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===WikiIslam advocates free speech but you are oppressing my right to free speech by blocking me. Why?===
===WikiIslam advocates free speech but you are oppressing my right to free speech by blocking me. Why?===


WikiIslam does not advocate ''any'' political positions. WikiIslam consists of an online community whose rules you agree to abide by when ''voluntarily'' joining it. If those rules are broken (e.g. through vandalism and other forms of disruption) then you will be sanctioned (given a warning or blocked, depending on the situation). Outside of our policies, the only position we hold is that every individual, no matter their gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs or political views are equals and should be treated as such. This does not exempt any of the aforementioned groups from being required to adhere to the site's policies and guidelines.  
WikiIslam does not advocate ''any'' political or religious positions. WikiIslam consists of an online community whose rules you agree to abide by when ''voluntarily'' joining it. If those rules are broken (e.g. through vandalism and other forms of disruption) then you will be sanctioned (given a warning or blocked, depending on the situation). Outside of our policies maintain that every individual, no matter their gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs or political views are equals and should be treated as such. This does not exempt any of the aforementioned groups from being required to adhere to the site's policies and guidelines.  


===Why are you censoring me by deleting/wiping my comments or edits?===
===Why are you censoring me by deleting/wiping my comments or edits?===


WikiIslam does not "censor" people because it "has an agenda" or is "afraid of criticism", as has been suggested by some people. Unlike most pro-Islamic websites, we welcome an opposing view and actually host [[:Category:Pro-Islamic Content|pro-Islamic content]] and responses. It may be hard for a few individuals to comprehend our administrative actions but we will do our best to explain: take, for instance, the fact that removing pages about motor vehicles in a book about aircrafts is not censorship. Nor is removing/updating/revising inaccurate or inappropriate information from a text book.  
WikiIslam does not "censor" people because it "has an agenda" or is "afraid of criticism". Indeed, WikiIslam welcomes every legitimate point of view and actually and strives to document the developments and changes that take place in Islamic beliefs over time. Modern or reformed Islamic perspectives are welcome on the wiki, but must be described as such and cannot pretend to being historically mainstream.  


Simply put; removing content that violates this website's policies is not censorship. If errors, incomprehensible English or bad formatting is inserted into our articles, we will revert them. If insults, threats and other forms of vandalism are inserted into our articles, we will wipe them from the pages' history. The same principle applies to talk pages. If people violate the talk page guidelines, post insults, off-topic rants or questions on talk pages, they will be deleted or wiped from the talk page's history (depending on the nature of the comment itself). These are straightforward and commonsense policies, and in no way can they be construed as "censorship" (at least not in the sense of how some are trying to portray it).
Besides this strict policy ''against'' censorship, the wiki also refuses to host irrelevant content. Content having nothing to do with Islam, such as an article about a certain make of car or aircraft, will be removed. This is also utterly unrelated to WikiIslam's anti-censorship policy and by no means violates it.  


People are entirely free to voice their complaints or concerns about WikiIslam (this is why we provide an [[WikiIslam:Contact Us|email address]] for anyone who would like to contact us). However, we are not here to pander to time-wasters who disrupt our editors with inane questions in the name of "dialogue" or hypocritical vandals who almost always ''delete'' valid material while adding their own, by leaving their useless edits on display.
Simply put; removing content that violates this website's policies is not censorship. If errors, incomprehensible English or bad formatting is inserted into articles, those edits are subject to reversion. If insults, threats and other forms of vandalism are inserted into articles, they will be wiped from the pages' history. The same principle applies to talk pages. If people violate the talk page guidelines, post insults, off-topic rants or questions on talk pages, they will be deleted or wiped from the talk page's history (depending on the nature of the comment itself). These are straightforward and commonsense policies, and in no way can they be construed as "censorship".
 
People are entirely free to voice their complaints or concerns about WikiIslam (this is why an [[WikiIslam:Contact Us|email address]] is provided for anyone who would like to reach out). However, WikiIslam will not pander to time-wasters who disrupt editors with inane questions in the name of "dialogue" or hypocritical vandals who seek to ''delete'' valid material while adding their own.


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