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* Fill out the form with as much ''detail'' as possible (submitting your real name is optional). If an appropriate nickname is not chosen, one will be chosen randomly. | * Fill out the form with as much ''detail'' as possible (submitting your real name is optional). If an appropriate nickname is not chosen, one will be chosen randomly. | ||
* Focus on explaining ''how and why you left Islam'' (your personal situation and experiences), and if you were a convert to Islam, explain how and why you converted. | * Focus on explaining ''how and why you left Islam'' (your personal situation and experiences), and if you were a convert to Islam, explain how and why you converted. | ||
* | * Please do ''not'': | ||
* | ** simply attack Islamic doctrine and Muslims. If there is something in particular about Islam that you now disagree with or find immoral, what led you to that realization is the important thing to address in a testimony. | ||
* | **use your testimony as an easy way of dumping an essay or article onto WikiIslam, thereby circumventing our [[WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines|policies and guidelines]] on acceptable content (e.g. submitting a long rant not related to leaving Islam or a list of contradictions). | ||
** say something like "XYZ happened and then I left Islam". This does not tell people anything. | |||
** use SMS language or excessive ALL CAPS. | |||
* Submissions with the following characteristics will be edited or declined: (1) statements that indirectly attack or undermine criticism or critics of Islam in any way (2) falsifiable statements about Islam and or those which are contrary to the mission of this website (3) testimonies (fake or otherwise) that are written with an agenda. (4) Poorly written submissions that require a lot of re-writing and cleanup in order to be acceptable for our readers. | * Submissions with the following characteristics will be edited or declined: (1) statements that indirectly attack or undermine criticism or critics of Islam in any way (2) falsifiable statements about Islam and or those which are contrary to the mission of this website (3) testimonies (fake or otherwise) that are written with an agenda. (4) Poorly written submissions that require a lot of re-writing and cleanup in order to be acceptable for our readers. | ||
* Use acceptable tone and language. | * Use acceptable tone and language. | ||
* Use a noun or pseudonym for the "Pseudonym" field. Verbs or phrases are not acceptable and an arbitrary noun or pseudonym will be chosen if none is provided. | * Use a noun or pseudonym for the "Pseudonym" field. Verbs or phrases are not acceptable and an arbitrary noun or pseudonym will be chosen if none is provided. | ||