufiism; Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi; Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi; Sulayman the Magnificent; Sultan; Sunnah; Sunni; Surah; Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti;
 * Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari; Tabi'un; Tafsir; Abu al-Mahasin al-Taghri Birdi; Tahirid Dynasty; Rifa'a Rafi' al-Tahtawi; Takbir; Takfir; Jama'at al-Tafkir wa al-Hijrah; Talaq; Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah; Taliban; Taqiyyah; Taqlid; Ziyad ibn Tariq; Tawbah; Tawhid (Tauhid); Ta'wil; Taxation; Tayammum; Ta'zir; Ta'ziyeh; Tijaniyyah; Timur-i Lang; Abu Ja'far Tirmidhi (Tirmizi); Muhammad ibn 'Isa al-Tirmidhi; Tombs; Battle of the Trench; Tulunid Dynasty; Hasan Turabi; Turban; Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan al-Tusi; Twelver Shi'ites;
 * Ibn al-Jarrah abu 'Ubaydah; Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna Abu 'Ubaydah; Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad; Battle of Uhud; 'Ukaz; 'Ulama'; 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Aziz (Omar II); 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (Omar I); Banu Umayya; Umayyad Caliphate; Ummah; Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan; Umm al-Kitab; Umm Kulthum; Umm al-Mu'minin; Umm al-Qurra; Umm Salamah; 'Umrah; 'Ubqah ib Nafi'; 'Urf; Al-'Urwa al-Wuthqa; Usama bin Ladin (Osama bin Ladin); Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah; 'Ushr; Usul; Usuli School (Usuliyah); Ibn 'Affan 'Uthman;
 * Veil; Vilayat-i Faqih; Vizier (Wazir);
 * Abu al-Wafa' (Buzjani); Wahb ibn Munabbih; Wahhabis (al-Wahhabiyyah); Waiting period; Wajib; Wali; Shah Wali Allah; Ibn 'Abdul Malik al-Walid; Waqf; Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Waqidi; Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas; War; Wasi; Wasil ibn 'Ata; White streak; Wives of the Prophet; Women; Worship; Wuquf;
 * Yaqub ibn Layth al-Saffar; Ibn Wadih al-Yaqubi; Yaqut al-Hamawi; Battle of Al-Yarmuk; Yathrib; Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah; Yazidis; Yusuf ibn Tashfin;
 * Zab; Zabur; Zahir; Zahirites (Zahiriyyah); Zakat; Mahmud al Zamakhshari; Zamzam; Zanj; Zawiyah; Zayd ibn 'Ali; Zayd ibn Harith; Zayd ibn Thabit; Zaydis (Zaydiyyah); Zaynab Bint Jahsh; Zaynab bint Khadijah; Zaynab bint Khuzaymah; Zayn al-'Abidin; Zionism; Ziyad ibn Abihi; Ziyarah; Ibn Al-Awwam Zubayr;

I will be the first to acknowledge that there are almost certainly significant variant spellings in the titles of the articles in that book, and that some of those articles have titles which are rather broader than would be allowed here. The article "Education" there would probably be Education in Islam or something similar here. But, if someone wanted to go through the list and check for variant spellings and alternative titles for the above, I think it might be reasonable that many of the articles included in the EoR might be "Core" to Islam, and many of the others in the "Islam A to Z" of the "Top" importance to Islam and the other related WikiProjects and work groups. Anyway, I would welcome any responses. John Carter (talk) 19:20, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The Christianity project rightly does not tag medieval rulers or dynasties who happened to be Christian, & I'm not sure Project Islam should either. Take those out, and the things going to disam pages or general articles (Coffee, Children etc), and the redlinks that aren't really, & I'm not sure how much useful information is left here. No doubt we have some sort of article for most or all the redlinks, & this shows a number of missing redirects. Beyond that I'm not sure. Johnbod (talk) 02:59, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to discuss Islamism
The article on Islamism needs to change. I made some comments about that over on the article's talk page. I hope that some editors with more knowledge on the topic will come weigh in. Thanks, groupuscule (talk) 23:36, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

Category:Ayah and Category:Sura
Please see Categories for discussion/Log/2012 December 4 where I have proposed using plural names "Ayahs", "Suras" for Category:Ayah and Category:Sura. – Fayenatic  L ondon 19:12, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Islamophobia article
There is currently a proposal at Talk:Islamophobia to rename the article as "Anti-Islamic sentiment". AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:56, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Request for comment on making "Islamic view of Moses" the primary topic.
There is a talk going on page Musa to move page Islamic view of Moses to Musa please participate with full confidence. -- Ibrahim ebi (talk) 09:09, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Request for comment on making "Islamic view of Abraham" the primary topic.
There is a talk going on page Ibrahim to move page Islamic view of Abraham to Ibrahim please participate with full confidence.-- Ibrahim ebi (talk) 09:45, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Drive-by vandalism at Portal:Islam
Please be aware of drive-by vandalism at Portal:Islam.

Related IPs:



Related pages:
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/1
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/3
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/7
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/9
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 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/18
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/22
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/25
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/26
 * Portal:Islam/Selected quote/28

Thank you for your attention to this vandalism monitoring issue, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 18:31, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

"Islamic Views of XYZ" requested moves
A user wanted to do what appeared to me to be not an obviously uncontroversial move/rename. I directed them to WP:RM. They have now filed several move requests for renaming "Islamic Views of XYZ" articles. That's all very good. But beyond my misgivings about the first one, which focused more on issues of which article is properly the Primary Topic for his desired article name, I know very little about the article naming conventions of Islam articles. So I figured I would give an alert/heads-up here so that those who *do* have such knowledge can jump into the RM debates, on one side or the other. Debates that I can find include:
 * 1) Talk:Islamic views on Abraham
 * 2) Talk:Islamic view of Noah - the one that originally brought me into the middle of all this.
 * 3) Talk:Islamic view of Moses
 * 4) Talk:Islamic view of Jacob
 * 5) He wants to move Islamic view of Lot as well.  I'm going to decline the CSD of the target, and ask him to file a RM on that one as well. - TexasAndroid (talk) 17:16, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
 * All the RMs have been consolidated into a single discussion at Talk:Islamic views on Abraham. - TexasAndroid (talk) 21:55, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

The Three Messengers (Quran)
Can anyone take a look at this and see if we have another article on this or if it's covered in another article. I also don't think the bulk of it should be just verses. I ran into this when I found A.H.L.A, a form of the word Alhamdulillah which I turned into a redirect to Alhamdulillah. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 21:40, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

janamaz or prayer mat
I want to know can I use leather carpets or feather carpets for Namaaz if 'no' why. God likes kurbani. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.89.78.54 (talk) 07:48, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Uthman al-Asghar and Uthman al-Akbar
These two stubs seem to be identical, each claiming to be a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, which redirects to Ali. His only son listed as "Uthman" is Uthman ibn Ali. Could someone from this project have a look and sort them out? I'm just a passing stub-sorter. Thanks. Pam D  14:13, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Help!
Hi, help needed for the article Rebecca Masterton. I will appreciate if someone will help to make the article better. Regards, -- Lubna Rizvi  12:26, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Major changes in article on Islam
An editor has been making major changes at Islam. He hasn't been communicating either on his talk page or through edit summaries despite requests. I've decided to be bold and revert him, but others here may want to replace any or all of his edits - and hopefully counsel him. Dougweller (talk) 15:22, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * He's responded on my talk page. Dougweller (talk) 16:30, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Islamophobic incidents issues
A couple editors seem to be finagling on how to delete the article entirely. Now there may be unnecessary duplication with some ongoing major persecutions that belong in Persecution of Muslims and some more minor incidents there that could be moved over, but that's different than wholesale deletion. Other voices would help. Thanks. CarolMooreDC 16:48, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Holiest sites in Islam
Shouldn't the articles Holiest sites in Islam (Shia), Holiest sites in Islam (Sunni) and Holiest sites in Islam (Sufi) be moved to Holiest sites in Shia Islam, Holiest sites in Sunni Islam and Holiest sites in Sufi Islam? -- Robert Weemeyer (talk) 10:56, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

✅ -- Robert Weemeyer (talk) 07:43, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

template:Muslims
Muslims has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 02:22, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Disambiguation help needed.
Please help fix the large numbers of incoming links to these pages:


 * 1) Islam and slavery: 35 links
 * 2) Anti-Islam: 34 links
 * 3) Holiest sites in Islam: 20 links
 * 4) Eid: 20 links

Generally, nothing should link to a disambiguation page, which is just a guidepost to help readers find the right article where a term has multiple meanings, such as Mercury, the planet, and Mercury, the element. Intentional links to disambiguation pages should be routed through a disambig redirect (such as Mercury (disambiguation)), per WP:INTDABLINK. If it is possible to write an article relating all of the topics on the page, then it is preferable, per WP:DABCONCEPT, to have an article in that space instead of a disambiguation page. Thanks for your help. Cheers! bd2412 T 16:38, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Please...the part of of the blue referenced test where Muhammed contemplated and then sought to help with women's rights is maybe under the context of a 12th century Arab...maybe understood..but in the context of reality..then and now...the Quaran is very oppressive of women...unless you like complete veils, the husband can easily divorce you without due process, stoned for an impropriety, etc.

The Prophet had and has done very little to enhance women's rights or to protect from their abuse. A Wiki article that says otherwise is totally false and misleadling. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.49.179.166 (talk) 03:20, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Ibrahim Yukpasi (or Sayyid Shamsuddīn K̲h̲vājah Ibrāhīm Yakpāsī, 1358-1446)
An article about a Sufi saint is being discussed for deletion at Articles for deletion/Ibrahim Yukpasi; any comments by editors knowledgeable in the field are welcome. --Vejvančický (talk / contribs) 07:53, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

FA Suleiman the Magnificent in need of care to maintain its status
The editor who initially shepherded Suleiman the Magnificent to FA status has been inactive for many years and the quality of the article has begun to degrade. Any experts who can come in and buff the article up to snuff again would be appreciated.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  03:25, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

RFC on styles for patronymics
There's a request for comments at WT:MOS on a proposal about the patronymic parts of names. The discussion is at WT:MOS. As this would apply to the leads of many articles abut Muslims, some people here may be interested in commenting. &mdash;JerryFriedman (Talk) 16:37, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Proposed New Article: Female Labor Force Participation in Muslim Countries
I propose to write an article providing a variety of statistics on female participation in the formal economic system of predominately Muslim countries. Some of the indicators that would be included in the article are: female labor force participation rate, female employment rate subdivided into full and part-time employment, unemployment rate, employment by sector and age, duration of employment, types of jobs women hold, advancement opportunities (how many women hold executive jobs in the nation's biggest companies), and wage disparity with men. These indicators would provide a somewhat comprehensive but accessible look into the economic life of women in Muslim countries. This topic is clearly relevant to Islam as it discusses the aggregate role women in playing in one of the most important social institutions in their respective Muslim nations. This article will flush out more information on the economic contribution women make to and the economic opportunities may have/are taking advantage of in Muslim majority nations. Cross-comparisons across nation and Islamic sect would be a valuable use of this proposed article's information. An article on the presence of women in the labor force of Muslim nations would provide interesting data for users interested in the development of Muslim women within predominately Muslim societies. It has also received little attention, from what I can tell, on Wikipedia. Centralizing this data in one article would enable users to glean an important overview of women's role in the formal economy of several Muslim nations. The nations I propose to present in this article are: Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. These nations were chosen because they are all majority-Muslim nations (50%+), are prominent and, mostly, populous Muslim nations, and provide at least some regional representation of the Muslim world. Data on these nations, for the most part, is plentiful as compared with other Muslim nations. Some of the sources of information I have found are the World Bank Group, the International Labor Organization, UNESCAP, SESRIC, and a few articles on development from various journals such as the International Journal of Sociology of the Family. Is this a topic that should be included in the Wikiproject: Economics? What other details should be included in the article? What other sources of information should I cite?

