WikiIslam:Tasks: Difference between revisions

#Check all contributions by [[User:Lemming]] to the [[Muslim Statistics]] series (especially his additions to the science page).

#[[Scientific Errors in the Qur'an]] - high traffic page (top 10), often linked by people, needs review and the under construction template taken out.  

====Responses to Apologetics====

These articles need strengthening and examination of any rebuttals:  

# [[The Story of Umm Qirfa]]: needs additional references from the original sources used in the comic. Contact arabic language people and ask them to translate the arabic text used in the comic strip. Deal with this rebuttal [http://www.islamicsearchcenter.com/archive/2010/01/the-story-of-killing-of-umm-qirfa-the-facts-and-the-lies/] in a "Responses to Apologetics" section.

===Qur'an===

# [[Mistranslated Qur'anic Verses]] - A complete rewrite. Should resemble [[Misinterpreted Qur'anic Verses]] once finished.

# [[Mistranslations of Quran 67-5|Mistranslations of Qur'an 67:5]] - Somehow add the supporting evidence for the literal translation ([http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/sina/shooting_stars.htm here])

# Add more references for the statements made in [[Diacritical Marks of the Qur'an]].

# [[Qur'an and the Big Bang]] - add additional refutation for example Arabic analysis of verse 51:46 (check [http://expanding-universe-quran.blogspot.com/] for Muslim arguments)

# [[Quran and Semen Production]] - evaluate text at: [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/Saved Texts]]. Arguments need to be made generic and not specific for a certain website (as seen [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Responses_to_Apologetics_-_Muhammad_and_Aisha here]). Also add medical references if possible to support claims.

# [[Corruption of the Quran]] - (arabic issue) Check http://wikiislam.net/w/index.php?title=Corruption_of_the_Quran&curid=10011&diff=107484&oldid=107471 (Sabi'oon)

===Jihad and Violence===

# [[Armenian Genocide]]

# [[Muhammad's Raids and Battles]]

# [[The Genocide of Banu Qurayza]] - rewrite to improve tone, style and accuracy

===Women===

# [[Polygamy in Islam]] - Needs a complete rewrite to adhere to our policies and guidelines. Include information from the ScienceDaily article on the [[Talk:Polygamy in Islam‎|talk page]]

# Add any possible victims from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour_killing#Victims] to : [[Honor Killing Index]]

# [[Aisha and Puberty]] - Add some of the info from [http://forum09.faithfreedom.org/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=10040&p=164685#p164685 here]

# [[Muhammad's Companions and Pedophilia]] - add section about Fatima's marriage to Ali, aged 9-11

===Quran, Hadith and Scholars===

# [[Talk:Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars]] - Add quotes to relevant pages and/or create new QHS pages

# Read through all the Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i and Sunan Ibn Majah hadith found [http://www.thequrancollection.com/ here]. Add to relevant QHS page and "Revelational Circumstances of the Qur'an" pages.

# [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness]] - Possible additions [http://forum09.faithfreedom.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=12779]

# [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Wives and Concubines of Muhammad]] - Add all the tabari quotes

# [[Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Aisha#Fatwas]] - Add additional hadiths linked in Fatwa box [http://www.trinituner.com/v3/forums/viewtopic.php?t=267363&p=6340907]. So "See 12, 13, 14" on our page ... should all be added on the page. Also add additional thighing evidence from [http://www.faithfreedom.org/articles/muhammad-thighied-aish/] - fatwa 41409

# [http://www.faithfreedom.org/?p=331 Attitudes of the Imams and leaders] - big collection of quotes. Find sources then add the suitable quotes to [[QHS]]. Avoid unimportant leaders of small (usually Western) mosques and obscure 'extremists' such as Anjem Choudary, Abu Hamza or Omar Bakri.

