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WikiIslam is ‘n gemeenskap gebaseerde webtuiste wat krities is oor Islam, en waar redaksie, wysigings en bydrae gemaak kan word oor Islam. Terselfdertyd maak dit ook voorsiening vir pro-Islamitiese bydrae in aparte arikels.  
==Mission Statement==
Inhoud
WikiIslam aims to provide accurate and accessible information from traditional and critical perspectives on the beliefs, practices, and development of Islam.
1. Wie is
 
2. Geskiedenis
==About==
3. Ontvangs
WikiIslam strives to be the most comprehensive and accurate source of information on Islam freely and accessibly available online, drawing from both Islam's primary sources (the [[Qur'an]], [[hadith]] and Islamic scholars) as well as from the historical-critical (sometimes called revisionist) analysis of these primary sources by modern historians. Currently, WikiIslam hosts {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles.
3.1 nie-Moslems
 
3.2 Moslems
As a non-political and non-religious wiki, the site remains neutral towards religions, world views, and issues of a political nature and likewise stays away from extremist, sensationalist or emotional commentary.
4. Gehoor
 
5. Wikipedia
WikiIslam is an international site with contributors and readers from all over the world, and the site's [[WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines|policies]] and [[WikiIslam:Scope and Article Relevance|content]] reflect this.
6. Kyk ook
 
7. Kontak Inligting
The articles on WikiIslam are produced by an open community of editors from various political, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. The only thing contributors are required to have in common is a commitment to providing unbiased and objective information on Islam. If you think you fit this description and would like to contribute, [[WikiIslam:Contact Us|contact us]], and you will readily be provided with a login.
8. Verwysisngs
 
Wie is
==Scope and content==
Die doel van WikiIslam is om die mees omvattendste en akkuraatste bron van inligting te wees oor Islam. Die inligting is hoofsaaklik gebasseer op Islam se eie bronne: die Koran, ‘‘Hadith‘‘ en Islamitiese skoliere. WikiIslam neem ‘n rasionele benadering in die hantering van Islam, en is bekend daarvoor om valse propaganda en onakkurate wetenskap in Islam breedvoerig aan te spreek. Die webtuiste mik om neutraal te bly ten opsigte van ander godsdienste, wêreld opvattings, en dinge van ‘n politieke aard, soos: immigrasie, multikulturalisme, en die Israelise-Palistynse konflik. Die webtuiste vermy ook ekstremistiese of sensasionele kommentaar deur toe te laat dat die feite van self praat. In teenstelling met wat ten tye gesê word, redakteurs word vermaan om nie-polemies en akademies te wees, en waar moontlik, om stellings te vervieer en op uit te brei. WikiIslam maak gebruik van oorvloedige en gesaghebbende primêre en sekondêre pro-Islamitiese bronne, soos byvoorbeeld die ‘‘Compendium of Muslim Texts, Sirah literature en fatwa’s (wetlike uitspraak of opinie van ‘n Moslem skolier of Moslem geestelike) van bekende hoofstroom Islamitiese webtuistes.
{{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.
Dit is ‘n internasionale webtuiste met redakteurs en skrywers van reg oor die wêreld, en die inhoud en beleid weerspiëel dit. Byvoorbeeld, redakteurs en skrywers word daarop attent gemaak dat geen geografiese gebied behoort prioriteit te geniet bo ‘n ander, en dat enige ontwikkeling in Islam in Asië en Afrika net so belangrik is soos in die Amerikas of Europa.  
 
Geskiedenis
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 continuously developing positions of the various Islamic orthodoxies, they do not suffice as historical evidence for the claims they present.
WikiIslam was gestig op die 27ste Oktober, 2005, in samewerking met verskeie individue van Faith Freedom International wie voorsiening  gemaak het vir die webtuiste met ‘n rekenaar-bediener, tegniese hulp en blootstelling. WikiIslam het op ‘n toets basis gebly vir omtrent 1 jaar, en op die 4de September, 2006, was dit oop gemaak vir die publiek.
 
In 2007 was die rekenaar-bediener wat die webtuiste aan die gang gehou het ingebreek (hacked). Gepaargaande met ander rekenaar-bedienner probleme was redaksie, wysigings en bydrae tot WikiIslam op geskort vir bykans ‘n jaar.
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.
In Augustus, 2008, het die webtuiste na ‘n nuwe rekenaar-bedienner verskuif en het sedertdien onafhanklik en ongeaffilieerd gewerk, vry van enige eienaarskap van einige organisasie.
 