DanSCohen (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:41, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

Muhammad in Islam
Currently, I'm trying to improve this article. But I need others' suggestions about the contents on this page. Plz join. -- Ascetic Rosé   talk  05:39, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Sourcing on Quran and violence
Hi all, the article Quran and violence has a line that's referenced poorly, but I'm a bit out of my league on this topic. The claim is under the "Abrogation" header and states "The earlier suras were revealed to Muhammad in Mecca; the later suras were revealed while he was in Medina" while being referenced to a fairly anti-Islam book. Is this an accurate claim, and is there a better, more neutral source we can use for it? Thargor Orlando (talk) 15:12, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Muslim minority in Greece
Hello. I am asking opinions of users in the talk page of Minorities in Greece for whether to include the problems of the muslim minority living in Athens or not. Your comments are welcome. Filanca (talk) 19:56, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Revising the Purdah Article
I would like to revise the Wikipedia page on Purdah. Currently, the page needs improvement: the article is flagged for needing “additional citations for verification”. It is very short, lacking in in detail, credible sources, and citations. Right now the definition of purdah relies on an Eurocentric Greco-Roman historian’s description. The tone of the article lacks credibility. Its assertions are overly simplistic and makes claims with bare-boned citation. The article does not address the historical, religious, or cultural origins, or the influence of class, nationality, economic shifts, Islamization of the state, or women’s personal choices-- all sub-topics I plan to add to the article. Currently the article is poorly organized. In addition, the article uses a biased, Western-centric point of view. In all, this page is currently biased, unsystematic, unorganized, and lacks in research.

Purdah is a very important topic that warrants a well-written article. The purdah has wide-ranging ramifications for millions of women around the world. Purdah takes forms in women’s dress, behavior and institutional rights in terms of access to resources and mobility. Given the multitude of perspectives (sociological, human rights, economic, political, historical, religious, gender rights, etc) a neutral and comprehensive exploration of this topic is very much needed to present an unbiased picture for this tradition. I hope to improve upon it by increasing the thoroughness in research, comprehensiveness in content and analysis, clear organization, neutral tone of voice, number of citations from credible sources (academic articles from journals on Asian history, women's studies, sociology, anthropology, etc), inclusion of appropriate pictures, and the degree to which it is imbedded within the Wikipedia universe by linking to other relevant pages.

I'd love to hear any suggestions and comments you might have!

Jennyxwen (talk) 20:02, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

Critique on the Article - ISSUES with Facts in the Article : Muqatta'at
I am new to this but here it goes. I just read explanation of Muqatta'at on wikipedia. I found following issues:

Wordings Used in the Article: Such as the sentence used in the second paragraph: "Other names include the broken, dis-joined, initial, or isolated letters of the Qur'an". Issue: The above sentence used in the description is very misleading and doesnt make any sense. Please make sure that you are getting it right. If English is not your first language, please use help to explain what you mean by broken.

Similar Issues - Wording Used: First Paragraph - Under 'Modern research' Heading: "Arabs once used such letters in their poetry, it was only appropriate for the Qur'an to use that same style." Issue: Quran doesnt take advise from cultures that existed or will exist. Arabic was given to mankind so that Quran will be given in a language that people can understand. We cant make assumptions like these about concepts of Islam unless we can get evidence from Hadith or Quran itself.

Information about Muqatta'at in the Article (named 'Muqatta'at) is Using too Many Assumptions: The meaning of these letters (in the beginning of the these Surahs) are not known because Allah kept it from mankind on purpose. Most scholars are divided about the reason/s for why we are not given the meanings of these letters. Beyond that since we know for sure that Allah on purpose kept the meaning from us, therefore, there is no point in getting confused about what they may mean. Article uses a lot of maybe scenarios. Please do not use assumptions when you are describing Islamic concepts which are then read my millions of people.

It is also said by the author that Companions of Prophet Muhammad (May Allah's blessings be on him and his ayal) didn't ask any questions about these letters. Did the Author go through all the Hadiths to make such conclusion? Explanation about these words is very clear, that is mankind is not given their meaning on purpose and its Allah's decision.

Please state Hadiths or Ayats whenever you make statements about Islam; this way we can be sure that the author/s are stating facts and not fiction.

Write4all (talk) 05:09, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Discussion notice
I opened a discussion about a series of Islamic templates, which might be of interest to members of WP Islam. The discussion can be found here.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 08:29, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Anyone able to identify Thangal Uppapa of Mangalore with a source?
Nellikunnu Muhyaddin Juma Masjid, needs some local sources. Probably a Malayali speaker is needed. In ictu oculi (talk) 11:32, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

List of encyclopedic articles
I have started a new subpage at WikiProject Islam/Encyclopedic articles, listing articles contained in what are I think fairly generally available reasonably high quality reference works related to Islam, and, where appropriate, the relative length of the article, which might serve as an indicator of its relative importance in the eyes of those who prepared the book. I do think that having such information readily available will possibly not only make it easier to determine some factors like weight and "fringeiness", but also maybe make it easier for newer editors who are interested in a topic but don't know much about it to perhaps be able to find something that they can help develop. Having said that, I don't know the language very well, and I would appreciate it if anyone more familiar with the topic might help review to see if there are any typos, maybe create redirects, and suchlike. I am still going through additional reference works on all religions, and will probably be adding similar lists from those works as I complete them. John Carter (talk) 16:44, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

A few pages that need some help
FYI...the Civilization Jihad page is in need of a lot of neutral editing. It's been in need of editing for a while now, but I haven't had the time to delve into it in a real, fair manner. Maybe someone affiliated with this project can help?

I also created the Masjid As-Salafi mosque (in the UK) page a while back as well, since it was on the "most wanted" Wikipedia page listing (Most wanted articles). Maybe someone affiliated with this project knows some more about it and can help improve that page as well?

Thanx in advance... Guy1890 (talk) 23:16, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Ãrchitect of Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh
The architect of the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque 1879-1881 in Banda Aceh was not Italian, nor French.... he was Dutch, and he was my great-grandfather Gerrit Bruins (first name: Gerrit. Last/family name: Bruins) who worked for the (Dutch colonialist)Department of Water and Public works in Batavia. He was born in 1834 in Zwolle, Netherlands and died in 1920 in Magelang. 83.83.172.13 (talk) 11:41, 29 March 2013 (UTC) Christel Terwiel, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jesus work group
Jesus work group, a work group of WikiProject Christianity, is inactive. I've boldly made it a joint work group of WikiProjects Christianity, Islam, and Bahá'í Faith in an attempt to revive it. Would anyone from this project like to join and revive the Jesus work group. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 23:57, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Muhammad in the Bible
An issue has arisen about whether new content in this article is usable, or is original synthesis; see WP:FTN. In my opinion, it would be very helpful if a few people who actually know something about Islam would take a look at this. (I myself know very little.) Looie496 (talk) 16:31, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Shia cleric images up for deletion
A large number of Shia cleric images are up for deletion, see Possibly_unfree_files/2013_April_5 -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 02:37, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Taqarub
Hello! I came across the article Taqarub on a list of articles lacking references. I've done a little research and added a few sources, but I thought the article could benefit from some attention from someone who's more familiar with Islam-related subjects, who might have a better idea of the topic's relative importance (there just doesn't seem to be all that much written about it) and might be able to point me towards some useful resources to improve the article. Ideas? TaraInDC (talk) 21:44, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Category:Sharia
There is a discussion of renaming Category:Sharia. I figured some people in this project might want to comment on the proposal.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:52, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Suhoor and breakfast
In the article history of breakfast, suhoor is mentioned. In Islam, is Suhoor considered breakfast, a replacement of breakfast during Ramadan, or completely unrelated to breakfast? Ryan Vesey 16:08, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Suhoor is whats eaten just before sunrise. Its generally seen as nutrition in order to last until runset. Not sure whether its "breakfast" though. Pass a Method   talk  21:47, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Expert input requested: Imam Mohamad Jebara
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Imam Mohamad Jebara is ready for review. A review or comments from people familiar with the topic is welcome. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  03:14, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Al-Ahbash
With reference to the discussions at the Al-Ahbash page, it becomes abundantly clear that the subject of Al-Ahbash isextremely controversial, thus, that page desperately need the involvement of some previously  non-involved , impartial, neutral , just , fair and knowledgeable editors who can kindly help with a version of Al-Ahbash (and other Al-Ahbash related pages) which presents the information written by the Al-Ahbash as well as its opponents (including "Wahabis", "Salafis", "Infidels" or "Kaafir" .etc) objectively under the light of pertinent sources and Wikipedia's NPOV guidelines. Your kind and precious help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. McKhan (talk) 14:57, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

New articles
Now that AlexBot doesn't seem to be running anymore, does this project have anywhere an automatically generated list of new articles with project-relevant keywords? –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 14:09, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Rihla
I'm getting ready to perform a re-write of Rihla to better describe the travel practice and literary genre, beyond just the account of Ibn Battuta. See the talk page for more info. Unless I get contrary response, I'm going to go ahead and re-write. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 00:31, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

File:Salaam - Peace.jpg
File:Salaam - Peace.jpg has been nominated for deletion. Is this just stylized text, or is it something else? If this is stylized text, do you think it would qualify under PD-text ? -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:41, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

Jerusalem lead RfC
There is currently a request for comments open about the lead section of the Jerusalem article, and all editors are welcome to give their opinions. I'm posting this here because the WikiProject Islam banner is included at Talk:Jerusalem. The dispute over the lead section is one of the oldest on Wikipedia, dating back to 2003, and focuses on whether or not it is neutral to say that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The discussion was mandated by the Arbitration Committee, and its result will be binding for three years. The discussion is located at Requests for comment/Jerusalem, and will be open until 22 June 2013 (UTC). — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 13:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Qworty clean-up
Nordin Abdullah needs cleanup. Additional content found here. Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 09:07, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Suggested split of Ahl al-Hadith
I nominated the Ahl al-Hadith article to be split, though until now noone else has participated in the discussion. It can be found here. MezzoMezzo (talk) 12:11, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Islamic Fatwa Chromite
With Islamic Fatwa Chromite I would guess it is a joke, but I only know my chemistry and the:'' Chromite is a metallic mineral whose chemical formula is Fe Cr2 O4.'' is not really false. Please have a look either claim it for the project or start a speedy deletion. --Stone (talk) 20:50, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks and solved! --Stone (talk) 06:40, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Jesus in Islam GAR
Jesus in Islam, an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 03:52, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Fazl ur Rahman Dr..jpg
File:Fazl ur Rahman Dr..jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 03:57, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

FAR
I have nominated Battle of Badr for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. FutureTrillionaire (talk) 14:01, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Babri rearview.jpg
Has been deleted, anyone here got a photo of the Babri Mosque either before or after demolition? Darkness Shines (talk) 19:46, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

ahmadya is not included in the denominations of islam!!!!remove it from the article!!!

