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Contents
- 1 Mission and scope
- 2 Guidelines for editing Islam articles
- 3 To do
- 4 Participants/members
- 5 Departments
- 6 Articles
- 6.1 Featured articles
- 6.2 Former featured articles
- 6.3 Featured article candidates
- 6.4 Featured lists
- 6.5 Good articles
- 6.6 Former good articles
- 6.7 Good article nominees
- 6.8 Featured portals
- 6.9 Featured pictures
- 6.10 Did you know? articles
- 6.11 Main page featured articles
- 6.12 Main page featured lists
- 6.13 In the News articles
- 6.14 Picture of the day pictures
- 6.15 Current issues
- 6.16 Tasks
- 6.17 Deletions
- 6.18 Cleanup listing
- 7 Templates
- 8 Categories
- 9 Resources
Mission and scope
The mission of WikiProject Islam is to ensure that Islam-related articles on Wikipedia 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 Wikipedia.
Guidelines for editing Islam articles
If you are a newcomer, the most important and often over-looked point to remember while editing Wikipedia is: You cannot insert your own particular viewpoints into articles. Articles should typically reflect the verifiable opinions of qualified academic scholars, in neutral and balanced prose. The Qur'an and hadith are considered primary sources but they shouldn't be quoted in support of a particular argument unless also backed up by a cite to a reliable secondary source. Also remember to cite your sources correctly. If you feel a viewpoint merits mention, you can find some material which may constitute a reliable source by checking books, journals, articles, newspapers and other sources.
To promote consistency in the way articles are written and edited, a manual of style with recommended guidelines exists. Visit its talk page for current discussion.
To do
- Place the project banner {{WikiProject Islam|class=|importance=}} on the talk pages of all articles that fall within the scope of the project.
- Add the articles to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam/Articles list by category.
- Check the recent changes for recent improvements, vandalism, and other changes.
Participants/members
Departments
Departments are specific group of members who do the meta work. Tasks include keeping the project going, maintaining the project pages, related portals, assessing articles, participating in peer reviews, managing the consensus within the project and so on. The following is a list of departments within the WikiProject. WikiProject Members may not necessarily do only departmental tasks. They can contribute content as a member of Work Groups as well.
- List of all subpages of this page
- Links Cleanup
- Watchlist of All Islam-related articles
- Watchlist of Main Islam-related articles
Assessment
The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia articles related to Islam. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
Statistics
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Peer review
The peer review department conducts peer reviews of Islam-related articles on request; this helps to obtain ideas for further improvement by having contributors who may not have previously worked on particular articles examine them. Project members are invited to submit articles to the department in lieu of using the generic peer review process.
Task forces
- Ahmadiyya task force
- Hadith (watchlist)
- Islam and Controversy (watchlist)
- Mosques (watchlist)
- Muslim history (watchlist)
- Muslim scholars (watchlist)
- Prophets of Islam (watchlist)
- Salaf (watchlist)
- Shi'a Islam (watchlist)
- Sunni Islam (watchlist)
Related
- Early Muslim military history task force (watchlist)
- WikiProject Islam in China
- WikiProject Mecca