In teenstelling met die wie verskonings maak vir die leerstellinge van Islam, en wie propageer dat WikiIslam behoort aan Robert Spencer, Ali Sina, FFI en Jihad Watch, of einige ander organisasie, is dit eenvoudig net nie die geval nie.
Any site content that falls beyond the bounds set by WikiIslam is removed or renovated by editors upon being brought to their attention.
Ontvangs
 
Nie-Moslems
==Policies and Guidelines==
In Desember, 2006, het Göran Larsson ‘n akademiese skrif voorgelê by ‘ n konferensie in Swede waarin hy baie krities was oor WikiIslam. Teen daai tyd was die webtuiste in ‘n begin stadium en slegs oop vir die publiek vir 3 maande. Vandag, met ‘n nuwe beleid en riglyne, insluitend inhoud wat gemik is om ‘n positiewe beeld van Islam te skep, Is WikiIslam nog steeds dieselfde. Maar Larsson erken wel dat selfs toe die webtuiste in ‘primitiewe vorm was kon hy nie al die inhoud daarin as Islamafobies in natuur ettiketeer nie. In teenstelling met wat sommige kere beweer word, WikiIslam het tot dusvêr nog nie einige dekking ontvang van nuusagentsappe soos Associated Press nie. As gevolg van die webtuiste se onpartydige kritiek van Islam, is dit na verwys in noemenswaardige webtuistes soos RihardDawkins.net en GreenProhet.com. Verwyssings daarna is ook gemaak deur Prof. Dr. G. Hussein Rassool in sy boek, Cultural Competence in Caring for Muslim Patients, Dr. Heather Deegan in haar boek, Africa Today: Culture, Economics, Religion, Security, Prof. Carlos Brebbia in sy boek, Disaster Management and Human Health Risk III: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes,[9] en Dr. Stefan Kirchner in sy akademiese skrif gepubliseer in die Baltic Journal of Law & Politics.[10]
{{Main|WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines}}Over the course of many years, WikiIslam has developed a comprehensive and ever evolving set collection of policies and guidelines to help administer, guide, and set expectations for the work of its editors. These policies and guidelines define everything from the specific sort of [[WikiIslam:Scope and Article Relevance|content considered appropriate]] to the wiki (its scope), [[WikiIslam:Writing Style Guide|writing style]], citation [[WikiIslam:Citing, Linking, and Quoting|format]] and [[WikiIslam:Reliable Sources|standards]], [[WikiIslam:Structure|article structure]], [[WikiIslam:Source Editing|source-editing practices]] (Wikitext), [[WikiIslam:Talk Pages|guidelines for talk pages]], [[WikiIslam:Pending Changes Protection|pending changes protection practices]], [[WikiIslam:Assume Good Faith|good faith practices]], and the wiki's [[WikiIslam:General disclaimer|legal disclaimers]].
Moslems
 
As gevolg van die fokus van die webtuiste, is die meeste merkbare reaksies van Moslems negatief. Sommige het gevra dat die webtuiste van die internet afgehaal word deur onwettige maniere soos ‘‘hacking‘‘. Die webtuiste is voorheen verban uit Saoedi-Arabië en op die land se swartlys geplaas as pornografies, alhoewel daar niks pornografies is van WikiIslam nie.
WikiIslam's admins enforce the above policies, and editors and visitors are encouraged to either report deviations from these standards to those better situated to correct them or to correct the error or violation themselves (by [[WikiIslam:Contact Us|requesting an account]] if needed).
Aanhoudende vandalisme, doods-dreigemente en nie nakoming aan riglyne van Moslem redakteurs het gemaak dat WikiIslam, net soos die Duitse Wikipedia, moes ‘‘Pending-changes protection’‘ ‘implementeer. Dit beteken dat redaksie oop is vir almal, insluitend IP (Internet Provider) verskaffers, maar dat veranderinge en wysigings eers goedgekeer moet word voordat dit gesien kan word deur lesers.
 
