Talk:Abdul-Karim al-Jundi

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A fact from Abdul-Karim al-Jundi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Abd al-Karim al-Jundi presided over the state appropriation of Syrian farm land from its traditional owners after becoming the minister of agrarian reform?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/October.

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I've reveted IP 74.199.14.141's edits to the article because they are a) not supported by sources, b) some of them actually contradict the cited sources.

Al-Jundi family was not Sunni, they were certainly Ismaili, as attested by Hanna Batatu. Some of the family, including Abd al-Karim, later did convert to Sunni Islam, but that's beside the point.
The family Abd al-Karim was born to, was a poor branch of the rich al-Jundi family. And even considering the overall family, their wealth would pale with regards to the real notable in Hama (those of al-Azm) and even in Masyaf (al-Mir).
I have seen no source that claims that he was an Athiest. It's a probability, but, it's not our place to speculate on that matter.
It's also a possibility that he was ordered dead by Hafez Assad, but most sources seem to agree that he actually killed himself when he felt cornered (Batatu, Moubayed, Seale). Yazan (talk) 07:52, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]