Islam in association football
Greetings, I have just started an article on Islam in association football which is perfect for expansion, and I need some help please! Would be good to get it on the main page as a DYK, especially during Ramadan... GiantSnowman 20:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Meccan and Medinan suras
I have proposed a merger on Talk:Meccan sura to merge the two shorter and related articles on Meccan and Medinan suras and wanted to bring that to the project's attention for input. MSJapan (talk) 15:55, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

Siyyid Kazim picture
I just want to say that the picture you have in the article Siyyid Kazim seems to be one from the Bab, and please, remove it if you aren't sure it is from Siyyid Kazim. We all know wikipedia wants to have verifiable content, have Wikipedia verify that picture? We really don't want Baha'is seeing Bab's picture when they want to learn more about Siyyid Kazim's life, (is enough avoiding searching for the Bab in Wikipedia to don't see the picture). As an individual I ask Wikipedia to give me information I can trust on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.115.144.17 (talk) 12:28, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

Arabic versus Veyselic Numbers.
Arabic numbers are written LTR(left to right), most significant digits are on the left, however Veyselic Numbers are arabic numbers written from right to left, RTL, like number ten is 01 (or in arabic .1). More info can be found in User_talk:Veyselperu Thanks. 22 August 2013 (UTC) Veyselperu (talk) 07:47, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Islam and Freemasonry
I suggest editors with a good background in the history of Islam in relation to groups like Freemasonry keep an eye on the Freemasonry article, particularly the section on "Islam and Freemasonry," which up to now consisted solely of totally unreliable primary sources, original research, and questionable claims being used to forward a blatant anti-Muslim bias, e.g. correlating opposition to Freemasonry in Muslim countries with anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. I have removed most of the offending material, none of which was sourced properly (mostly either unsourced or using primary self-published sources and one newspaper article having nothing to do with Freemasonry and Islam), but as I was reverted once for attempting to clean up that section, it could end up becoming a contentious issue, particularly if other editors are insisting on anti-Muslim POV pushing. Laval (talk) 00:09, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 * And you assume the editors are at fault for the nature of the information that was locatable? That material has been there, with sources, for years.  If someone can find something else, great, but you didn't do that, and you ended up adding a lot of weasel words and totally changed the paragraph's viewpoint, all without citing sources yourself.  So given the choice of sources that you think are questionable vs. no sources at all, I shall err to the side of the former. MSJapan (talk) 20:46, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


 * The underlying issue is how to accurately summarize what Muslim Anti-Masons (who have a biased viewpoint) say about Freemasonry... without slipping into a counter-bias. I think the article does a good job given the nature of the material that exists, but that doesn't mean it couldn't do even better. Blueboar (talk) 00:59, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

My missing topics pages
I have updated Missing topics about Islam - Skysmith (talk) 11:57, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Islamic republics and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
and have been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 01:40, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Discussions on removing organisations from Template:Islamophobia
There is a discussion at WP:NPOVN and one at Template talk:Islamophobia which may be of relevance to members of this project. Dougweller (talk) 06:13, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

TfD for Template:Islamophobia
See Templates for discussion/Log/2013 September 10 and a related RfC on whether the template should include organisations at WP:VPP Dougweller (talk) 09:07, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Mosque for FA
I have nominated Mosque for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. --Loomspicker (talk) 23:52, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:Muslim comedians
Category:Muslim comedians, which might be of interest to this WikiProject, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read!</b> <b style="color:#006400;">Talk!</b> 16:49, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

RfC on a category in the article Islamophobia
See Talk:Islamophobia. Dougweller (talk) 09:02, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

concern about editor removing Islamic content
The latest example of User:Adjwilley removing Islamic content is this where he moves it down. Previous examples include,. This editor obviously feels strongly about religion as is evident by this being his main topic of editing. The fact that this editor does not edit with the same standards towards christianity tells me that this editor may have a bias against Islam. For example he removes Muhammad from the prophet page lead, but doesn't remove Jesus from the Messiah lead - isn't that fishy? He also edits political articles which are somewhat related to Islam. This message was meant as a simple heads up. Pass a Method  talk  00:01, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merge
It's come to my attention that this project was never informed of a proposal to merge Islamophobic incidents to Persecution of Muslims. The merge is being discussed here. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 01:26, 19 October 2013 (UTC)

Udhiyyah or Qurbani
Udhiyyah or Qurbani should be made better. OccultZone (talk) 17:50, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Feedback requested for edit request on Template:S-rel
There is an edit request on Template talk:S-rel that could benefit from the feedback of editors who are part of this WikiProject. The edit request can be found here: Template talk:S-rel. This edit is in regards to the proper spelling of the word "Shia" in the context that it is used on the template. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Steel1943 (talk) 03:41, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Possible hoax at Category:Jamia Arabia islamia Nagpur
Another editor created Category:Jamia Arabia islamia Nagpur, which appears to be copied in part from Jamia Islamia Bhatkal. If the article is a hoax, it should be deleted and the creator warned or blocked. If it is not a hoax, then it will need to be moved to article space and cleaned up. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 03:26, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The article has been deleted. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 04:33, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Day of Ashura
Day of Ashura has a refimprove tag on it and will be excluded from WP:Selected anniversaries/November 14 this year unless the references can be fixed. As there are two weeks to go, hopefully that will give people enough time. It would be a major disappointment if we couldn't feature a major Islamic holiday on the Main Page due to article quality issues. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 05:04, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Please, help
I am heavily interested in history, ethnogenesis, anthropology and linguistics of predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. And now do translations from Russian into English. I have created 3 articles and enlarged one recently. I need someone to check for grammar and other issues {just fresh view needed): Makassar (people), Russian Muslims, Siberian Tatars and National Organization of Russian Muslims. Besides, I need a help with a template/table with the last article, b'cos this info should be reflected there, I don't have any clue how. As I am not a full-time WikiEditor, don't had time to search everywhere. Thanks in advance, Ali-al-Bakuvi (talk) 16:41, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

AfC submission
Could you look at this submission? Thanks, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 20:35, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for help with the evaluative diversity page
The evaluative diversity page attempts to recognize the contributions of various spiritual traditions to the issue of evaluative diversity. I would like help identifying the contributions of Islam. Langchri (talk) 19:59, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Sharia to become basis of Libyan law
Please see In_the_news/Candidates, and help update Law of Libya so it can be placed on the front page. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:58, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

RfC on inclusion in lists
There is an RfC on the inclusion of an individual in the list on an article at Talk:Quranism. MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:18, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Quranic timeline
I welcome any expasion to the page. Pass a Method  talk  18:27, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Al Imran / Ali-Imran / Aale Imran, 7
This chapter has some questions over the Anglicised name, and correspondingly has a number of talk pages at redirects, including the talk page for the main article name. Currently: I am afraid that I do not know enough of the subject to organise these pages, so I thought it best to bring them to the attention of those who would. — Sasuke Sarutobi (talk) 23:48, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "Al Imran" hosts the article page
 * "Ali-Imran" hosts the article's talk page
 * "Aale Imran, 7" also hosts a talk page

Where does this source go?
I found this from The Atlantic: Where would it go? WhisperToMe (talk) 18:14, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Lester, Toby. "What Is the Koran?" The Atlantic. January 1999.

(biblical person) dab
Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Judaism In ictu oculi (talk) 03:38, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I have added further comment there about WP:PSTS issues in Islam sections in articles on Hebrew Bible figures. In ictu oculi (talk) 02:47, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Mutah - Temporary marriage
This is a very poor attempt by the Shia sect to 'rubbish' the Sunnis. A more objective article is needed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.129.21 (talk) 02:16, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Anti-Muslim
Your input welcome here: Categories_for_discussion/Log/2014_January_16 --Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 18:05, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Urgent Clean Up Needed (Bias)
Just hit Persecution of Traditional African Religion while doing some WP:NPP and it is a mess. The subject is notable but the article is closer to an angry op-ed piece than a scholarly encyclopedic entry. It desperately needs attention from someone with some background in African and religious history who can throw a little balance into it. -Ad Orientem (talk) 06:13, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
As of January, the popular pages tool has moved from the Toolserver to Wikimedia Tool Labs. The code has changed significantly from the Toolserver version, but users should notice few differences. Please take a moment to look over your project's list for any anomalies, such as pages that you expect to see that are missing or pages that seem to have more views than expected. Note that unlike other tools, this tool aggregates all views from redirects, which means it will typically have higher numbers. (For January 2014 specifically, 35 hours of data is missing from the WMF data, which was approximated from other dates. For most articles, this should yield a more accurate number. However, a few articles, like ones featured on the Main Page, may be off).

Web tools, to replace the ones at ~alexz/pop, will become available over the next few weeks at popularpages. All of the historical data (back to July 2009 for some projects) has been copied over. The tool to view historical data is currently partially available (assessment data and a few projects may not be available at the moment). The tool to add new projects to the bot's list is also available now (editing the configuration of current projects coming soon). Unlike the previous tool, all changes will be effective immediately. OAuth is used to authenticate users, allowing only regular users to make changes to prevent abuse. A visible history of configuration additions and changes is coming soon. Once tools become fully available, their toolserver versions will redirect to Labs.

If you have any questions, want to report any bugs, or there are any features you would like to see that aren't currently available on the Toolserver tools, see the updated FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Mr.Z-bot (talk) (for Mr.Z-man ) 05:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Dispute at Talk:Invasion of Banu Qurayza
The Invasion of Banu Qurayza article may profit from input by people more knowledgeable than me. The way I understand it, there's a dispute at Talk:Invasion of Banu Qurayza about the reliability and the appropriate coverage of some sources. Huon (talk) 21:11, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 04/03
Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Muslim Wedding Customs. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 19:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Neutral notice of RfC on Investigative Project on Terrorism
Is here:Talk:Investigative_Project_on_Terrorism.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:07, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Abd Allah ibn Abbas, 'Abd Allah ibn al'-Abbas
Is it the same person?Xx236 (talk) 08:13, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study
Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 05:13, 22 March 2014 (UTC).