===Others===

# [[Persecution of Bahais in Iran]] - completely rewrite and move to [[Bahai Faith|Bahá'í Faith]]. All faiths and worldviews face persecution in Muslim countries, so one should not be given undue weight over the other. Since they are an offshoot of Islam and accept the Qur'an and Muhammad as part of their faith, this article should focus only on the criticism of the Bahai Faith (see [http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Questions_to_Ask_About_Islam#Baha.27is here], [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.neirr.org/bahai1.htm|2=2012-12-19}} here], and [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.bahai-faith.com/|2=2014-01-24}} here] for some ideas).

# [[Justice]] - rewrite. Remove all references to the Bible or Judaism.

# [[Contradictions in the Hadith‎]] - Add more contradictions

# [[Muslim Statistics - Rituals and Festivals|Muslim Statistics (Rituals and Festivals)]] -  add stats [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Hajj][http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Accidents_and_Natural_Disasters_in_the_Muslim_World].

# [[Islamic Antisemitism]] - Add a section about how Jews are described as animals in the Qur'an and Hadith.

# See: [[Talk:Persecution of Ex-Muslims (Bangladesh)]]

# See: [[Talk:Muslim Statistics]]

# [[Muslim Conspiracy Theories]] - This claim ([http://www.wikiislam.net/w/index.php?title=Michael_Jackson_(Conversion_to_Islam)&curid=7045&diff=64345&oldid=61429], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(Conversion_to_Islam)#Conspiracies]) about Michael Jackson's death (the theory in general) may deserve its own section. Check the net to see how widespread it is.

# [[Islam and Freedom of Speech]] - Keeping the basic article there, create separate pages for the "In the Modern World" sections (e.g. Muhammad Cartoons Controversy, Nigeria and the Miss World Pageant etc.), adding/updating with extra information where needed

# [[Islam and Freedom of Speech]] - Add section on recent [[Islam_and_Freedom_of_Speech_(Links)#Pakistan|Pakistani Blasphemy cases and murders]]

# [[Literature on Islam]] - Similar to the "Notable Former Muslims" task. Create pages for each linked book.

# [[Notable Former Muslims]] - Just as much "new content" as it is an Expansion/Improvement. Create short but concise informational stubs on each notable former Muslim to replace the out-going links we have in that page at the moment. Who they are and brief info on their apostasy. The information for this should already be available in the existing links which can serve as an "External Link" in the new pages.

# Update [[Muhammad and the Violation of the Qur'an]] and add if needed from the new [http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/09/29/muhammad-had-violated-the-quran-2/ part 2]

# [[Adult Suckling]] - Completely rewrite. misses out some stuff (workplace, 5 times etc), see :[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rada_%28fiqh%29#Al-Azhar_fatwa_controversy] and research other sites too.  

# Replace Broken link fixes for old usc MSA website --> [http://wikiislam.net/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=*.usc.edu&limit=500&offset=0 Link search] (gives error after 500 links, total links: 1000) - Use text search and replace beginning part of URL with new URL

# See: [[Talk:Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims]]

#[[Nikah]] [http://www.islamreview.com/articles/nikah.shtml 1], [http://www.smi.uib.no/seminars/Mir-Hosseini/ZMH%20final%20Gender%20Justice.doc 2], [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.translatingjihad.com/2011/03/update-fatwa-it-is-permissible-to-have.html?showComment=1299979475816#c4843074915730208352|2=2012-06-15}} 3]. Include definition from [http://www.studyquran.co.uk/15_NUN.htm Lane's Lexicon] (the actual PDF not just the summary)

#[[Ahmadiyya]] - add criticism of how they continue to be apologists for mainstream Islam by passing off distinctly Ahmadiyya beliefs as Islamic ones, e.g.: [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Refutation_to_Muslim_Apologetics_against_Aisha's_Age_of_Consummation#Introduction], [http://islamo-criticism.blogspot.com/2012/04/in-islam-heaven-is-not-exclusive-oh.html]

# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/Teachings of Islam compared to US Laws and the Constitution]]: Re-do article, take out questions and opinions. Compare the US constitution to teachings of Islam. Compare in a table, side by side.

