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Semi-protected edit request on 24 October 2020

Dear Concern, 

           Hi, I'm Ali. I want to suggest an edit in following article. In short, in this article a word used that is Muhammad, Actually this word is not Muhammad but Muhammad(صَلَّىٰ ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ). Not only I but all Muslims will appreciate this edit if done.


Best Regards,

Ali Raza Virk AliRaxaVirk (talk) 17:34, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

AliRaxaVirk: I'm sorry to disappoint you, but Wikipedia's policy is not to use honorific titles like this. For example, we don't refer to Elizabeth II, the queen of the United Kingdom, as "Her Majesty". We simply call her "Elizabeth". Overall, we aim to describe things in a plain and neutral rather than respectful way, and we try to apply that rule equally to everyone. Best regards to you as well!—Neil Shah-Quinn (talk) 18:10, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I delete the picture?

Hi,

I would like to delete the picture about Prophet Muhammad and Angel Gabriel, because drawing pictures goes against our religion as we are taught not to draw any Prophet and Messenger whether is Jesus, Moses, Abraham or Muhammad, or anyone.

Thanx Alex Abood (talk) 00:16, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint but this has been asked before, and simply will not happen. Wikipedia is not bound by your (or anyone else's) religious views, and is dedicated to sharing sourced information. See Help:Options to hide an image and WP:Content disclaimer. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 00:57, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Ok, but how did you made that picture? Because, I find it frustrating that others can do pictures and I cannot.... Alex Abood (talk) 08:35, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your answer, I appreciate. Alex Abood (talk) 09:57, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2020

Please delete the image of the Prophet Muhammad and the Angel Gabriel. It is disrespectful to Muslims and is considered haram. In an article on the Muslim faith of Islam, their ideals should be followed. Thank you, and I hope you will consider this edit. Bartholeneua (talk) 02:13, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

No. See answers above. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 08:40, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Uns expert criticism.

The sections on the pages about religions should be removed because it is uns expert and may cause people to hate Wikipedia. Mehran Raeessi Fard (talk) 20:04, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

UNS? In general, content that is well-sourced to WP:RS is unlikely to be removed, see Wikipedia:Content disclaimer. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:25, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Outdated information

The statistics regarding the number of followers and the percentage of the world's population is from a source written in April 2015; almost 6 years old. This should be updated, especially given the article's mention of it being the fastest growing religion. FaultPicker (talk) 04:01, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

Added citation, supporting fastest growing religion. Emdad Tafsir (talk) 10:17, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Remove images

Pls remove the images of prophet. This is not good, it hurts our sentiments. Zia emran (talk) 02:10, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

See Help:Options to hide an image and WP:Content disclaimer. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:07, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I confirm his words, I have never seen a picture of the Prophet published in Islamic regions, I don't know where you got this picture from?! If these images are not deleted and popularIf these images are not deleted and Wikipedia's popularity decreases. Mehran Raeessi Fard (talk) 20:09, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

I realise this is fruitless but I'd actually like to add my voice in support of this as a non muslim. Why do we NEED the image? Its clearly upsetting to muslims, and the sheer volume of complaint over years and years of comments tells me that we're doing something fundamentally unnecessary. What exact informational content is gained by it? Can't we at least move them to a page like islamic art or something? I'm not a muslim, but I'd be annoyed if an article on catholicism featured an image of the "piss christ" or other images considered upsetting to catholics. Muslims already cop a hard time in the western world, and this sort of thing makes Wikipedia off-limits to billions of people for no gain. Why do it at all? Duckmonster (talk) 11:55, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Images often say more than written texts. It is part of research to view and analyzse images. Also although we might not gain much, we lose something by allowing censoring images. Additionally, just because there is a trend within Islamic reform-movements to regard everything that is not going according to their plan as "offensive", we do not have to play along. I am pretty sure there are many common Muslims, who appreciate art and their own culture as every other person does. If there feel attacked by the sight of an image, Wikipedia has the option to hide images (HELP:NOIMAGE).--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 20:10, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Criticism on a basic religion?

I’m not an expert of Wikipedia, but I want to discuss this after I’ve seen this. I have checked any basic religions, majority and minority, in English Wikipedia, none of them had criticism content, and had several articles to explain that. And this article is the only basic religion that have criticism. Similarly, Al Quran is the only primary religious text that have criticism, after comparing the other Abrahamic religion (Bible, both Old and New Testament, and other)—higher criticism is something else—even in other reilgion's such as Vedas. I think we should talk about a religion as whole, which has varying opinions and perspectives depending on sect/denomination. Or, each one must have its own criticism, to be fair. I hope this will be considered, thank you. Abdul Harits Ritonga (talk) 22:34, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Reply to Abdul Harits Ritonga From the looks of it, Islamic articles are hijacked by missionaries and people with an agenda to push a narrative that is anti-Islam. Editors claim to be secular yet are not equitable in their actions. One example is the Qiraat article, where it is slowly being asserted to a narrative where the Quran is not preserved, not to mention that the article itself is highly different than the one written in Arabic. I hope the Islamic community becomes aware of this issue going on wikipedia and will do something about it.

Also, to add on to the criticisms part, English language Wikipedia do seem to be bordering on eurocentrism. They add criticism on Islam, but do they not realize there are criticisms about Christianity too? In the Islamic World (Yes they are the almost the same amount of christians in this world), Christianity is viewed as a form of idolatory. Not just with Islamic apologists but Jewish critics too. Also, white supremacy terrorists attacks, kkk and more are based on the bible and are criticized in muslim majority countries. Because of this, should we add a critics page in Christianity where people view the Bible as violent and corrupted? Note: I am aware of Wikipedia editors coming from all facets of faith, from christianity, judaism, muslims, other religions and atheism. Personally I do not believe in said paragraphs above in the critic to Christianity, but it is a thing within communities that are not eurocentric and should be discussed.

-Anon 7 August 2020— Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.143.242.122 (talk • contribs)

Christianity article has a criticism section in it. If you want to add these sections to other articles, you are more than welcome to do so! Regards Epelerenon (talk) 04:35, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

I can confirm that Christianity does have a criticism sectionRayyanislam (talk) 20:17, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

The criticism section has generic, mostly west-centric, criticisms of Islam, none of which are specific to Shi’ism. Since there is already a dedicated ‘Criticism of Islam’ article, is this section not rendundant? User2346 (talk) 22:38, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Infobox religion

There's something weird about this infobox: Template:Infobox religion redirects to Template:Infobox Christian denomination. Why? Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 20:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

That is, indeed, weird. ~𝓐𝓭𝓲𝓰𝓪𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽~Contact Circassia 20:17, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
I've opened a thread at Template talk:Infobox Christian denomination#Template:Infobox religion. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 20:33, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
The template:infobox Christian denomination may be sufficient for other religions, and is used by some religion articles using the template:infobox religion redirect. GOLDIEM J (talk) 00:39, 7 February 2021 (UTC)

Considering to infobox is added to this article by sockpuppet user Eliko007 who is blocked(and who spammed all of main religions pages with infobox in the same day). And without any previous discussion. I will remove infobox and will start discussion here. I am against adding infobox. Sometimes especially for complex topic's infobox is not needed and it can make even greater confusion, also synthesis of published material and it is often under attacks and vandalism. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 00:21, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Agree. Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 05:48, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
I see some potencial upcoming troubles with an Infobox: While it works fine with Judaism, a religion in which we have a clear defined structure (and in Christianity a hierarchy of clerics) Islam does not have one. It more than often spread by syncretism as the main message is the belief in "one true God", often assimilated to other cultures, many groups which accept one or the other (even within the Main-Branch of Sunnism), too much disputed content. It is often even hard to overview basic beliefs here on Wikipedia, due to unclearness and, to be honest, bias about Islamic history itself among main-stream Islamic discourse. I already imagine the upcomming edit wars about small things like, if for example "Qisas al anbiya" should be considered part of Islam or a mere cultural work. Or the languages: Are Aramaic and Hebrew also included? Many words within the Quran are not genuinly Arabic: Does Persian count? Many works, which influenced the Muslim belief are stored in Farsi, not Arabic (Arabic was usualy used for Fiqh, Tafsir and science, while Persian was used for poetry and art. The latter more significant to understand the Muslim religious perceptions). Since even some really basic (despite the evidence) claims are often challanged (especially by Muslims, when it goes against their personal views) like images, depictions of angels/jinn/devils, Muslim sects, Islamic history, I would not dare to make a clear fixed infobox for Islam. I would strongly recommand not to create such an infobox for Islam, without an elaborated discussion after taking several points of views with appropriate references to Islamic studies (and not just some youtube videos, Islamic blogs from some sheikhs or self-published books).--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 11:00, 6 February 2021 (UTC)
Islam is pretty complex and really, all religions should be examined case to case if adding of a infobox is useful or not. In this case, I think not. It can make more troubles than benefits. As I mentioned, can cause even greater confusion, synthesis of published material, original research, cherrypicking sources and it is often under attacks and vandalism. So to stay out. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 15:20, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2021

"Angels Muhammad receiving his first revelation from the angel Gabriel. From the manuscript Jami' al-Tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, 1307."

"Prophets and sunnah A Persian miniature depicts Muhammad leading Abraham, Moses, Jesus and other prophets in prayer."

"Scholars Crimean Tatar Muslim students (1856)"

"Pre-Modern era (1258–18th century) Ghazan Khan, 7th Ilkhanate ruler of the Mongol Empire, converts to Islam"

"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Medieval_Persian_manuscript_Muhammad_leads_Abraham_Moses_Jesus.jpg/330px-Medieval_Persian_manuscript_Muhammad_leads_Abraham_Moses_Jesus.jpg"

"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Mohammed_receiving_revelation_from_the_angel_Gabriel.jpg/330px-Mohammed_receiving_revelation_from_the_angel_Gabriel.jpg"

"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8._%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9_%28cropped%29.jpg/348px-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8._%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9_%28cropped%29.jpg"

"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/GhazanConversionToIslam.JPG/330px-GhazanConversionToIslam.JPG"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This following images under those sub headings should be removed or be replaced by some other image that doesn't show Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) as according to our religion Islam what that wiki article is about. It doesn't permit showing pictures showing Prophets or angels or any people associated to them. Anonyuser2113 (talk) 14:10, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

No article on WP is according to your religion, see WP:RNPOV. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:35, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2021

Ttshameer (talk) 05:38, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Please add the below additional references to learn islam. Also, please provide me access to update more dawa related info to this page.

https://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/islam-guide.pdf https://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/True-Religion-of-God.pdf https://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/Did-God-Become-Man.pdf https://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/Islam-Is.pdf https://www.islamreligion.com/ebooks/The-True-Message-of-Jesus-Christ.pdf https://www.islamreligion.com/category/1033/evidence-islam-is-truth/ https://www.islamreligion.com/ http://www.peacetv.tv/ https://www.whyislam.org/prophet-muhammad/tenthings/

 Not done. Wikipedia prefers to use as little external links as possible, and is not a means of promotion; see WP:EL. This is also not the place for requesting user permissions. Try editing on other Wikipedia pages first and come back later. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 06:04, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

Ottoman Template

After reading throught he article again, I still wonder, if we should add the "History of Ottoman Empire" Template. The early stage of Islam also contains the "Muhammad" Template. We have a template for Sunnis and Shias in their respective sections. We also have two sections much about the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Empire strongly influenced the entire Muslim world. Therefore, isn't the Ottoman Template appropriate?--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 11:52, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Need correction in above article RabiaYounus (talk) 08:04, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Delete the blasphemous sketches on this page because these sketches are hurting all Muslims. It is spreading Islamophobia through informational websites like Wikipedia

Delete the blasphemous sketches on this page because these sketches are hurting all Muslims. It is spreading Islamophobia through informational websites like Wikipedia Wadlerboy (talk) 14:46, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Er, no, actually, following your restrictions would be promoting Islam. Wikipedia is strictly neutral. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 14:53, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2021

The page contains images which depict the Holy Prophet (PBUH). This is offensive for Muslims and has caused much debate in the past. As a result, these images should be removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohammed_receiving_revelation_from_the_angel_Gabriel.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Medieval_Persian_manuscript_Muhammad_leads_Abraham_Moses_Jesus.jpg 121.200.4.11 (talk) 01:02, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

as per FAQs, no they will not be removed. IdreamofJeanie (talk) 05:20, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
This images have been made by Muslims themselves. You arguement does not make any sense to me.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 16:26, 1 May 2021 (UTC)


@Venus , you need have sense to make sense of the argument — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amaan Imtiyaz (talk • contribs) June 16, 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2021

182.65.202.152 (talk) 02:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

The Mughal, Mogul or Moghul Empire, was an early modern empire in South Asia.[9] For some two centuries, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan plateau in south India.[10] The Mughal empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a warrior chieftain from what today is Uzbekistan, who employed aid from the neighbouring Safavid and Ottoman empires,[11] to defeat the Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodhi, in the First Battle of Panipat, and to sweep down the plains of Upper India. The Mughal imperial structure, however, is sometimes dated to 1600, to the rule of Babur's grandson, Akbar,[12] This imperial structure lasted until 1720, until shortly after the death of the last major emperor, Aurangzeb,[13][14] during whose reign the empire also achieved its maximum geographical extent. Reduced subsequently, especially during the East India Company rule in India, to the region in and around Old Delhi, the empire was formally dissolved by the British Raj after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Although the Mughal empire was created and sustained by military warfare,[15][16][17] it did not vigorously suppress the cultures and peoples it came to rule, but balanced them by establishing new administrative practices,[18][19] and incorporating diverse ruling elites, leading to more efficient, centralised, and standarized rule.[20] The base of the empire's collective wealth was agricultural taxes, instituted by the third Mughal emperor, Akbar.[21][22] These taxes, which amounted to well over half the output of a peasant cultivator,[23] were paid in the well-regulated silver currency,[20] and caused peasants and artisans to enter larger markets.[24] The relative peace maintained by the empire during much of the 17th century was a factor in India's economic expansion.[25] Burgeoning European presence in the Indian ocean, and its increasing demand for Indian raw and finished products, created still greater wealth in the Mughal courts.[26] There was more conspicuous consumption among the Mughal elite,[27] resulting in greater patronage of painting, literary forms, textiles, and architecture, especially during the reign of Shah Jahan.[28] Among the Mughal UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Asia are: Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort, Humayun's Tomb, Lahore Fort and the Taj Mahal, which is described as the "jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage."[29]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Bsoyka (talk · contribs) 05:46, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Undue weight on Kharjites' POV

VenusFeuerFalle I don't agree with this edit as it places undue weight on the Kharjites' POV. Sunnis and Shi'ites are the two main Islamic groups. Maybe we can move this content to the article on Kharjites?VR talk 23:21, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

How does this place undue weight on the Kharjites? I am currently using Khaled Blankinships work about early Islamic Creed to track the development of early Islam. It seems the Kharijites played an important role in early Islam. They should be mentioned. Also it would explain (this is the edit I am not about to do), how Sunnis developed their mitagated views on sin. Yes, the Kharijites are not important today anymore, but they still played an important role in early Islamic history. The paper I use, gives them a entire section (and the section is even longer than the Sunni section.).--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 23:26, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2021

Wadlerboy (talk) 14:47, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Delete the blasphemous sketches on this page because these sketches are hurting all Muslims. It is spreading Islamophobia through informational websites like Wikipedia Wadlerboy (talk) 14:47, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

no, see FAQs on Muhammed's article IdreamofJeanie (talk) 14:48, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
The Muslims who created these images sure didn’t have a problem with them.2A00:23C4:3E08:4000:D802:E7D5:E11F:7BE6 (talk) 16:51, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Wadlerboy Wikipedia is not censored for any reason. You can suppress the display of images, see WP:NOSEE. 331dot (talk) 18:55, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
You don't think by constantly stating this demand which has been rejected over and over again and will be again that you aren't spreading more islamophobia? --76.67.98.117 (talk) 04:41, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
"are hurting all Muslims" You should not speak in the name of other or even all Muslims in public. This is getting impudent.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 13:58, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
I was talking to User:Wadlerboy. I'm strongly opposed to deleting the Muhammad pictures on the basis of this idiotic concept of "blasphemy." I'm trying to make a point to him and any other Muslim that may see this in the future. --76.67.98.117 (talk) 22:44, 10 May 2021 (UTC) EDIT: I think you're also trying to talk to User:Wadlerboy. Might want to reduce by one colon. It looks like you're addressing me. --76.67.98.117 (talk) 22:48, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

I agree, it hurts Muslims, and Muslims are forbidden to imagine prophets' faces and Allah's face. At least put those drawings which censor Muhammad's faces and other prophets.WikiSilky (talk) 09:10, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 May 2021

Change all pictures that depict Muhammad (PBUH) and other prophets as having a face to censored faces as it is against Islam to try and draw what the prophets looked like.

Source: Narrated Sa`id bin Abu Al-Hasan:

While I was with Ibn `Abbas a man came and said, "O father of `Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn `Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn `Abbas said to him, "What a pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."

-Sahih al-Bukhari 2225 108.51.206.91 (talk) 02:02, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

 Not done. See Talk:Muhammad/FAQ. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 03:45, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Good article nomination

It is stated here that there are plans to bring the article to GAN. If so, the article needs trimming to meet GA criteria 3b on appropriate use of summary style. Compare the version that passed FAC back in 2007[1] with the current version and you can see it's gotten bloated over time, more than doubling in length. This article should only cover the most important points. (t · c) buidhe 17:58, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2021

change "for which he get" to "for which he got" Richardlandes (talk) 05:51, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

 Done   melecie   t 08:10, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2021

There is missing of Adhan which is done for calling to prayer 2402:3A80:B19:78E4:60EE:E260:6FEE:60DE (talk) 07:52, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:53, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Snippets

Can you add snippets for Poetry and Music?

Could there be more explanation for this? Balon Greyjoy (talk) 13:33, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Removal of images

Hi, there has been some controversy before about removal of images - this has been discussed before multiple times (e.g. May 2021, April 2021, November 2020, October 2020, July 2020, June 2020, and many more) - it seems that in all cases the consensus was not to remove the images.