Dhimmi
Can someone please review these recent edits?. Thanks Dougweller (talk) 06:19, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 * For the most part, that edit looks legit. I'll keep an eye on it. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 06:50, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Bhopal Tablighi Ijtema
Hello! This old abandoned Afc submission appears to be about a notable event. Should this article be kept and improved instead of being deleted as a stale draft? Or is the information already covered under another title? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 22:00, 10 March 2014 (UTC) Well, it looked like it might be important, but since no one has replied I will leave it alone. &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 19:03, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Discussion on Women in Islam article
Hey, I suggested the inclusion of a quote from a reference book I found in the library yesterday; the discussion is at Talk:Women_in_Islam. I was hoping to get some feedback from those interested. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:42, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Addressing articles on Muhammad in film
I've proposed merging List of films about Muhammad and Depictions of Muhammad in film into a new article titled Muhammad in film. I am willing to perform this merge if there's consensus for it. Your input at Talk:List of films about Muhammad would be appreciated. --BDD (talk) 19:10, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

AfC submission - 07/04
Can something be salvaged from Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Isa Dreams? Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:39, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Move discussion regarding the Twelve Imams
We currently have a discussion ongoing at Talk:The_Twelve_Imams to see if the name of the article should or should not be changed. More community feedback would be appreciated. Thanks. MezzoMezzo (talk) 03:54, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

2012 Benghazi attack
A discussion has begun in order to gain a consensus on whether to include or exclude material involving the CIA and weapons smuggling in the article. Please weigh in on the discussion at the talk page. This may also be a good time to reassess the rating on the article. Thank you.--Maleko Mela (talk) 22:07, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Article in urgent need of attention
Hi. I was doing a CSD patrol and came across Baba Fakruddin which had been tagged for CSD A-7. I removed the tags as the subject of the article is purportedly an Islamic saint, which would normally be pretty notable. I also tagged it for no references. But on closer examination I noticed that it used to be a more substantive article but it was redacted down to a single sentence and had all of its sources deleted by a new editor who claims they were unreliable. I suspect that the article was indeed under-referenced but the mass redaction looks like overkill to me. In any case perhaps one or more editors here might wish to have a look and see if they can fix it. As of right now it is one sentence with no sources. If the editor had more experience I would be inclined to call this disruptive editing but I think it was probably just over enthusiasm.
 * Update This looks like a case of very aggressive editing by an agenda driven account. It's been dealt with on an Admin level, but the article does need some work. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:23, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

Green turban
Should Green turban really be a separate article? A suggestion: perhaps someone should create an article that is specifically about the turban as an Islamic item of dress, and this should be a section within that article? Invertzoo (talk) 22:52, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
 * A very odd article, sourced to sectarian blogs; any worthwhile content should be merged to the "in Islam" section at Turban, which is not long enough to deserve a sparate article yet. Johnbod (talk) 15:31, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Subhan'Allah
Subhan'Allah could use a rewrite, like separating an intro paragraph from the rest of the article, and creating sections for the differing interpretations -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 13:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Discussion about due weight in historical representation of clothing
I started a discussion at Talk:Hijab about historical representation of the Eastern head covering associated with Muslim people. Community participation and assistance would be much appreciated. MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:56, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Undiscussed page moves
has quickly made a number of undiscussed page moves with the edit summary "maybe it might be a more accurate transliteration maybe)" The first one I looked at was Muqatta'at to Muqattwa 'Aat despite the fact that English language sources for the former vastly outnumber his choice. I'm guessing the rest are just as bad and in any case undiscussed and should be moved back. He's been warned about this before. Anyone want to help? Dougweller (talk) 15:33, 13 May 2014 (UTC)
 * User:Dougweller, I do. The user is very sincere and well meaning, but this happened a few months ago and it took a looong time to reverse. He was warned then and seemed to understand why moving the pages without discussion was problematic, as well as the fact that most of his moves were not to common spellings. I don't know why this has started again. MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:59, 18 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've fixed them, but I think I will block him indefinitely since he hasn't replied to any of the messages about page moves and may do this again, as well as the many other warnings he hasn't replied to. It's clearly disruptive and of course if he wants to be unblocked he just has to state he won't do it again (although I guess other problems might continue). Dougweller (talk) 06:03, 18 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Just noticed there are some still outstanding from March, I don't know if someone checked them and they turned out ok or what? Dougweller (talk) 06:06, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

Issues with an article created by this editor- Jarir ibn Abdullah Al Bajali
What's the situation with all the Arabic in this article? A lot was added by an IP who also added a statement about some of the quotations may not be exact. It's Choudhry who added the bit about a biased source. DGG, a very experienced editor, commented about the Arabic basically saying it is good to include Arabic translations of names to help in searching, but also commented " Unfortunately, some of the Arabic here does not seem to be names but standard religious phrases, and those need to be translated. People familiar with a non-English tradition often use such phrases only in the original even in English writing (o even use only their standard non-english abbreviations) This is not helpful to those outside the tradition. . This I cannot fix; it is up to the contributor to do this or someone else who knows the language." The addition of صلى الله عليه وسل is of course against MOS:ISLAM but I don't know what else doesn't belong. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 06:03, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

and Al-Hay
Hello, is Al Hay a significant name? There is a different article at Al-Hay, and I think they should match, either repointing the redirect and adding a hatnote to the town, or moving the town article to Al-Hay, Iraq and repointing that title. -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 05:47, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Genuine or falsehood?
This article here -- Sayyad Zahid Ali Shah Qadri -- is problematic. The quality of the written English is very poor, but we shouldn't disqualify the article solely on those grounds. On the other hand, the article seems to make some very grandiose claims -- for instance, it claims that Sayyad was a direct descendant of the Prophet, and/or of Ali, and there's something about Ratnagiri and "56 position of saint", and then a photograph of the Kaaba. But the only proof given is a single page on Facebook, which we all know is not a reliable source for historic data. I tried Google, but was unable to find anything pertinent -- but that could be an issue of transliteration into English.

Any thoughts? Should this be salvaged, or deleted? DS (talk) 13:37, 26 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Proposed for deletion; the whole topic of South Asian Sufi saints is rife with this sort of flawed article. Some of them can indeed be trimmed and cited to serious works, but the majority cannot. MatthewVanitas (talk) 21:27, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Islam At Wikimania 2014
Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

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Why the Wiki writers have not put SM or PBUH after the name of prophet Muhammad (SM)?
Why the Wiki writers have not put SM or PBUH after the name of prophet Muhammad (SM)?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics_of_Muhammad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.31.178.62 (talk) 08:48, 15 June 2014 (UTC)


 * See PBUH. In general, it is for reasons of readability and neutrality. Jamesx12345 10:20, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Two articles on the Middle East/Islamic world and LGBT attitudes
Hi! I found some articles by Georg Klauda on LGBT attitudes and the Islamic world. They talk about how anti-LGBT attitudes were not always the norm (previously Europe was homophobic and Europeans went to the Middle East and had homosexual experiences there), but that the anti-LGBT attitudes came to the Middle East when "gays/homosexuals" were made into an identity group.
 * Klauda, Georg. "With Islamophobia against Homophobia?" (Archive). MRZine, Monthly Review. 12/11/07. Originally published in German in: Arranca! 37 (October 2007).
 * Klauda, Georg (English translation by Angelus Novus). "Globalizing Homophobia" (Archive). MRZine, Monthly Review. 08.12.10. Previous version appeared in Phase 2 No. 10 (December 2003). Also published as the first chapter of Die Vertreibung aus dem Serail: Europa und die Heteronormalisierung der islamischen Welt (Berlin: Männerschwarm-Verlag, 2008).

Also if anyone edits on the Arabic Wikipedia, these articles need to be posted to the appropriate articles there, with text used from these sources translated into Arabic within the citations (to show what was cited) WhisperToMe (talk) 14:48, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Notability query
There are plenty of mentions for Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf online but I'm struggling to determine whether the guy is actually notable, which is not quite the same thing as having your name sprayed all over the web. Does he, for example, meet WP:PROF? - Sitush (talk) 12:49, 21 June 2014 (UTC)


 * No-one? Maybe I should send it to WP:AFD. - Sitush (talk) 15:21, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Anyone want to write articles on academic books about Islam?
I found about this book:
 * Haridi, Alexander. Das Paradigma der “islamischen Zivilisation”—oder die Begründung der deutschen Islamwissenschaft durch Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933). (MISK—Mitteilungen zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte der islamischen Welt, 19.) 204 pp. Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, 2005.

It's about the works of Carl Heinrich Becker. There are academic book reviews, including one by Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Having articles on these academic books can be good. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

Editor removing any suggestion that there were ever Muslim Hui generals
We have a new editor,, removing any suggestion that there were Muslim Hui generals., and others. He basically says that this was all started by Bai Shouyi and tried to discredit him by adding unsourced criticism. Dougweller (talk) 13:48, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

List of mosques in the United States
This list is a total embarrassment to the WikiProject Islam. Can somebody please remove the non-notable mosques? Bearian (talk) 22:18, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Aisha's age at the time of consummation of her marriage to Muhammad
Comments are needed on the following matter: Talk:Child marriage/Archive 1. A WP:Permalink is here. Flyer22 (talk) 09:06, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Changes on articel 'Muslim world' by IPs
Recently there have been numerous changes on article Muslim world by IPs. It seems the article is getting ovehauled. Can somebody look into it? Thanks.-- Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider t c s 09:15, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Five Pillars of Islam is at GAR
Tezero (talk) 19:00, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Sura articles
The articles on individual suras are in deplorable shape. If we are lucky they consist of a poorly referenced dump of hadith texts. Most contained text dumps of the actual Quranic text, often with copyrighted translations.