===Difficult/Lengthy tasks===

# Fix all quotes for [[Islam Undressed]]

# [[Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Judeo-Christian Scriptures]] - reformat and fix references

# [http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090214001316/http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate/ http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate/] - add everything from here, if sources can be attributed

# Rewrite [[Black Stone]].

# Create more articles critical of [[Shi'ites|Shia Islam]] and [[w:Sufism|Sufism]], or provide sources here using which articles can be improved/created. Eg. [[w:The Four Books|Shia hadith]], [[w:Sufi texts]] etc. (Sources: [http://sacred-texts.com/isl/#sufi], [http://sacred-texts.com/isl/egt/egt93.htm]). Explore aspects of Shia and Sufi beliefs and practices which are in disagreement with mainstream Islam and show how they ignore aspects of mainstream Islam. Find any comments from Muslims and Muslim scholars (calling them apostates, heretics etc) as well notable/relevant non-Muslims who are critical of Shias and Sufis.

== Create Content ==

#[[ThisIsTheTruthUncut]] - article about the [http://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut series of interviews] by [http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRationalizer TheRationalizer]

#Find a way to contact the blog owner of [http://skeptic-mind.blogspot.com/ The Skeptic Mind] and ask if select posts can be imported as essays.

# [[Islamophobic Muslims]] - a page that gives a brief narrative of the neologisms creation and lists Muslims who would fall under the label, thus showing how ridiculous and/or misapplied the term is. ([http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur'an_(definition)#Immorality], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Islamophobic_Muslim_-_Egyptian_Writer_-_Who_Offends_the_Prophet_is_Not_the_West_But_we_Muslims_for_Making_Islam_Terrorist], [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=jasser1272012102.htm|2=2012-01-29}}], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarek_Fatah&oldid=468274894], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Islam_in_the_News_(November_2011)#US:_CAIR_claims_two_anti-extremist_Muslim-Somali_leaders_are_anti-Muslim], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Quotations_on_Islam_from_Muslims#Tawfik_Hamid]) Maybe also add a section about Shi'ites and Sunnis who constantly demonise each other and who should also fall under this label. Also a section on Muslims who espouse the exact same views of Islam which critics/"Islamophobes" claim about Islam. ([http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Videos_on_Islam:_Islamization_of_the_World#In_Several_Decades.2C_.22Europe_Will_Become_a_Single_Islamic_State.22], [{{Reference archive|1=http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/there-is-no-radical-or-moderate-islam-there-is-only-islam/|2=2012-01-30}}], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Dalia#cite_note-MB-1], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Islam_in_the_News_(December_2011)#Dearborn_Muslims:_.E2.80.9CAll-American_Muslims.E2.80.9D_TV_show_doesn.E2.80.99t_reflect_the_reality_of_practicing_Islam], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muslim_Statistics_(Conspiracy_Theories)#United_States]), [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muslims_Caught_Using_Deception#Islamophobia_on_the_Rise ], [http://knol.google.com/k/jihad-is-ordained-quran-2-216#PM_Erdogan_on_Secularism(3A) <!-- {{Reference archive|1=http://knol.google.com/k/jihad-is-ordained-quran-2-216#PM_Erdogan_on_Secularism(3A)|2=2012-02-12}} --> ], [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Quotations_on_Islam_from_Muslims#Fouad_Belkacem ]. Muslims claiming they are all "Osama" or "terrorists":[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/316569/obama-obama-there-are-still-billion-osamas-andrew-c-mccarthy|2=2012-09-12}}<!-- [[Islam in the News - September 2012#Egypt: Islamophobic Muslims on 9/11 anniv. chant, "Obama, Obama, there are still a billion Osamas!"]] -->], [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jYGa6E1QWZYIhiObOn-mEu4jOj7g?docId=CNG.a4b15f4be06af5b2c5f42d857a75315b.db1|2=2012-09-14}}<!-- AFP "Indonesian extremists praise 9/11 hijackers" --> ], [{{Reference archive|1=http://news.yahoo.com/police-clash-200-protesters-sydney-demonstrations-against-anti-081318299.html|2=2012-09-16}} <!-- [[Islam in the News - September 2012#Australia: "Obama, Obama, we love Osama," 100's of Muslims protest YouTube movie, clash with police]] -->], [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.memri.org/clip_transcript/en/3445.htm|2=2012-09-16}} ]