In the end, the 2 images have been removed more than one month ago in this edit, with edit summary "Fixes something". I was surprised no one reverted it, but just kept it like that. But I'm wondering whether this really represents a change in consensus? (cc: @IdreamofJeanie, @VenusFeuerFalle, @Khajidha) Kidburla (talk) 22:04, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

I've undone this edit. @Hafim: can you explain why you made that edit? "Fixes something" doesn't tell us much.VR talk 00:25, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Well, I heard images or PROPHETS AND RELIGIOUS FIGURES IN ISLAM ARE FORBIDDEN FOR INSULT for the majority of the Muslims. But it's your choice if you want to keep them. "Most Sunni Muslims believe that visual depictions of all the prophets of Islam should be prohibited[19] and are particularly averse to visual representations of Muhammad.[20] The key concern is that the use of images can encourage idolatry" --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad Hafim (talk) 07:12, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

See WP:CODI and Help:Options to hide an image. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:19, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Article size needs reducing

The article prose is currently greater than 80kb, which means that it should most certainly be divided. Wikipedia prefers WP:SUMMARYSTYLE, so I think a lot of content should be moved to sub-articles like History of Islam, Islamic culture, etc. If there're no objections, I will start summarizing some paragraphs and moving them to subarticles.VR talk 00:52, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

All right, done! To trim the article down, we might look for parts of the article, going too much into political detail rather than treatening Islam as a religion. For example, while in the Pre-Modern era-section, Ibn Tamiyya and the Turks/Mongol's conversation and whose effects are important and shaped Islamic theology and philosophy as well as society, something like "In the Indian Subcontinent, during the rule of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji in Bengal, the Indian Islamic missionaries achieved their greatest success in terms of dawah and the number of converts to Islam" seems to bit too trivial. First, because Muslim missionaries have been present long before, second, it is (in my opinnion) too much about political strives than about actual Islam (as religion).--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 01:36, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
I've brought this issue up more than once before too but it did not go anywhere, I doubt it will make a difference this time either. Even though there are only suggested sizes and no hard number in Wikipedia:article size, there is nothing stopping this article from continuing to get arbitrarily bigger and harder to read with ever more exhaustively detailed specifics. It is as if everyone with an axe to grind is incorporated to the article, for example I doubt that much space for a Quranism section is due weight. Other articles with as big a topic as Islam have been able to do summary style successfully.
In the history section, there used to be a point on the to do list which I believe was after the review when the article was dropped from being a featured article, that the history section should move away from political history, perhaps minimizing political history to that which shows the spread of Islam for example.
As someone else mentioned about the sections on poetry and music which have been empty for years, I am not sure there even needs a list of sections for each. If there is a society section, it seems more intuitive for culture to a subsection of that. Sodicadl (talk) 02:48, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
Thanks VenusFeuerFalle! I do agree with removing trivial mentions, though I'd leave the part about spread of Islam in Bengal. Bengalis are the probably the 2nd/3rd largest Muslim ethnic group in the world. VR talk 20:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Sodicadl I'm motivated to trim this article down and make it GA, FA again. I'll remove the empty sections.VR talk 20:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Has anyone considered trying to WP:GA the article? That would probably include shortening. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:37, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

As far as I know, we tried to restore this article to become a featured article. The issue is just, back then, the article should never have been featured in the first place, since much information were only backed up by Quranic references, primary research and a biased description on history (very much from a Damascene point of view) with some information just plain wrong. The extensive lenght of the article is probably to balance this. At least, I remember adding much information regarding the Turkic/Mongol as well as making the Damascene view explicit, myself. I everyone is fine, I would try to GA the article at least (featuring would probably be too stressful as I have another GA open currently).--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 15:21, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
You'd certainly have my moral support, though probably not any actual help to speak of. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:31, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
I cut down on non-religious content for the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal empire section. I left some political stuff stay in there. What do others think of the balance? Sodicadl (talk) 23:48, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, moral supported is much needed. Since I am currently busy writing in reallife, I am glad someone else can take this. I will check it from time to time, since I think as Islam is part of my special fields, and I often found some misconceptions over time (especially about Sufism, supernatural and Turkic/Mongol history), I think my qualifications can be beneficial.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 23:52, 11 November 2021 (UTC) edit: The trimming seems good to me and covering the relevant points.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 23:54, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

Law section

Sodicadl, I think the law section should only be about what is Islamic law, its branches, and how it is determined. It should not be about the actual contents of Islamic law, which are way too numerous and overlap with pretty much every section under "Society". For example, "Society" contains sections like "Family life", "Diet", "Economics" and these are all topics in Islamic law too.VR talk 02:57, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Sounds like a pragmatic approach to avoid unnecessary duplication. I agree that the law overview should be an overview, and any parts of the article on specific aspects of Islamic law should ideally, where possible, redirect to a main page for the subject. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:32, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
User:Vice regent, I agree and that was my point in making the edit. Years back, when I used the same reasoning that there would be overlap between the sections and tried moving applications of law to the society section, I got push back. The reason economics is in the society section now is because I moved it there from the law section two days ago. What I moved to the law section was only the one on the state because that actually would be more relevant to law. Sodicadl (talk) 17:15, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
I definitely agree with putting economics under society. What I'll do is merge the relevant parts of the "Politics" section into "Law" and move the rest down into society, like stuff on jihad.VR talk 02:38, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Allah's (or Alllah's) L's

There is no possibility of this happening, for obvious reasons (WP:OR, WP:MADEUP, WP:V, ...). --JBL (talk) 20:17, 2 December 2021 (UTC)

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The only god in Islam is called الله, so it should have three L's in the name because it has a shadda.[1] Egon20 (talk) 11:43, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Allah3.svg
I'm pretty sure "Allah" is the spelling mostly used in English language sources, so that is the spelling en-WP should use, possibly excluding some quotes and such. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:07, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm not referring to what spelling is used, I'm referring as the correct transcription of the Arabic word. Egon20 (talk) 12:19, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
No one has ever spelt this with three L's in English. Also, a shadda indicates emphasis or lengthening - it is not an explicit instruction to double consonants when transliterating. Furthermore, Wikipedia's style guide prefers "God", where possible MOS:ALLAH. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:22, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
That too. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:57, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Just look at the name of Muhammad in Arabic. A shaddah doubles the M. Egon20 (talk) 11:43, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Allah has a standard spelling and there is absolutely zero reason to go about changing this. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:49, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
It's the correct transcription of the Arabic writing. Egon20 (talk) 13:57, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
According to who? Provide a source. Iskandar323 (talk) 14:48, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
Nothing is ever transcribed as three of the same consonant in a row in the Latin alphabet, because it would be illegible and pointless, when the purpose of transcription is to render a foreign script into something legible in English. Two of any consonant indicates emphasis or lengthening. Three L's would mean nothing - not even Welsh or Polish try this on. Iskandar323 (talk) 15:09, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
It's not about sources, it's about proper knowledge of the writing system. Would you spell English words differently just because it is legible? Egon20 (talk) 16:01, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
If editors can't agree about something on a commonsense basis then it does become about sources, and I think you will struggle to find any academic who has ever transliterated the Muslim deity as "Alllah". Transliteration is about rendering something from a foreign script into a legible format in the script of the audience. Three L's in a row is not legible. It just looks like a typo of two L's. Incidentally, Muhammad is alternately transcribed as Mohamed - so, as we can see, exactly what you do with a shadda becomes rather subjective. In any case, your opening premise is incorrect - an absolutely pedantic letter by letter approach would in fact yield the totally illegible Alllaah - because the dagger alif for the A is also lengthened. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:02, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 3 December 2021

There are 6666 verses in Quran. 110.224.3.79 (talk) 09:21, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: See Āyah Cannolis (talk) 10:12, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

Other denominations

How exactly are Ibadi significant to have their own section? Alevis and Ahmadiyya have more adherence and probably even more significant in the history of Islam than the Ibadites. I am not that familar with Ibadites, only checked their stand on spiritual creatures by Valerie J. Hoffman (2012). Here, they look pretty similar to Hanbalites. I checked the German Wiki about differences, and these are merely minor differences, like additional rules on fasating or prostrations during ritual prayer. Such differences can even appear within different Sunni schools of law. Also, I do not see it grounded on that Ibadi form their own sect besides Sunnis and Shias, since same is true for Quranites and Ahmadiyya, arguably to Alevism, but they are at least merged with the Shia due to venerating Ali. Due to lack of significance compared to Shia and Sunni and lack of adherences, I would argue we should add it to "other denominations" again.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 17:42, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm fine with merging that section to "Other denominations" mainly in the interest of reducing article size. But one reason they're more significant is because there is at least one Ibadi-majority country (Oman), but there are no Alevi or Ahmadi majority countries. Hence maps on Islam will more often show Ibadis than other Alevis. But again, I'm ok to merge that.VR talk 03:14, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
I think it should remain separate really. It has its origins in a 7th-century theological split, so it is very much like a third branch and not simply like one of the many 18th, 19th or 20th-century revivalist movements, and as VR notes, it is practically (though I do no believe formally) the state religion of Oman. Under Shia, there should also probably actually be more of an outline of the twelver, sevener and fiver variants.
Incidentally, Alevism and Ahmadiyya are both controversial (above and beyond the run of the mill Sunni-Shia controversy) in the sense that some mainstream Sunni interpretations view these, in the case of Alevism, as obvious blasphemy (and shirk: worship of another other than God), and, in the case of Ahmadiyya, ambiguously, as it's a bit like an Islamic Mormonism, with a cleric claiming to be the Mahdi (or next prophet equivalent) in the 19th century. I do not think we should be including variants whose status as mainstream denominations are disputed (see: Persecution of Ahmadis), though we could also have a separate section on "Disputed denominations" for such examples. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:06, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
But the ALevism controvery only started in the late Ottoman-EMpire when leading classes tried to establish an orthodox normativity. Sunnism is not a a movement rooting in the begining of Islam either, rather it became an identity after diverse political discense which claims to be following the sunnah. The idea that Sunnis are all whose who favor Abu Bakr and Shia all whose who favor Ali is rather a retroperspective identity, whose lines are much more blurred than clear. But that Oman is an Ibadi country while Alevis, Quranists and Ahmadiyya are not, is a good point I think. Otherwise, there will be this tiny section with one or two sentences, about a denomination, without much to say about it. This also reminds me of a similar question: How do we classify the Mutazilites? As branch of Sunni Islam or will we assign it to "other denominations"?--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:46, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Ok, you've convinced me on the Alevism front, and on "other" being a more neutral section title. Quranists are fine too. The Ahmadiyya, however, are definitely not in the same basket as these other denominations though - it is an extremely discrete variant launched by a 19th-century self-proclaimed messiah, which is a claim that doesn't leave much room for tolerance and compromise. Either their Messiah is correct, they are the true Islam, and everyone else is wrong, or their Messiah is incorrect, and they are accidental heretics - which they have been called quite a lot in other parts of the Muslim world. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has also gone out of its way to specifically disavow any link between the Ahmadiyya community and Islam. In essence, only the Ahmaddiyya believe they are Muslims, and as a "denomination" they should be handled separate from others, much in the same way that Bahaism or Yazidism can be seen as being Islam-linked, but well outside the purview of mainstream Islam. Finally, Mutazilism was never a denomination: it was a intellectual position with respect to theology that stood in opposition to Ash'arism, which won out in the end, largely thanks to the intellectual personality of Al-Ghazali. It was never a branch or school (like Hanafi, etc.); it was more like an intellectual movement. Iskandar323 (talk) 15:50, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
  • One thing I want to point out is that all these denominations are relatively tiny. For example, the Sunni Barelvi movement has 200 million followers, and Deobandi have about 100 million followers. Each of these Sunni denominations alone have more members than all the following smaller denominations combined: Alevis (15-25 million), Ibadis (3 million), Quranist (Izgi Amal has less than 0.1 million members), Ahmadiya (20-25 million), Ismailis (15 million), non-denominational (10 million). But we absolutely should not have a section for Barelvi and Deobani, but very briefly mention them under Sunni. Likewise all the other denominations should be folded into one of "Sunni", "Shia", "Other" and "Derived religions". Islamic schools and branches is the proper place to expand all of these out.VR talk 17:35, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
    I wish there were just more revivalist movements aimed at reviving the Abbasid golden age of Islam, instead of revivalist being short-hand for going back to the stone-age, which is what most of the "revivalist" movements appear to have in common. We need a special Wikipedia bin where we throw all of the over-enthusiastic and endlessly replicating revivalist movements together. They're basically like the denominational equivalent of hotheaded teenagers - give them a couple of centuries and they'll cool off and potentially find some meaningful employment. Iskandar323 (talk) 19:35, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
    However, more seriously, we do need to be distinguishing between denominations and schools - mixing the two is like comparing apples and oranges. A denominational branch involves a fundamental split in the system of belief or practice - a theological school is more like a minor difference in interpretation. Denominations should be one page on Wikipedia, schools should be another. This needs sorting out. Iskandar323 (talk) 19:44, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I agree with both of you, except about the Abbadis golden age revical, since I can not recall any significant movement doing this right now. I do not disagree, I just abstain from an opinion regarding this.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 21:30, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

Shia Subsections

Could we please stop making new section based on ahistorical knowledge? Although it is true for the Islami narrative that a sect traces their origin back to a specific point in time, this is merely to justify their existence. This was necessariy to access political significance and power back when, but they are often not really rooting in the claimed spiritual leader. Ismailism is not "shia Islam but with fewer Imams", it is an entirely new religious system. And their adherence to Islam also disputed not much unlike Alevism and Alawism (both not the same). When we create these subsections, we also need to elaborate them properly (for example the Assasins are an important aspect of Ismailism.) And since we try to trim the article, I do not think we should make these sections. We already mentioned the Ismailites briefly in the history section, we do ot ommit them. But we can not trim down their beliefs to a degree of falsehood and misleading, for the sake of including all sort of branches.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:58, 1 December 2021 (UTC)

We shouldn't be trimming major denominations; we should be trimming history and unsourced content. Ismailism is the second-largest Shia Muslim denomination, historically very significant in connection with the Assassins, yes, and also very much live and kicking in the form of its organisation around the figurehead of the Aga Khan. I agree these sections need elaborating - I was just splitting out the material that was already under Shia, and from the Shia material I imported into appropriate sub-sections. A huge problem on all the Islam pages is the treatment of both Sunnism and Shi'ism as collectives, when within Sunnism, there are significant variations between schools, and within Shi'ism, there are huge variations between the principle denominations. The end result of "trimming" should not be oversimplification. In what basis are you calling the brief sentences about Ismailism ahistorical? Iskandar323 (talk) 16:00, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I guess I was referring to the sentence "Ismaili Shi'ites recognized Isma'il ibn Jafar as the successor to Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, the sixth Imam, in contrast to Twelver Shi'a, which followed his other son Musa al-Kadhim as the seventh Imam.", because I suspected it of implying an ahistorical clear lineage to one Imam on the sense of religious framework. Ismailism were often much more Neo-Platonic or even Docetic, than other Shia interpretations. I guess I expressed my worries in a bad way. Let me try it again. I do not think, we should Ismailism define by adhering to Ismail ibn Jafar instead of Musa al Kadhim. Some of their thoughts seem to be too foreign to assume they are merely a dispute about a successor. Their religions/cosmological framework is different from Twelver Shia (but surprisingly similar to Alawism). I am worried, this might indicate a clear lineage from Jafar ibn Sadiq, which might not be historically accurate. I think however, when we point out some of the major characteristics of their beliefs, this would be no issue at all, because the difference is apparent then.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 21:38, 15 December 2021 (UTC)

hi

hi 197.185.118.108 (talk) 15:25, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Pictures

PLZ REMOVE THE PICTURES OF PROPHET MUHAMMED S.A.W . IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM TO SHOW THE FACES OF THE PROPHETS. THIS IS DISRESPECTING MUSLIMS, WHO SEE THE PAGE 86.58.79.212 (talk) 22:26, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Content disclaimer and Help:Options to hide an image. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 23:26, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

Change of section name

I think the Acts of Worship section name should be changed to The Five pillars of Islam. Mission Mao (talk) 14:49, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

That's a good point, and I agree. But that section has a subsection on Quranic recitation. Where should that go? Maybe we can have "Five pillars of Islam" and "Other worship" or something.VR talk 15:48, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Maybe dhikr, Quran recitation and mysticism can be combined into a single section.VR talk 16:24, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
The section used to be called Five Pillars and I can agree with the changing to 'acts of worship'. Different religions would have different ways to describe themselves and those are useful but does not necessarily have to be the template Wikipedia has to follow. For example, the recitation subsection is worth being mentioned as an act of worship but that it is not officially a pillar does not mean we are required to break up the section, it is more intuitive for the reader to have them in one section. Having an explanation of the five pillars in the lede of that section as it has now does justice to the fact that Islam elevates certain acts of worship as 'pillars'. For another thing, the five pillars may not be universally agreed on among denominations. Sodicadl (talk) 17:15, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
That said, dhikr or remembrance, as mentioned before, would be an important addition to the Acts of Worship section. I think it better that mysticism would then be incorporated into that dhikr subsection because right now an entire section rather than subsection for mysticism does seem a bit undue. Sodicadl (talk) 02:04, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
I disagree with VR by keeping "Acts of worship" as a generally descriptive header, but I disagree with Sodicadl on the inclusion of Sufism and Dhikr as a header. A sentence of mention for Dhikr in the "prayer" sub-header as is done post-prayers and a sentence that its a more specific practice in Sufism would suffice in my opinion. Sufism should be its own section because mysticism has a broader purpose than other acts of worship, such as being consciously one with or experiencing God and spiritual elevation. Quranic recitation/memorisation on the other hand is an act of worship yet at the same time practically connected to the five prayers; it is at very least a partly obligatory act for any practicing Muslim. AlHazen (talk) 10:51, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Both Quranic recitation and dhikr happen quite frequently outside of prayers, for example see tasbih. In fact, dhikr is more of a philosophy, to remember God in everything a Muslim does and it consists of various duas for everyday life (for eating, waking up, etc). I would incline towards giving dhikr its own section. I'll hunt down more secondary sources soon on that.VR talk
I basically join the opinnion of AlHazen. The acts of worship here, are mostly the five pilars of Islam. These are essential and obligatory for any Muslim (some deviant mystics might have their own unerstanding about it, yet they include them) and one of the view constant pracitses through the entire (known) history of Islam. Sufism is not a practise but a term to denote certain interpretations of Islam, especially during the Medieval Ages in contrast to the "buerocratic" interpretation by the ulama. There are Sufi Orders, but not every Sufi necessarily belongs to an order (like Ghazali) nor is everyone who belongs to an order classified as a Sufi (like ibn Taimiyya). When we change the header to "Five pillars of Islam" we should remove "Quran recitation" and assign it to the "book" header, since this is not an act of worship on the same level like the Hajj. Muslims do this to receive blessings, while Hajj, Shahada, Fastig are obligatory. They are not on the same level. Dirkh on the other hand, is on the same level as Quran recitation, which is done for blessings and optional reward or the voluntary acts of worship.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 15:14, 1 December
Like I said I'd be open to moving Quranic recitation out of "Acts of Worship" and changing it to "Five pillars of Islam". We can move Quranic recitation to "Society" (lets rename that to "Practices") and move that section up (and move the history section down).VR talk 15:30, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm with Alhazen that the section name should be a generic "Acts of worship", because the five pillars are special for being obligatory but there is no benefit restricting the section to types that are obligatory. The lede to the section can explain the concept about 'five pillars' and that is what the lede has right now. I want to add sections on dhikr and dua seeing they're quite notable in Islam but that would be difficult to incorporate if it was a 'five pillars' section. Additionally, I think everyone seems to agree the quran recitation subsection does not need its own subsection and I can incorporate that elsewhere like in the 'books' subsection.
I believe the best place for the mysticism content is still the denomination section. Even though it is strictly not a denomination, that section also has a subsection which is not denominations in 'derived religions', which it should have. Just like sufism would not get its own section outside of the denomination section, it is still a variation in practice and distinct approach to the religion.
I agree with VR about renaming the 'society' section, it could 'practice' or 'way of life' to better reflect its content. Sodicadl (talk) 02:35, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
I see no reason why there cannot be a "Five pillars of Islam" subsection under "Acts of Worship", thus mollifying all positions. Quranic recitation seems fine under a general header about acts of worship. I would not nix this though. Quranic recitation has a historically very important role in Islam, particularly within mysticism, where it forms the bedrock of Sufi practice. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:05, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
On a broader level, many of the "other practices" are mystic practices (any exceptions?), so one alternative is to have a section on the Five pillars and then a second section not on "Other practices", but on "Mystic practices"? Iskandar323 (talk) 05:10, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
What I had meant was we have sections called "Five pillars of Islam" and "[Other] practices". Or we have sections called "Acts of worship" and "Society". But having a section called "Acts of worship" and then "Practices" sounds redundant as acts of worship are practices.VR talk 03:06, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
I added the subsections on dua and dhikr since that was not what was objected to.
I wasn't proposing to "nix" the content on Quranic recitation, I thought it more appropriate moved elsewhere. Sodicadl (talk) 04:55, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
I did object to Dhikr being a whole sub-section; the fact there is not enough substance to expound on it, proves a point. Also, every religion has its own form of supplication (Dua); to give a section to a basic aspect of a religion seems unnecessary and overly elaborate. AlHazen (talk) 21:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
I agree that the concept of remembrance and the offering up of praises to God for thinks like food, fortuitous events, ahead of trials, etc. is a pretty common feature of most deistic faiths, and not really a level of minutiae that needs to be engaged in in an encyclopedic setting - and certainly not to the point of listing out the phrases used. Iskandar323 (talk) 06:14, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
Currently the article doesn't mention dhikr anywhere and I think it really should. Dhikr is an important aspect of Islamic worship, and not just for Sufis.VR talk 06:59, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
That "every religion has its own form of supplication" is not a valid justification to delete. To the same extent as supplication, every religion has prayer and pilgrimage too, but those are included as they should be, because they are vital to Islam. When was the rule about excluding that which is common to "most deistic faiths"? The other objection is that there is not enough information. Of course, there can certainly be articles worth of information out there, but I thought we were making a big noise of doing summary style!? and I agreed and went along. I thought of being a team player and did not move Quranic recitation out to other sections because of objections but at the same time dua and dhikr are not meeeting some inclusion criteria that reciting scripture somehow does. Sodicadl (talk) 03:09, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
The model I am going by in terms of WP:CONSISTENCY is the Christianity page. There we do not have whole paragraphs devoted to the various phrases that devout Christians might repeat throughout the day, like "Thanks be to God" and "Praise the Lord". Islam has a very coherent set of five pillars that are incumbent upon worshippers. Outside of this, things get much more fluid. Remembrance, while perhaps loosely defined as a form of worship, is ultimately a social convention enshrined in the lives of individuals, not a core practice instituted by the religion. Much like the use of honorifics, it is instead a form of etiquette. Qur'anic recitation is notable within Islam because "Qur'an" itself means "recitation", because the practice of recitation is central to other acts of worship, such as Ramadan, and, more generally, because Quran'ic recitation is the closest thing Islam has to a liturgical music repertoire. In Sufism, it is also used to enter a trance-like state. All of this is much more faith-specific than whether people thank God for their carrots before meals. Iskandar323 (talk) 04:26, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
I don't mind keeping Quran recitation in the acts of worship section, it is an instrumental part of Islamic worship but I thought it better in the books section. But if you are judging dua and dhikr to not be mentioned as they are "not a core practice instituted by the religion" but quran recitation is, then I don't think your subjective splitting of hairs is what should be the determining factor. Right now, there is no place in the article of Islam to mention dua or its related topics like Islam's concept of tawbah,...since this is too subjective to go anywhere, can we get the other users to opine to break the tie, User:VenusFeuerFalle or User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång
As for the new edit adding sufism in the Acts of Worship section, I had done that last month and it was reverted with reasoning given in this very section above, with User:AlHazen objecting "because mysticism has a broader purpose than other acts of worship" and similarly User:VenusFeuerFalle objecting that "Sufism is not a practise but a term to denote certain interpretations of Islam", and I instead countered that the section containing schools and denominations should include it then (where it had been in for years) because it is a particular approach to the religion. For the edit sectioning off five pillars, I think the explanation in the section lede about five pillars should suffice. The section on charity contains Zakat, a pillar, and Sadaqah, so it is best to be named "charity" in general as having one section about Zakat and another section outside of the five pillar subsection about Sadaqah is cumbersome for the reader. Sodicadl (talk) 04:18, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't have an informed opinion on that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:45, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
@Sodicadl: Don't get me wrong, you're welcome to re-include dua and dhikr wherever you like, though I would still say these are more religious concepts than specific practices. It is also possible that the Qur'anic recitation material could be further reduced, so long as it continues to be at least mentioned and linked somewhere. I noticed that material about this also appears to be duplicated to a certain extent in the tasawwuf section. I also noted that on the Christianity pages, there are certain sections where whole sets of concepts and practices are simply summarised in listed sentences. It is possible that some further aggressive summarization could be enacted on the Islam page. Zakat and other charity should probably be kept separate, as Zakat is an obligatory/incumbent act, while other charity is optional. We shouldn't really be confusing five pillar material with general practice purely for the sake of simplicity. I also agree with VenusFeuerFalle that Sufism is inappropriate to list alongside denominations and schools. In the Islamic Golden Age, the basic setup was that every Muslim had a denomination, theological school, fiqh school and could also be a Sufi/have a Sufi lodge affiliation or not. So, with the example of Al-Ghazali (d. 1111 AD), who arguably did the most to systemize Sufi beliefs and practices within mainstream Islam, the man was a Sunni muslim of the Asharite theological school, Shafi'i fiqh school, as well as, separately, a prominent promotor of Sufism. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:07, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
Ok, in that case, I added dua and dhikr but to incorporate some of the criticism I made them one subsection since it was felt that they don't warrant subsections by themselves. I do appreciate the summarizing, we can still keep doing that while figuring out the format. Sodicadl (talk) 04:25, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