Is nobody here watching these articles? You would imagine that articles on the actual text of the Quran would have comparatively high priority within the Islam articles? Might I ask people watching Islam articles in general to gently impress on new, and especially the more zealous, editors that Wikipedia is not a dumping ground for primary texts? We have Wikisource for this, We have public domain translations of the Quran at wikisource:Qur'an, which can and should be linked to, and if somebody finds the text of another PD translation, they are welcome to add it to Wikisource, NOT to Wikipedia. --dab (𒁳) 12:16, 7 September 2014 (UTC)

Proper terminology for the lead of Almohad Caliphate
For those interested, there is currently a discussion at Talk:Almohad_Caliphate regarding whether the Almohad Caliphate should be referred to as a caliphate or a dynasty in the lead. MezzoMezzo (talk) 16:20, 19 September 2014 (UTC)

AfD which may be of some interest
Articles for deletion/After Saturday Comes Sunday (2nd nomination). Dougweller (talk) 13:43, 30 September 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Editor - not me - looking for comments
User:Misconceptions2 added a huge wall of text to the Administrators' noticeboard, relating to topic(s) that may be more familiar to editors of this project. If someone has too much time on their hands, feel free to read through it all and comment on it. --82.136.210.153 (talk) 18:12, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Jihadism and hip-hop
I stopped Template:Did you know nominations/Jihadism and hip-hop and ask for an expert view on that. Serten (talk) 09:17, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

help with converting infobox mosque
Hi folks, I could appreciate if someone could help me with finishing merging infobox mosque. Discussion at Template talk:Infobox religious building. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 16:36, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Al-kitaab, etc.
Someone just created Al-Kitaab series about a series of Arabic language instruction books for English speakers (which I have myself seen in stores). I went to see if there were other pages that would require disambiguation from this in some form, and found that I am by far not a sufficiently knowledgeable person to follow up on my findings, but I felt that some consistent disambiguation would be ideal, so I decided to post this here in case anyone would be interested in pursuing it. —Largo Plazo (talk) 18:29, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
 * AL-kitab redirects to Islamic holy books
 * Alkitab redirects to Bible
 * There are pages (or redirects) whose titles start with "Al-Kitāb" or "Al-Kitab". I don't know if they would be listed on a disambiguation page, as I don't know whether anyone refers to them as just "al-kita[a]b".
 * There are many variations as to how anyone seeking information on any of these subjects might enter this: upper- or lower-case K; "a", "aa", or "ā"; with or without a hyphen.

Help with an article?
Can anyone help with the article The Succession to Muhammad (book) that's up for AfD? I've shown enough sourcing to show that the book passes notability guidelines, but it really needs some heavy editing by someone who is familiar with the book and can flesh it out to be more helpful. I'm not familiar with it at all, so there's really not that much I can do besides basic, shallow edits and throwing sources on the page. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:13, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Help with an article?
Hey, anyone want to see if they can improve the article Festival of Imam Taiyyab? It was up for an A7 speedy, but there did seem to be an assertion of notability there and I'm not really a fan of deleting religious festivals or observances as A7. I didn't really find much via a Google search, but I figured that coverage may not necessarily be in English. (Plus this is the first I've heard of this festival, so I have no true idea of where or what to search for this.) I recommended that if deletion is pursued that it go through AfD, but I'd like to at least try to get the article some attention before/if that happens. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   07:55, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Help with Arabic translation needed
Hi all. There is a discussion currently ongoing as to the notability of Mohammed Ali al-Ahwal on the article's talk page. I was wondering if someone with Arabic language skills could translate some linked sites that might be able to resolve the issue. It seems possible, maybe even probable, that the subject meets WP:BASIC. But verifiable sources in English are lacking. Please post any replies on the talk page of the article. Any help is much appreciated. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:08, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Article move discussion
See Talk:Š-L-M. GregKaye ✍ ♪  07:12, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Article needing cleanup: Allama_Gohorpuri_Rahimahullah
I came across this article, Allama_Gohorpuri_Rahimahullah which is apparently on a Islamic scholar -- it needs quite a bit of cleanup, improving of references, etc. As I'm unfamiliar with the WikiProject, I wasn't sure if just adding the WikiProject Islam tag would be sufficient, or if not, what else I should do to bring it to your attention. JesseW, the juggling janitor 01:09, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Template talk:Islam in Australia
Extra input appreciated here. Frickeg (talk) 04:44, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Talk:PEGIDA
There is an ongoing move discussion. --George Ho (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

Comment on Draft:Children of Muhammad
Would any of you like to comment on Draft:Children of Muhammad? (Use, or use directly in the draft.) Thanks, -- Sam Sing! 12:16, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Requested Move: Greek Muslims
There is a requested move discussion Talk:Greek Muslims that needs additional input. The RM has just been relisted to allow for it. --Mike Cline (talk) 14:13, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

AFD of Possible Interest
There is currently a discussion at WP:AFD that may be of interest to members of this project. Comments from interested editors are welcome. The discussion may be found at Articles for deletion/Tawakkal Mastan Vali. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:10, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Help welcomed at Hasan al-Askari
Hi, I'm involved in a content dispute on this article. There are a small group of editors who seem intent on adding a large amount of text to this article, a large amount of it in Arabic, which to my eyes looks completely out of context. I don't understand why they keep adding this material and I'm trying to get them to explain to both myself and readers why this is content is important. They keep saying things like "reference" and "foreign language source", all of which is fair enough, except for the fact the presence of this text appears completely misplaced and not presented as sources.

As you might have guessed, I also think there's language barrier issues here. Their replies aren't making a lot of sense as far as determining the context and value for myself. I'm sure they think the content they're adding has value, but I'm having trouble determining what that value is and why it need to be presented in the format they're insisting on. Any assistance would be most welcome. Dolescum (talk) 00:11, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Request for GA review
Hi, can anyone please review my GA nominee Jama Masjid, Delhi. I would be very pleased if any interested user does so. RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 10:40, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

ISIS copyright
FYI Commons:Help desk--Alexmar983 (talk) 00:17, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

A draft at AFC needs help from topic specialists
Please help to review Draft:Ziyarat Ashura. If you are not familiar with the AFC review system you are welcome to post comments about the acceptability of the draft on its Talk page. Thanks Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 15:41, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Request for comment
Please see the discussion at WP:Articles for deletion/The Myth of Islamic Tolerance (3rd nomination). Should the article The Myth of Islamic Tolerance be deleted, as I believe the article fails to meet any of the criteria at WP:NBOOK. As of yet, no editor has indicated how it meets WP:NBOOK, however consensus cannot be reached AusLondonder (talk) 15:33, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Could I get a second opinion on Draft:Soraya Syed? Appreciated, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 16:28, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Rape jihad
This article could use some more eyes or some assistance at its talk page for how to edit it in the future. The article has been the subject of many different forums as of late on Wikipedia and is currently locked from being edited for the time being. Guy1890 (talk) 02:40, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
 * It took 5 AfDs but this article was finally deleted and salted so it won't be recreated again. Liz  <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b style="color:#006400;">Read!</b> <b style="color:#006400;">Talk!</b> 23:19, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

First mosque in Germany?
Please see discussion at Talk:Islam in Germany Thanks, BDD (talk) 20:52, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Requested move of Islam and antisemitism
See Talk:Islam and antisemitism for further details. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 00:33, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Move discussion
Hello! There is a move discussion on Harun ar-Rashid, which potentially impacts the transliteration of a host of other Arab names. Interested project members are invited to participate. Constantine  ✍  16:07, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Islam and antisemitism listed at Requested moves
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Harun ar-Rashid listed at Requested moves
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Islamic economic jurisprudence listed at Requested moves
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Masjid al-Haram listed at Requested moves
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant listed at Requested moves
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List of people with the most children listed at Requested moves
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Ramadan
You are requested to comment on Talk:Ramadan -- Fauzan <sup style="margin-left:0.5px;color:#BDB76B">✆ talk <sub style="margin-left:-26.5px;color:#BDB76B">✉ mail  05:49, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

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IMPORTANT: Muhammad FA status suggestion
(Made mistake of nominating without discussion on talk page, so removed what I earlier wrote here; apologies). I added a message on Talk:Muhammad suggesting nominating page on Muhammad for FA status. Would anyone from Wikiproject Islam be willing to contribute? Please see Talk:Muhammad for justification and why it fits Featured article criteria. Thank you! Akhi666 18:30, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Tahera Ahmad
Hi there folks, I could use help improving this article. It is currently facing deletion and I think it's mainly because I'm not the strongest writer. If anyone here would mind helping flesh out the article? I would appreciate it if you would help only and not comment at the afd unless you truly feel it needs deleted so as to avoid canvassing concerns. I've collected several sources to show that I believe this woman has done notable things and if communicated properly would help others see what I saw. Thanks again. Hell in a Bucket (talk) 16:31, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Akhirah
As one of the priciples of all the Muslims, Ma'ad is not well elaborated on WP. Please help to expand it.--Salman mahdi (talk) 04:57, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

GA Review
Hi can anyone do a review of the article, Al-Masjid an-Nabawi? RRD13 দেবজ্যোতি (talk) 10:40, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Muslim Prayer category
Hello, I recently reviewed and accepted the article Jawshan Kabir. I wanted to add it to a Muslim Prayer category, but I couldn't find one. Is there one? If so, could someone point me in the right direction? If not, perhaps one should be created? Thanks!
 * Found it! Sorry all! Happy Squirrel (talk) 15:56, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

RfD notification: Non-Muslim
Non-Muslim redirects to Kafir and is under discussion at RfD. Your input at Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 June 23 is appreciated. --BDD (talk) 13:44, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

"God and Satan"
The usage and primary topic of is under discussion, see talk:God and Satan (song) -- 67.70.32.20 (talk) 06:47, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Please vote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Latino_American_Dawah_Organization_(2nd_nomination) - LatinoMuslim 14:48, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

AfC submission
Would anyone care to have a look at Draft:Harithah (Father of Zayd)? Thank you, FoCuS contribs ;  talk to me!  02:38, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Category discussion
I've raised a discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 August 21. Contributions welcome. GregKaye 17:06, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

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Request for input in discussion forum
Given the closely linked subjects of the various religion, mythology, and philosophy groups, it seems to me that we might benefit from having some sort of regular topical discussion forum to discuss the relevant content. I have put together the beginnings of an outline for such discussion at WikiProject Religion/2011 meeting, and would very much appreciate the input of any interested editors. I am thinking that it might run over two months, the first of which would be to bring forward and discuss the current state of the content, and the second for perhaps some more focused discussion on what, if any, specific efforts might be taken in the near future. Any and all input is more than welcome. John Carter (talk)

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Category discussion: Sunni ulama
See here, feel free to agree or disagree. Marcocapelle (talk) 11:27, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Vive Charlie
I don't know if people here are aware of this new article, but this website, which is not related to Charlie Hedbo, is involved in what appears to be an attempt to enrage Muslim opinion in the UK, an exhibition of cartoons of Muhammad, which it is co-hosting along with Sharia Watch and the fringe far-right party Liberty GB. The article begins "A group of MPs are calling for an investigation into a far-right website described as a training manual for anti-Muslim paramilitaries – amid fears that an upcoming exhibition of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in London is designed to incite Islamist violence." Doug Weller (talk) 18:10, 27 July 2015 (UTC)

Help required
I would like help improving this article, if anyone can spare the time. Thank you. :-) -- Veyselperu (talk) 08:29, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * what in particular would you like to be done on that article? --Peace world  12:05, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * I would like to discuss the relation between Islam and numbers. I have a site called VeyselicNumbers about this subject.