# [[Abdul Azeez ibn Baaz]] - mainly to cover the "flat earth" incident. Interesting links: [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.rationalskepticism.org/islam/islamic-verdict-on-the-form-of-the-earth-t20785.html|2=2011-12-10}} ], [http://www.fatwa-online.com/scholarsbiographies/15thcentury/ibnbaaz.htm], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abd_al-Aziz_ibn_Abd_Allah_ibn_Baaz&oldid=465198103]

# [[The Extremist Majority: What a Billion Muslims Really Think]] - See [[WikiIslam:Tasks/Article_Notes#The Extremist Majority: What a Billion Muslims Really Think]]

# [[Converts to the Nation of Islam]] - Article listing famous converts to "Islam" who are actually converts to the Nation of Islam (orthodox Muslims hate them and none consider their members to be "Muslims"... except for propaganda purposes)

# Create a video response to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXaw9UZlK_I Islam: What Was The Age Of Aisha (RA) When She Got Married ?]. All of the arguments made in that video have already been refuted [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Refutation_to_Muslim_Apologetics_against_Aisha's_Age_of_Consummation here]

# [[Muslim Desecration of Other Scriptures]] - See [[WikiIslam:Tasks/Article_Notes#Muslim_Desecration_of_Other_Scriptures]]

# [[Tupac Shakur (Conversion to Islam)]] - an article refuting a claim made by some Muslims of Tupac converting to Islam

# [[Munafiq (Hypocrites in Islam)]] - From our [[Glossary_of_Islamic_Terms#M|Glossary of Islamic Terms]] "''A munafiq is a hypocrite. In particular, this term applies to apostates who hides their apostasy, and peaceful Muslims who refuse to participate in jihad. This is made clear in Q.4.150-151. See also 4.66 , 4.74, and 4.88.''" For more help and ideas, see: [http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Misinterpreted_Qur'anic_Verses#Meaning_of_Verse_2:195], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munafiq], and [http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=507178#507178 ]

# Contact Nimbu for a testimony [http://nimbu.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/its-a-strange-ramadan/]

# Create account on meetup.com and ask [http://atheists.meetup.com/477/members/10055525/ this] guy for a testimony

# [[Conditions surrounding Muhammad]] - explore the environment under which Islam developed. This means surrounding areas before and during the life of Muhammad. This will give us some explanation of why Muhammad said and did the things he did. What were the norms back then? Violence, misogyny, etc?

# [[Thighing]] - article listing the hadiths and anything else to do with the topic. Links: [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.islam/browse_thread/thread/e3a0b583279feec4#]

# Article on how actions of today are the results of Islam, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Sayyaf#Criticism here] (turning kidnapped women into wives)

# Create article from [http://military.hawarey.org/military_english.htm table] [[List of Wars lead by Muhammad]]

# [[Female Circumcision]]. Some useful links: [http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/82859/female%20circumcision Fatwa with various hadith], [http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/60314/female%20circumcision Fatwa that says FGM is Islamic and not an Inherited custom], [http://www.islam-qa.com/en/search2/female%20circumcision/AllWords/t,q,a Islam Q&A search for "female circumcision"], [[Muslim_Statistics#Female_Genital_Mutilation|Statistics regarding FGM]], [http://www.answering-islam.org/Index/C/circumcision.html Answering Islam page], and [http://www.australianislamistmonitor.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1460&Itemid=72 Clitoridectomy; Wikipedia; The Age and Islam]. See also the responses to the usual lies or distortions used by Muslim apologists [[WikiIslam:Tasks/User talk:Kenyanmuslim#Female_Circumcision_and_Islam|here]] and [http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55756&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= <!-- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faithfreedom.org%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ft%3D55756%26start%3D0%26postdays%3D0%26postorder%3Dasc%26highlight%3D&date=2012-08-22 -->here].