Scope of the article Islam vs Muslims

What is the difference in the scope of this article vs the article Muslims? It seems this article covers pretty much everything there is to now about Muslims, including demographics, history, culture etc. If the scope of both articles is the same, we should merge them. Alternatively, we can make this article about Islam the religion (beliefs, worship, law, holy book etc), and move all the demographics and culture stuff to Muslims.VR talk 23:52, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

I would certainly be in favor of keeping the Muslim article. For the same reason that there has been concern that this Islam article is too long and hard to navigate, having that Muslim article helps take out specifics out of this article. For example, I moved the link for list of muslims and list of converts to Islam to the Muslim article because it seems more relevant and specific over there. The Muslim article can go into depth into demographics, for example it talks about statistics of education among the global Muslim population, which is a level of specificity we can't have here and that info would be lost if that article goes. It might be the Muslim world article that has more concern as to its utility. Sodicadl (talk) 01:35, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
@Sodicadl: I'm ok with that as long as we clearly split up the scope. Thanks for your input.VR talk 02:34, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
In addition to adding more specific content to Muslims, I've also removed general information already related to the Islam article like the 2nd paragraph in the lead which reiterates the core beliefs in Islam (unless there is any objection to this). AlHazen (talk) 18:50, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

I thought you guys were going to remove demographics paragraph from the lead in Islam article. Notsure why it has not been removed yet. Emailaddressemailaddress (talk) 00:22, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

@ Emailaddressemailaddress Major religion articles make a mention of demographic break down as a mere reflection of the religion's global presence - but all the rest of the information/details around this are in their own respective articles as in Muslims. There's no problem with this.AlHazen (talk) 13:11, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Sentence that does not make sense in English

An editor changed:

  • Muslims believe that the verses of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad by God through the archangel Gabriel (Jibrīl) on many occasions between 610 CE until his death in 632.

to

  • Muhammad is believed to have been revelaed the Quran by God through the archangel Gabriel (Jibrīl) on many occasions between 610 CE until 632.

Before the change, the sentence made sense. Now it does not.

In the first version, the Quran is revealed by God. In the second version Muhammad is revelaed [sic] by God. "The Quran" in the second sentence does not really fit in. @Sodicadl:, why did you change the sentence? What difference in meaning are you trying to get across?-- Toddy1 (talk) 07:34, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I have reverted the change to the sentence.-- Toddy1 (talk) 08:14, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
@Toddy1, I tried a tweak: [2]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:24, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
It now reads:
  • Muslims believe that the verses of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad by God, through the archangel Gabriel (Jibrīl), on multiple occasions between 610 CE and 632, the year Muhammad died.
That makes it clear that it was Muhammad who died, not Gabriel -- Toddy1 (talk) 22:25, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Or God. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:53, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Saints in Islam

Regarding the recent edit about removing the saints from the prophet section, it was done with the comment that saints are not universal in Islam, whereupon I argued that saints are (almost). An exception are the Salafis and although they worked their way up to become (seemingly) a dominant strant (in Western, especially English speaking world, i would say even the dominant) strant of Islam, they only emerged in the last century and don't reflect most of Islamic history. Instead of edit warring or having long debates about this topic, I would suggest to have a look at Saint (Islam section), which covers up exactly this issue. I further think that it is appropriate to put it to the "prophet" section, because the figures overlap. Both give blessings, both are "religious authorities" (to some degree), both have a connection to God, both can perform miracles. But, while prophets rank higher and can bring new laws and revelations, saints can only interpret the already revealed message of prophets. Even ibn Taimiyya, a rather disputed scholar until the 19th Century, but one of he main-sources for Salafism and Wahhabism, although critical about sain veneration, regards disbelief in saints (and their miracles) as "reformation" (bida). The overwhelming presence of Salafis (especially active on the internet) might indicate they represent a form of gloval mainstream or a vast tradition in the past, but they are not. It is a new, although present form of Islam. As an encyclopedia, we should cover human history in regards of religious and cultural matters and not emphasize a current opinnion on that matter. Thus, I tend and recommand to keep the saints in this section.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 01:59, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

I do agree that majority of Muslims believe in saints, but I think this can be summarized in a sentence, given how big this article is and that belief in saints is not a major cornerstone of Sunnis. In fact, currently the article talks more about saints then it does about (Shia) imams, even though the concept of Imamate has been covered more in RS than saints, hence deserves more weight.VR talk 17:45, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I almost agree. But I think, we need at least 2 or three sentences: Mention saints, clarifying they are not equal to prophets, relation to religious practise by mentioning the Ziyarat. I think Shia Islam is still kind of underrepresented in the article as a whole, but I am not sure, since Shia Islam isn't really my field of expertise. --VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 20:03, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
I would politely disagree, I would rather argue the theory of a recent Salafi takeover radically changing Islam from what it actually is is a little revisionist and not exactly a mainstream idea. But, what I think doesn't matter. There seems to be enough reliable sources on saints and maybe it was a mistake for me to remove it. However, I think I can see VR's point about undue weight. I think a better compromise is to be in a section called clergy without shrinking it so much. I don't think any sources that explain Islam would exactly fit in saints in the articles of faith either. Even by the content of the sentences itself, it states saints are chosen by people and do not bring messages from God, if anything they would be more similar to clergy like how saints are within clergy of other religions. Sodicadl (talk) 02:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
By "clergy" do you mean ulema?VR talk 03:32, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
I think the overall conclusion is that no generalisations can be made about saints in Islam. There is obviously less emphasis on them in Sunni Islam and vehement opposition from the likes of the vociferous and increasingly homogenous Wahhabi/Salafi vocal minority - but Wikipedia should not get drawn in by those who simply shout the loudest. We should simply follow, verbatim, what is written about them in the most unimpeachable reliable sources. @Sodicadl we should also be avoiding attempting to couch Islam in what is essentially the terminology of Christianity. Wikipedia is Angolophone, not Christian, and, as @Vice regent notes, terms like "ulama" are commonly used, as is, in English. In the case of saints, using the word "saints" is only likely to add to the confusion by drawing false anaology. If we are talking about "wali", we should use that term. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:40, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
As it stands, we have a section title of "Clergy" that is a immediately contradicted by a sentence going "Islam has no clergy...", so needless shoehorning and backpedaling. There is also nothing on the Ulama itself, which seems a little remiss. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:26, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Concerning the reorganization by User:Iskandar323, it used to be that the society section and the law section were one section before it was split in two, one being about the law and the other included specific jurisprudence. From this talk page above titled "Law section", it was brought up again that the sections be separate and Iskandar323 pushed that point as well. So, I am not sure what the rationale is in changing the law section title to 'jurisprudence' and bringing in one item, military jurisprudence, to that section. I changed it back to the old format, unless you would like to explain the new rationale.
Concerning the terminology, I don't think I mind too much a contrived term like "religious personages" but if, as you say, "We should simply follow, verbatim, what is written about them in the most unimpeachable reliable sources", which source calls them religious personages? I would have preferred such a section be part of the law section since such "religious personages" are more academic in Islam, but I can play along. Sodicadl (talk) 02:38, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
When I mentioned using terms verbatim, that was in instances where specific terms apply - in this instance, unless we want to use "ulama", the best we can do for the collection of imams, muftis and legal scholars is some sort of umbrella term, and I thought "religious personages" was a suitably all-encompassing proposition, bridging the gap between scholar and saint. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:59, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
Sorry but I have to disagree with the claim that Saints don't play a major role in Sunni Islam and are opposed by Salafism. Salafism is not "strict Sunnism". Saints are pretty much canon, to stay humble, in Sunnism. They are mentioned frequently in almost every Sunni Medieval work prior to Salafism/Wahhabism. They even have their own place in hierarchy (below the prophets and angels, but above average believers), part of "God's plan to create the universe" and are included in many practises among Muslims. I often have the impression that "saints" are understood, at least in the English speaking world, as something "deviant from mainstream Islam, only important by some weird Sufi Orders". This is not the case, at least when we look up sources prior to Salafism. There is just no official clergy in Sunni Islam (the majority) to acknowledge saints, but Sunni Islam doesn't have a clergy in other matters too. Ulama, were also often not more than an opinnion on a matter rather than binding judges.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 22:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

Edit: I see there are many sources missing. I think the source I provided once was part of the Rabbia-sentence. I should have added more footnotes. I wonna try to find more sources for the role of saints. I am not very much into the Ulama hierarchy, this should be done by someone else. However, I personally still think it is better to add the saints to the prophets section, since both concepts are pretty similar and saints often only distinguished by that the prophets usually lived in the past and rank higher and saints come after Muhammad and rank lower. I am a little bit stressed currently, please do not take my silence for agreement. We want this article to be GA, it should reflect Islam as accurate asposibble then.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 22:59, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

I agree that saints are canon. It's just that Salafis, who maintains opposition to saints as one of their principle differences with mainstream Sunnism, have made enough noise on the issue to obfuscate the past. Iskandar323 (talk) 22:56, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
Yeh, let me look up sources (hopefully on the weekend), I don't remember which of the ones I read all include saints, and look what to edit then.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 22:59, 17 February 2022 (UTC) Edit: probably need more time. Sorry for the delay.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
Okay, took muuuuch longer than expected. And my results are rather marginal. First there is "Islam Literature and Society in Mongol Anatolia" (as already reviewed), when there is "Introduction to Sufism" stating "Tirmidhi fostered a certain confusion regarding the relationship between prophecy and sanctity. Later Sufis therefore strove to clarify their poistion on this point: a saint (wali) who is not also a prophet will never be able to be the equal of a prophet (nabi); this is the case for all Muslim saints since the closing of the cycle of prophecy by Muhammad." (p. 48), the second one "the Roles of Humanity and Jesus" stating "The Prophet's journey and ascension were not unique to him. The saints too share these experiences. Ibn Arabi's claimed himself to have experienced these." (p. 135) Since, as it seems to me after looking for good sources on that matter, this topic is just to be understood within an broader understanding of Islam's udnerlying histprical and metaphysical narratives, it might be better, not to investigate this any further. I withdraw my proposal by that. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 23:32, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Christianity v. Catholicism

Qute:" Unlike saints in Christianity, Muslim saints are usually acknowledged informally by the consensus of common people, not by scholars." Catholics chose saints by scholars, all Christians are Saints. 2600:1014:B028:987C:0:35:C705:4901 (talk) 02:04, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

If all Christians are saints, the concept of sainthood doesn't make any sense to Christianity, because it would be used interchangable with a "Christian". I think it is clear, it refers tot he concept of saints in Christianity, not to a a self-identification of believers. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 15:12, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Islamic banking

What do other editors think about "Islamic banking" in the lead? TO me, it seems this is a rather new phenomena, a reaction to Western economics and part of Islamic revival movements. In my opinion, this comes close to pushing an agender (like revivalism), instead of covering the subject over the last 1400 Centuries, in other words, Islam as a whole. I won't objecting to place it in the history section (postmodernism), but the lead seems to be out of place.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 22:39, 17 February 2022 (UTC)

I don't feel too strongly either way, but I don't think it is too problematic. It does not feel like recentism because, in context, it was placed as only one of four different examples to illustrate the breadth of what Islamic jurisprudence talks about, so having one item that is more recent in content might help to illustrate the point further of the reach that jurisprudents have covered. Sodicadl (talk) 04:09, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
Here, the question is also, how representative the jurists are for Muslims. It is not that Muslims necessarily visit Muslim banks or something. Maybe jurists are pushing themselves more into the foreground than necessary? Similar to homosexuality. Jurits disapproved it, but as far as I know, the current consens in research is, most Muslims before the modern period just didn't care what the jurists sayed regarding that matter. The "Islamic Banking" occurence is not problematic, but feels kinda overrated. As stated by @Iskandar323, it kinda distracts from the religous aspects (which should be the ain focus of a religion). I would move it into the history section. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 16:35, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Are we talking about the phrase "[Islam] touches on virtually every aspect of life and society, from banking and welfare to women and the environment" - if so, that brief mention seems fairly innocuous. I wouldn't go beyond that, as its a slippery slope ... soon it would include halal food, clothing and the whole gamut of faith-specific phenomena. Iskandar323 (talk) 16:44, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
Halal Food is at least something (almost?) universal among Muslims and existed since Islam's formative stage, unlike banking. I would then substitute "halal food" for banking. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 14:19, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
It seems like it would be a distraction from the topic at hand (the religion's core features) and it would over-expand the lead. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:41, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Terminology consistency

The article has the words Sunni Islam and Sunnism, Shia Islam and Shiism, Shiite and Shia. In the Wikipedia Manual of Style for Islam related articles under Arabic transliteration [3], it does not mention what to do when there are difference in how the sources use a term. The options I can think of are a) Use the term that the source of that sentence happen to use b) Use the most commonly used version of the term for the whole article. Anyone can think of other options? Either way, it would be nice to have a consensus to refer to. Sodicadl (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Requesting inputs

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Adequate and nuanced overview for even non– Muslim audience is expected out of the articles Muslims and Muslim world. Whether the articles are achieving that purpose adequately? Requesting and expecting proactive participation in providing inputs from non–Muslim audience too along with Muslim users.

Since the article Muslim world is tagged various improvements it can not be submitted to formal review process still I feel the article deserves more inputs for content improvement.

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Islam history

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Jinn

A sentence mentioning Jinn was removed with the reasoning "Since there is no Muslim consens about that jinn exactly are, and often they are simply adapted from local lore, other depictions even contradictionary, I think it is best, not speaking about them." which is more than a little objectionable. I don't think the argument is that Jinns don't exist in Islam for they are mentioned numerous times in the Quran and even have a chapter named after them. If there are disagreements among Muslims about their details, then that is not exactly a reason to not mention something. Muslims hardly agree on much of the rest of the religion but that did not lead to it being best not speaking about it either. I don't see how making sure there are no mentioning of it is supposed to help. Sodicadl (talk) 20:42, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

I wonder how the article benefits from mentioning the jinn. And why should they be included among the angel-section, when they are neither similar nor the same? We also removed the saints from the prophet section, because of it. The Quran acknowledges jinn, but the Quran does neither define nor introduce them. Among Middle Eastern people, you might find Christians, Jews and even atheists who believe in jinn, pretty much like "ghosts" in Western culture. (for an example of jinn belief among Jews in Middle Eastern/North Africa culture: "Bilu, Yoram. “The Moroccan Demon in Israel: The Case of ‘Evil Spirit Disease.’” Ethos, vol. 8, no. 1, [American Anthropological Association, Wiley], 1980, pp. 24–39, http://www.jstor.org/stable/640134.") Jinn usually bear no theological significance apart from "they exist" (and some scholars even denied that, both in Medieval as well as Modern period). Compared to other spirits, they appear rarely, about 22-29 times, while angels and devils appear approximately 85 times. In many instances, the jinn are merely addressees of the Quran without any significant theological role. There are, of course, works in which jinn feature a prominent role such as ibn Arabi's Futuhat al Makkiya, but his angels are closer to the Neo-Platonian daimon. In this case, the jinn barely resemble the more wide-spread notion of jinn and become something close to angels and devils. (for the ambiguity of the term jinn in Neo-Platonic cosmologies within Islam: "Gallorini, Louise. THE SYMBOLIC FUNCTION OF ANGELS IN THE QURʾĀN AND SUFI LITERATURE. Diss. 2021.") In such cosmologies, jinn as a third category of beings who are paralel to humans is completly absent. This just affirms that jinn are not a necessary component of Islam, although the term, as part of Quranic terminology, is. If there is no good reason to explicitly mention the jinn, we should refrain from mentioning or force them into the article. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 22:40, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
I can see your perspective. Status quo should be fine for now. Sodicadl (talk) 22:58, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Removing ‘separations’ section from the infobox

The recently added ‘separations’ section within the infobox seems to be insignificant, as well as irrelevant - with respect to those faiths - to the purpose for the infobox within this article.