Please help evaluate a draft submitted to AFC review
Please assess Draft:Akhtar Raza Khan for acceptability into mainspace. If you do not wish to, or know how to, do a comprehensive AFC review, simply post your comments to the talk page. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:07, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 03:28, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

RfC on Iran nuclear deal
See RfC here: talk:Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Your input is appreciated! Iran nuclear weapons 2 (talk) 16:04, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Islamic State (ISIS)
Hello, This WikiProject was recently created and I'm trying to determine if there is any level of interest in it. Right now, this WikiProject consists of just one editor. I'm notifying several related WikiProjects in order to gauge whether there is sufficient interest in this one that it should be allowed to grow or be deleted. Thank you. Liz <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><b style="color:#006400;">Read!</b> <b style="color:#006400;">Talk!</b> 17:03, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * A related page is Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant which last had edits in February and April and that last had talk page additions in January and April. GregKaye 17:02, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Liz: I don't think it gather enough interest. Mhhossein (talk) 13:17, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Birmangham Quran manuscript on the main page
I nominated Birmingham Quran manuscript for becoming a featured picture and it was successfully promoted. Furthermore, I sought to know whether and how it appears on the main page and I received a good response:"Yes, it will [appear on the main page]. Generally there is an 18 month delay, but something like this could (and probably will) be scheduled for date relevance earlier. Eid al-Adha will be in late September, and that would be a decent date to run this. Not because of the verses shown, but because of the Quran's importance in Islam." So, we'll probably see this old manuscript of Quran on the main page in almost 32 days. Mhhossein (talk) 13:28, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

RfC
Request for comment: Is Faith healing a form of pseudoscience and should it be labeled as such either in the article or by assignment of category pseudoscience? Interested editors are encouraged to join the discussion at Talk:Faith healing. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:42, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

Darul Ulooms
Are these formal institutions of higher education analogous to US college or universities? Are the students of the same young adult age (18-22, more or less), and do they award degrees? Wha tare their degrees or certificates called? What positions do they prepare for? Please comment at Articles for deletion/Darul Uloom New York, where this would seem relevant.  DGG ( talk ) 04:48, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject X pilot testing
Hello WikiProject Islam!

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The goal of WikiProject X is to improve the WikiProject experience through research, design, and experimentation. On that basis, we've prepared a new WikiProject design template based around modules. These modules include features you are already familiar with, such as article alerts, but also new features such as automated work lists, a feed of discussions taking place on the 6,005 talk pages tagged by WikiProject Islam, and a new member profile system. To see what this new setup looks like, you can browse the first round of pilot tests: WikiProject Cannabis, WikiProject Evolutionary biology, WikiProject Ghana, WikiProject Hampshire, WikiProject Women's Health.

If there is consensus among the participants of this WikiProject, I will proceed with implementing this interface based on the current contents of WikiProject Islam. Please let me know if you have any questions or requests. Harej (talk) 23:41, 1 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, as the one who suggests it, I guess I should go on record as supporting giving it a try. John Carter (talk) 18:04, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess I support, it looks pretty cool and funky. Brustopher (talk) 20:58, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

2 AfDs
There are two articles currently listed at AfD that may be relevant to this project. Interested editors are encouraged to comment at Articles for deletion/Ali in the Quran and Articles for deletion/The verse of Mawadda. -Ad Orientem (talk) 18:23, 17 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Hello. I created the article Ali in the Quran, and I don't want it to be only Shiite view of Ali, so I added other views too. However I ask those interested to help improve this article instead of deleting it. Best Hadi (talk) 06:54, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

RfD notification
A few redirects to Islam are being discussed at Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 October 1. Your input there would be appreciated. --BDD (talk) 19:42, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

"Islamic state"
The usage and topic of Islamic state is under discussion, see talk:Islamic state -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 00:03, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Hanif Islam?
Has anyone ever heard of a supposedly Quranistic movement by this name? The main discussion thread is on this page. - HyperGaruda (talk) 20:17, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Islamic terrorism!
Please participate in the discussion about the accuracy of this title here.-- Seyyed(t-c) 06:19, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Sex with reference to the Quran
I would appreciate any contributions members of this Wikiproject could give to this article. – Zumoarirodoka(talk)(email) 00:55, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Ashura portal
Portal of Ashura needs the cooperation of volunteers. Mhhossein (talk) 13:44, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

History of Islam
I wanted to bring attention to History of Islam, which has been undergoing a wholesale rewrite by a single editor who has made some odd editorial decisions, such as Islamic history ending at World War I. Are there any experts willing to take a look at the changes and provide input at the article talk page? clpo13(talk) 02:45, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * And/or to comment at WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, where this is also being discussed. <span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT, Arial, Helvetica; font-weight:140;"> General Ization   Talk   02:55, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The best way to proceed would be to consult some of the recent reference works relating to Islam and see how they structure the material regarding the history of Islam. I think the recent Encyclopedia of Religion probably has at least a substantial amount of reasonable content related to the topic, and that and other similar sources can possibly be gotten by editors active at WP:RX at request. I can try to get some in the next week or so, but I have put a lot on my plate lately so I can't make any promises. John Carter (talk) 03:04, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

"Islamization of" vs. "Islamism in"
I propose standardizing across the English Wikipedia in article titles that "Islamization of" be reserved for the initial conversion of a society to Islam and "Islamism in" be reserved for recent convergences of Islam and politics in various parts of the world. For instance, Islamization of Palestine would retain its name, but Islamization of the Gaza Strip would be moved to Islamism in the Gaza Strip. This distinction is already broadly in place, as can be witnessed by Googling Islamism in and Islamization of. 0nlyth3truth (talk) 03:49, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * One comment I will make as a follow up to my response to Debresser is that it violates NPOV to assume that what Hamas has done to Gaza is in fact an imposition of "more" Islam. For many Muslims, maintaining at least a measure of social pluralism is an important part of their religious outlook. You could easily say that Gaza was already 100%-ε Muslim before Hamas arrived and Hamas has done nothing to make it "more" Muslim. Using this logic to keep the term "Islamization" affirms a specific narrative, that Hamas has been busy making Gaza more Muslim, rather than maintaining the many perspectives that exist, a very important one which is that Hamas hasn't made Gaza more Muslim, which casts serious doubts on the use of "Islamization." Perhaps it would be useful to forge the word "Islamismization" and construct an analogy with it: Islam:Islamism::Islamization:Islamismization. Islamization ≠ Islamismization just like Islam ≠ Islamism. 0nlyth3truth (talk) 18:00, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

RfD notification: Arab Islam
Arab Islam and several other redirects to Arab Muslims have been nominated for deletion. Your input at Redirects for discussion/Log/2015 November 30 would be appreciated. --BDD (talk) 19:14, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

Long hadith quotes
I tried to remove a very long section of verbatim quoted hadith from an article, but I was reverted. I'm pretty sure this is not appropriate content, per WP:QUOTEFARM and WP:NOTQUOTE, and it is a clear abuse of WP:PRIMARY, but honestly, I am not in the mood to personally pursue this, also considering that the user who reverted me has personal grudges. So I'll leave it to others here, while asking to remember that this is an encyclopedia, not a collection of quotes, for which we have Wikiquote. LjL (talk) 02:14, 11 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Right. The article does not mention the three major versions of the ascension, not very helpful. Polentarion Talk 12:31, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Please review Draft:Akhtar Raza Khan
I think this draft requires a specialist, Please would an experienced editor perform a review on this draft with a view to acceptance or specific comments for the submitting editor to improve details. Fiddle  Faddle  09:21, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Jizya article
Hello all. I would really love to have some input and help concerning the jizya article. Various disputes have remained unsolved in the talk pages which slows down (at a considerable rate) the amelioration of the article. Some of these disputes can be accessed below: (virtually all of them are in relation to a particular user)
 * Talk:Jizya#On the Qur.27an subsection
 * Talk:Jizya#RLoutfy.27s POV edits
 * Talk:Jizya#50.25 rate
 * Talk:Jizya#Hadith Source .28section needs review.29
 * Talk:Jizya#The Royal Aal Al-Bayt Institute For Islamic Thought and NOENG
 * Most of these disputes,

Would really appreciate any sort of help. Thanks in advance. 13:01, 13 December 2015 (UTC)CounterTime (talk)
 * While on the subject of articles in dispute, it would also be appreciated if we could have more eyes on Apostasy in Islam. I have tried to act as an NPOV third party on this and the "Jizya" article, but I lack the credentials to be of any use (unless I start by taking Islam 101). Thanks, in advance, to any interested editors who are willing to assist. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 03:15, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Correct, here are (only) some the various disputes on that article: (again related to one particular user)
 * Talk:Apostasy in Islam#Original research by CounterTime.2Falter-CounterTime
 * Talk:Apostasy in Islam#Tags inserted by RLoutfy
 * Talk:Apostasy in Islam#Tags reinserted by CounterTime
 * 09:03, 18 December 2015 (UTC)CounterTime (talk)

Discussion notification
New RfC discussion started at Talk:LGBT in Islam please contribute. GregKaye 10:37, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Category:Persecution of homosexuals in Islam
I have recently created: Category:Persecution of homosexuals in Islam to act as a parallel to Category:Persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust here. In what ways could links to this of a similarly named category be developed? There may potentially be a great number of prejudicial events including executions that can be reported.

GregKaye 10:47, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

The Fourteen Infallibles
The Fourteen Infallibles is going through peer review. Make a comment if you know about the subject or have a critique. JerrySa1 (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

New project starting
I'm not quite sure where on the WikiProject Islam pages to post this. If there is a project area page where this may be more appropriate, please feel free to move it. While the history of medicine is more of a sidebar issue to Islam, itself, the article has been tagged as "High-importance" by your project. Thanks!

History of medicine. I'm proposing an overhaul of this article, both to improve the quality of its discussion of Western Medicine, and to improve its world view of other medical traditions in the rest of the world. All are welcome to join in the discussion. Hi-storian (talk) 23:36, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

A new prevalence of Islamism section?
Hello.

I recently started a topic over at the Islamism talk page.

Help and input would be greatly appreciated. David A (talk) 13:25, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Siyyid Kazim picture
I just want to say that the picture you have in the article Siyyid Kazim seems to be one from the Bab, and please, remove it if you aren't sure it is from Siyyid Kazim. We all know wikipedia wants to have verifiable content, have Wikipedia verify that picture? We really don't want Baha'is seeing Bab's picture when they want to learn more about Siyyid Kazim's life, (is enough avoiding searching for the Bab in Wikipedia to don't see the picture). As an individual I ask Wikipedia to give me information I can trust on.