As gevolg van WikiIslam se uitgebreide gebruik van primêre en sekondêre pro-Islamitiese bronne, het die webtuiste egter ook lof ontvang van Moslems. Artikels soos Sex Segregation in Islam en, List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Mohammad, en blaaie soos List of Fabricated Hadith, en Chronological Order of the Quran is deur Moslems gebruik as hulpbronne.
==History==
Gehoor
As of late 2018, [https://exmuslims.org/ Ex-Muslims of North America] initiated an overhaul of WikiIslam, with the stated goal of setting a high criteria of objectivity, neutrality, and professionalism. The mission statement and new policy and writing guidelines were added, while many articles on the site were removed, including satirical and polemical content, ex-Muslim testimonies, as well as op-eds and personal essays. Article templates, hubs, the main website categorization system, and the front page were also heavily modified.
WikiIslam bestaan uit 2, 789 artikels. Die webtuiste ontvang gemiddeld oor die 250, 000 besoekers per maand, wat 500, 000 bladsy-besoekers genereer. Sedert September, 2014, het Alexa.com die webtuiste geplaas in die top 70, 000 mees besoekte webtuistes.
 
Nie soos ander webtuistes wat krities is oor Islam, is WikiIslam se gehoor nie Eurosentries nie. Die grootste persentasie van lesers is van Osterse of van Moslem-meerderheids lande soos Pakistan, Bangladesj , Indië, Maleisië, Egipte, Verenigde Arabiese Emirate en Singapoer. Baie van WikiIslam se redakteurs en administrateurs is van Islamitiese afkoms of is skepties oor Moslem meerderheid bevolkings.
WikiIslam was created on October 27, 2005 by various online activists led by the user [[User:Axius|Axius]] and was hosted on server space provided by Faith Freedom International. Starting in August 2008, the site separated from FFI, hosted its own servers, and began operating as an independent site run by its contributors. In 2015, following excessive amounts of vandalism, the site came under the management of the Ex-Muslims of North America.
Die webtuiste is huidiglik opsoek na redakteurs wie van hulle Engelse artikels kan vertaal in die Indonesiese taal, Urdu, Bengali en Arabies. Engelse vertalings is alreeds besikbaar op die webtuiste in verskeie tale soos Aserbeidjans, Frans, Turks en Oesbekies. ‘N Russiese sub-domein was begin in die vroeë 2013 wat baie nuus artikels bevat ten opsigte van fatwas vanuit die Islamitiese wêreld en wat vertaal is vanuit oorspronklike Arabies na Engels.
 
Wikipedia
==Audience==
WikiIslam se primêre fokus is op Islam terwyl Wikipedia ‘n samestelling is van algemene kennis. Die verskillende doelwitte tussen die twee het gelei tot ‘n verkillende beleid en riglyne.
 
Wikipedia ontmoedig die gebruik van primêre en wat hulle noem ‘‘non-notable / reliable‘‘ (nie-noemenswaardige/betroubare) bronne. Aan die anderkant moedig WikiIslam die gebruik van oorspronklike primêre godsdienstige tekste en wetlike uitsprake (fatwas) van gesaghebbende skoliere wie onbekend is buite die Moslem wêreld, maar reuse is binne die Moslem wêreld.
On average, it currently receives over 250,000 visitors a month generating about 500,000 page views. As of September 2014, Alexa.com places it within the top 70,000 most visited websites.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexa.com%2Fsiteinfo%2Fwww.wikiislam.net&date=2014-09-03|title= Wikiislam.net|publisher= Alexa.com|author= |date= accessed October 19, 2013|archiveurl= |deadurl=no}}</ref>
Wikipedia fokus op verifieerbaarheid, en nie waarheid nie. Met betrekking tot Islam, beteken dit Wikipedia aanvaar wat bekende en noemenswaardige (‘‘notable/reliable’’) Westerse kommentators sê van Moslems en Islamitiese tekste bo oor wat die tekste en Moslems selfs sê. In teenstelling daarmee, WikiIslam aanvaar wat Islamitiese tekste en Moslems sê bo oor die opinies en interpretasies van derde party westelike kommentators.
 