The infobox is to relay important information pertaining to Islam mainly and only. The ‘separations’ section adds other religions which takes away from the reader to focus on the main subject matter; as well, there are other faiths that are not listed, therefore with their addition in the future, it will only get out of hand.

I propose to remove the ‘separations’ section. WatanWatan2020 (talk) 01:34, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Support: per nom. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 02:10, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Trivial edit warring

Creating this section with regards to an edit war. I didn't think that a dispute over something like this would come up, but it is what it is. WatanWatan2020, you need to back down with the constant shifting of content for no reason, which has included you removing formatting and plugging in poorly executed (and repeated) wikilinks, as was the case here. Your edits have also included erroneous grammatical inputs, such as your capitalization of words that didn't need to be capitalized in this edit (as I brought up in my revert summary, "universal religion" and "Muslim world" do not need full capitalization, aside from the obvious "Muslim" part), among other edits. The God of Abraham is mentioned first because that is relevant (doubly so since it is in English) to the context of the sentence for a reader who is on the article to learn about the topic. "Allah" was mentioned shortly afterwards in italics to show that it is the Arabic-language reference used in Islam (and was in context here, since it was mentioned right after "God", so I don't see why you keep feeling the need to shift those parts around when they were perfectly fine as they were (and then accuse me of pushing a "personal desire"?). The word "Allah" is also used by non-Muslims and has been in use since pre-Islamic times, so that was the best spot; "God of Abraham" perfectly describes the entity that the religion is centred around worshipping (yes, Allah is the common word, but a reader on the English-language Wikipedia would want to know what/who the deity is in the context of that sentence). You didn't add or correct any information, and at best, all you were doing was plugging in repeated wikilinks and removing the formatting while you shifted text around. While I respect the edits you have made that aren't simply intended at causing trivial disputes like this, I'm not interested in getting into an edit war, so the discussion here should (hopefully) solve any issues. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 03:15, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

My friend, adding Allah there is significant and very important. Allah is world renowned to be associated with Islam, even in the English speaking world. Therefore, Allah should be where it was placed. And to reinforce which God, the paranthesis which follows “(the God of Abraham)” would clear up any misconceptions if there were any. Although there isnt going to be; unfortunately you are using it as a reason to create doubt. Along with this, you also fiddled with the ‘Seal of the Prophets’ title, and were reverted back by another user for it. The infobox material in regards to ‘members’ was also perfectly fine; you decided to come in and word it the way you wanted to. I do not see why there is the need or reason for you to implement the words in the way which you desire them. There will not be an edit war. Leave important information where it needs to be. I cannot wrap my head around why an issue would be taken with ‘Allah’ being placed where it is. WatanWatan2020 (talk) 03:32, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

To resolve this matter very simply, the word ‘God’ was generalized and has a link pertaining to ‘God in the abrahamic religions’. It is also similar to the articles in Christianity and Judaism. This is the most neutral position achievable. I placed back Allah where you wanted it with its link as well. This should be the end of this matter with due respect WatanWatan2020 (talk) 03:53, 11 May 2022 (UTC).

My edits were not reverted; the whole de-piping of one wikilinking instance is building upon previous edits, not reverting – but whatever works for how you want to push it. I've put down a middle ground for both of us, where the God of Abraham is described and then it is further elaborated showing that he is referred to as Allah. As far as my original charges go (concerning spelling, grammar, and formatting) – which you chose to ignore in your response – you have done it again here as one example. You going out of your way to capitalize "hadith" is also disputable, since the word is not capitalized throughout its own article. You can keep ignoring these charges, as you did with the first response, and continue to accuse me of pursuing a "personal desire" here, but it won't change what's happening. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 04:42, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I do not know why you continue to make an issue still? ‘God’ is the most neutral position, just like it is in Christianity and Judaism. All of a sudden you seem to add ‘Allah’ up there at the top when that is the very thing you were taking issue with. This is plain hypocrisy on your part. Please, do not start a problem or escalate this matter further. WatanWatan2020 (talk) 04:43, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

You are the one who came in to unnecessarily shift text around; you also have made a plethora of spelling and grammatical mistakes, a few instances of which I have literally linked in my responses; and you aren't bothering to reach a consensus (unless, of course, you decide among yourself what the solution is). You didn't bother to bring the issue to the talk page; I did, and you're accusing me of vandalism? That's beyond rich. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 04:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

The issue would not come to the talk page if you wouldn’t engage in a tug-of-war. You were the one who re-worded the ‘members’ section to your own desires, when nothing was wrong with it. It was you as well who removed the significant ‘Seal of the Prophets’ title and you were reverted for it, my friend. Along with this, you specifically took issue with ‘Allah’ being added at the top from the very beginning. Although now that ‘God’ has been generalized, you want to add it up there. Why? Why push the matter further and further to only then implement what you were disputing what to begin with? I cannot wrap my head around why you are taking issue with any of this. All of this is accurate information, the most neutral. Please do not touch it any further. WatanWatan2020 (talk) 04:53, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

And by the way I had only one spelling error - ‘compromising’- and capitalized two letters in the info box which is not inaccurate either. Only you seemed to have taken issue with it my friend.

The article is the most accurate and neutral at this point. WatanWatan2020 (talk) 04:56, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I added a comma and decapitalized "ummah" in the "Members" section, which is not capitalized on its own article. You're trying way too hard to victimize yourself at this point. You are the one who came in to unnecessarily shift text around; you also have made a plethora of spelling and grammatical mistakes, a few instances of which I have literally linked in my responses; and you aren't bothering to reach a consensus (unless, of course, you decide among yourself what the solution is). You didn't bother to bring the issue to the talk page; I did, and you're accusing me of vandalism? That's beyond rich.
Pinging some users who I have seen contribute in some amount recently to weigh in as third parties on what's happening here: VenusFeuerFalle, Iskandar323, and Sodicadl. I encourage you to read my initial post when I opened this section as well as my responses, which contain links to a few of the problematic edits that I have been trying to prevent. I have not disputed every edit made on the article, since its a group effort, but I don't see what's wrong with contesting edits that are so visibly erroneous; doubly so when the response to my charges consists of ignoring what I've said and throwing farcical claims of vandalism in an attempt to dismiss what I've been saying. I've linked more than one time where you have made intentionally made edits that plugged in grammatical or spelling mistakes. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 04:47, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Me "implementing what I was disputing" was a case of me attempting to reach a middle ground with whatever it is you have been doing; which clearly has been not holding an interest in reaching a consensus. If I hadn't opened up this discussion on the talk page, you would be just fine continuing to revert every edit that you didn't like. It's also quite amusing that you are accusing me of pursuing an edit war and vandalism, when your talk page is full of posts concerning your edit warring on other articles. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 05:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

That is not reaching a middle ground. You first re edited the page the way you wanted it, and then came here and opened this discussion. If you were really sincere and not trying to make yourself look like the ‘good guy’, you wouldnt have re edited the article. You would have came here for the discussion first. My friend, everything is documented from the beginning until now here on wiki. And the most problematic thing at this point is you not accepting even the neutral position on ‘God’. You keep wanting to push the ‘God of Abraham’ narrative. Neither in Judaism nor Christianity does it have that either. Along with this, ‘Abrahamic’ is already listed at the very beginning as well. You are literally disputing the most neutral and most accurate lead at this point. Let it go. WatanWatan2020 (talk) 05:08, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

The "God of Abraham" narrative? That's a first. Not sure how writing God vs. God of Abraham while the words are linked to God in Abrahamic religions ("... are all regarded as Abrahamic religions due to their shared worship of the God (referred to as Yahweh in Hebrew and as Allah in Arabic) that these traditions say revealed himself to Abraham") is definitely pushing an agenda on both sides. This was never an issue about neutrality – it can't be since it's not controversial, unless you want to dispute the fact that Islam is not an Abrahamic religion. If you're so concerned about "neutrality", then why don't you just link the word to God plain and simple? The issue is about presentation, format, and context, which doesn't seem to be getting across to you. The articles for Judaism and Christianity are different because they are (surprise, surprise) different articles covering different religions. Editing the page first, and then coming to the talk page signals any normal reaction; you edit, see a persisting dispute, then come to the talk page. If everyone opened up a talk page for every single edit, then there wouldn't be any progress on any article. You have done nothing other than revert and come to the conclusion that you, and you alone, figured was "neutral", so thanks for the incredibly obvious "everything is documented from the beginning until now here on wiki." ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 05:27, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

My friend, ‘God’ is the most neutral term. You took issue with me adding Allah up there. When I made the matter neutral, you went there and added ‘Allah’. This is because you knew that you had lost the plot there. The word ‘Abrahamic’ is already mentioned at the beginning, therefore readers are already led to believe what type of faith they are reading into as they progress. You try to create what ifs? and all sorts of doubts, and within these loopholes, you try and implement what you desire. Again this article is the most neutral and most accurate at this point. I have already made the compromise, while you did not. You implemented what you wanted multiple times, and then one more time before you opened this discussion to make it seem as if you went through the last resort. My friend, I hope that you do not think I was born yesterday. In conclusion, the article is the most neutral and most accurate, simple and to the point. It has links to give readers further information, if needed. Do not make it seem that readers are dumbfounded and handicapped that they cannot click on links, especially on a religion that is arguably the most popular today in the world, the second largest religion in the world. P.S. In the Christianity and Judaism articles, they also have the neutral position by listing ‘God’ simply. We are looking for neutrality here as well. That is my point. WatanWatan2020 (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 05:38, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

I took issue with you putting Allah in a spot where it didn't need to be put, not sure how many times the whole neutrality issue is going to be brought up; Allah being added there did not violate any neutrality, it was not the best fit for that part (if it was an issue of neutrality, why would I have had it in the article with my edits?). The whole reason for a compromise is because you weren't in the mood for reaching a consensus to begin with. Your "compromise" consisted of you wiping my edits and writing down what you wanted. I suggest you drop your Einstein complex tone and assumption that the world runs off of what you think is happening alone, which includes accusations of vandalism and bad faith, among other questionable charges. As far as wikilinking goes, you clearly weren't sure what was going on there given the fact that I had to fix instances where you added repeat wikilinks. You can surely do better than trying to say I wiped out "God" and didn't give a full explanation inside the braces at the first mentioned part (where YOU wanted it to be), which stated that God is referred to in Islam as "Allah". Sounds like a pretty good mid-point, that is, without you trying to dispute it. You're trying to simplify this down to it being an issue with only the God part, when I've linked multiple of your edits that were problematic. I also don't think your self-righteous blowing out of proportion of what actually happened (such as accusing me of supposedly having made drastic changes to the "Members" part of the infobox when all I did was add a comma and italicize "ummah", which did not contest your edit) are helping. ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 06:35, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
I also don't see how "God of Abraham" violates this whole issue of neutrality (I'd like to see someone try to say that it isn't that God) that you've been banking on when the religion itself literally endorses worship of the God that revealed himself to Abraham (the God in Abrahamic religions); doubly so when it's wikilinked. Specification, when appropriately available, is never a bad thing. By your point, since Islam is described as an Abrahamic religion at the start, then the "God in Abrahamic religions" article shouldn't be linked at all, since the readers are not "dumbfounded" nor "handicapped". ➤ Zᴇᴇx.ʀɪᴄᴇ ✪ (ᴛᴀʟᴋ) 06:45, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Sikhism is not a separation of Islam

Kindly change this incorrect statement saying Sikhism is a separation of Islam 81.99.104.210 (talk) 06:22, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Done. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:39, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 May 2022

109.107.227.234 (talk) 07:02, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

The basis of Islam is belief in the one God, which is God. And that He is eternal, alive and does not die, and does not neglect, justice does not oppress, has no partner, no equal, no parent or child, Most Merciful, Most Merciful, forgives sins and accepts repentance and does not differentiate between people except by their good deeds. He is the creator of the universe and is aware of everything in it and is in control of it. In the Islamic belief; God is nothing like Him, that is, He is completely different from all His creatures and far from human imaginations, so there is no image or anthropomorphic for Him, but Muslims believe in His existence and worship Him without seeing Him. Just as God in Islam is One, One, that is why Muslims reject the Christian Trinity belief in the existence of God in three persons, as well as rejecting the divinity of Christ, who is a human messenger in the Islamic faith. Say, He is God, the One Aya-1.png God, the Eternal, the Eternal Aya-2.png He was not begotten and was not begotten Aya-3.png And He had no equal. Some researchers say that the Arabic word “Allah”, which is used in Islam to denote the same God, is made up of two parts: “the” and “God”, while others say that it has Aramaic roots that go back to the word “aloha”. And God has several names mentioned in the Qur’an, and there are ninety-nine names that are known to Sunni Muslims as “the Most Beautiful Names of God.” They are names of praise, praise, praise and glorification of God that were mentioned in the Qur’an or on the tongue of one of the messengers according to the Sunni belief, including: the King, the Holy One, Peace, the believer, the dominant, the dear, the mighty, the clutch, the basit, the agent, the first, the merciful, the one with majesty and honor, and others. The truth is that there is a disagreement about the number of the Most Beautiful Names among the Sunni scholars, and a disagreement about the Most Beautiful Names themselves. However, some suggested that their number was ninety-nine, according to a hadith reported by Al-Bukhari on the authority of the Prophet Muhammad that he said: “God has ninety-nine names, a hundred but one, whoever counts them will enter Paradise.”

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:26, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2022

Please remove the comment about Sikhism being a derivative of Islam. This is false and highly offensive. Sikhism is NOT an offshoot nor does it have beliefs that align with Islam. This notion is a result of colonialism. 2001:569:FE24:1500:194:4256:9E9C:73B7 (talk) 17:39, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

 Partly done: I rewrote that sentence to make it clear it primarily incorporates aspects of Hinduism, and some influence from Islam, matching the source cited. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:57, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

Infobox, again

There was already this topic about infobox with consensus from 6 February 2021 with MOS:INFOBOXUSE after it was added by sock blocked users Eliko007(Jobas) and after by one more sock Adigabrek added it again (kind of sock users like to add it for some reason, maybe just as some extra "fuel" for edit wars or so). There was/is consensus to infobox is not needed for this article and some similar too. It must be noted to it is optional and sometimes especially for complex topic's infobox is not needed at all, it can make even greater confusion, also synthesis of published material. Also it is often under attacks and vandalism. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 21:07, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

I don't really see anything controversial or confusing in the infobox. It all seems extremely matter of fact. Editors have been ironing out the kinks in it for weeks. Iskandar323 (talk) 04:51, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
As per MOS:INFOBOXUSE check talk page archive about infobox use at this article from February 2021. This is not a private blog, and in general I dont see some crucial need for infobox here at all or to it is some improvement, and reasons for that I said in my previous post.AnAnicolaidis (talk) 12:24, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Multiple editors have been happily editing this infobox in relative peace before your attempted removal, so there is clearly an informal consensus that the infobox is no bad thing. Consensus can change, and in contrast to your edit note about inconsistency, there are ample examples of religions that do indeed have infoboxes. Take Judaism for example. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:38, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
I told you February 2021 talk page here and take Christianity and Hinduism for example. And Judaims is pretty simple and can fit ok in infobox. Anyway there is no hurry, let's see about the other editors. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 12:43, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
What is reason for hurry and to try to make edit war? There was talk about this in February 2021 and now this again so? No need to hurry, other editors also can put their opinion. Totally cool and relaxed. Or you should try with personal blog not this. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 12:50, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
If you are talking about this thread, it was barely a discussion, let alone the substance of any sort of firm consensus. And again, note WP:CCC. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:58, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Pretty good is, and you seems somehow nervous about it, just relax. Ah, Buddhism also is without infobox so Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. So yeap really there is not any need for it when other major are without. Seems to only your argument is to you think to somehow own this page. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 13:04, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
As I have said, various editors have worked on the information in the infobox, all of whom you have effectively reverted. Anyway, DNFTT. Iskandar323 (talk) 13:09, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Maybe by adding it and removing it, as it can be checked in the history of this article. As I wrote more trouble than improvement, and nothing changed since 2021. Anyway wait for other editors, maybe they will join and share their opinions. There is no hurry at all about all this and no reasons to someone is nervous about. Everything is cool and relaxed. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 13:20, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
The 'cool and relaxed' thing here would have been to discuss your views BEFORE disrupting the article, and then to follow WP:BRD after being reverted. And you can't cause trouble yourself only to go say: look it causes trouble! No, that means the trouble is you, and the bizarre beef you have with infoboxes. Iskandar323 (talk) 13:35, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

MOS:INFOBOXUSE says: The use of infoboxes is neither required nor prohibited for any article. Whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use, is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article. It is not an invitation to individual editors to exterminate infoboxes in whatever article takes their fancy.

  • The argument has been made that the articles on Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism do not have infoboxes and therefore the article on Islam must not have one either. But that is the opposite of the policy.
  • Another argument for deleting the infobox is the association fallacy. That does not hold water either.

There do not appear to be any policy-compliant reasons for deleting the infobox from the article on Islam.-- Toddy1 (talk) 20:52, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

When consenus was established here about "Whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use? Last talk about was in February 2021. Anyway won't remove it now, maybe later. AnAnicolaidis (talk) 21:59, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Not many people participated in Talk:Islam/Archive 31#Infobox_religion. It seems to have been forgotten about when somebody else added the infobox, and various people edited it to make it acceptable.-- Toddy1 (talk) 22:36, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

The Abrahamic Religions: Who Are The People Of The Book?

I would like to submit an alternative viewpoint when it comes to saying that Islam is one of the Abrahamic religions. I know this has been a long accepted issue and many may disagree. Nevertheless, I believe another side needs to be heard. The way it is currently presented is a dogmatic viewpoint and not necessarily accepted by all. I can provide documentation that would put this belief/statement into question. This is my first time to submit something through Wikipedia, so please excuse me as I wish to learn the proper format, etc., when adding or editing existing works.

First, I would like to address “Who Are The People Of The Book?” Islam claims to be an Abrahamic religion, and therefore being a “people of the Book (Bible, Old Testament [OT] and New Testament [NT]). I would like to explain just what it means to be a “people of the Book.” Islam makes this claim making assumptions based on very little evidence, and without any refute from the other two “peoples of the Book.” The other “two,” being Jews and Christians, should have their viewpoint presented as well.

I would next address some of the differences between the Qur’an and the Bible, using these texts to show how and why they are different and do not compliment one another and are not complementary of one another. I will show how/where texts from the Bible lays the framework so that there can be no other text to follow it; I will also demonstrate the impossibility of errancy in the Bible as claimed by Islam.

Next, I will show that the god of Islam is not and cannot be the same God to of the Jews and Christians.

Last, I will show who are the true people of the Book and why.