- WikiProject Quran
Articles
Featured articles
Former featured articles
Featured article candidates
Featured lists
Good articles
Abbey Mills Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque
Alid Revolt (762–63)
Allah
Idi Amin
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Arab–Byzantine wars
Assassination of Ali
Ayyubid dynasty
Badshahi Mosque
Battle of the Trench
Beit Al Quran
Black Stone
Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
Cologne Central Mosque
Disgraced
First Crusade
Fustat
Ganting Grand Mosque
Great Mosque of Gaza
Hajj
Al-Harith ibn Surayj
Hezbollah
History of Gaza
Isaac
Islam: The Untold Story
Islamic geometric patterns
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Langit Makin Mendung
Al-Maʿarri
Malé Friday Mosque
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik
Moorish Gibraltar
Muhammad
Al-Mu'tasim
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
Nagore Dargah
Hakeem Olajuwon
The Prince of Egypt
Qutayba ibn Muslim
Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah
Sahifah of al-Ridha
Sang Pencerah
Idries Shah
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui
Siege of Lal Masjid
Siege of Jerusalem (636–637)
Sources of sharia
Splitting of the moon
Tablighi Jamaat
Battle of Uhud
Uzair
Geert Wilders
Battle of Yarmouk
Former good articles
Alhazen
Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world
Babur
Ibn Battuta
Byzantine–Seljuq wars
Creationism
Crusades
Five Pillars of Islam
God
History of the world
Iranian Revolution
Ishmael
Jesus in Islam
Crimean Karaites
Al-Kindi
Krishna
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
Ottoman Empire
Satan
Cat Stevens
Battle of Tours
Good article nominees
Featured portals
Featured pictures
Did you know? articles
Al-Kamil (2004-07-24)
Hamsa (2004-09-22)
Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque (2005-06-15)
El Hadj Umar Tall (2005-07-05)
Seku Amadu (2005-07-24)
Islam in Poland (2006-02-27)
Banu Nadir (2006-06-17)
Wojciech Bobowski (2006-08-03)
Muhammadiyah (2006-08-12)
Qadam Rasul (2006-08-23)
Diplomatic career of Muhammad (2006-09-04)
Muslim minority of Greece (2006-09-24)
Tombo Ati (2007-01-15)
Mujahedeen KOMPAK (2007-01-16)
Fenari Isa Mosque (2007-03-17)
Zhang Chengzhi (2007-04-20)
M. Moorthy (2007-05-08)
Kalenderhane Mosque (2007-05-27)
Al-Khazini (2007-06-15)
Bodrum Mosque (2007-06-15)
Eski Imaret Mosque (2007-06-28)
Bahira (2007-07-12)
Vefa Kilise Mosque (2007-07-13)
Kefeli Mosque (2007-07-20)
Amman Message (2007-08-17)
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As (2007-08-22)
2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy (2007-09-26)
Silma Ihram (2007-10-01)
Arab Agricultural Revolution (2007-10-25)
Mourning of Muharram (2007-10-26)
Global Peace and Unity (2007-11-01)
Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque (2007-11-18)
Gül Mosque (2007-11-27)
White Mosque, Nazareth (2007-12-06)
Hilf al-Fudul (2008-01-08)
Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque (2008-01-14)
Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque (2008-01-15)
Psychology in medieval Islam (2008-01-20)
Mosque of Omar (Bethlehem) (2008-01-21)
Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini (2008-02-15)
Muhammad in Mecca (2008-02-20)
Geography and cartography in medieval Islam (2008-02-27)
Islam in Rwanda (2008-03-01)
Šerefudin's White Mosque (2008-03-03)
Siyasatnama (2008-03-06)
Thursday of the Dead (2008-03-20)
Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (2008-03-29)
Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (2008-04-04)
Emirate of Bari (2008-04-08)
Moti Masjid (Lahore Fort) (2008-04-21)
Sabr (2008-05-04)
Tulunids (2008-05-11)
Khutbah (2008-05-15)