Kontak Inligting
WikiIslam's audience is not "Eurocentric". A large percentage of its readers are from Eastern or Muslim-majority nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore (often accessed through WikiIslam's alternative domains, especially where WikiIslam has been banned).<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/www.wikiislam.net|2=2011-11-28}} "Wikiislam.net/ Audience"], Alexa.com, accessed  November 28, 2011.</ref> Likewise, many of the site's administrators and editors are from a Muslim background or are skeptics from Muslim majority nations.
Kontak WikiIslam vir algemene idees en voorstellings. ‘N boodskap kan  gelos word op die relevante forum blaai. Vir kopiereg aangeleenthede, kliek hier.
 
References (Verwysisngs slegs in Engels)[edit]
The site is always [[WikiIslam:Join the Team#Ways_To_Help_Us|looking for editors]] to translate English articles into Indonesian, Urdu, Bengali, [[Arabic]], and other languages. There are translations from English already available at the site in [[:Category:Other_Languages|several languages]], including [[Azərbaycanca Yazılar - Articles in Azerbaijani|Azerbaijani]], [[Les articles en francais - Articles in French|French]], [[:Category:Türkçe (Turkish)|Turkish]] and [[Ozbekcha maqolalar - Articles in Uzbek|Uzbek]]. A [[:ru:Заглавная страница|Russian]] sub-domain was started in early 2013 and a [[:bg:Начална_страница|Bulgarian]] sub-domain was created in April, 2015.
1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 For responses to various criticisms of WikiIslam, visit the Criticism of WikiIslam section of the IslamoCriticism blog.
 
2. Jump up ↑ For example, Sheila Musaji of TheAmericanMuslim, who has been contacted but refuses to correct the error, claims WikiIslam is "run" by "Ali Sina and Faith Freedom" and "only prints material which is negative towards Islam." Both claims are wrong. WikiIslam hosts many pro-Islamic articles written by Muslim editors.
==WikiIslam vs. Wikipedia==
3. Jump up ↑ Note that neither of these individuals or their websites are considered reliable sources at WikiIslam. According to WikiIslam:Reliable 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 circumstances as references on WikiIslam. If you come across any such statements, remove them immediately."
 
4. Jump up ↑ Göran Larsson, "Cyber-Islamophobia? The case of WikiIslam", Contemporary Islam: Volume 1, Number 1, 53-67, DOI: 10.1007/s11562-007-0002-2
WikiIslam's primary focus is on the religion of Islam while Wikipedia is a compendium of general knowledge. These differing goals have led to different policies and guidelines.  
5. Jump up ↑ "About/ Links", RichardDawkins.net, accessed February 7, 2012.
 
6. Jump up ↑ Tafline Laylin, "Muslim President Calls for Rain Prayers on Sunny Friday", Green Prophet, December 28, 2011 (archived), http://www.greenprophet.com/2011/12/rain-prayers-sunny-friday/.
Wikipedia discourages the use of primary and what they term as "non-notable/reliable" sources. WikiIslam, on the other hand, (in addition to secondary scholarly sources) encourages the use of authentic primary religious text and the rulings of authoritative Muslim scholars who may not be notable to people outside of the Muslim world but who are giants from within.
7. Jump up ↑ G. Hussein Rassool (Ed.), "Cultural Competence in Caring for Muslim Patients", Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 9781137358424, April 25, 2014 (archived), http://books.google.com/books?id=r5nJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT141&lpg=PT141&dq=Cultural+Competence+in+Caring+for+Muslim+Patients+wikiislam&source=bl&ots=oFOauH3oPg&sig=5Vtne1TY1qwgdldumOa-T9K6atU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UHENVIfmLY_lauWagZAO&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Cultural%20Competence%20in%20Caring%20for%20Muslim%20Patients%20wikiislam&f=false.
 