This will be presented using apologetics, verses from the Bible as well as verses from the Qur’an. Also addressed will be contradictions, why they exist, and what the answers are.

Thank You,

Jay A. Lykins, Ph.D. Islamic Studies University of Oxford 1988 Mrjaykins (talk) 04:03, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

"People of the book" is a piece of terminology defined within and by Islam; it is not really a piece of neutral terminology waiting to be claimed through polemics. Iskandar323 (talk) 04:16, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Criticism, persecution, and debates

I think that this section should be added to not only this page but to all pages regarding religion Dajjal616 (talk) 09:20, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

I am not so sure. Criticism section in any article is problematic. For the same reasons they are problematic, I don't see how adding the other items helps and not hurt. Sodicadl (talk) 04:12, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
If drafted well, precise and concise hyperlinked to other wiki pages for detailed info, it would help the reader. Amitized (talk) 11:49, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

There are separate pages for criticisms for Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Voltzz007 (talk) 23:00, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Women rights

The page contains only few phrases describing situation of women. Xx236 (talk) 06:58, 24 June 2022 (UTC)

Terminology consistency

Hi! I am bringing this up again. The only feedback [4] about consistency is the suggestion that each translated term be translated consistently throughout the article. I think I would add that alternative spellings can be listed when the word is first introduced in the article. So for a start I think Sunni Islam is more used by the sources than Sunnism and Shia Islam over Shiism and the adjective Sunni over Sunnite and Shia over Shiite. I could make those changes in the article, unless there are different opinions. Sodicadl (talk) 23:09, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Yes, this is a common sense and more recognizable approach (with the use of Sunni over Sunnite and Shia over Shiite having the added benefit of concision), although I would avoid the full "Sunni/Shia Islam" wherever possible and substitute the "Islam" with more specific phrases, such as "in Sunni/Shia thought/theology/jurisprudence", etc., where possible. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:01, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 July 2022

I'd like to request that angels being made of nar or fire be removed as it is inaccurate. According to islamic theology angels are made of light while jinn are made of fire.

https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/search?s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-3&search-go=&s.q=Angels+light Avirtue0 (talk) 05:13, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. It looks like both are sourced, and the article is clear that they have been described as both. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 10:41, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

infobox debate

There is a debate going on here that will affect this article. Greenhighwayconstruction (talk) 21:03, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

islam

islam is the fastest growing religion, it is a peaceful and religion. Allah is the 1 and only god that muslims (people who believe in the religion) believe in . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.133.122.43 (talk) 19:13, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. -Tow (talk) 19:16, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Everything that you said has been stated in the article, I guess except for the "peaceful" as we accept all religions are peaceful. ZetaFive (talk) 22:56, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2022

Dear, please remove the image which depicts Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ) receiving verses from Angle under the sub-heading “Angels”

Thank you! Alisids1 (talk) 01:31, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: see FAQ on Talk:Muhammad for an explanation on why the image is there and why it will not removed, as well as how to hide the images from view when logged into your account. Cannolis (talk) 01:48, 26 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 September 2022

change 2 billion followers to 1.7 billion 204.111.204.171 (talk) 16:51, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. MadGuy7023 (talk) 17:45, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

"IsIam" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect IsIam and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 12#IsIam until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 02:20, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2022

Remove any pictures that depicts the prophet , prophets , or angels as this extremely disrespectful to Muslims, and as we’ve seen before in the past can cause out-lash in the community 2603:8000:100:45CD:A836:B8F8:5904:6DC4 (talk) 23:41, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: Wikipedia is not censored, and consensus is that such images are helpful for a reader to better understand the topic. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:50, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2022

I urge you to delete the pictures of the Prophet (sall Allahu alaihi wa sallam).... THESE PICTURES ARE NOT FROM ISLAM AND SOMETHING STRANGE AND HATED FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE. You only cause hatred 178.115.70.129 (talk) 08:13, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done – Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. Giraffer (talk·contribs) 08:43, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Good article

I am sending a nomination for this article for good article status because it might be worth the try but I thought of hearing any concerns here. Sodicadl (talk) 03:23, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

@Sodicadl: I'm not familiar enough with the topic to do a proper review, but here are some suggestions. The history section is too long; modern-day practice is much more important to readers. The lead also needs to do a better job summarizing: the key term mosque is unmentioned, and it's important to note somewhere the sheer diversity of Muslim life (beyond the Sunni–Shia divide), often divided by geography. Geographic statistics is unnecessary for the lead, imo, although that's definitely up for debate. In the lead, I'm unconvinced of the relevance of Muslims being the fastest growing religious group, and at least the explanation that it's due to high birth rates. In the body, apostasy is not mentioned, nor is Islamic extremism. On the whole, though, it seems like a nice article. Ovinus (talk) 20:38, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
  • I agree the history section is too long and needs tighter use of WP:Summary style.
  • Citation format is also inconsistent and there are some ref errors as well as non-RS cited (i.e. history.com) News sources and non-scholarly websites (e.g. renaissance.com) should be avoided as much as possible since they are not high quality sources nor do they show due weight for the content supported.
  • Derived religions should be merged with the place where Ahmadiyya is discussed since many Muslims consider Ahmadiyya to be this.
  • "body modifications, such as permanent tattoos, are usually forbidden as violating the creation" This is later contradicted by requirement of circumcision, which is a type of body modification.
(t · c) buidhe 23:46, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
I did a little more summarizing of the history section and more does need to be done. As for needing to mention the term Islamic extremism, if you look at that article itself it shows there is no agreement for which divergent phenomenon it should refer to and each of those phenomenon like political Islam, salafism and ISIS have been mentioned in the article. It is a good point about the number of non-scholarly sources and I took out history.com and renaissance.com and replaced with better sources and will work on more. As for Ahmadiyya to be merged with derived religions, I am not sure that is something editors should be making a judgment about it being within the bounds of Islam or not or at the least the article shouldn't fail Good Article Status because of where it draws the line. I don't think the sentence about circumcision is contradicting anything because body modifications are indeed 'usually' forbidden. Sodicadl (talk) 01:31, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Compromise?

Why not simply add a spoiler for the included depictions of Prophet Muhammad? Wikipedia remains uncensored, and Muslim readers don't have to accidently see Prophet Muhammad's images while they are viewing his Wikipedia page unless they explicitly choose to do so by clicking on the exact image. Win-win. Praxeria (talk) 10:37, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

On "why", see Wikipedia:No disclaimers, though by "spoiler" you seem to mean that every (objectionable by some standard) image should be collapsed somehow. Which would be censorship. And very hard to argue why WP should employ censorship in regard to Islam and nothing else. Many people are at times surprised by what they find on WP. They learn from it, adapt (like setting their browsers to not showing pics they don't like), or leave for parts of the internet they like better. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:05, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
You can see some related comments here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Muhammad_images#Question_1a:_Should_there_be_an_instructional_hatnote?. That was 10 years ago though, and consensus can change. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:11, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 November 2022

In the article angels remove "or 'fire' (nār)" because in Islam angels are only made of light and Jinns are made of fire. Idolatry and depictions of the Prophet Mohammed and other prophets are prohibited in Islam as they are ‘’infallible’ and revered figures, and ‘according to the Islamic faith […] should not be presented in any manner that might cause disrespect for them.’ (Dr Azzam Tamimi to the BBC in 2015);https://www.diverseeducators.co.uk/why-are-pictures-of-prophet-muhammed-forbidden-in-islam/Ishratm1 (talk) 00:07, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

 Not done – Wikipedia is WP:NOTCENSORED. Also refer to the FAQ in Talk:Muhammad. Actualcpscm (talk) 20:43, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 January 2023 (2)

SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, and may the peace and blessings of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala be on all of them, ameen. Please put "SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam" and "may the peace and blessings of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'la be upon all of them, ameen" after mentioning the Prophets SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and may the peace and blessings of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala be upon all of them, ameen. Inshallk (talk) 19:56, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: WP:SAWW Cannolis (talk) 22:13, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Acts of worship subheads

I think the five pillars of faith should have the names in Arabic afterwards in brackets, i.e.: (Shahada), (Salah), (Zakat), (Sawm), (Hajj). The current terms, such as 'testimony' and 'charity' are really quite awkward translations of the Arabic, and while they might be the closest equivalents in common English, for any acquainted/Muslim reader I imagine these terms will appear quite alien and unrecognizable (arrayed as they are in the list: Testimony, Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage, they also have a distinct Christian POV feel). Having both English and Arabic would allow both those unacquainted with the subject to navigate to the right sections with the slightly crude, rough translations in English, while equally allowing any acquainted/Muslin reader to also navigate to the same sections without confusion. Iskandar323 (talk) 17:28, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

I can support changing "testimony" to "Shahada", but I don't see how "Prayer, Charity, Fasting, Pilgrimage" has a "distinct Christian POV feel"? I would think if someone was "acquainted/Muslim" then they might actually have less chance of getting confused to navigate to the section. Sodicadl (talk) 20:03, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
This convention is actually already in effect (in reverse) on Five Pillars of Islam. I've also found it on the Metropolitan Museum, where there is this explainer, and in Khan Academy resources. In all, two of the English terms used are also distinctly better than what we currently have here. First, "Profession/Declaration of faith", which is a far more common descriptor for Shahada, and secondly, "Alms(-giving)", which is a much more accurate translation of Zakat, which is not general charity, which takes many forms, but the specific act of monetary almsgiving. For true precision, it should also really be "Daily prayer" and "Fasting during Ramadan" as both these have very crucial time-dependent obligations. "Pilgrimage to Mecca/the Kaaba" might also be better. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:57, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Renaming the Shahada section as Declaration of Faith and the charity section as Alms-giving is indeed an improvement. I do disagree with some of the other renaming in history and branches section that was done. The history section's first subsection is only about Muhammad and so was named as such, whereas 'origins of Islam' is a less accurate description as it could then include predecessor faiths as well as the time after Muhammad when the hadith books were compiled together and that content is left out of that subsection. Sodicadl (talk) 19:38, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
I took that name directly from the History of Islam page, as I couldn't think of a better one, since "Muhammad" alone is not a functional period name. Ditto "Establishment of caliphate and civil strife" - not a period name, and with undue emphasis on the strife (a common feature of all eras). I mistook the dates when I changed that, but an alternative name for just that section would be "Early Islamic period", or, alternatively, "Caliphal period" could be used to overarch the entire 632-1258 span, with "Umayyad period" and "Abbasid period" subheads. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:45, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
@Sodicadl: In addition to the above, it's worth noting that the "Classical era" section is a complete misnomer at the moment that readers could readily confuse with the actual Classical era, which is obviously a much earlier period. This must be short for "Classical Islamic period" or "Islamic Golden Age", but the shortening doesn't work. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:26, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 January 2023

Good Day..!

I've notice you are using photos of Prophets and Angels in this article, This goes totally against the basic principles of Islam and offends Muslims around the world. I request to please remove photos of Prophet Muhammad with Angel and Prophet Muhammad while leading other prophets in prayer.

Please support me in doing so. Engineesh (talk) 10:12, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Not done. Wikipedia is not censored, but also the avoidance of images in Islam is a modern, not universal fixation, hence the existence of historic images. Iskandar323 (talk) 10:30, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not censored but the author of this article must be asked to refrain subjects which could offend mass, I believe you are a Muslim, if that so, you must understand the concept behind the Pictionary, We donot want to image our prophet once His names comes to mind as these images are not true of Him rather just imaginary. Its Sensitive and moderation has nothing to do with it.
Help me in removing these 2 photos please. Engineesh (talk) 07:05, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 Not done: see this for why we will not remove these images and how to configure your account not to display them for you Cannolis (talk) 08:08, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Well, here is the patch from Wikipedia page about the author of the book you took these photos From.
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In 1312, his colleague Sa'd-al-Din Mohammad Avaji fell from power and was replaced by Taj-al-Din Ali-Shah Jilani. Then, in 1314, Öljaitü died and power passed to his son, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, who sided with Ali-Shah. In 1318, Rashid al-Din was charged with having poisoned Öljaitü and was executed on July 13, at the age of seventy. His Jewish ancestry was referenced numerous times in the court. His head was carried around the city after the execution and people were chanting: "This is the head of the Jew who abused God's name, may God's curse be upon him."
His property was confiscated and Rab'-e Rashidi, with its scriptorium and its precious copies, were turned over to the Mongol soldiery. A century later, during the reign of Timur's son Miran Shah, Rashid al-Din's bones were exhumed from the Muslim cemetery and reburied in the Jewish cemetery.
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How do you say people were not against his work, and in modern era we have seen numerous cases where Muslims around the globe have raised serious concerns over Pictionary of prophet Muhammad, to stay on your policy of adding paintings the best we can do is to mask the face of Prophet which will in all resolve the matter.
Hope you understand my concern and help resolving this very critical matter.
Thanks Engineesh (talk) 08:36, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 Not done: see my prior response. Please stop reopening these requests as you will not get a different response, prior consensus has already established that we here on the english Wikipedia will allow images of Muhammad. Since you find these images objectionable, follow the instructions on the Muhammad FAQ page I linked and you can disable them for you. Continuing to make these same requests is a waste of both your time and the editor who will decline them, and is Wikipedia:Disruptive editing. Cannolis (talk) 09:01, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Author has no authority to write on objectionable items which are personnel to many, If you cannot close the matter simply donot respond, since this subject is open on WIKIPEDIA a formal page which is giving information about 1.5B people (minus him and his team) It will remain concerned and questioned, If not me someone else will raise again.
Thanks for your time. Engineesh (talk) 11:02, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Content disclaimer. "Objectionable items" is a risk you take when you read Wikipedia. It's like the rest of the internet in that way. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:08, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
My concern is not to offend any one just to correct the wrong, Lets not take it to dispute and find a solution with efforts at our personnel end. Engineesh (talk) 11:09, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done - And it won't be done - for reasons repeatedly explained above and below- Arjayay (talk) 11:26, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Angel section imagery

Setting aside the policy non-compliant reasons above for touching the image illustrating the section about angels, I think there is a serious discussion to be had about whether the image currently in use is the best option. I have my doubts. For one, the image is murky, and appears so when scrolling down the page. Two, I have serious doubts about whether it is actually illustrative of typical Islamic beliefs regarding angels: in particular, the way in which the wings are one with the arms, more like a harpy of classical Greek mythology than a routine rendition of an angel in the Abrahamic tradition. Three, the work it comes from is culturally more remote than some of the perhaps better options we have to choose from for this. These images: [5] [6], for instance, come from the Siyer-i Nebi, the 'Life of Muhammad', a highly canonical work within Islamic tradition written at the request of a Mamluk sultan and later illustrated at the behest of an Ottoman sultan. It is described as "the largest single cycle of religious painting in Islamic art" and "the most complete visual portrayal of the life of the prophet Muhammad". The current image, by way of contrast, comes from the Jami' al-tawarikh a 'Compendium of Chronicles' produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate. This, while a hugely important chronicle for Mongol history, is a far more meagre source for Islamic tradition relative to a work devoted entirely to the life of Muhammad. It also drew on influences from another Mongol work, the Tārīkh-i Jahāngushāy, "History of the World-Conqueror", and the Shahnameh, while the illustrator had a penchant for Chinese calligraphy and painting - making it a work both less precisely focused on Islam and of a mixed cultural heritage that may account for the presence of harpy-esque angels and the like. The more canonical Siyer-i Nebi images also depict Muhammad as veiled, which is truer to Islamic tradition. See, for instance, the parallel convention in Safavid art. This is important because, without necessarily pandering to visitors offended by the Jami' al-tawarikh image, it is nevertheless of slightly more intrinsic value to the page, the subject of which is Islam, to show the most Islamically canonical artwork. This includes angels with actual wings, not feathered forearms, and veiled prophets. Equally, without bowing to external pressure to contravene WP:CENSOR, there is nevertheless the counteracting guideline of WP:GRATUITOUS - and, in this instance, we have the opportunity to replace an existing image with one which is both more reflective of and canonical within the religious tradition that is the subject of the page, and also less likely to draw community time-wasting complaints, which, I might suggest, would be a win-win. Iskandar323 (talk) 14:03, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Thanks and appreciate your response, Please let us settle this as this would remain a concern forever. Engineesh (talk) 04:21, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
Can you, for visibility, put current image and suggestions for replacement in this thread? As thumbs, I mean. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:59, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång - Ok, that's done. The current Siyer-i Nebi are a bit smaller and slightly lower resolution, but I'm not sure this is a major issue for the purposes of illustrating a short section simply summarizing a child article. There are also various other suitable images available at Angels in Islam. I've provided the clearest two of these as well. Iskandar323 (talk) 10:23, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
The current one is older, and may get a + point for that. It also has Muhammad and the angel, which I think can be a good idea since we get the angel and a noted theological event at the same price. I have no objection if you want to replace the current one with the Second Siyer-i Nebi option, which is fairly clear as a thumb. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
I think the kneeling angel in black is quite beautiful, btw. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
One thing that became apparent when I arrayed all of the images together is that angels in Islam definitely are typically depicted with at least six limbs: two legs, two arms, and typically two wings (though in the case of last image in the gallery, four wings). This makes the Jami' al-tawarikh image clearly atypical in its representation. With the second Siyer-i Nebi example, it also depicts the revelatory Mount Hira. The "Parallel Safavid example" is actually also rather spectacular and involves not only the night journey episode with the Buraq, but also an entire host of angels, so certainly wins the pure numbers game. Iskandar323 (talk) 12:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
To summarise MOS:IMAGES, the purpose of an image is to illustrate not to decorate. The current image does neither. Both Siyer-i Nebi images and the "Parallel Safavid example" illustrate the text. The remaining two are decorative. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 12:59, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
Why are the Siyer-i Nebi pics illustrations of the text but not the current pic? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:03, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
Because I changed my edit too often in writing it and getting an edit conflict and lost my thread. D'oh! Yes, the current image does illustrate the text. <blush> --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:46, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Fwiw, here is previous discussion:Talk:Islam/Archive_29#Recent_Image_edits Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:24, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Direction of prayers

Hello, I once edited this page years ago to specify that in the very beginning Muhammad asked his followers to pray in the direction of Jerusalem and only later instructed to do so in the direction of Mecca. I furnished a reference back them that redirected to a documentary by ARTE called "Jésus et l'Islam" (available in French and, I guess, German)

The edit is now gone and I can't find the reference anymore

Just wanted to point it out in case anyone is interested in looking more deeply into this

Regards Varoon2542 (talk) 20:13, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

founder of islam

Assalamoalikum Hey guys just to let you all know prophet Mohammed is our last messenger not the founder of islam Please remove the founder from this page Allahafiz 2405:201:3001:31B0:25AF:93CD:AD90:F1FF (talk) 10:27, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

From a Muslim religious perspective, he was the last messenger and the article says that's what Muslims believe. From an academic perspective, he was the founder of Islam. All Wikipedia articles are written from an academic perspective, see WP:RS. Jeppiz (talk) 11:28, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
Also, we don’t just remove things (or add things) contrary to sourcing guidelines. This is to comply with WP:V, a fundamental Wikipedia policy. Any request to remove well-sourced material needs to be accompanied by at least as many high-quality sources as that passage already cites, and those new sources need to contradict the present sources. Further, any request to add material to the article needs to be accompanied by at least one high-quality source. A good rule of thumb is that if your request to add/remove is not accompanied by any sources, you shouldn’t make the request. ThanksForHelping (talk) 16:23, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Regarding the Sufi Section

I was gone for a while from this article and currently re-reading it, since it is currently a good-article nominee. DUring re-reading, I found a sentence I think was added only recently, but doesn't add much: "Sufis reject materialism and ego and regard everything as if it was sent by god alone, Sufi strongly believes in the oneness of god" This seems to me a rather vague phrasing and motivated by apologetics, especially the accusation that Sufis wouldn't believe in "tauhid". Weasal words such as "mterialism" and "ego" shouldn't be used in a GA-article and cause unncessariy confusion. I am not even sure if this is entirely accurate, although I get the picture. I think "ego" means "nafs" in that context, butnafs is, for example, not necessarily "rejected" but rather "trained" as evident from the philosophy of al-Ghazali. Likewise, what is materialsm here? The worldview? The desire for material things? Unlike Christian mysticism, matter isn't rejected entirly, there is no docetism in Islam (except fo Ismailites maybe). I don't see how this sentence adds anything, it rather distrubes the reading-flow. Do you agree to remove it? VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 01:05, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

I agree it adds nothing and is apologetic in tone. The last part is particularly vapid, because AFAICT it’s a basic belief common to all forms of Islam.—Odysseus1479 03:42, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
Yes, bin ego and the like. Ordinary Sunni and Shia Muslims can be Sufi: you don't have to float off into the clouds and reject 'materialism', although obviously the tradition has modestly ascetic roots, hence the itchy woolen (Suf) garb. Iskandar323 (talk) 04:30, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 February 2023

Please Change from Islam (/ˈɪslɑːm/; Arabic: ۘالِإسلَام, al-ʾIslām [ɪsˈlaːm] (listen), transl. "Submission [to God]")[7][8] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered around the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad.[9][10] TO Islam (/ˈɪslɑːm/; Arabic: ۘالِإسلَام, al-ʾIslām [ɪsˈlaːm] (listen), transl. "Surrender [to God]")[7][8] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered around the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad.[9][10] Aftabkhan1999 (talk) 00:05, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

The sources say submission, not surrender. Jeppiz (talk) 00:26, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

"Isalm" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Isalm has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 February 27 § Isalm until a consensus is reached. Mast303 (talk) 03:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2023

Islam is universal, not oldest religion not 7th century's religion ok add this Firdous0099 (talk) 16:35, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:48, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Jewish Opponents of Muhammad

Hello to the editors of this article.

