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{{Main|WikiIslam:Scope and Article Relevance}}WikiIslam is a non-partisan website focused exclusively on Islamic beliefs and practices. All content is therefore focused purely on Islam and how it is practiced, not on its promotion, condemnation, or topics that are sociopolitical in nature or are with regard to other faith traditions. | {{Main|WikiIslam:Scope and Article Relevance}}WikiIslam is a non-partisan website focused exclusively on Islamic beliefs and practices. All content is therefore focused purely on Islam and how it is practiced, not on its promotion, condemnation, or topics that are sociopolitical in nature or are with regard to other faith traditions. | ||
All content on WikiIslam is required to reference either primary, historical sources (such as the earliest qur'anic codices, hadiths, siras, and tafsirs) or scholarly secondary sources published by reliable academic journals and presses (e.g. Fred Donner's ''Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam'', published by Harvard University Press). While the claims of latter-day Islamic scholars provide useful reference for the positions of the various Islamic orthodoxies, they do not suffice as historical evidence for the claims they present. | All content on WikiIslam is required to reference either primary, historical sources (such as the earliest qur'anic codices, hadiths, siras, and tafsirs) or scholarly secondary sources published by reliable academic journals and presses (e.g. Fred Donner's ''Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam'', published by Harvard University Press). While the claims of latter-day Islamic scholars (e.g. Ibn Kathir or al-Suyuti) provide useful reference for the positions of the various Islamic orthodoxies, they do not suffice as historical evidence for the claims they present. | ||
WikiIslam requires written content to be at once accessibly and professional. Articles are required to be clear and detailed without assuming anything other than most basic background knowledge on the part of the audience. Skewed perspectives and modes of writing of any sort, be they provincial, parochial, or patriarchal, have no place on WikiIslam. | WikiIslam requires written content to be at once accessibly and professional. Articles are required to be clear and detailed without assuming anything other than most basic background knowledge on the part of the audience. Skewed perspectives and modes of writing of any sort, be they provincial, parochial, or patriarchal, have no place on WikiIslam. | ||