8. Jump up ↑ Heather Deegan, "Africa Today: Culture, Economics, Religion, Security", Routledge, p. 100, ISBN 978-0415418843, December 26, 2008 (archived), http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Today-Economics-Religion-Security/dp/0415418844/.
Wikipedia focuses on "verifiability, not truth".<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth|2=2012-02-10}} "Verifiability, not truth"], Wikipedia, accessed February 10, 2012.</ref> In regards to Islam, it has meant they accept what "notable/reliable" western commentators say about Islam's religious texts over what the religious text and Muslim authorities actually say themselves. Conversely, WikiIslam accepts what the religious texts and Muslim authorities say over the opinions and interpretations of third-party western commentators.[[Image:Infosymbol.png|91px|thumb|right|link=Category:WikiIslam]]
9. Jump up ↑ C. A. Brebbia, "Disaster Management and Human Health Risk III: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes", Wit Pr/Computational Mechanics, p. 366, ISBN 978-1845647384, July 9, 2013 (archived), http://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Management-Human-Health-Risk/dp/1845647386.
==See Also==
10. Jump up ↑ "Faith, Ethics and Religious Norms in a Globalized Environment: Freedom of Religion as a Challenge to the Regulation of Islamic Finance in Europe". Baltic Journal of Law & Politics. Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 52–82, ISSN (Online) 2029-0454, ISSN (Print) , DOI: 10.2478/v10076-011-0003-6, August 2011.
 
11. Jump up ↑ "Muslims should DDOS anti muslim websites", Ummah Forum, April 19, 2014 (archived), http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?398571.
*[[WikiIslam:Frequently Asked Questions|Frequently Asked Questions]]
12. Jump up ↑ "Someone needs to shut it down. any hackers out here?" - Solving the Wiki-islam problem, DamirK, Ummah Forum, May 24, 2013.
*[[WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines|Policies and Guidelines]]
13. Jump up ↑ "Its sad, Saudi have hackers who can hack and take down a lot of crap stuff on the internet but they never seem to notice what should be taken care of." - For my readers in Saudi, infact for anyone, LostInRiyadh.blogspot.com (comment by Dentographer, March 4, 2012)
 
14. Jump up ↑ A screenshot can be viewed here
==Contact Information==
15. Jump up ↑ "I usually wouldn't endorse a site like this, but in this case all of the sources were referenced in great detail." - Women: Traveling and free-mixing in Islam …, Abdul-Malik Merchant, Student at Umm al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 13, 2011.
To contact WikiIslam with general ideas and suggestions, a message can be left on the relevant [[WikiIslam:Discussions|Discussions]] page. For copyright issues, click [[WikiIslam:Copyright Issues|here]]. And for other important issues or to request an account, [[WikiIslam:Contact Us|click here]].
16. Jump up ↑ "In fact mockery is the main cause of executions ordered by our prophet (Sm)...i already told it to @RiasatKhan .. here is the link though its an anti islam site... but the historical facts / causes of execution mentioned there are reliable..look 4 Yellow colors, they were executed for mockery. Is this Musa Ibrahim scholar of Islam?? List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad - WikiIslam. Sorry for the anti islam site... i couldnt find any other site written in such short and organized way." - SHAHBAGH SQUARE-A NEW RISE, Kobiraaz (an established Muslim member who joined in Oct 2010, and has been thanked 7867 times for 7,237 post), Pakistan Defence forum, February 17, 2013
 
17. Jump up ↑ "Some Links Where You Can Find Some Weak And Fabricated Hadeeths Exposed", ShehbaazMind, August 17, 2011.
==References==
18. Jump up ↑ "Weak and fabricated hadith", Belief In The Unseen, September 7, 2012.
{{Reflist|30em}}
19. Jump up ↑ Dawud Israel, "NOTES from Tafsir Maariful Qur'an of Mufti Taqi/Shafi Usmani", Sunni Forum, June 1, 2013.
 
20. Jump up ↑ "Wikiislam.net", Alexa.com, accessed October 19, 2013, http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexa.com%2Fsiteinfo%2Fwww.wikiislam.net&date=2014-09-03.
[[Category:WikiIslam]]
21. Jump up ↑ "Wikiislam.net/ Audience", Alexa.com, accessed November 28, 2011.
[[ru:ВикиИслам:Описание]]
22. Jump up ↑ "Verifiability, not truth", Wikipedia, accessed February 10, 2012.

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Mission Statement

WikiIslam aims to provide accurate and accessible information from traditional and critical perspectives on the beliefs, practices, and development of Islam.

About

WikiIslam strives to be the most comprehensive and accurate source of information on Islam freely and accessibly available online, drawing from both Islam's primary sources (the Qur'an, hadith and Islamic scholars) as well as from the historical-critical (sometimes called revisionist) analysis of these primary sources by modern historians. Currently, WikiIslam hosts 977 articles.