In category:Opponents of Muhammad I have found 13 links to articles about opponents of Muhammad who were Jews.

I think 13 articles is enough to have their own category, i.e. category:Jewish Opponents of Muhammad.

Please create this category:Jewish Opponents of Muhammad and categorize it with the more general and currently available category:Opponents of Muhammad.

This would make gathering information about the allegedly Jewish opposition to Muhammad more easy.

Thanks. 2001:44C8:4047:8BD3:CE6:3385:EF93:3A4F (talk) 12:05, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Please share your replies on this matter, User:Dunkleosteus77, User:Sodicadl, User:Iskandar323, User:Gråbergs Gråa Sång, User:Varoon2542, User:Jeppiz, User:ThanksForHelping, User:ScottishFinnishRadish, User:Ganbaruby, User:Bsoyka, User:WikiSilky, User:Balon Greyjoy, User:Eperoton, User:Drmies, User:M.Bitton, User:Khajidha, User:Ian.thomson, User:Awilley, User:Johnleeds1. Thanks. 2001:44C8:440A:3C0:E9D1:8E95:916:C412 (talk) 17:55, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
Are you talking about the Arab Jewish tribes that got kicked out of the region for not converting? Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 18:44, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
I don't know why I got called in, but I am not even sure I understand what "opponents of Muhamad" means. Does it include Theo van Gogh? Or is this a historical thing only? But if that's what it is, then in principle I am not in favor of that kind of specification. Drmies (talk) 00:37, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
I mean to individuals in Muhammad's time who opposed him. Perhaps renaming of the categories is also needed. 2001:44C8:4448:D818:14B1:4520:9EC1:EC43 (talk) 06:50, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
This same debate is already going on where, don't see why this debate needs to be spread all across the WIki Islam prject: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 17:01, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
The debate there isn't going anywhere and long sink under newer debates. Many users have been tagged here but that vast majority didn't answer. I think that a new debate is needed in Talk:Muhammad. 2001:44C8:420C:A247:35A8:B25D:5285:AE82 (talk) 05:23, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
As mentioned above, this has already been cross-posted at several venues. More posting is not needed. This discussion hasn't been buried at all; it has simply been up for only two days and not garnered much interest. Iskandar323 (talk) 06:24, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
The "several" are there and here. I doubt the discussion in enough accessible as it is. 2001:44C8:4550:469A:3D21:EF6D:C107:CB4F (talk) 14:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Zakat section grammar error

In the section describing the Zakat, it says 15 times greater then, it should be greater than 2A0A:A540:8FC6:0:516A:DDD3:4FDA:6216 (talk) 12:30, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Nice catch. Sodicadl (talk) 15:30, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Omitted from entire wiki

In christianity the violence that led to it becoming a major religion is there in pure truth for all to see. This article has absolutely no mention of any of the violent conquest Islamic leaders perptra3ted on parts of the world and as such, this article is not entirely true.

Please be honest. 86.11.18.109 (talk) 01:52, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Archeological evidence of islamic conquest seems to indicate that there isn't a clear history of violence w/r/t "Islamic Conquests." I will cite Muhammad and His Community of Believers: At the origins of Islam by Fred Donner as a piece of contemporary scholarship that backs up this claim. 129.59.122.76 (talk) 17:44, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Demographics in 2100

The source says: "By the year 2100, about 1% more of the world’s population would be Muslim (35%) than Christian (34%).", so trying to word this in a less decisive way. Pharos (talk) 16:23, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

number of the islamic population

in the article it's written as 1.9 billion, when in reality it's over 2.1 billion in 2023 41.199.63.34 (talk) 09:07, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Did Umar Ibn Al-Khatab said "Much of the Qur’an is Gone?"

If he said that, what is the common interpretation of that in Islam? 2A10:8012:19:AD67:30DA:8034:724A:1CEE (talk) 20:10, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

he said this in a weak narration, and in islam we don't take weak narrations we only take the true ones and we figure this out by something called 'isnad', you can search about it it's too long to explain here, besides even if the narration was true, he doesn't mean that this quran has been lost, it's talking about 'naskh' which is when god orders the removal of a specific verse 41.199.63.34 (talk) 09:16, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 July 2023

Add this crucial history in the third paragraph of the lead after the first line.

"In 610 CE, Muslims believe Muhammad began receiving revelation.[1] By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam.[2]" 223.123.110.74 (talk) 10:44, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Cherrell410 (talk) 21:05, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
@Cherrell410: References added. 223.123.112.164 (talk) 05:03, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
Done
@Cherrell410: Can you please make Arabia, Arabian Peninsula and converted to Islam direct links as it is not linked before in the lead only if I am not wrong. 223.123.112.73 (talk) 06:06, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Citations

  1. ^ Buhl, F.; Welch, A.T. "Muhammad". In Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (n.d.). Harvc error: no target: CITEREFEncyclopaedia_of_Islam_Onlinen.d. (help)
  2. ^ Buhl, F.; Welch, A.T. "Muhammad". In Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (n.d.). Harvc error: no target: CITEREFEncyclopaedia_of_Islam_Onlinen.d. (help)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 July 2023

I request to change the heading "Derived Religion" to "Influence on other Religions". That will be much broader. For instance to say Sikhism is derived from Islam could be seen as offensive. But Sikhism being influenced by Islam is much more accetable. Az.explore (talk) 09:23, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Hopefully the change won't be controversial and will stick. If it gets reverted, please discuss with reverting editor to reach consensus with them, rather than reopening another edit request. Thanks. Xan747 (talk) 23:58, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2023

Please make Arabia, Arabian Peninsula and converted to Islam direct links as it is not linked before in the lead only if I am not wrong. 223.123.110.163 (talk) 12:07, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

 Partly done: Arabia redirects to Arabian Peninsula, so I did not link that term. EvergreenFir (talk) 15:04, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 August 2023

There is a basic flaw, that is very concerning with Muslim Faith, Abrahamic faith was Tauheed [Oness of Allah] therefore it is incorrect 39.40.22.12 (talk) 03:57, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 04:13, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2023

78.147.76.85 (talk) 14:22, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Monolatrism

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:30, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

GA Review

Passed. AviationFreak💬 15:21, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Reviewer: Dunkleosteus77 (talk · contribs) 17:23, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Original review

Dunkloesteus77

  • I had cleaned up all the tags but five days ago a user went on a tagging spree and I appreciate their concern for improvement! Working on addressing their citation needed tags. Sodicadl (talk) 18:24, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
I mean I would've put them there if they hadn't, at minimum every paragraph should end with a reference Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 19:24, 7 January 2023 (UTC)
I've trimmed a fair bit of this material. Much of it entailed fairly trivial details at the end of paragraphs, some was duplicative to material elsewhere in the page, and other parts were simply a bit undue in the context of the breadth of this topic. I've left in the tagged material that I believe is of importance/broad interest. Iskandar323 (talk) 07:24, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
There's still a lot of citation needed tags which need to be addressed Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 22:52, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 22:30, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
There's still citation needed tags Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 18:57, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Another was added in January. Done. Sodicadl (talk) 02:30, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
It would be better to use simpler words, like "optional" for example Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 22:52, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 03:28, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
  • "Medina is also a site of Islamic pilgrimage and Jerusalem, the city of many Islamic prophets, contains the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which used to be the direction of prayer before Mecca" it seems like a word is missing here Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 22:52, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
There is nothing wrong with this sentence, nothing is missing.
it's most certainly a sentence fragment, is it supposed to be a list? Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 18:51, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
Done. There were more than a word missing. Sodicadl (talk) 02:22, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
No, it does not seem so. This is a very common way of writing short biographical overviews.
Done. The way the sentence fragments were arranged, it looked like the first sentence fragment was the part that comes after "because". Should be better now. Sodicadl (talk) 02:32, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
Oh that wasn't clear at all Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 19:10, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
you should clarify this point Dunkleosteus77 (talk) 18:57, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
Reworded. Sodicadl (talk) 03:31, 4 February 2023 (UTC)
Various opinions

Vice regent

Sodicadl, in response to this message, were you looking for me to review this article, or assist you in improving the article in response to recommendations made by Dunkleosteus77?VR talk 21:39, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Assist in improving the article in response to recommendations made by Dunkleosteus77. Sodicadl (talk) 21:46, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Capitals00

I suggest moving the sentence "Islamic scientific achievements encompassed a wide range of subject areas especially medicine, mathematics, astronomy, agriculture as well as physics, economics, engineering and optics.", from the lead to the section "Classical era (750–1258)", since the achievements were not only scientific, and many non Muslims were part of these achievements (such as Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Bukhtishu, Masawaiyh, etc); the preceding sentence is sufficient for lead. It is also worth mentioning under the section "Classical era (750–1258)" that non-Muslims were part of these achievements during the Islamic Golden Age as many of scholars of the House of Wisdom were Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians; for example the article in the section "Classical era (750–1258)", includes a photo of an eye manuscript by Hunain ibn Ishaq, who was a Nestorian Christian. Capitals00 (talk) 04:28, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

I believe another user added what you are requesting. Sodicadl (talk) 14:02, 17 January 2023 (UTC)

Æo

The accounts SonoCat and Riopex recently made many edits to this article. Please check their edits, as they have been blocked as sockpuppets of Jobas and Rajputbhatti, respectively, and both are known for pushing pro-Christian and anti-Islamic bias.--Æo (talk) 15:25, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing this out. However, some of their edits were still with cited sources. There was a list of further reading that I took out that were obviously polemic and not much academic value. Sodicadl (talk) 19:34, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Amyipdev

I looked through the article, and it's very good - would definitely give it GA status. There were some small issues I noticed, I sent in some edits to correct them. Most Islamic articles are significantly devoid of neutrality and lacking in qualifiers; this article does much better in that, and due to its depth, I would 100% recommend it for GA. --Amyipdev (talk) 17:41, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Pbritti

I'll take a moment this week to investigate the article for the GA criteria but I have a question for @Sodicadl: Catholic Encyclopedia is listed as a source in the references but I was unable to find where it is cited. Speaking out of an abundance of caution, I would discourage using that particular source for articles on Islam-related articles due to its highly polemic nature. I say this as someone who has regularly leaned on the CE for articles related to liturgy. ~ Pbritti (talk) 01:15, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for consideration into this! I am looking through the sources and will be taking out anything not actually cited. Sodicadl (talk) 23:46, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Second Opinion from Midnightblueowl

Having had some experience with getting religion themed articles through GAN and FAC over the years, I thought I'd offer a second opinion, if it is still needed. Although a lot of good work has clearly been done here, I'm quite concerned by the use of referencing throughout the article. Multiple different styles of citation are employed, and often books and articles are cited without the specific page numbers that are relevant being cited. I can see at least one sentence without any supporting citation. In my view, this article does not meet the Good Article criteria at the present time. Midnightblueowl (talk) 09:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Midnightblueowl, just to check, do you think this review should be closed as failed? The backlog drive is ongoing, and I want to double-check if you want to close this review or if you think another reviewer should take it over for the drive. Vaticidalprophet 22:31, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
Vaticidalprophet Yes, I do think that the review should be closed as failed. Ideally, the first reviewer should be the one to close it, but if they are not around I can do so myself. Midnightblueowl (talk) 10:00, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
I don't think it is too fair to close it already. I did standardize the citation styles compared to before and if it is still not similar enough in format I can fix that if you can illustrate an example. Failing it like this without spelling out your concerns (I'll acknowledge that the complaint of lacking page numbers is a specific complaint) means no one knows exactly what you're looking for so it can be known when to renominate. I understand that there is a backlog but prematurely closing should not be a solution. Sodicadl (talk) 20:32, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Given the context, I've re-added this to the "new reviewer needed" list for the backlog drive. Given it's now the only eligible article over 270 or even 180 days old, it'll hopefully have some attention soon. Vaticidalprophet 00:21, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
I think I'll pick this one up. I'll hopefully have an in-depth prose review starting from "Mysticism" since that's where the previous review left off. I'll also be looking through references and reading over past comments to make sure that everything talked about is looked at. Might be a bit of a challenge, but we'll get there. AviationFreak💬 03:07, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Prose Review

Starting at the beginning of the "Mysticism" section. Beginning at the start of the article. This is a little more detailed than I would typically do for a GA due to the size and importance of the subject.

Thank you for taking this on. I do realize it is a lot of work. Sodicadl (talk) 23:37, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Of course! I recognize it will be a lot of work for you as well (more, in fact). Thank you for the effort you're putting in, this is a very widely-viewed and important article for us to get right. AviationFreak💬 03:55, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
  • There are a lot of places where commas are misplaced. This is something beyond the scope of a GA assessment, but WP:GOCE will likely be able to help if desired (especially if this article is headed for FAC). I'll try to do a more thorough read-through tomorrow to identify good places for ref-checks and fix some of the smaller things (i.e., things not noted here) then, but it looks like Dunkleosteus77 caught a lot earlier on.
I know at least the first sentence of the second para in the lede looked like a run on so split that in two. Sodicadl (talk) 02:17, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Consistency is needed between "Quran" and "Qur'an".
Since the Arabic transliterations are going to vary, it was decided before in the talk page to go with the most common form so I changed them now to Quran. Sodicadl (talk) 23:37, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Intro to "Articles of faith" indicates the "divine decree" as an article, but the later section is titled "Divine predestination" which does not seem synonymous to me. "Revelation" and "Scripture", while similar in context, should probably also be made more consistent.
'predestination' is closer to the specific relevant article so standardized it with that word. Changed subheading to 'revelation'. Sodicadl (talk) 23:45, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
  • "Jibrīl" is used after the mention of Gabriel in "Scripture", but not in the first mention (in "Angels"). Suggest moving to first mention and adding a transliteration for Michael as well. "Jibreel" is also used later in the article; these transliterations and which name is used should be standardized.
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 00:23, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Additionally, a prophet delivering a new book to a nation is called a rasul (رسول‎, rasūl), meaning "messenger". This seems out of place to me.
Rasul are subset of anbiya. Let me know if this is any better Sodicadl (talk) 18:42, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Inconsistent capitalization of "sunnah"
Only rule from manual of style for works of scripture [11] is to be standard throughout article so changed them all to lower case since that is what seems most common in sources. Sodicadl (talk) 00:29, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Might be worth including the exceptions to the duty of fasting (traveling, menstruation, children, etc.), especially as that paragraph is pretty short.
  • Pilgrims spend a day and a night on the plains of Mina, then a day praying and worshipping in the plain of Mount Arafat, then spending a night on the plain of Muzdalifah; then moving to Jamarat, symbolically stoning the Devil, then going to the city of Mecca and walking seven times around the Kaaba, which Muslims believe Abraham built as a place of worship, then walking seven times between Mount Safa and Mount Marwah recounting the steps of Abraham's wife, Hagar, while she was looking for water for her baby Ishmael in the desert before Mecca developed into a settlement. - This sentence should be split at least once.
Done. Summarized it a little more. Sodicadl (talk) 02:17, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Recitation/memorization and supplication/remembrance sections are not part of the five pillars (like everything else in that section) and are both relatively short. It should probably be stated in the sections themselves that these are supererogatory, and they could be merged into a "supererogatory acts" section or fleshed out with more information.
Done, merged into a "supererogatory acts" section. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 CE and was orphaned early in life. Growing up as a trader, he became known as the "trusted one" (Arabic: الامين), and was sought after as an impartial arbitrator. He later married his employer, the businesswoman Khadija. - This needs to be sourced.
Done, that was all part of one source. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The Constitution of Medina was signed by all the tribes of Medina, establishing among the Muslim and non-Muslim communities religious freedoms and freedom to use their own laws and agreeing to bar weapons from Medina and to defend it from external threats. - This should probably be split or reworded.
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The term is also used to refer to later groups such as Isis. - What term, "Kharijites"?
It's specified now. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • While some were quietist, others believed in violence against those opposing them even other Muslims, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who would even attempt to recreate the modern gold dinar as their monetary system. - This sentence is ungrammatical.
Reworded. I think it is better now. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Isma'ili Shias, whose teachings root in Gnosticism and Neoplatonism, as well as by the Illuminationist and Isfahan schools of Islamic philosophy have developed mystical interpretations of Islam. - This sentence is ungrammatical.
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Sufis see tasawwuf as an inseparable part of Islam, just like the sharia. - As sharia has not yet been explained in the article, this comparison is unhelpful.
Fair point, removed that. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Salafism is MOS:DUPLINKed, and should probably be given a short inline description (maybe something like "...from followers of the Sunni revivalist Salafi movement...").
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Sufi influenced Ahle Sunnat movement or Barelvi movement defends Sufi practices and beliefs with over 200 million followers in south Asia. - Shouldn't the first word be "Sufism"? This sentence should be reworded, as "defends Sufi practices with over 200 million followers" sounds WP:POV-y due to the framing as "defending".
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The article has a few problems with duplinks in general. I've not used it before, but there are tools that can assist in finding and removing duplinks. This is a more minor concern for a GA nomination and will not be make-or-break, but still something to be on the lookout for.
  • There are ongoing debates whether sharia is compatible with secular forms of government... - Needs "about" or "as to" after "debates".
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 19:55, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The four major Sunni schools are the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali madhahs - Needs "and" before "Hanbali"
Done. There was also inconsistent use of plural for madhab, one with English plural and other with Arabic plural, so that was fixed. Sodicadl (talk) 15:44, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • ghair muqallid redirects to Salafi without an explanation. The last three sentences in "Schools of jurisprudence" are confusing and do not explain the reasoning behind taqlid. Is it a bad thing to engage in taqlid? Does not engaging in it imply that one engages in ijtihad?
Redirect to relevant section. It has been argued whether taqlid is bad or good, so reworded it to make it sound less negative and more neutral. I hope it is more clear. Sodicadl (talk) 16:12, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Islam, like Judaism, has no clergy in the sacerdotal sense... - I'd recommend removing "like Judaism", as that just opens the door for "what about Protestant Christianity?" (among, I'm sure, other religions without sacerdotal clergy).
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 16:16, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Inconsistent use of "sharia" and "shariah"; anglicization is an inexact thing, but we should be consistent within articles.
Done. "sharia" is what is used most commonly so standardized with that. Sodicadl (talk) 16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 16:34, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Another feature is the avoidance of uncertainty, which is seen as gambling and Islamic banks traditionally avoid derivative instruments such as futures or options which substantially protected them from the 2008 financial crisis. - This could be taken to mean that the "avoidance of uncertainty" is seen as gambling. The 2008 financial crisis may be one example of this protection, but I would suggest either including other examples or rephrasing to something like "which has historically protected them from market downturns".
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 16:54, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The state used to be involved in distribution of charity from the treasury, known as Bayt al-mal, before it became a largely individual pursuit. - Which "state", and how long ago did this responsibility change hands?
Done, added the year according to the source and the names of the states. Sodicadl (talk) 16:54, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • each man, woman and child - Suggest just saying "each citizen" or something similar
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 17:11, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • This could refer to one's striving to attain religious and moral perfection with the Shia and Sufis in particular, distinguishing between the "greater jihad", which pertains to spiritual self-perfection, and the "lesser jihad", defined as warfare. - What is meant by "with the Shia and Sufis in particular"? The "distinguishing between..." phrase also does not follow smoothly from the first part of the sentence.
From the encyclopedia of Islam source Shias emphasize the greater jihad within oneself. I rewrote it, I hope it is a little smoother now. Sodicadl (talk) 19:31, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • All meat must come from a herbivorous animal slaughtered in the name of God by a Muslim, Jew, or Christian - I'm not an expert by any means, but wouldn't it be more accurate to just say "follower of an Abrahamic religion"? There are others besides the "big three" (Baha'i, Rastafarianism), and I suspect that an individual follow something Abrahamic rather than belong to one of three specific groups is the more accurate doctrine (this could very well be wrong though, just a suspicion). Will take a closer look at source review time. I see the text about "People of the Book" now.
  • Gold and silk for men are prohibited. - Why? Are they permissible for women?
This one would be difficult because like many religious rules there may not be a explicit reason given behind them but the sources usually mention the rationale along the lines of not being extravagant so added that in. Sodicadl (talk) 20:01, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Haya, often translated as "shame" or "modesty", is sometimes described as the innate character of Islam Source and our article both use the term "modesty", and our article uses "shyness". Don't see it being translated as "shame", which has much more negative connotations, from a cursory look.
  • After the birth of a child, the adhan is pronounced in the right ear. - I'm no expert, but from my background knowledge I thought this was done with the Shahada. Don't have time tonight to comb through the source, but I'll likely come back to it. Similarly, I thought the Shahada was whispered into the ear of a dying person (not them saying it, as is noted in the next paragraph, though that may be the case as well).
The Shahada is recited by the dying person even if others may recite to them and added the citation for that. The source for the adhan mentions "Another practice is whispering the call to prayer into the newborn's right ear". Sodicadl (talk) 20:18, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Regarding inheritance, a son's share is double that of a daughter's. - The Quran is a primary source and probably should not be used to source claims. If secondary sources don't cover it, it's probably not worth including in the article (especially for a topic as well-covered as this one).
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 17:22, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
  • If we mention a restriction on making images of animate beings, it might be worth adding something about how this is especially contentious for depictions of Muhammad.
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 17:35, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Cultural Muslims are religiously non-practicing individuals who still identify with Islam due to family backgrounds, personal experiences, or the social and cultural environment in which they grew up, with certain national and ethnic rituals, rather than merely religious faith. - Could probably be split into two sentences, but either way, "merely" should be reworded/removed.
Done, it was a little repetitive so shortened it. Sodicadl (talk) 17:40, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Christian writers criticized Islamic salvation optimism and its carnality. - This needs to be reworded for clarity and readability.
Rewrote it to make it more clear. Sodicadl (talk) 18:38, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The "Criticism" section, particularly paragraph 2, are a bit underreferenced and could do with a little beefing up both in terms of sourcing and prose. This is, of course, one of the hardest places in the article to strike a neutral POV, but I think it does a reasonable job right now.
Citing Ibn Kammuna is more of a primary source, so took that one out. The second paragraph is on one issue of many points of criticism so shortened it for more due weight. Sodicadl (talk) 18:38, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

