User talk:Aaliyah Stevens

Welcome!

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--N R S | ^T/_M\^B 13:27, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed[edit]

A couple of determined people wrote essentially a smear page on Inayat Bunglawala, a prominent moderate Muslim leader in the U.K., spokesman of the Muslim Council of Britain. If you/anyone else could help out by adding neutral or positive details and reverting POV, it would be much appreciated! (Sorry, I'm pretty new to Wikipedia, so I'm not sure who to turn to) Jamal (talk) 13:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice poem and Welcome[edit]

Dear sister nice poem and welcome to wikipedia. Please be a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam. We all are working in our capcities to make things better here. Hope to see your many contributions around. --- ALM 18:30, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you look at the article Muhammad's slaves. They are adding many things, which being a Sunni Muslim I do not believe. Can you help with some reasearch? --- ALM 12:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Permission[edit]

I have added your name at my user-page. Is that fine? [1] --- ALM 14:39, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me :-) Regarding research on articles about Racism, Slavery, etc, I'm currently pre-occupied in preventing [User:KazakhPol] from labelling an Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir as terrorist, he has yet to provide once referenced incident of HT being involved or linked to any terrorism. Rather other users and myself have provided a bulk of evidence to the contrary. He also seems to want to sensationalise all things related to Islamism, viewing it as a terrorist monologue Aaliyah Stevens 16:45, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

This is the last time I'm going to ask you to stop vandalizing Wikipedia. Next time you will be blocked. KazakhPol 00:18, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last time? this was the first time you ever spoke to me! Look up the definition of vandalism (WP:VAND) and learn to be civil (WP:CIVIL) User:Aaliyah Stevens

Hizb ut-Tahrir[edit]

I went ahead and re-added the TotallyDisputed template. Unless someone decides to ban you, it's pretty unlikely that template will be removed in 2007. Dont remove it again. Consider this a general warning about your vandalism. KazakhPol 00:30, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What kind of comments are those. Why someone decided to ban her? Please be civil. --- ALM 05:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The State Department does consider the ISF a terrorist organization[2] so your entire refutation of the Heritage Foundation's reliability just flew out the window, KazakhPol 18:45, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Read your own link regarding FIS, translated as the Islamic Salvation Front; the state department does not list FIS as terrorist, even in the out-of-date list you link which is from 1999, not like latest one I referred to [3]. And before you argue about the acronym 'FIS' that's how the state department refer to them when they mention that they won the elections: "... in early 1992 after Algiers voided the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS)" Aaliyah Stevens 10:19, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It does list it... are you saying that the political and militant factions dont equate? At the very least the link shows the Jamestown Foundation wasnt making stuff up. KazakhPol 06:55, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry I'm getting rather frustrated with you're repeated inability to cognise a simple fact in plain english, FIS (Islamic Salvation Front) is not listed by the state department as a foreign terrorist organisation, and there is no mention of any military faction of FIS there either. Even in Algeria FIS is not designated as a terrorist group, rather it was simply banned. Aaliyah Stevens 13:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for balance on racism page[edit]

Talk:Racism and Talk:Racism by country there is an editing pattern on these page preventing any plural discussion of Israel and racism, there are two criterion in place where poorly constructed arguments are allowed in, but detailed arguments for inclusion of Israel are vetoed for all kinds of reasons. I believe Wikipedia has a duty to prevent this kind of behavior which is not only undemocratic it is dangerous. See the chain of convo on the talk page to see the impossible retort to every voice which is about Israel and racism, at least 4-5 editors in this gang pushing the same POV--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 04:36, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

السلام عليكم[edit]

hello AS, i thought i'd try offering some advice as i see you're getting a little frustrated on Talk:Hizb ut-Tahrir. content disputes draw the extreme ire of many editors who fall into them (which is pretty much everyone). sometimes you feel you're having to repeat things again and again, whilst at the same time perceiving that the other side simply refuses to listen. it's always important to keep a cool head and maintain your composure, overly asserting yourself with caps or boldface can come across as aggressive or uncivil. i totally understand the sentiments experienced when people are behaving in an uncomprimising manner. unfortunately, that is part and parcel of the encyclopaedia: you have to deal with people you don't see eye to eye with. moreso on Islam-related articles: emotions are high on all sides and you'll almost always see talk-page brawling on some article or another.