Islam: The Straight Path (2008-05-31)
Shrine of Ali (2008-06-18)
Shrine of the Cloak (2008-06-18)
Muhammad al-Shaybani (2008-06-19)
Shukr (2008-06-23)
Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque (2008-06-29)
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Edirnekapı) (2008-07-19)
Bayezid II Mosque (2008-08-13)
Great Mosque of Gaza (2008-08-28)
Feast of Saint George (Palestine) (2008-09-05)
An-Nasr Mosque (2008-09-20)
Dome of the Prophet (2008-09-30)
Dome of the Chain (2008-10-03)
Nabi Samwil (2008-10-16)
Taftazani (2008-12-22)
Al-Muallaq Mosque (2009-01-03)
Al-Khadra Mosque (2009-01-04)
1927 Nagpur riots (2009-01-20)
Al-Zaytuna Mosque (2009-02-15)
Bridges TV (2009-03-01)
Islamic Cultural Center of New York (2009-03-22)
Shia Family Law (2009-04-29)
Protestantism and Islam (2009-05-01)
Moth Ki Mosque (2009-05-10)
The Hate That Hate Produced (2009-05-14)
Al-Mansur Ibrahim (2009-05-18)
Khirki Mosque (2009-05-24)
2009 Bronx terrorism plot (2009-05-26)
Zaynab bint Khuzayma (2009-05-26)
Criticism of Hadith (2009-06-09)
Mahmoudiya Mosque (2009-07-16)
Atala Mosque, Jaunpur (2009-08-11)
Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb (2009-08-25)
Youssef Seddik (philosopher) (2009-08-28)
Stop Islamisation of Europe (2009-09-15)
Al-Azhar Mosque (2009-11-06)
Pacifism in Islam (2009-11-25)
Christian influences in Islam (2009-11-30)
Brixton Mosque (2010-01-21)
Our Lady of Europe (2010-02-01)
Chinese influences on Islamic pottery (2010-02-04)
Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah (2010-02-12)
Ramahurmuzi (2010-03-16)
Colleen LaRose (2010-03-21)
The Jawa Report (2010-03-26)
Yalbugha Mosque (2010-03-28)
Boobquake (2010-05-02)
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day (2010-05-09)
Jihobbyist (2010-06-11)
MyMFB (2010-06-11)
Shia Islam in the Netherlands (2010-07-20)
Bibi-Heybat Mosque (2010-07-23)
Kuomintang Islamic insurgency (2010-08-03)
Lead Mosque, Shkodër (2010-08-04)
Park51 (2010-08-17)
Sinan Pasha Mosque (Prizren) (2010-08-19)
Raheel Raza (2010-08-22)
Jobar (2010-08-24)
Pamela Geller (2010-08-31)
History of general anesthesia (2010-09-20)
Islamism in the Gaza Strip (2010-09-30)
Fathi Osman (2010-10-02)
Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (2010-10-23)
Naheed Nenshi (2010-10-28)
Id Gah Mosque (2010-11-06)
Mudawana (2010-11-08)
Manastır Mosque, Istanbul (2010-11-09)
Niqāb in Egypt (2010-11-09)
Ketchaoua Mosque (2010-11-18)
Great Mosque of Algiers (2010-11-19)
Blood Quran (2010-12-23)
Liar paradox in early Islamic tradition (2011-02-16)
Mosque lamp (2011-03-11)
The Islamic Society of Greater Manchester (2011-03-23)
Gyanvapi Mosque (2011-04-15)
Mukhayriq (2011-04-23)
Orphans' Decree (2011-04-30)
Jihadi tourism (2011-05-18)
Pisa Griffin (2011-05-21)
Yusuf Dadoo (2011-06-28)
Invasion of Banu Qaynuqa (2011-07-19)
Muslim Mosque, Inc. (2011-08-18)
Balada Shalawat (2011-08-30)
Langit Makin Mendung (2011-09-06)
Hilya (2011-11-08)
Obedient Wives Club (2011-11-18)
Odalar Mosque (2011-12-04)
Banna'i (2012-01-10)
Al-Ashraf Musa, Emir of Homs (2012-02-06)
Ablaq (2012-02-09)
Girih (2012-02-13)
Great Mosque of Central Java (2012-02-20)
Piyale Pasha Mosque (2012-02-21)
Nimr al-Nimr (2012-02-27)
Sang Pencerah (2012-03-26)
Aqsunqur Mosque (2012-03-27)
Ali al-Sulayhi (2012-03-30)
Kasım Agha Mosque (2012-04-07)
Justice and Construction Party (2012-04-09)
Toklu Dede Mosque (2012-04-30)
Tajul Muluk (2012-05-05)
Balaban Aga Mosque (2012-05-08)
Ese Kapi Mosque (2012-05-09)
Alexander Aan (2012-07-08)
Ganting Grand Mosque (2012-07-20)
Fakih Usman (2012-07-25)
Mas Mansoer (2012-08-17)
Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (2012-08-30)
Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (2012-08-31)