As a non-political and non-religious wiki, the site remains neutral towards religions, world views, and issues of a political nature and likewise stays away from extremist, sensationalist or emotional commentary.

WikiIslam is an international site with contributors and readers from all over the world, and the site's policies and content reflect this.

The articles on WikiIslam are produced by an open community of editors from various political, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. The only thing contributors are required to have in common is a commitment to providing unbiased and objective information on Islam. If you think you fit this description and would like to contribute, contact us, and you will readily be provided with a login.

Scope and content

Main page: 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 (e.g. Ibn Kathir or al-Suyuti) provide useful reference for the continuously developing 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.

Any site content that falls beyond the bounds set by WikiIslam is removed or renovated by editors upon being brought to their attention.

Policies and Guidelines

Main page: WikiIslam:Policies and Guidelines

Over the course of many years, WikiIslam has developed a comprehensive and ever evolving set collection of policies and guidelines to help administer, guide, and set expectations for the work of its editors. These policies and guidelines define everything from the specific sort of content considered appropriate to the wiki (its scope), writing style, citation format and standards, article structure, source-editing practices (Wikitext), guidelines for talk pages, pending changes protection practices, good faith practices, and the wiki's legal disclaimers.

WikiIslam's admins enforce the above policies, and editors and visitors are encouraged to either report deviations from these standards to those better situated to correct them or to correct the error or violation themselves (by requesting an account if needed).

History

As of late 2018, Ex-Muslims of North America initiated an overhaul of WikiIslam, with the stated goal of setting a high criteria of objectivity, neutrality, and professionalism. The mission statement and new policy and writing guidelines were added, while many articles on the site were removed, including satirical and polemical content, ex-Muslim testimonies, as well as op-eds and personal essays. Article templates, hubs, the main website categorization system, and the front page were also heavily modified.

WikiIslam was created on October 27, 2005 by various online activists led by the user Axius and was hosted on server space provided by Faith Freedom International. Starting in August 2008, the site separated from FFI, hosted its own servers, and began operating as an independent site run by its contributors. In 2015, following excessive amounts of vandalism, the site came under the management of the Ex-Muslims of North America.

Audience

On average, it currently receives over 250,000 visitors a month generating about 500,000 page views. As of September 2014, Alexa.com places it within the top 70,000 most visited websites.[1]

WikiIslam's audience is not "Eurocentric". A large percentage of its readers are from Eastern or Muslim-majority nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, and Singapore (often accessed through WikiIslam's alternative domains, especially where WikiIslam has been banned).[2] Likewise, many of the site's administrators and editors are from a Muslim background or are skeptics from Muslim majority nations.

The site is always looking for editors to translate English articles into Indonesian, Urdu, Bengali, Arabic, and other languages. There are translations from English already available at the site in several languages, including Azerbaijani, French, Turkish and Uzbek. A Russian sub-domain was started in early 2013 and a Bulgarian sub-domain was created in April, 2015.

WikiIslam vs. Wikipedia

WikiIslam's primary focus is on the religion of Islam while Wikipedia is a compendium of general knowledge. These differing goals have led to different policies and guidelines.

Wikipedia discourages the use of primary and what they term as "non-notable/reliable" sources. WikiIslam, on the other hand, (in addition to secondary scholarly sources) encourages the use of authentic primary religious text and the rulings of authoritative Muslim scholars who may not be notable to people outside of the Muslim world but who are giants from within.

Wikipedia focuses on "verifiability, not truth".[3] In regards to Islam, it has meant they accept what "notable/reliable" western commentators say about Islam's religious texts over what the religious text and Muslim authorities actually say themselves. Conversely, WikiIslam accepts what the religious texts and Muslim authorities say over the opinions and interpretations of third-party western commentators.

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See Also

Contact Information

To contact WikiIslam with general ideas and suggestions, a message can be left on the relevant Discussions page. For copyright issues, click here. And for other important issues or to request an account, click here.

References

  1. ↑ "Wikiislam.net", Alexa.com, accessed October 19, 2013, http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexa.com%2Fsiteinfo%2Fwww.wikiislam.net&date=2014-09-03. 
  2. ↑ "Wikiislam.net/ Audience", Alexa.com, accessed November 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Verifiability, not truth", Wikipedia, accessed February 10, 2012.
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