This is all I have for prose right now. I'll do a full GOCE-style copyedit tomorrow and then take a look at a lot of sources. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'm also aware that I might have a slight unconscious bias here and I am on the lookout for that (raised in a protestant American church, though now pretty separated from that ideology), but please feel free to challenge something I say/suggest if you feel it is incorrect or undue. AviationFreak💬 04:32, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Source review

  • Islam itself was historically called Mohammedanism in the English-speaking world. This term has fallen out of use and is sometimes said to be offensive, as it suggests that a human being, rather than God, is central to Muslims' religion, parallel to Buddha in Buddhism. [Wilson, Kenneth G. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. ISBN 0-231-06989-8. p. 291: "Muhammadan and Mohammedan are based on the name of the prophet Mohammed, and both are considered offensive."]:
    Red XN The quote in the footnote is correct, but it doesn't provide support for all of the claims made in the passage. More sources need to be added.
Added another source that accounts for the claim that it is considered offensive and for the claim that it is offensive because a human is at the center of the religion. Sodicadl (talk) 19:10, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The central concept of Islam is tawḥīd (Arabic: توحيد), the oneness of God. It is usually thought of as a precise monotheism, but is also panentheistic in Islamic mystical teachings. [Esposito (2002b), pp. 74–76], [Esposito (2004), p. 22], [Griffith & Savage (2006), p. 248], ["Tawhid". Encyclopædia Britannica.]:
    Question? - The Britannica source seems to be the only one I could find this information in. Esposito's 2002 work doesn't mention tawhid on p. 74 (couldn't access 75/76 on Google Books) and it's not mentioned on page 22 of his 2004 work either. Griffith & Savage do not appear to mention it on p. 248 of their work, leaving only Britannica (which does support the claims very well but is questionably reliable. I'd definitely remove the non-Britannica sources as they don't support the claims, and ideally non-Britannica sources that do support the claims should be added.
Took out the non-Britannica sources and added one from Encyclopedia of Islam, except only Britannica is supporting the part about mystic panentheism. Sodicadl (talk) 23:41, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
  • God is seen as incomparable and without partners such as in the Christian Trinity, and associating partners to God or attributing God's attributes to others is seen as idolatory, called shirk. God is seen as transcendent of creation and so is beyond comprehension. Thus, Muslims are not iconodules and do not attribute forms to God. God is instead described and referred to by several names or attributes, the most common being Ar-Rahmān (الرحمان) meaning "The Entirely Merciful," and Ar-Rahīm (الرحيم) meaning "The Especially Merciful" which are invoked at the beginning of most chapters of the Quran. [Ali, Kecia; Leaman, Oliver (2008). Islam : the key concepts. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-39638-7. OCLC 123136939.]:
"The Problem of Early Islamic Diversity in Anatolia: Rethinking Dervish Piety Through Pantheistic Ideas" by Resul Ay (2023) mentions " tawhid beliefs in a pantheistic sense represented by Sufis such as al Hallaj and al Bistami". However, this source is behind a paywall. Alternatively, "Three Mystics Walk into a Tavern" by James C. Harrington, Sidney G. Hall III states on page. 53 in a footnote on tawhid: "For Muslim mystics and Sufis, however, tawhid has a panentheistic sense, that God is present in all of creation." Martin E. Marty, ‎R. Scott Appleby (2004) state: "Tawhid can also have a pantheistic meaning, that is, God is the sum of that existence" (p. 500). I can imagine this aprt is easily misinterpreted, thus I hope I can help out with offering a few sources regarding this matter.--VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 21:58, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Question? - Needs page number(s). As no page number exists in this citation, I was unable to determine the accuracy of these claims. The book does not appear to have all of this information in one place, but I wouldn't be surprised if one could find it in various places throughout the book (which can be checked out and accessed through that link). However, this would require multiple citations with multiple page numbers (i.e., not just citing it at the end of the paragraph without a page number).
  • While Muhammad was alive, these revelations were written down by his companions, although the primary method of transmission was orally through memorization. [Al Faruqi; Lois Ibsen (1987). "The Cantillation of the Qur'an". Asian Music (Autumn – Winter 1987): 3–4.]:
    Green tickY - Source confirms claims (all appears to be on p. 3 though).
  • Islam is sometimes argued to have a very simple creed with the shahada being the premise for the rest of the religion. Non-Muslims wishing to convert to Islam are required to recite the shahada in front of witnesses. [Kasim, Husain. "Islam". In Salamone (2004), pp. 195–197.], [Farah (1994), p. 135.], [Galonnier, Juliette. "Moving In or Moving Toward? Reconceptualizing Conversion to Islam as a Liminal Process1". Moving In and Out of Islam, edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk, New York, US: University of Texas Press, 2021, pp. 44-66.]:
    Green tickY - Salamone (2004) supports the "premise for the rest of the religion" claim, and the Galonnier source (access needed) supports the second sentence on p. 44. The "very simple creed" claim is supported on p. 54 as part of a block quote from a convert (i.e., probably not the most reliable source), but since it's prefaced by "sometimes argued" I think it's ok. The Farah source does not appear to support the claims and is about the process for preparing oneself for prayer.
Took out the Farah source. Sodicadl (talk) 23:44, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Zakat (Arabic: زكاة, zakāh), also spelled Zakāt or Zakah, is a type of almsgiving characterized by the giving of a fixed portion (2.5% annually) of accumulated wealth by those who can afford it to help the poor or needy, such as for freeing captives, those in debt, or for (stranded) travellers, and for those employed to collect zakat. It acts as a form of welfare in Muslim societies. [Ahmed, Medani, and Sebastian Gianci. "Zakat." p. 479 in Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy.], [Ariff, Mohamed (1991). The Islamic Voluntary Sector in Southeast Asia: Islam and the Economic Development of Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 55–.]:
    Green tickY - The ETTP source ("Zakat" is only an entry in the 2005 edition) supports the 2.5% claim and many of the other details (though the FN is placed immediately after the parenthetical mention of 2.5%). I am unable to fully access the second source, but I can perform limited text-based searches on Google Books and it appears that zakat as a form of welfare is mentioned on p. 55. Given that the first source already supports much of what is cited to the second source and that the second source appears as much as possible to be supporting what is claimed, I'm happy to say this is very likely cited properly.
  • The total annual value contributed due to zakat is 15 times greater than global humanitarian aid donations, using conservative estimates. [12]:
    Red XN - Got a 502 Bad Gateway error; may be a WP:DEADLINK.
Fixed. Sodicadl (talk) 15:00, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Pious Muslims recite the whole Quran during the month of Ramadan. [13] p. 42-43:
    Question? - Source states "since Muslims believe the Qur'an was first revealed during the holy month of Ramadan... many people recite one juz' each day and therefore complete the reading of the Qur'an during the month." I'd suggest changing "pious" to "many", but ultimately I don't think this majorly misrepresents the source.
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 14:43, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
  • After 12 years of the persecution of Muslims by the Meccans, Muhammad and his companions performed the Hijra ("emigration") in 622 to the city of Yathrib (current-day Medina). There, with the Medinan converts (the Ansar) and the Meccan migrants (the Muhajirun), Muhammad in Medina established his political and religious authority. The Constitution of Medina was signed by all the tribes of Medina, establishing among the Muslim and non-Muslim communities religious freedoms and freedom to use their own laws and agreeing to bar weapons from Medina and to defend it from external threats. [Serjeant (1978), p. 4.]:
    Red XN - While the source appears to discuss some details of the Hijra, page 4 does not contain support of these claims. I've been unable to find pages in the source that support all of the claims here (Ctrl+F doesn't seem to work super reliably on this piece), but it may be that they exist in the source (just not on p. 4). More pages or different sourcing are needed.
  • By 629 Muhammad was victorious in the nearly bloodless conquest of Mecca, and by the time of his death in 632 (at age 62) he had united the tribes of Arabia into a single religious polity. [Buhl, F.; Welch, A.T. "Muhammad". In Encyclopaedia of Islam Online (n.d.).]:
    Green tickY - Source link is now a 404, but I found a version online (access through WP:TWL may be required), and it appears to support the claims in its "Muḥammad" entry.
  • Uthman was elected in 644 and his assassination by rebels led to Ali being elected the next Caliph. In the First Civil War, Muhammad's widow, Aisha, raised an army against Ali, attempting to avenge the death of Uthman, but was defeated at the Battle of the Camel. Ali attempted to remove the governor of Syria, Mu'awiya, who was seen as corrupt. Mu'awiya then declared war on Ali and was defeated in the Battle of Siffin. Ali's decision to arbitrate angered the Kharijites, an extremist sect, who felt that by not fighting a sinner, Ali became a sinner as well. The Kharijites rebelled and were defeated in the Battle of Nahrawan but a Kharijite assassin later killed Ali. Ali's son, Hasan ibn Ali, was elected Caliph and signed a peace treaty to avoid further fighting, abdicating to Mu'awiya in return for Mu'awiya not appointing a successor. [Holt & Lewis (1977), pp. 67-72.]:
    Question? - Likely not in the source, but I'm not positive I have the right source. This is the best I could find; apparently the work (originally published in 1970) was "reprinted in 1977 with amendments and each volume divided into two", but what I could get my hands on was the 1970 version. The 1970 version contains no mention of the "Battle of the Camel" or "Battle of Siffin" (those seemed to be the best terms to look for, especially as page numbers would likely differ between the two editions). Can't be sure that this wasn't added in the 1977 amendments, but I think it's unlikely. More sources are likely needed here.
  • The Murji'ah taught that people's righteousness could be judged by God alone. Therefore, wrongdoers might be considered misguided, but not denounced as unbelievers. This attitude came to prevail into mainstream Islamic beliefs. [Blankinship (2008), p. 43.], [Esposito (2010), p. 87.]:
    Blankenship: Green tickY - The Blankinship source supports the first two sentences.
    Esposito: Red XN - The final sentence is not supported by the Esposito source. It states that the Umayyad system of a dual (Sharia/Grievance) court system has "continued throughout Islamic history" and is employed in some countries today (e.g., Saudi Arabia). From what I can tell this is not related to the Murji'ah teaching described in the article's prior sentences.
I believe the Esposito source cited is the fourth edition from 2010 not the 2005 one that you linked. Page 87 says "This attitude came to prevail in mainstream Islam." Sodicadl (talk) 23:50, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Caliphs such as Mamun al Rashid and Al-Mu'tasim made [Mu'tazila] an official creed and unsuccessfully attempted to force their position on the majority. [Esposito (2010), p. 88.]:
    Question? - Is supported by the source, just on page 71 (not 88). Source only appears to mention Mamun, not Al-Mu'tasim.
It is mentioned in Esposito 4th edition pg 88. I believe you linked the 3rd edition. Sodicadl (talk) 15:19, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
  • The government paid scientists the equivalent salary of professional athletes today. [Ahmed (2006), pp. 23, 42, 84]:
    Green tickY - Claim is supported on page 42 of the source. Don't know why 23 & 84 are in there as well.
  • Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274) proposed the mathematical model that was later adopted by Copernicus unrevised in his heliocentric model, and Jamshīd al-Kāshī's estimate of pi would not be surpassed for 180 years. [14]:
    Question? - Source only describes the al-Kāshī claim (though the al-Tusi claim appears on his page and should be cited as well). Source states it was "almost 200 years" before his estimate of pi was surpassed, but 180 isn't far off that and is probably accurate. As far as the al-Tusi claim, his bio states that while "many historians claim" Copernicus adopted his work, there is some disagreement among experts. I don't love either of these interpretations of the sources (not being consistent in the number and not explaining the full story with Copernicus), but I'm comfortable assuming good faith since they don't seem to misrepresent the sources in a POV way.
Added the Tusi source and changed the language to be closer to the source. Sodicadl (talk) 15:36, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Migration from Syria and Lebanon was the biggest contributor to the Muslim population in Latin America. The resulting urbanization and increase in trade in sub-Saharan Africa brought Muslims to settle in new areas and spread their faith, likely doubling its Muslim population between 1869 and 1914. [Bulliet (2005), p. 722]
    Question? - Source supports the main likely-to-be-challenged claim here (the doubling of Sub-Saharan Africa's Muslim population, 1869-1914, due to increased urbanization/trade), but does not seem to mention migration from Syria/Lebanon to Latin America. Another source will be needed for that claim.
There is no source to be found for "biggest" but added a source for it being a contributor to the Muslim population in Latin America. Sodicadl (talk) 15:31, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
  • Forgiveness is much celebrated in Islam and, in criminal law, while imposing a penalty on an offender in proportion to their offense is considered permissible; forgiving the offender is better. To go one step further by offering a favor to the offender is regarded as the peak of excellence. [Leaman (2006), p. 214.], [Nigosian (2004), p. 116.]:
    Green tickY Leaman source certainly does its part in supporting "Forgiveness is much celebrated in Islam", and the Nigosian source supports the rest of the claim.
  • The state used to be involved in distribution of charity from the treasury, known as Bayt al-mal, before it became a largely individual pursuit. The first Caliph, Abu Bakr, distributed zakat as one of the first examples of a guaranteed minimum income, with each man, woman and child getting 10 to 20 dirhams annually. [15]:
    Green tickY - Doesn't explicitly call it "Bayt al-mal", but given there's a wikilink that confirms this definition I'm ok with it. I would of course prefer a citation that mentions that, but I don't think WP:GACR 2b would require it.
  • Beards are often encouraged among men as something natural[417][418][better source needed] and body modifications, such as permanent tattoos, are usually forbidden as violating the creation. [16], [17], [18]:
    Question? - This is overall pretty good IMO, the only issue (already marked with {{Bcn}}) is that the "something natural" claim is based in part on a claim made by the Taliban. The Guardian reference is pretty good, with the only issue being that it uses a historical lens; "The association between beards and Islam goes right back to Muhammad himself... For men, the beard was said to be a part of the 'fitrah' - the natural order." Not a huge issue, but a source that explains this from a modern perspective (ideally not the Taliban) would be best. I think even just removing the Taliban article and rewording the claim to "Beards are often encouraged among men" (removing "as something natural") would do great, as the Guardian piece is pretty clear on that.
  • Here, Muhammad is depicted in the eighth circle of hell, along with Ali. Dante does not blame Islam as a whole but accuses Muhammad of schism, by establishing another religion after Christianity. [Stone, G. 2006. Dante's Pluralism and the Islamic Philosophy of Religion. Springer Publishing. p. 132.]:
    Question? - This is not supported on p. 132 of the source, but pages 53 & 54 seem to contain support for the claims made. Page number should be changed for this footnote.
Done. Sodicadl (talk) 23:55, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Discussion

I've completed prose and source reviews, and it appears that some good progress has been made by the nominator with respect to the prose. The source review uncovered a few problems in the 19 footnotes checked, many of which were relatively minor and would require only small tweaks (worth keeping in mind, I selected some of the most "likely-to-be-challenged" claims to check). However, given the ~470 footnotes in the article, one must question the extent of these footnote errors. I think at this point the best step forward is to seek a second opinion from an experienced GA reviewer (this would be relatively uninvolved, not requiring any additional reviewing of the article itself). I'd encourage any editor(s) who plan to provide this opinion to read through the assessments of all of the footnotes above, as the ones marked with question marks range widely in severity. I am personally leaning towards promoting the article to GA given that most of the discrepancies are small and don't demonstrate bad-faith attempts to twist the sources' words, but I would like to hear what other editors think. Besides sourcing, I think this article meets all of the criteria; the article takes a neutral view of the subject (which was apparently not the case during previous reviews), and the stability is as good as can be expected given the importance of the subject. Earwig doesn't show any copyright issues. AviationFreak💬 18:05, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