Faizrakhmanist (2012-09-03)
Sayf ad-Din Inal (2012-09-10)
Al-Awhad Ayyub (2012-09-24)
Hassan II Mosque (2012-10-08)
Islam: The Untold Story (2012-10-09)
Nun's Well, Gibraltar (2012-10-14)
Koutoubia Mosque (2012-10-16)
Bawaman Mosque (2012-10-17)
Jama Mosque, Champaner (2012-10-17)
Kalika Mata Temple, Pavagadh (2012-10-17)
Kevada Masjid, Champaner (2012-10-17)
Lila Gumbaj Ki Masjid, Champaner (2012-10-17)
Nagina Masjid, Champaner (2012-10-17)
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque (2012-10-20)
In the Shadow of the Sword (book) (2012-10-24)
Ya`fūr (2012-11-12)
Moorish Gibraltar (2012-11-23)
Al-Harith ibn Surayj (2012-11-30)
Great Mosque of Sana'a (2013-01-10)
Saleh Mosque (2013-01-12)
Siege of Mecca (683) (2013-01-21)
Hasan ibn Zayd (2013-01-29)
Muhammad ibn Zayd (2013-01-29)
Atiq Mosque, Awjila (2013-04-20)
Blue Qur'an (2013-05-07)
Disgraced (2013-05-07)
Grand Mosque (Dubai) (2013-06-09)
Foreign fighters in the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars (2013-07-03)
Muhafiz Khan Mosque (2013-07-04)
2006 Vadodara riots (2013-07-09)
Islam and cats (2013-08-21)
Violence against Muslims in India (2013-09-01)
1970 Bhiwandi Riots (2013-09-18)
Stoning of Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow (2013-09-23)
Amir Chakhmaq Complex (2013-10-11)
Islam in Angola (2013-12-07)
Alid Revolt (762–63) (2013-12-14)
The Diary of Malcolm X (2014-01-01)
Carol I Mosque (2014-02-07)
Muneer Awad (2014-03-06)
Lafran Pane (2014-04-04)
Operation Trojan Horse (2014-04-14)
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque (2014-06-03)
United States House Select Committee on Benghazi (2014-06-10)
Malek Fahd Islamic School (2014-06-27)
Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah (2014-07-10)
Halbmondlager (2014-09-08)
The Fifteen Whispered Prayers (2014-10-06)
List of terrorist incidents in France (2015-02-07)
Sahifah of al-Ridha (2015-02-12)
To the Youth in Europe and North America (2015-02-15)
Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham (2015-03-17)
Crusader Kings II: Sword of Islam (2015-03-22)
Saka Tunggal Mosque (2015-04-10)
Ahmadiyya in Indonesia (2015-04-13)
S.A.S. v. France (2015-04-14)
Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala (2015-05-05)
Great Mosque of Asmara (2015-05-18)
Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque (2015-05-26)
Badshahi Mosque (2015-05-30)
Ahmadiyya in the United States (2015-06-08)
Curtis Culwell Center attack (2015-07-07)
Tughtakin ibn Ayyub (2015-07-21)
Al-Maʿarri (2015-08-09)
Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi (2015-08-28)
Birmingham Quran manuscript (2015-08-31)
Al-Mu'tasim (2015-09-04)
People of the Ditch (2015-09-09)
Farmersville Islamic cemetery (2015-09-19)
Naqib al-ashraf (2015-09-22)
Verse of Wilayah (2015-10-13)
Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee (2015-10-16)
Al-Yamani (Shiism) (2015-10-17)
Supplication of Abu Hamza al-Thumali (2015-10-30)
Arba'een Pilgrimage (2015-11-03)
Du'a Arafah (2015-11-16)
Al-Istibsar (2015-11-23)
Kabuli Bagh Mosque (2015-12-28)
Malé Friday Mosque (2016-01-03)
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (2016-01-10)
Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra (2016-02-04)
Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah (2016-02-06)
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (2016-02-09)
Oran fatwa (2016-02-18)
Ahmad al-Wansharisi (2016-02-19)
Assassination of Ali (2016-03-13)
Young Man of Arévalo (2016-03-27)
Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Asadi (2016-04-20)
Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat (2016-04-21)
Jami Masjid, Khambhat (2016-04-27)
Kashf al-Asrar (2016-04-28)