# [[Early Islam and Modern Islamic Extremism]] - table can show a side by side comparison of the two (beheadings, assassinations, discrimination against women, hostility towards non-Muslims, harsh punishments). Taliban and extremist/terrorist groups and fundamentalist imams/preachers can be compared. Compare teachings also and quotes from scholars and Muhammad, also side by side.

# Article [[Muslim]] - who is a true Muslim: one who follows Islam's beliefs and practices as they were in the days of Muhammad. The closest they follow that, the more true a Muslim they are.

# [[Music and its Health Benefits]] and link short summary from [[Islam and Science]]: collection of different anti-music teachings of Islam from hadiths, scholars and fatwas. Also include Benefits of listening to and playing music, if any, proven in scientific research and studies (lower stress, creativity etc): [http://www.livescience.com/9964-music-tones-brain-improves-learning.html Music 'Tones the Brain,' Improves Learning], [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110510111201.htm Palliative Care Patients Benefit from Unique Music Therapy Project], [http://www.life360.com/blog/scientific-benefits-of-learning-music/ Science Has Even More Reasons That Your Kids Should Learn Music], [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-music-moves-us Why Music Moves Us], also: [http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-special-children-benefit-music-therapy.html], [http://www.nature.com/news/2010/200710/full/news.2010.362.html], [http://www.rmhiherbal.org/review/2002-1.html long article], [http://www.umm.edu/news/releases/music-cardiovascular.htm], [http://www.paulborgese.com/report_benefitofmusic.html].

#[[Islam and Sexuality]]: summaries of topics for articles about:  pedophilia, homosexuality, bestiality, houri etc

# [[A Guide to Criticism of Islam]] (essay) - Brief introduction for types of criticism and the pros/cons of each. Suggestions on how to approach criticism and things to avoid

# Detailed article for [[Inheritance Laws]], (currently a redirect) should deal with Muslim rebuttals such as [http://www.khalidzaheer.com/qa/615], [http://www.call-to-monotheism.com/the_inheritance_law__by_ansar_al__adl] etc. Also see comments [http://wikiislam.net/wiki/User_talk:Saggy#Inheritance_Laws here]

# [[The Better Quran]] - copy content from http://web.archive.org/web/20111231061134/http://www.thebetterquran.com/ (TheRationalizer)

==Multi-Article Tasks==

* [[People Who Left Islam]] - Add ex-muslim testimonies from * [http://khalas.wordpress.com/ here]. One is on that page and the others are linked on the right. These people will have to be individually contacted (if contact information is available) and asked for permission. Once you have permission, proceed as follows: create their page from the [[Special:Form/newapostate|form]]. Fill out the form with as much information as you can get from their testimony or website/blog. Contact them to ask for missing information. [* [http://programmersinquest.blogspot.com/ check for testimony] This person] may also be an ex-muslim. You'll have to leave a comment in their blog and ask them to email you for something important. When they email you back, only then mention that it would be great if they could write a short testimony of them leaving Islam.

* Hadith exporing project: We will collect all the hadiths that exist which we can collect and gain access to and start going through them to find whatever is useful for the [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars|QHS]] page series ([[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness]] and so on). Likely a lot many hadiths will be found and new pages can be created for new categories if needed.

==Image Editing/Creation==

*Expand [[Islam Illustrated]], add from: [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness]] and any others. Sample: [[Islam Illustrated: Saluting Stone]]

==Routine Tasks==

* Scanning FFI forum's [http://forum09.faithfreedom.org//viewforum.php?f=18 ex-muslim] section for new testimonies and contacting them to get permission for publishing their testimony here.

* [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars - Temporary page]] - categorize any hadiths present on this page

Other periodic tasks:

* [[:Category:Temporary Pages to be deleted]]

* Improve Translation process: add/create easy to follow steps. Make [[WikiIslam:Instructions for Translation]]. Move material from [[WikiIslam:Translations#Steps_and_Guidelines]] and expand.

==See Also==