if talk page discussions aren't working, then there are other ways to try sorting out the dispute: you shouldn't feel that you're being compelled to have to try making someone understand something (which you may see as very basic). i would sincerely suggest you set up a RfC (request for comment) if you find that you've exhausted the avenue of discussion. thanks. ITAQALLAH 23:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Aaliyah Stevens 11:35, 15 January 2007 (UTC) جزاك الله خير[reply]

Where are you from[edit]

Hi! Which country are you from? If you're a Lebanese, since your Arabic is good, I would like you to visit this website (since we're looking for Lebanese - and even non-Lebanese - to help Lebanon-related articles):

http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86 <- we are critically low in membership

Also consider going to the English version by clicking here

Thanks. - Qasamaan 21:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. If you're Lebanese, add {{User_Lebanese}} on your user page.

أسف أخي أي قبل الاسلام ، ولست عربية Aaliyah Stevens 19:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Designated terrorist organization[edit]

Normally WTA would be in effect. However, this is an exemption. See the explanation on Category:Designated terrorist organizations. The same thing applies for individuals. KazakhPol 19:12, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

Thanks for your contributions to Terrorism in Kazakhstan page, I feel all alone there trying to communicate a basic point.cs 15:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami and page blanking[edit]

Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. If you blank any more pages I will open up an RFC on your editing. I have no doubt Zora, RuneX2, and others will want to comment. KazakhPol 04:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppets[edit]

If a checkuser shows you are using sockpuppets you will likely be blocked for a very long time. I suggest you cease using them. I also suggest you stop stalking me and violating WP:3RR. KazakhPol 04:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Take me to the cleaners if you have a case - but you don't. I don't know what you are on about? I am not vandalising, stop throwing around wild and unsubstantiated accusations. Aaliyah Stevens 09:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tawhid[edit]

Dear sister, Tawhid is the basic concept of Islam and one of the biggest attraction for Islam. However the article is really badly written see and divide useless thing between Shia/Sunni. I will appreciate if you could change it because all Shia and Sunni agrees to omit things which divide us. See the agreement on talk page Talk:Tawhid#Merger_discussion and Talk:Tawhid#Time_to_change_it. I will be thankful if you could spend some time there. Wassalam. -- ALM 11:52, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for comment/Cs.[edit]

Hi Aaliah I would appreciate it if you would add a few lines to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Cs. Someone seems to have engaged in a campaign to discredit my efforts to keep POV out of wiki. thanks cs 11:22, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for RfC[edit]

Aaliyah Would you consider asking for a Request for Comment for Kazakhpol? He certainly does not engage in productive editing, constantly reverts NPOV edits to push his POV, name-calls, advances sock-puppetry allegations in multiple pages with more than a dozen users. There could be more than a few users who would be interested in endorsing it. I, for one, will be more than happy to help create and endorse the dispute. thanks in advance. cs 12:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I will ask her and start a page as soon as I have time. I will let you know when I am onto it. His primary preoccupation around here seems to pepper Islam-related articles with "terrorism." I believe there are dozens of users annoyed by him. thanks cs 13:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Comment[edit]

Hi Aaliah I have created the page, here [[4]]. Please read and feel free to add anything you feel like should be included. Two users are needed to certify the dispute. I put my name. Consider putting your name as certify'er. best cs 21:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

please note that there is a special format to the page, you have to sign under "Users certifying the basis for this dispute" to get it listed.cs 22:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on Cs[edit]

Hi - in the "Outside view section, would you be OK with me adding "Users who endorse this summary:" below your summary and me shifting your signature below it? (Just to mak eit look "official".) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SmithBlue (talk • contribs) 12:45, 13 February 2007 (UTC). Sure! Aaliyah Stevens 12:56, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please check that you are happy with present layout of "Outside view section" - have got it how I think its meant to be. SmithBlue 13:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

HuT[edit]

Better, but notice that however wrote that page did not source that section. KazakhPol 15:25, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

put a { { citation needed } } in the article Aaliyah Stevens 15:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect advice! Just to add that it would be the {{fact}} tag you'd need to place in the article. :) Dreadlocke ☥ 21:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Civility[edit]