Narjis (2016-05-11)
Ismail al-Atrash (2016-05-15)
Evliya Kasim Pasha Mosque (2016-05-30)
Abul Qasim Husayn ibn Ruh al-Nawbakhti (2016-06-02)
İskender Pasha Mosque, Fatih (2016-06-29)
Omar Mateen (2016-07-01)
Main page featured articles
- End time (2004-03-17)
- Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (2004-06-12)
- Great Mosque of Djenné (2004-08-09)
- Alchemy (2005-01-01)
- First Crusade (2005-01-18)
- Second Crusade (2005-08-07)
- Battle of Badr (2006-03-07)
- Noah's Ark (2006-03-28)
- Mosque (2006-07-27)
- Muhammad Iqbal (2006-12-19)
- Syed Ahmad Khan (2007-02-03)
- Jerusalem (2007-05-23)
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (2007-06-14)
- Islam (2007-07-01)
- Suleiman the Magnificent (2008-04-08)
- Akhtar Hameed Khan (2008-10-09)
- Malcolm X (2009-05-19)
- Jesus (2013-12-25)
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (2014-02-21)
- Fakih Usman (2014-03-02)
Main page featured lists
- The Twelve Imams (2014-05-12)
In the News articles
- Day of Ashura (2004-03-02)
- Red Mosque (2008-07-06)
- Anwar Ibrahim (2008-07-17)
- 2009 Algerian military ambush (2009-06-19)
- Noordin Mohammad Top (2009-09-17)
- Swiss minaret referendum, 2009 (2009-11-29)
- Hussein-Ali Montazeri (2009-12-20)
- Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur v Menteri Dalam Negeri (2010-01-08)
- Bab Berdieyinne Mosque (2010-02-20)
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (2010-03-11)
- Ajmal Kasab (2010-05-03)
- 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre (2010-05-28)
- Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (2010-07-05)
- French ban on face covering (2010-09-15)
- Ayodhya dispute (2010-09-30)
- 2010 Stockholm bombings (2010-12-12)
- Rio de Janeiro school shooting (2011-04-07)
- Osama bin Laden (2011-05-01)
- Trial of Geert Wilders (2011-06-23)
- 2012 Afghanistan Quran burning protests (2012-02-26)
- 2012 Rakhine State riots (2012-06-12)
- Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon (2012-08-23)
- Aboud Rogo (2012-08-29)
- Innocence of Muslims (2012-09-17)
- Reactions to Innocence of Muslims (2012-09-17)
- Muhammad (2012-09-19)
- Abu Hamza al-Masri (2012-10-07)
- Ghulam Azam (2013-07-17)
- Westgate shopping mall attack (2013-09-21)
- Hakimullah Mehsud (2013-11-02)
- 2014 Kunming attack (2014-03-02)
- April 2014 Ürümqi attack (2014-05-03)
- 2014 Jos bombings (2014-05-21)
- May 2014 Ürümqi attack (2014-05-23)
- 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa (2014-10-23)
- 2014 Grozny clashes (2014-12-04)
- 2014 Sydney hostage crisis (2014-12-15)
- Charlie Hebdo shooting (2015-01-07)
- 2015 Baga massacre (2015-01-09)
- Boko Haram (2015-02-05)
- 2015 Copenhagen shootings (2015-02-15)
- March 2015 Maiduguri suicide bombing (2015-03-08)
- Bardo National Museum attack (2015-03-18)
- 2015 Sana'a mosque bombings (2015-03-21)
- Makka al-Mukarama hotel attack (2015-03-29)
- Garissa University College attack (2015-04-02)
- Qatif and Dammam mosque bombings (2015-05-24)
- September 2015 Borno State bombings (2015-09-23)
- 2015 Mina stampede (2015-09-24)
- 2015 Ankara bombings (2015-10-10)
- 2015 Beirut bombings (2015-11-13)
- November 2015 Paris attacks (2015-11-13)
- 2015 Tunis bombing (2015-11-29)
- Nimr al-Nimr (2016-01-03)
- March 2016 Istanbul bombing (2016-03-19)
- 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting (2016-06-12)
- 2016 Atatürk Airport attack (2016-06-28)
Picture of the day pictures
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections
- Averroes
- Avicenna
- Idi Amin
- Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
- Muhammad Iqbal
- Osama bin Laden
- Shia Islam
- Sunni Islam
- Zheng He
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.