Arabic original of Live like Ali, die like Hussein?
I've seen this phrase used in English amongst Shia (and made a small stub mentioning in), but I'm having trouble finding how it's originally phrased/spelled in Arabic. Any ideas? Not just the literal translation, but the saying itself before it was translated to English. Thanks! MatthewVanitas (talk)

Request for Closure of RFC
Will an experienced uninvolved Muslim editor please assess the consensus at the following RFC and close the RFC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Muhammad#What_should_be_included_for_information_regarding_Aishas.27_marriage_to_Muhammad_on_the_Muhammad_article.3F

Robert McClenon (talk) 22:27, 11 February 2016 (UTC)

Relation between Islamic Project and Numbers
I would like help improving this subject, if anyone can spare the time. Islamic Project and Numbers Thank you. :-) -- Veyselperu (talk) 12:22, 10 February 2016 (UTC) (talk) 08:29, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Need help to expand the article on hijab and link it to headscarf and nuns and why some nuns wear it and if for the same reasons
I've been trying to create links. But e.g. in the article about nuns, scarf is only mentioned once. I put it between 2 double square brackets. But I don't have time to expand or look up studies on why nuns and in general e.g. catholic women living 1910-1980 would wear scarfs - mainly to protect them from the elements and because hot water had to be made on a wood or coal-stove, which was not so convenient, etc. I also tried to make some links in the article on headscarf. Still a lot of work needs to be done, but I'm sure the research documents are available. Frustrating apparently still so few scolars / professors require their students to document their dissertations' findings in the wikipedia. To me that would really be a criteria to obtaining better grades.--SvenAERTS (talk) 16:58, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Covering the hair (more or less, but not the face) was normal for married women in most areas of Europe until the Renaissance, at least outdoors and in formal settings, and nuns' traditional costumes just reflect this. This was mainly for reasons of contemporary notions of modesty. You don't seem to know much about the subject, so I would be cautious trying to add. Johnbod (talk) 17:15, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Salihat

 * Unsourced
 * No interwiki Xx236 (talk) 12:35, 18 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Added PROD tag per WP:OR and WP:NOTDIC. Eperoton (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

NPOV issues in Hanafi, Maliki and Shafi'i
The articles Hanafi, Maliki and Shafi'i all have a "Views" section with similar subsections: Apostasy, Blasphemy, Stoning, etc. WP:BALASPS states: "An article should not give undue weight to any aspects of the subject but should strive to treat each aspect with a weight appropriate to the weight of that aspect in the body of reliable sources on the subject." I have consulted the corresponding articles in Brill's Encyclopedia of Islam 2nd ed and the Hanafi article in Encyclopedia Iranica (which doesn't cover the other two). They're longer than the articles we have here, but none of them devote space to any these topics, with the exception of the EI2 article on Malikism, which mentions Maliki views on zandaqa in a paragraph on "Malikism and schismatics". In fact, with this and a couple of other exceptions, none of them discuss views on specific questions. The sources cited for these views here are generally reliable, but, in the few cases I spot-checked and was able to verify (some have failed verification), these views don't appear there as part of a general discussion of the madhhab, but rather are mentioned in passing as part of discussions focused on other topics. The decision to discuss views on specific topics in these articles, and particularly the choice of these topics -- among the thousands of possible topics that one finds in a comprehensive source like the Kuwait Encyclopedia of Fiqh -- is reminiscent of their prominence in current anti-Islam polemics, but it certainly doesn't reflect any RSs on the subject of the articles that I'm aware of. This seems to be a clear violation of WP:NPOV.

Here's my proposal for addressing this problem. The only views on specific topics that we should discuss in these articles are the views that are presented as distinctive or significant in RSs on the subject (i.e., a source containing a general discussion of the madhhab not just a random googled passage that says "Hanafis hold...", etc). The material that we currently have in the "Views" section should be verified and moved to articles devoted to the relevant topic (Apostasy in Islam, Blasphemy in Islam, etc). If there's no appropriate article for some passage, it should be deleted.

Thoughts? Eperoton (talk) 22:36, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
 * seems like a good plan. Here is a support from me. - HyperGaruda (talk) 09:32, 24 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I also strongly support this proposal.
 * 10:11, 24 February 2016 (UTC)CounterTime (talk)
 * I agree. The articles in their current state give the impression that those figh schools revolve around hudud only. Also, I question the accuracy of these views, given that they were added to the figh articles as well other Islam-related articles by a single user named RLoutfy, whose editing record is questionable (see contributions). This user's contributions to the jizya article is a testament to this . Al-Andalusi (talk) 18:26, 25 February 2016 (UTC)


 * It sounds like we have a plan of action. I'll probably be busy with non-WP things over the next couple of weeks, but don't wait for me. Eperoton (talk) 20:44, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I'm new and need direction. How can I collaborate?
I'm looking to get involved. Many articles I've read are severely lacking in quality. I find a lot of sectarian garbage where each side tries to one-up the other. I also find a lot of speculative content and misinformation. Please help me connect with active users. Like I said, I am new and-so where should I begin? And am I posting in the appropriate page? Moldy loofah (talk) 04:07, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Need a review of unsourced, suspicious material removed from Aliyah article
Hi. I just removed some material from Aliyah (an article describing the concept of Jewish immigration to present-day Israel). See Talk:Aliyah.

The material in question offers several theories asserting that Islamic traditions support a link between Aliyah and the prophet Elijah. No sources were cited, and I am strongly inclined not to believe it — indeed, the overall tone of the material strikes me as the work of a troll — but since I am severely uninformed regarding Islamic tradition, I thought it advisable to ask experts in that field to comment. If some people could go read the stuff in the above-cited talk page section, indicate whether it has any factual basis whatsoever, and (if it is in fact legitimate) come up with some reliable sources to cite so that the material can be returned to the text, I would be most grateful.

I recognize the possibility that some Muslim readers might find the material in question to be irreverent at best, or offensive at worst, but please understand that I mean no offence here — I am just trying to get some idea of whether this text has any real foundation, or if it is simply the babblings of an idiot. Thanks for any input. — Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 03:25, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I think you've done the right thing. Said material was added by an anonymous IP address and although one should always assume good faith, I tend to be more cautious when it comes to unregistered users. It really looked like "the babblings of an idiot." For one, that so-called link between Ali (علي, ‘Ali) and Elijah (إلياس, ’Ilyas) is linguistically incorrect, considering the different letters used in Arabic. - HyperGaruda (talk) 19:42, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Not surprisingly, the same phonetic distinction in the initial consonants exists in Hebrew as well. Thanks for confirming my suspicions that this was total silliness.  The Aliyah article appears to have been the object of a bunch of vandalism attacks lately — if I see any more stuff like this from IP's, I'll put the page on pending changes protection.  —  Rich wales (no relation to Jimbo) 05:16, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Muhammad
I've no expertise in this area but I was looking at some red-linked categories and found a bunch for WP:WikiProject Muhammad using WikiProject Muhammad. Looking further there's also a Portal:Muhammad which was created by the same user, User:Islam90 just over a year ago. It seems to have been a solo effort without any discussion, and I thought I ought to bring it to the attention of you guys. Looking at there's only 7 articles been tagged, so it's the sort of thing that could easily be reversed if you decided it wasn't a direction you want to go in. Le Deluge (talk) 16:19, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I would !vote for redirecting WP:WikiProject Muhammad to this WikiProject and deleting WikiProject Muhammad (was placed only on pages that already contain WikiProject Islam). Not sure about the portal, athough I am inclined towards deleting that one too, considering that there are not many pages relevant to that particular portal. - HyperGaruda (talk) 20:00, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. The fact that yours is the only comment after a week rather backs up my proposition that a separate WikiProject isn't justified, so I've redirected the template to WP Islam. I'm happy to leave the portal for a bit longer - it's been getting around 1000 hits/month, although the main Islam one gets 7-8x that number so I'm not sure it's that necessary.Le Deluge (talk) 22:15, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Islam by Country Article
As-salamu alaykum. What needs to be done on the Islam by Country Article? Aman Ibn Jif (talk) 01:58, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam, Lahore, Inc. Article
The "Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam, Lahore, Inc." requested article already exists under a different name, Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam. Should the article request for Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam, Lahore, Inc. be removed? Aman Ibn Jif (talk) 02:34, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It should be redirected, and removed. I think it's a very old request, which speaks not so well about the maintenance of the project. --Peace world  07:59, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Open questions at Talk:Battle of the Trench
I'd appreciate it if someone could review a couple of the sections at the bottom of the talk page. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 11:50, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Musallah and Jama'at Khana
Hi there. A discussion is taking place at Talk:Mosque, regarding, which currently redirects to Jama'at Khana. I would like some input from around the world, to see what a lesser-than-a-mosque place of worship is called in your local community. Thanks! - HyperGaruda (talk) 10:21, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
 * So I fixed that redirect problem and I added some content. I'd appreciate it if anyone can improve it (since it's just a copy/paste from the simple English article).
 * CounterTime (talk) 11:54, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I forgot to correct the link here, but the article should be at, because there is no final "h" (ta marbuta) at the end of the original Arabic word. I've listed them at requested moves. Anyway, thanks for making a start. - HyperGaruda (talk) 17:03, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Surahs by number
There is a full set of redirects from "Sura" + number but only a partial set using the spelling Surah.

As Surah is now the main spelling used in Wikipedia, I suggest that the full set of redirects should be created, and added into Category:Surahs by number. Use this format so that they sort numerically:

Template:Sura will be helpful for navigation. – Fayenatic  L ondon 16:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Notice of requested move for lists of mosques
Talk:List of famous mosques may be of interest. -- do ncr  am  14:06, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

RfC on Sunni Islam template
Please comment on this RfC, related to the Zahiri school and the Sunni Islam template. Eperoton (talk) 03:28, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Dubious edit which does not sit well with sources
Please review this edit on the Hajj page. Debresser (talk) 18:29, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Arabic -> English Translations in the Jizya article;
Everyone with a decent knowledge of a Arabic is invited to contribute to the ameliorations and discussion of the translations provided in the jizya article, the relevant place to do so may be found in the talk, more specifically, here. Thanks in advance.

12:15, 24 April 2016 (UTC)CounterTime (talk)

Neutral eyes needed at Concubinage
The Concubinage article briefly mentioned Nikah mut‘ah, but there is also something in Sunni Islam called Nikah Misyar, so I mentioned it also. But I don't know a thing about it. Can someone please make a thoughtful, neutral comparison of what is different and similar among these three things? The article is pretty bad - it looks like shrapnel from some past war over theology. Wnt (talk) 18:46, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

A Suggestion
Listen after realising that anyone can edit wikipedia i find it unsafe and suggest that only Muslim Scholars should be allowed to edit our pages in accordance with the Quran and authentic hadith and use them as sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hexushade (talk • contribs) 11:29, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Hi. Since you're new here, I'd recommend you read Wikipedia's policies and guidelines before offering suggestions. For example, no one owns articles so Muslims have no claim to articles about Islamic subjects. Also, Wikipedia has to be verifiable but that does not mean adherence to theology. Wikipedia is secular in nature and based on what we call reliable sources. You'll find this is the case across all subjects including other religions, politics, science, etc. Assuming you are a Muslim I warn you that the purity of message that you might value will not be found here. Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 11:35, 28 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Note: OP is a sockpuppet of User:Obaidullah_ak. Ian.thomson (talk) 13:13, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Auto-assessment of article classes
Following a recent discussion at WP:VPR, there is consensus for an opt-in bot task that automatically assesses the class of articles based on classes listed for other project templates on the same page. In other words, if WikiProject A has evaluated an article to be C-class and WikiProject B hasn't evaluated the article at all, such a bot task would automatically evaluate the article as C-class for WikiProject B.

