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WikiIslam articles should be based on reliable, published sources. This page discusses the various types of sources available and their reliability. | WikiIslam articles should be based on reliable, published sources. This page discusses the various types of sources available and their reliability. | ||
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===Religious Sources=== | ===Religious Sources=== | ||
The primary religious sources for Islam | The primary religious sources for Islam include the Qur'an and [[Hadith]] collections. At WikiIslam we use the University of Southern California Muslim Students Association's [[Compendium of Muslim Texts]]. This includes the respected and widely accepted Qur'an translations of Yusuf Ali, Marmaduke Pickthal and M. H. Shakir. Hadith translations available from the Compendium of Muslim Texts are the translation of Sahih Al-Bukhari by Muhsin Khan, the translation of Sahih Muslim by Abd-al-Hamid Siddiqui, the translation of Sunan Abu Dawud by Ahmad Hasan, and the translation of Malik's Muwatta by A'isha Abd-al-Rahman al-Tarjumana and Ya'qub Johnson. | ||
Other useful resources concerning primary religious sources are the [http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/ Master Ayat (Verse) Index] from IslamAwakened.com which provides 34 compared English translations, and the [http://iknowledge.islamicnature.com/quran/surah/1/lang/englishliteral/ iKnowledge Qur'an] from IslamicNature.com which provides the English literal translation. The hadith collection at [http://www.searchtruth.com/hadith_books.php SearchTruth.com] is also useful due to including a few narrations that have oddly been misplaced/removed from the Compendium. | Other useful resources concerning primary religious sources are the [http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/ Master Ayat (Verse) Index] from IslamAwakened.com which provides 34 compared English translations, and the [http://iknowledge.islamicnature.com/quran/surah/1/lang/englishliteral/ iKnowledge Qur'an] from IslamicNature.com which provides the English literal translation. The hadith collection at [http://www.searchtruth.com/hadith_books.php SearchTruth.com] is also useful due to including a few narrations that have oddly been misplaced/removed from the Compendium. | ||
Ibn Ishaq's [[Sirat Rasul Allah|sira]], and those of Ibn Hisham, [[The History of al-Tabari|Tabari]], and Ibn Saa'd are also important religious sources, second only to the Qur'an and hadith (although in practice, the hadith and sira literature's contribution to mainstream Islam far out-way the Qur'an's). | Ibn Ishaq's [[Sirat Rasul Allah|sira]], and those of Ibn Hisham, [[The History of al-Tabari|Tabari]], and Ibn Saa'd are also important religious sources, second only to the Qur'an and hadith (although in practice, the hadith and sira literature's contribution to mainstream Islam far out-way the Qur'an's). The edition of Ishaq's [http://www.justislam.co.uk/images/Ibn%20Ishaq%20-%20Sirat%20Rasul%20Allah.pdf Sirat Rasul Allah] we generally use is translated by A. Guillaume and published by the Oxford University Press. The various volumes of The History of al-Tabari we generally use is that of the State University of New York Press (SUNY Press). | ||
===Other Sources=== | ===Other Sources=== | ||
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Generally any translation of the Qur'an not included in the Compendium of Muslim Texts (other than the literal translation) should be avoided. In particular, the translations by orientalists (e.g. Arthur John Arberry, Edward Henry Palmer, George Sale, John Medows Rodwell and N J Dawood) or obscure translations by "progressives" that are not accepted by mainstream Muslims (e.g. Rashad Khalifa, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Laleh Bakhtiar). | Generally any translation of the Qur'an not included in the Compendium of Muslim Texts (other than the literal translation) should be avoided. In particular, the translations by orientalists (e.g. Arthur John Arberry, Edward Henry Palmer, George Sale, John Medows Rodwell and N J Dawood) or obscure translations by "progressives" that are not accepted by mainstream Muslims (e.g. Rashad Khalifa, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Laleh Bakhtiar). | ||
Apologetic or "dialogue" sites should also be avoided due to not being reliable sources concerning mainstream Islamic thought. By their very nature, they are there to defend Islam from ''criticism'', they are ''not'' there to reflect current Muslim thought on anything. They are just as guilty of bias as sites such as Jihad Watch or FaithFreedom International are. However, on the rare occasions they may actually agree with the views of scholarly Muslim sources, they may be used as a supplementary source. | |||
===Other Sources=== | ===Other Sources=== | ||
Statements of fact concerning Islam from polemic sources such as books, articles or commentaries by individuals such as Robert Spencer, Pamela Gellar, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Mark A. Gabriel, Wafa Sultan, Ali Sina, Walid Shoebat, Brigitte Gabriel etc. are not to be used under any | Statements of fact concerning Islam from polemic sources such as books, articles or commentaries by individuals such as Robert Spencer, Pamela Gellar, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Mark A. Gabriel, Wafa Sultan, Ali Sina, Walid Shoebat, Brigitte Gabriel etc. are not to be used under any circumstances as references on WikiIslam. If you come across any such statements, remove them immediately. | ||
Excluding the [[Islam in the News]] section, news sources that could be considered "right-wing" or "Jewish/Zionist" should also be avoided when possible (e.g. Fox News, WorldNetDaily, FrontPage Magazine, National Review, Daily Mail or Arutz Sheva). In the majority of cases, news sources such as the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse or Reuters would have also covered the story. | Excluding the [[Islam in the News]] section, news sources that could be considered "right-wing" or "Jewish/Zionist" should also be avoided when possible (e.g. Fox News, WorldNetDaily, FrontPage Magazine, National Review, Daily Mail or Arutz Sheva). In the majority of cases, news sources such as the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse or Reuters would have also covered the story. | ||
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==Additional Notes== | ==Additional Notes== | ||
WikiIslam's criticism of Islam is based on its own sources, the Qur'an, hadith and Islamic scholars. So primary sources are not limited and may be freely used in articles. We place more importance on pro-Islamic, religious Muslim sources over neutral secular sources. However, multiple references from both types of sources are preferred. | WikiIslam's criticism of Islam is based on its own sources, the Qur'an, hadith and Islamic scholars. So primary sources are not limited and may be freely used in articles. We place more importance on pro-Islamic, religious Muslim sources over neutral secular sources. However, multiple references from both types of sources are preferred. Although we do not allow polemic sources to be used as references, they can be provided as supplementary external links. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||