MergesDiscussionsMaps, Pictures, Timelines etc.Neutrality and Factual accuracy disputedOriginal or Unverified articlesGA and FA articlesVandalism/sock puppet alerts
Please watch out for editing behaviors of these banned puppet masters and revert their edits when suspected:
- His excellency (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks confirmedsuspected)
- DavidYork71 (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks confirmedsuspected)
- Kirbytime (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks confirmedsuspected)
- Patchouli (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks confirmedsuspected)
- JarlaxleArtemis (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks confirmedsuspected)
Articles affected
- Controversial articles like Apostasy, Apostasy in Islam, Ibn Khaldun, Dhimmi, and Jihad Watch
- Islam and Children (frequented by DavidYork71's socks)
- Islamophobia, Criticism of Islam (frequented by H.E.)
Helpful links for reporting vandalism and getting help
- Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism – only for persistent vandals
- Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents – report block evading users
- Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser
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).
- Discussing whether to use the word "masjid" or "mosque" should be used. (this discussion has started here)
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.
- Sandbox
Deletions
Cleanup listing
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Resources
Reference materials
In accordance with general directives on reliable source usage, Wikipedia should quote qualified scholars of Islam, as Wikipedia policy dictates that authors must be "authoritative in relation to the subject at hand." Other indicators of reliability is whether or not the work is published in a scholarly, peer-reviewed press, or whether the work is itself the subject of independent academic reviews. As per WP:REDFLAG, It is especially important for the source to be of high quality (and perferably there should be multiple sources) when assertions about Islam are made which are unsupported by mainstream academic opinion.
The editors should not write for example "Some Muslims argue X" and then reference it to some Muslim websites unless they could show that the website is representative of the thought of a particular significant group.
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- Please note that websites such as "Answering-Christianity.com" are not reliable sources, because they are neither written by famous scholars nor peer reviewed works. Articles at islamic-awareness.org are usually signed by the authors. For those articles, if one can establish that the authors hold an official academic degree (Western or Islamic) and are notable, they could be used when properly attributed to the authors. Articles at islamic-awareness.org are more likely to have references. So, if you found something there, try to look up for its source and then look up the original source. If you are lucky, you'll get a good sourced piece of information.
Arabic Wikisource has many relevant works in the Arabic language. See the Islamic collection there.
How to find good sources
General tips
- Encyclopedia of Islam and Encyclopedia of the Qur'an are a very good scholarly resources and one can find information on almost everything. But it is not free unless you belong to an organization that provides access to this for you. Encyclopædia Iranica online is an exception that contains many articles pertinent to Islam, which are peer-reviewed and free to the public, and which may provide additional information not found in the other encyclopedias.
- You can have free (but limited) online access to many of these books at books.google.com or amazon.com. You can also search for a word (like Islam) in books.google.com and find good books. It is useful to memorize names of some reputed scholars of Islam, most of whom are listed on the 'List of Islamic studies scholars'. Since the scholarly books are usually published by "University of X" presses, you can also add "university" in the appropriate box in the advanced search to get the more scholarly works.
- If you can afford $15 a month for access to an online library, Questia has a spotty selection of Islam-related books. They don't have everything one would want, but they have enough to justify the money, IMHO. You can search the library without joining.
- In the U.S., if you have a library card at the local public library (usually free to city residents) you can often get a card at the library of a nearby public university or community college. This may get you access to their online databases like Lexis/Nexis, Jstor, and the Oxford English Dictionary.
From whom you can ask
Please see: Expert Wikipedians in Islamic issues, where you may find a Wikipedian who can help you with your questions about Islamic issues.