If you think auto-assessment might benefit this project, consider discussing it with other members here. For more information or to request an auto-assessment run, please visit User:BU RoBOT/autoassess. This is a one-time message to alert projects with over 1,000 unassessed articles to this possibility. ~ RobTalk 22:31, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Islam and domestic violence
The article on Islam and domestic violence needs attention from experts on Islam. There is an ongoing discussion on the talk page regarding content about refugees rape claims in the article. 14:41, 20 June 2016 (UTC) اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Help for historical figure Al Qa'qa ibn Amr
Please help me to improve the article about Muslim Historical figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qa%27qa%27_ibn_%27Amr_al-Tamimi for better encyclopedic reading Ahendra (talk) 16:04, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

i think there is a mistake on the Lut page
A picture with a table on the Lut page shows that Lot left the city with his wife when she was left behind also making pictures of Prophets is I think forbidden in Islam so i ask you to remove it. Could you also authenticate how we know for sure Lot's grave is in Bani naim — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.154.173.219 (talk) 02:13, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If that is the wife in red, then I don't see that she is leaving. Perhaps the caption "Lut fleeing the city with his wife and daughters" is incorrect. Debresser (talk) 12:22, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Regarding the second point: Wikipedia is not censored! Debresser (talk) 12:22, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
 * The figure in red is leaving, turning to express horror or whatever at the destruction of the city, but it is not Lot's wife. In the Islamic story she remains in the city, and the figure wears male dress. It is presumably one of Lot's followers; I've amended the caption. Johnbod (talk) 14:09, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * And I have reverted you. 1. I disagree with your opinion, the dress doesn't look male. 2. The head-dress looks female to me. 3. Lot has a beard, the other figure doesn't. Ergo: woman. Debresser (talk) 14:25, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * And I have reverted you back. Seriously? it's a pity you know nothing about the conventions of the Persian miniature, but your confidence in your infallibility remains as high as usual. Johnbod (talk) 14:31, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * AndI undid that. You go against the official description of the work: Lot (ou Lût) fuyant sa ville avec sa femme et ses files. (Lot (or Lut) fleeing the city with his wife and daughters), Bibliothèque nationale de France (BNF). Cote : Persan 54, Folio 40. Debresser (talk) 14:34, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Who knows where that comes from? Do you have a link? Of course not. "Party" is of course correct whoever they are, and was chosen for that reason. Your absurd belief that all males in Persian miniatures have beards does not survive a minute of actually looking at any. Strange that the BnF can't spell "filles" correctly, btw. Johnbod (talk) 14:42, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Why do you say "of course not". I find you less than assuming good faith. Also I find your edit summary "rv idiot" insulting and incorrect, and propose you apologize. Also notice that she is looking backwards, like the wife of Lot in the Biblical story, which is argument number 5 in my favor. See . Perhaps you know Arabic and the text above or below the picture can shed light on the text. Debresser (talk) 14:52, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * On Commons the description is "Lūṭ (Loth) s'enfuit suivi de ses filles ; sa femme reçoit une pierre sur la tête ; ruines des cités détruites". Argument #6. Debresser (talk) 14:54, 22 July 2016 (UTC)
 * [Edit conflict] There's a link to the original manuscript at Gallica. The caption for p.40 (click on "i" - notice) says: V. — F. 40 (120 × 168 mm) « Lūṭ (Loth) s'enfuit suivi de ses filles ; sa femme reçoit une pierre sur la tête ; ruines des cités détruites ». Tr: Lot flees, followed by his daughters; his wife receives a stone on her head; ruins of destroyed cities. Eperoton (talk) 14:58, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

PLZ, ATTENTION !
greetings, respected wikipedians & muslim's.        ( السلام عليكم ) "Peace be upon you".@

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what we have
we have assessment department, peer review department , Expert Wikipedians in Islamic issues.

in WikiProject_Christianity we have

1. Outreach Department: (The Outreach Department of the Christianity WikiProject is a centralized workarea for project recruitment and member interaction efforts. The major programs currently active are a monthly project newsletter and a welcoming message for new members of the project.) .

2 . Planning Department : (One of its apparent advantages is the fact that it breaks down its rather large scope into a fairly large number of functional "subprojects", dealing with the largest regional and topical groupings. This allows for people whose primary interest is a particular field (in our case church) to concentrate on their area of interest. Do the rest of you think that this project would benefit from a similar organizational structure?)

3. WikiGrail (The WikiGrail is a championship that takes place every year on Wikipedia. It is sponsored by WikiProject Christianity and is open to any Christianity-related project member. The WikiGrail is played and won by skill of editing. The purpose of the WikiGrail is to encourage content improvement, make editing more fun and increase membership of Christianity-related projects.)

4. SubProject :Catholic Encyclopedia (This is a list of topics from the Catholic Encyclopedia (text on Wikisource) which may not have direct equivalents in the Wikipedia. The list began with 12,502 articles. .....   the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 )

5. SubProject :Easton's Dictionary  (This is a list of topics from Easton's Bible Dictionary   which do not have articles at Wikipedia. Despite the name, many of the entries in Easton's are encyclopedic in nature, though there are some dictionary definitions. )

6. Core_topics_work_group  (This workgroup aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the most important topics within the study of Christianity, striving for comprehensive, neutral, and well-sourced articles. It is a further goal of this workgroup to improve and facilitate collaboration between the many Christianity-related WikiProjects on these shared topics.)

7. Theology_work_group (The goal of this workgroup is to improve the amount and the quality of Wikipedia's coverage of Christian theology. The scope of this workgroup is (a) primarily theological concepts and Christian theologians, and (b) secondarily the historical controversies surrounding the development of Christian theology.)

8. Canon_law_Task_Force ( a task force to organise articles relating to the Catholic Church's Law, both Eastern and Western.)

9.   in WikiProject_Judaism we have   SubProject : Jewish_Encyclopedia  (These pages contain a directory of topics covered in the public domain Jewish Encyclopedia .  Although the JE was published in 1901-1906 and thus does not cover major 20th century events such as the Holocaust, and the foundation of the State of Israel, it has few equals in providing a comprehensive English-language synthesis of pre-20th Century scholarship and opinions on Jewish history, religion, culture, and biography.  )

what we haven't

 * 1) we don't have Outreach Department, in  WikiProject Islam.
 * 2) we don't have Planning Department , in  WikiProject Islam.
 * 3) we have nothing about "The importance of Sunnah " &  "The importance of Authority ".
 * 4) no SubProject / task force , for creating (article's ,portal's ,template's,category's, help pages ,manual of style) by ("assessment, reviewing") in the perspective of "importance ".
 * 5) same goes for Commons, Wikibooks , Wikiquote , Wikiversity , Wikisource , Wiktionary.

what we need

 * 1) a " authentic /specialist's/sahih  scale " .  similar to Quality_scale, Importance scal e. for  assessment department.
 * 2) " SPECIALIST'S " help . offline & online . Expert Wikipedians in Islamic issues ; can help.
 * 3) a Planning Department . " SPECIALIST'S " help . to breaks down  WikiProject Islam's large scope into a fairly large number of functional "subprojects", dealing with the largest regional and topical groupings...   . only " SPECIALIST'S " can give us  "perfect/absolute " ;   PLAN /  THE LIST OF  PRIORITY .
 * 4) The Outreach Department . " SPECIALIST'S " help . a centralized workarea for project recruitment and member interaction efforts.

A PROPOSAL /REQUEST :


 * 1) we can give  article to the Expert Wikipedians in Islamic issues  / well known   specialist or Authority for " pree review ".
 * 2)  we wikipedian can use these templates, in appropriate place .    ;   ;    ;  ;  ;  ;   ;  ;  ,  ,

'''feel free to comment or suggest something. your suggestions will be highly appreciated .''' md masum (talk) July 2016


 * I agree with Johnbod. The message relates directly to improving the WP. We won't prevent someone from posting to talk pages just because they use religious language. Eperoton (talk) 13:52, 22 July 2016 (UTC)


 * some other things that we need.

1.Ten reasons why you should join WikiProject Islam. 

2. Reading list ( a list of books which members of the project might find either useful resources for the subject).

3.leadership team (project coordinators page).

4.New (11 easy steps to producing at least a B article).

5. A Sharia law / Fiqh Task Force .similar to Canon_law_Task_Force  ( a task force to organise articles relating to the Catholic Church's Law, ).

6. A "SubProject:islam dictionary " ; (wikisource     ), similar to  SubProject :Easton's Dictionary ( a list of topics from Easton's Bible Dictionary) .or from Oxford Dictionary of Islam.

7. A "SubProject:islam Encyclopedia" ; (archive   )  similar to SubProject :Catholic Encyclopedia &  SubProject : Jewish_Encyclopedia. or from Encyclopaedia of slam & Qurʾān .

8. A  "SubProject:Islamic organizations" ;  similar to " WikiProject : Quakers " (all aspects of Quakers and Quakerism that are suitable for Wikipedia, including Quaker history, practices, theology, beliefs, biographies, writings, meetings, and organizations.).

9. A "SubProject: Sahabah" ; similar to " WikiProject: Saints " (This WikiProject aims primarily at standardizing the articles about people venerated by some Christians as saints or the blessed and making sure that they maintain a NPOV.In the Roman Catholic Church the term "saint" refers to both the holy men, women and angels on earth and in heaven—) --- md masum (talk) 10:35, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Utbah ibn Abi Lahab
I came across this article via CAT:NN -- it's been tagged Notability since 2008. Could someone have a look and make a determination if (a) the tag should be removed, or (2) the article should be redirected or proposed for deletion? K.e.coffman (talk) 21:43, 6 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Since all the references are primary sources, notability requirements aren't met. One could nominate it for deletion, through it's hardly among the worse cases of misusing primary sources in articles on early Islam. Eperoton (talk) 21:56, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

List of types of sartorial hijab
I've requested a move of this article to List of types of hijab, but I may have made some mistaken assumptions, or there may be errors in the relevant articles. Your input at Talk:List of types of sartorial hijab would be appreciated. --BDD (talk) 20:27, 15 August 2016 (UTC)