I'm happy to take a look at this, as requested, going through the sources. Should be able to do it by tomorrow. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:37, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
Excellent, thank you. AviationFreak💬 02:12, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
I had a look through the sources you listed above, as well as 15 more, selected at random. In my opinion, the sourcing is at GA standard, though pretty far from FA standard. 4 of the ones I checked had no page number or chapter listed, so the information had to be hunted. One contained only part of the cited information, while the second part of the sentence was unsupported (but true, I found in other sources). 2 of them were "stretches" from the source, but not OR. None of them were wholly inaccurate or fabricated. 11 of the sources I checked out were fine and generally of high quality - reputable books, reliable journalism, or academic sources. The nominator has been doing good work double-checking the sources you listed. I would recommend that the article pass GA with the understanding that the nominator will continue double-checking sources and making whatever small changes are necessary. —Ganesha811 (talk) 02:27, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
This was my takeaway as well; probably ok for GA, but a ways away from FA sourcing-wise. With this second opinion (thank you!), this GA nom passes and is promoted. AviationFreak💬 15:16, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Really great work, but I have few comments
The Scripture: Islam teaches that parts of the previously revealed scriptures, such as the Tawrat (Torah) and the Injil (Gospel), have become distorted—either in interpretation, in text, or both, while the Quran (lit. 'Recitation') is viewed as the final, verbatim and unaltered word of God, you need to add the scholars scepticism about this statement, like Gerd R. Puin, see History of the Quran and Historiography of early Islam
The Criticism section does not actually summaries the Criticism of Islam, and the 1st three sentences are not even criticism, they are more of Medieval Christian views on Muhammad. The section needed to be expanded as I see no mention of Criticism of the Quran, Criticism of Muhammad, Islamic views on slavery and concubines, Apostasy in Islam or freedom of religion in Islam, Islam and violence, not even women as in Islam and domestic violence
This should also be included in the lead as a paragraph. FuzzyMagma (talk) 10:14, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
It's important to write these articles in WP:SUMMARY style and avoid giving WP:UNDUE weight. The criticism section does a good job of avoiding recentism while still acknowledging modern issues, and the {{main}} article is there for anyone who is interested in this aspect. The article is here to provide a summary of the religion as a whole, and an overly long Criticism section would be undue. If you'd like to discuss this further after the GA Nom closes, please feel free to do so on the Talk Page. AviationFreak💬 15:20, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Photos

Photos of prophet Mohammad, angels and other prophets have to be removed because such photos are not real. Moreover, they should not be replaced by other photos because there are not any real photos of them. They are just imaginary photos and it's forbidden to draw them. Thanks. Qivatari (talk) 02:12, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Content disclaimer and Help:Options to hide an image. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:03, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
I have read the options to hide an image. Thanks, But that's not the point. I'm not suggesting that these images should be removed because we find it offensive. I believe that there is consensus that unreal photos should not be used in the encyclopedia. It should provide reliable sources and real information and photos. You can never be certain that these photos are real. Moreover, Nobody has ever seen an angel to draw one. In addition, the prophets were not drawn at their time, so these photos are not real. If in my religion it's not allowed to draw prophets, I know you won't remove the photos based on the rulea of my religion, but they have to be removed based on the the fact that they are not authentic or real. They are not subject to artistic creativity or free expression of imagination. Qivatari (talk) 22:27, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
There is no such consensus on en-WP, and there is no claim they are "drawn to life". It is quite common on religious and other topics, like Angel, Demon, Moses, Adam, God, Cryptids, Captain America and what have you. These are depictions that have appeared in human culture, and they are part of the subject, showing how whatever have been depicted. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:35, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Let me give you an example, what if a jewish editor on Wikipedia commented that a certain image expresses antisemitism or is against the jewish beliefs, wouldn't Wikipedia remove that image immediately? Why would Wikipedia insist on adding images in an article about Islam that does not express what Muslims believe in? The images used should express what Muslims believe in, not what an artist decided to imagine and express. Qivatari (talk) 22:39, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
As I understand it, all of the depictions currently on the page were created by medieval Muslims, so, while no one can speak to their motives, they unlikely offended themselves. Iskandar323 (talk) 05:50, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
Well, there are a couple of not-photos further down, like John Damascus. No prophets or angels though. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:17, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
No, I don't think that would necessarily happen at all, consider pictures at Antisemitism, The Eternal Jew and [19]. The history of a religion is part of the topic, and the Muslims who made/commissioned these pictures (current "Angels" and "Prophets" pics) didn't think the way you do.
You may or may not find this discussion relevant:Talk:Baháʼu'lláh/Archive_8#Full_name_and_photo. On "against jewish beliefs", see Talk:Yahweh#A_Caution. Wikipedia contains all kinds of things people may find objectionable, it's like the rest of the internet in that way. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:16, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
As long as Wikipedia is made by the community, not experts, there should be flexibility when most members of the Muslim community object to a certain image or photo. Why would some members insist on using such photos that cause dispute? Wikipedia is not a reliable source of authentic information this way if the opinions of the minority in a general article about Islam is taken into consideration, and the objections of the majority are ignored. Wikipedia is not supposed to be like a personal blog or a newspaper where individuals express their own opinions. Qivatari (talk) 19:58, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
"Wikipedia is not a reliable source of authentic information this way if the opinions of the minority in a general article about Islam is taken into consideration,"
How exactly does "causing dispute" correlate to "authentic information"?
"there should be flexibility when most members of the Muslim community object to a certain image or photo"
There are some Muslim authors objecting from time to time, but given how many read these articles without any objections, I don't see the point.
"To end this discussion, a general article about Islam is supposed to be written and edited by Muslims and should include what the Qur'an approves of. Similarly, a general article about Christianity is supposed to be written and edited by Christians and include what the Bible approves of. If a Muslim is to write about Christianity from the viewpoint of Islam, " This would totally kill the purpose of "neutral point of view" and an encylopedia.
"viewpoint of the correct teachings of Islam" bold of you to assume that your opinion is an authentic teaching of a specific religion.
It genuinly feels embarassing to push the excuse of a religion or a supposed majority of a group for the sake of someone's own preferences. Please just stop it. edit: see also WP:FORUM. This discussion, although cleverly disguised, is essentially a personal complain which is more for a forum, instead of proper use for a talkpage. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 01:10, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
To end this discussion, a general article about Islam is supposed to be written and edited by Muslims and should include what the Qur'an approves of. Similarly, a general article about Christianity is supposed to be written and edited by Christians and include what the Bible approves of. If a Muslim is to write about Christianity from the viewpoint of Islam, it should be entitled as such. In conclusion, as long as this article is about Islam from the viewpoint of the correct teachings of Islam, such images of prophets and angels should not be included even if they were drawn by Muslims because that's prohibited in Islam. Qivatari (talk) 20:39, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
You're very much wrong, see WP:NPOV. Islamic articles should absolutely not be only written and edited by Muslims, and this same principle applies to all articles. Can you imagine how terrible this encyclopedia would be if the KKK article or any controversial subject were only written by its members? Or if articles on companies like Enron or Chiquita were only written by employees? So no, we are not going to write from the viewpoint of the "correct teachings of Islam". Hopefully this is actually the end of this misguided discussion. Cannolis (talk) 21:30, 9 September 2023 (UTC)
"a general article about Islam is supposed to be written and edited by Muslims and should include what the Qur'an approves of. Similarly, a general article about Christianity is supposed to be written and edited by Christians and include what the Bible approves of."
Not on this website, no. But the internet is vast, and you may find other websites that take that approach (at least according to themselves), like WikiShia and Conservapedia. Or you can start your own website and write it according to what the Qur'an approves of. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:39, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Though it's worth belabouring the point that no religious text does any approving of anything in its own right; that part is all interpretative - hence how medieval Muslims quite happily illustrated religious narratives, yet some present-day Muslims take issue with this. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:07, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
As the Bible says, "Printers have persecuted me without a cause". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:24, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
Fwiw, I'd like to put an approximate year in the caption of the "Prophets" picture, but so far I haven't found one. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:34, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Found one. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:20, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
There is no photo of any of them, because as you said, it is impossible to have such photos. There are images however. But images and photos aren't the same thing. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 13:54, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Jesus

Muslims call him Isa(A.S) Jumbojeeet (talk) 11:01, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Newly added images

@Ahmed11224, hello. Please consider MOS:IMAGES, specifically "too many can be distracting." Of course, what is too many is subjective, but IMO you're in there. In general images should fit pretty much within their own section. Noting that I'm reading this article on a laptop. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:54, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

There are sections that were completely devoid of images
Pictures increase understanding of paragraphs Ahmed11224 (talk) 18:01, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
It's quite alright to have sections without images. Images can increase understanding, sure, but more is not necessarily better. We'll see if other editors have opinions. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:04, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
Images/media in general shouldn't bracket the text on both sides, such as currently the case (as of the post) in the Shia section. That's my only comment at this time without looking harder. Iskandar323 (talk) 18:32, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2023

Islam is a complete way of life. Adnank7 (talk) 15:38, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. WanderingMorpheme 15:41, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Revisionist school

@NGC 628: Many of their claims sound plausible, but the Muhammad Myth Theory goes too far (i.e. WP:FRINGE). tgeorgescu (talk) 10:29, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Yup. There may be WP:DUE/WP:PROPORTION problems here [20]. "Plausible" may not be enough for it to be good content. But I haven't tried to examine the sources added. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
A book from Harvard University Press is WP:RS. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:14, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
There may still be WP:DUE/WP:PROPORTION problems, even if the source is good. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:24, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

The Jesus and Moses articles balanced and also contain scientific approaches. Almost all articles about Islam and Islam are shaped based on the "orthodox" understanding of Islam and the culture of narration.NGC 628 (talk) 11:39, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

To take tgeorgescu's example, you added
"A group of researchers rejected the historical existence of Muhammad and stated that what was said about her was not a historical, but a legendary figure"
Compare Historicity of Muhammad. Do you think this is good balance for this article? On Jesus, see Historicity of Jesus. Is your "legendary figure" good writing? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:00, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Changing identity, evolving text—these are vanilla claims about any major religion. But the Christ/Muhammad Myth Theory are fringe. tgeorgescu (talk) 12:03, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Muslim Sources are mostly used because they are the best sources we have to reconstruct the historical events, not necessarily because they are good. However, this isn't making another theory more plausible. There are a lot of things which needs to be explained by the revisionist theory, given that even the main article Revisionist school of Islamic studies is mostly asserting alternative assumptions, often based on scholars those theories, such as Christoph Luxenburg whom we don't even know the identity, are not well supported. Given that there are some notable scholars, such as Patricia Crone, there is some substance to the claim, but it needs to be established by researchers first, before a tertiary source, such as Wikipedia, allow it space on a main-article, especially a GA one. I see little to no reason, to add the revisionist school until it is at least taken serious by Islamic Research. VenusFeuerFalle (talk) 17:49, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
Let me tell you what this means in practice; it will never happen NGC 628 (talk) 06:25, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

The problem mentioned is not in the side articles about Islam, the Quran or Muhammad, but in the main articles.NGC 628 (talk) 12:15, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you meant there. This discussion is on what should be is this article, per WP:SUMMARYSTYLE, WP:NPOV etc. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:22, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
If an extreme expression is used in my contributions, it can be corrected, no problem. What I am saying is the image of "group domination" that reflects the orthodox understanding of Islam on many items related to Islam. Think again about NPOV NGC 628 (talk) 12:33, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
We are not against the highbrow scholarship of the Koran. We are against certain fringe statements. tgeorgescu (talk) 13:06, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Such as Muhammad being a "her". I haven't seen that one before, do we have an article on it? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:17, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
tgeorgescu (talk How does a subject on which so many historians have reached more or less similar conclusions become a "fringe"? NGC 628 (talk) 06:28, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@NGC 628: per WP:BRD and WP:ONUS, please don't add back your preferred content into the article, as there is clearly no consensus for its inclusion, instead continue to discuss here. If local discussion here stalls, other options for broader input are available, thank you. Left guide (talk) 07:21, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

An another user described my contributions positively as "well-sourced." but you took it back completely. Is this the rule, just in case there are some minor errors or it seems more than necessary? I do not add extreme ideas by distorting a perfectly written text by others. I made some edits to a poorly written beginning section with warnings about the existence of many problems in the title, using sources and images used in different places by wikipedists. I think that those who did not agree with this should have chosen to move forward, that is, remove the redundancies and errors, instead of taking back my contributions.NGC 628 (talk) 11:26, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2023

Islam
TypeUniversal religion
ScriptureQuran
TheologyGod is one
LanguageClassical Arabic
Separated fromArabian polytheism
Number of followersc. 2.2 billion[1] (individually referred to as Muslims, collectively referred to as the ummah)

References

  1. ^ "Muslims and Islam: Key findings around the world".

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.123.255.213 (talk) 12:14, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

 Comment: I have no opinion (yet) as to whether any of these proposed infobox changes would improve the article, but would be curious to hear other people's perspectives on this. Left guide (talk) 13:11, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 00:10, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Image removal of the prophet

Please remove the images depicting the prophet Muhammad (PBUH). They are forbidden in Islam and considered one of the highest of evil deeds to commit, please be sure to mention that. Also please add that when speaking his name, one should always follow the name of the prophet with "may peace be upon him" (salalahu'alayhi'wasallam), for example , Muhammad peace be upon him (PBUH), as is ordered by the teachings of Allah. Thanks. HudaBint (talk) 14:25, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

 Not done Please see our frequently asked questions page on why we have such images and don't use 'PBUH'. — Trey Maturin™ 14:37, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
"and don't use PBUH"
bro why not? A special note from LuigiChad69 00:05, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
That is an insult to islam. Are you a Muslim? If so, shame on you for doing the insults. If not, then you also have no right to deny this request. Let a true Muslim speak the truth of their religion to mankind. Once again I ask, please remove the image. 107.77.207.93 (talk) 16:13, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
I am literally a believer in Islam. I alwaus say salalahu'alayhi'wasallam after saying the Prophet's name. A special note from LuigiChad69 16:56, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
And again, see Talk:Muhammad/FAQ. Wikipedia is not an Islamic website, if that's what you want, seek out parts of the web like WikiShia. See also Wikipedia:Content disclaimer and Help:Options to hide an image.
That said, it's quite alright to write (PBUH) or equivalents on Wikipedia talkpages. It's different in Wikipedia articles though, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles if you're interested about that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:53, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
I'm not joking, but if there is a WikiShia, there has to be a WikiSunni. Ameerthewolf (talk to me 19:34, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
There doesn't have to be, but if there isn't and you think there should be, start it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:00, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
Is there a way to start new Wikis? How? Ameerthewolf (talk to me 20:04, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
I know about Fandom, there's probably others. MediaWiki may be of help, or [21]. SikhiWiki may give some inspiration. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:10, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 November 2023

Islam was not founded by Muhammad and has been there since the first man sat foot on earth. Adam was the first prophet of Allah. 2A02:C7E:2834:8000:257D:821C:A556:16E9 (talk) 03:40, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. JTP (talk • contribs) 04:24, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
I know, but Muhammad also created the Sunnah, and it is the main part of Islam other than the Quran. Even though there was Monotheism since Adam, Muhammad made it complete with rituals. Ameerthewolf (talk to me 20:15, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 December 2023

When referring to time periods, "CE" is used. This is inappropriate due to the content being discussed, as those practicing the Islamic faith believe in Jesus existed and was crucified, thus rendering the use of "CE" as opposed to "AD" as potentially dismissive of it's religious significance. 142.162.191.248 (talk) 11:12, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

See MOS:DATEVAR. In my personal opinion , Common Era is easily more preferable here than anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:28, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

My recent edit: Hadiths are rejected by some Muslims

Hadiths are rejected by some Muslims (such as Qur’anists, some Mu’tazilites etc), and the lead should reflect this. So I’ve corrected the sentence to:

“The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices attributed to Muhammad (sunnah) as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith).” Rizzle685 (talk) 16:38, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

The WP:LEAD should perhaps reflect that provided it's expanded on in the article body. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:05, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Absolutely 👍 Rizzle685 (talk) 19:30, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Unlike the Qur’an, there is no consensus among Muslims that the Hadith are part of Islam. As you claimed, a minority do reject them. I believe the lead should clearly state this because it’s rather important. BookOfEli131 (talk) 20:01, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
Rizzle685 (talk · contribs), you changed the statement "The teachings and normative examples of Muhammad, called the sunnah, documented in accounts called the hadith, provide a constitutional model for Muslims." to "The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices attributed to Muhammad (sunnah) as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith)", saying that hadith isn't accepted by all Muslims. The current line, which is longstanding for years, just recounts that the sunnah is the role model for Muslims, nowhere does it say that hadith is accepted by all Muslims. Your claim that the "majority of Muslims" follow the sunnah may be a POV view as many liberal Muslims don't. I find the current statement absolutely perfect and to the point. And why do you constantly keep italicizing hadith as it shouldn't be MOS:ISLAM: "Words of Arabic origin should be written out in lower case, except at the beginning of a sentence, and italicized, except when the word has passed into common English vocabulary". Hadith and Qur'an have now been passed in the common English vocabulary and thus shouldn't be italicized. MateNate50 (talk) 2:42, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Exactly my point. Hadiths are rejected by some Muslims (such as Qur’anists, some Mu’tazilites etc), and the lead should reflect this. So I’ve corrected the sentence to: “The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices attributed to Muhammad (sunnah) as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith).” Rizzle685 (talk) 03:42, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
The Hadiths are also attributions, and not contemporary to the time of Muhammad, unlike the Qur’an. All the Hadith collections that we know of today were compiled hundreds of years after Muhammad. Rizzle685 (talk) 03:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
The statement that the Sunnah and Hadiths are “The teachings and normative examples of Muhammad” is also controversial and not accepted by all Muslims. Strangely, Sunnis and Shias don’t even agree on which Hadiths represent Muhammad’s teachings - each has their own collections of Hadiths, which differ from one another, - and Qur’anists don’t believe that Muhammad’s teachings and normative examples are found in the Hadith or Sunnah, but rather in the Qur’an itself. I’m 100% backing the change. BookOfEli131 (talk) 14:05, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
I guess you are new on Islam-related articles. You once again italicized hadith even though I stated the reason why it shouldn't be. Neither you answered my point about the "majority of Muslims" following the sunnah. In the modern era, only the Quranist minority rejects hadith. If you nevertheless wish to add something about them, add it as a note. Again, as I said the current statement "The teachings and normative examples of Muhammad, called the sunnah, documented in accounts called the hadith, provide a constitutional model for Muslims does not say that the hadith is accepted by all Muslims. It seems as if you can't understand basic English here. I have no idea how this proved your point lol. Then you said: "The Hadiths are also attributions, and not contemporary to the time of Muhammad, unlike the Qur’an. All the Hadith collections that we know of today were compiled hundreds of years after Muhammad", that doesn't matter. Nearly all Muslims and modern Western scholarship accept the hadith as a reliable source of information. The subheadings "Muhammad and the birth of Islam (570–632)" and "Early Islamic period (632–750)" are also based of hadith and Islamic history, both of which were written years after Muhammad. Also, I never compared the Quran and Hadith? I just reminded you of MOS:ISLAM. MateNate50 (talk) 5:52, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
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