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Mission and Scope

Salaam (peace)! The mission of WikiProject Islam is to ensure that Islam-related articles on Misplaced Pages are written in an encyclopedic style, in a neutral and non-sectarian manner, using verifiable and reliable scholarly sources. This is the best place to discuss issues which affect Islam-related articles in general. Discussions about particular articles should be handled on the talk pages of those articles.

The scope of this WikiProject is to improve the quality and quantity of information about Islam available on Misplaced Pages.

Guidelines for editing Islam articles

To promote consistency in the way articles are written and edited, a manual of style with recommended guidelines exists. Visit it's talk page for current discussion.

Task forces

• Shi'a Islam
• Sunni Islam
• Hadith
• Prophets
• Salaf
• Leaders and politicians
• Muslim scholars

Current issues

Although members of the project are usually aware of current problems and specific tasks to perform in Islam articles, non-members - who are encouraged to help with these - may not be. Generally, discussions of articles take place on talk pages of those articles, but below is a list of some important problems and tasks.

Vandalism

Apart from general vandalism to Islam articles, some other recurring forms of vandalism are described below.

• Shaitan Al Mahdi adding NPOV tags to many religious articles; he/she appears to be promoting their atheistic views - Shaitan al Mahdi established as a sockpuppet.
• Unreliable claims regarding the Suhuf-i-Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham) by Moroniidris and possibly other anons. - page protected.
• Vandalism of Kaaba in the form of 'Kaaba was a Hindu temple' - periodic edit wars continuing.
• Vandalism of Black Stone in the form of 'Black Stone is a Vedic relic' - presently under control: BookwormUK banned.

Discussing specific issues

• Discussing whether Allah or God should be used in Islam articles.
• Discuss suggestions for giving Hadith references.
• Discussing whether certain Arabic words and terms are worthy of an article or if they are better placed in Wiktionary.
• Discuss whether to use salat or prayer in the salat article (and possibly others).

Tasks

• Standardise references to Qur'an translations.
• Placing articles in the most appropriate category or categories.
• Fix inadvertent placing of new Islam articles in Category:Islam when a better category (or more) can be chosen.

Participants/Members

1. Jaber
2. Zora
3. TBC I do not actually believe in Islam, but I'm interested in the subject. By the way, why does there seem to be only one other member?
4. Tanzeel
5. Yung_Wei
6. Шизомби Atheist, but some knowledge of islam and arabic.
7. Wikipidian
8. ALM (I decided to be a member after seeing propoganda articles like redacted)
9. Suleyman Habeeb (I want to contribute as much as I can and not take part in disputes (if I can))
10. Netscott
11. Merzbow
12. Ariedartin 16:17, 18 June 2006 (UTC) - I'm very keen to help out from a different perspective. But I will still defer to first-hand knowledge.
13. Omerlives
14. MathPhys - the Wikipedian formerly known as Mpatel. I prefer to be called MP at Misplaced Pages.
15. Abdullah Geelah - I'm a Muslim a know a great deal of information on Islam
16. User:Itsmejudith not a Muslim but keen to help articles to NPOV particularly by finding reliable sources.
17. --Menasim( discuss | ) I'm a Muslim from Saudia Arabia And I like to Help in islam WikiProject
18. sa.vakilian
19. Nielswik_(talk) 17:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC) (is this how to join?)
20. Bazel 21:26, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
21. User:7day
22. Uncle Ed - I would like to see Muslim thought described accurately and fairly at Misplaced Pages. I am Jewish by birth, Christian by conversion, and Unificationist by choice.
23. Islamic
24. Striver - Muslim
25. a.n.o.n.y.m
26. BrandonYusufToropov
27. F.a.y.
28. Street Scholar
29. Quasipalm - I am a strict atheist and have an interest in keeping religious issues on Misplaced Pages fair, factual, and NPOV. I am not, however, an apologist for any religion.
30. Tεxτurε - Still finding my religion. Not sure what it will be.
31. Natalinasmpf - very interested in Muslim topics, considering that many of my daily friends are Muslim. I am Christian but very sympathetic to the Muslim faith.
32. Revolución (talk) - Atheist
33. Quadell - Buddhist, but very interested in Islam as one of the most important and misunderstood religions. Working to add lots of information in a NPOV voice.
34. User:Raphael1 - Unfortunately native english speakers mostly have a very bad attitude towards Islam these days because of political propaganda. Although I'm no Muslim myself, I will try to intercede for the muslim Wikipedians. To all Muslims: Please don't take offense personally. Stay calm and occasionally drop a word, which will hopefully wear away the stone in the end. Raphael1 01:00, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
35. Mohammed Malvankar - I am from Maharashtra.
36. Mustaqbal
37. Salman
38. Aminz
39. Kirbytime Muslim, long history of studying Islam, the Noble Qur'an, relationships with other faiths, etc.
40. Graphicalx
41. Palestine48 I will try to take care of the details and Insha'allah the broader picture will become clear.
42. Rob C (Alarob)