Thanks for removing the misplaced comments about User:KazakhPol on the WP:WTA talk page! That is a huge showing of civility and understanding of how Wikipedia works! Very nice move! Hopefully you and Kazakhpol can work though your issues with each other, if you haven't read Wikipedia:Resolving disputes, it has some good suggestions on how to go about it! Happy editing! Dreadlocke ☥ 18:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS, I did not mean to imply or accuse you of Wikistalking, I was merely trying to tell Kazakhpol how to go about reporting any such experiences. I certainly haven't investigated the claim at all. My apologies if I seemed to accuse you of such. Dreadlocke ☥ 18:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your very nice reply on my talk page! No worries, I fully understand your sensitivity - I can get that way too.... :) Salaam. Dreadlocke ☥ 22:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your response here[edit]

Salam (Peace!), I'd like your response here.Bless sins 21:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User page[edit]

I just wanted to drop in and tell you how much I like your user page. I'm also interested in reading more about Islam and philosophy (mostly as a refresher) so if you have a list you could point users to or share that would be helpful. —Viriditas | Talk 00:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Do we need an Anti-Islamic Sentiment cat?[edit]

Just wondering what are your views for a cat which identifies people who are anti-Islamic and have a hostile bigotry to Muslims. the debate is on Category talk:Anti-Islam sentiment‎--HalaTruth(ሐላቃህ) 11:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sunni Islam, Sufism, and Barelwis in India[edit]

Assalamu Alaikum, I noticed your comments on the Sunni Islam talk page. Not that I particularly care about the state of links in a wikipedia article but I just though I'd comment on some of the stuff you wrote. Please don't consider this criticism of any kind. I'm just mentioning some things which I think are relevant.

We should not put culturally specific (i.e. Pakistani/Indian urdu barelwi) sites on this page,

Every scholar of Islam has some cultural specificity. Even Al-Ghazzali whose brand of Sufism (with it's emphasis on austerity) is suited to Persians rather than to (say) the Turks who benefited more from Imam Rumi etc.

I agree, but not to the narrow extent that subcontinental 'scholars' have done so, many of which don't even speak arabic, (so would hardly qualify to be Scholars), e.g. some have even gone to the extent of claiming Urdu is the language of Islam, even for arabic speakers. Although you may believe that Ghazali was culturally specific, he was universally accepted throughout the world, among Sunni, Shia, and non-Muslims (who referred to him as algazal). Aaliyah Stevens 16:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

this is not about Sunni islam of the barelwi persuation in the subcontinent, and no major Sunni Scholars came from there in the development of sufism or Sunni Islam in the first few hundred years.

That's inaccurate. I'm a Keralite (which happens to be the only state in India with a Shafi'i majority amongst the muslims). Islam started here at the time of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) himself when one of the local kings visited him after beholding one of his miracles ([5]). Also, there are scholars like Zainiddin Mallibari who lived quite long ago. As for the northern parts of India where the Hanafi madhab is more established, there are scholars from there who have contributed to Islam and Sufism quite a bit. A look at the Mujaddid article should show that. I'm not sure about the time periods though so maybe you're right in this regard.

Yes, none have come from the subcontinent, in the formation years of Sunni Kalam, and theology, i.e. the period of the 4 great Sunni Imams, or even a few hundred years after that. The closest thing was Abu Hanifah, whose grandfather originated from Kabul.Aaliyah Stevens 16:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Barelwis do not exist anywhere except in that region. I find the notion that Sufism=Barelwis disingenious on the part of Barelwis, because sufism is much bigger than Barelwis.

That's true. It's just that majority of the people in India who have a Tariq and follow a more traditional path are Barelwis. Which is not to demean the Deobandi Ulema who are great too.

I admit that Barelwis are one of the largest Sufi sub-groups in the subcontinent, however they've only been around since the British colonial period, and there is evidence (not proof) to suggest thier founder collaborated with the colonialists against the Muslims who resisted the British occupation.Aaliyah Stevens 16:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

and there is links to Imam Ghazali who was the most famous Sufi scholar on earth

He was definitely one of the greatest. The world has benefitted a lot from him and may Allah continue to spread his Barakah. I just worry that if you idolise him too much, you're in danger of looking down on other friends of Allah and of injuring yourself spiritually. Not that I disagree at all. I hope you understand.

Rest assured that I do not look down upon any of the Awliyaa, I just don't like the very narrow, blinkered approach to sufism of some of my Barelwi brothers and sisters, who do takfir on other Sunnis, and claim they are more significant than they are, or even claim exclusivity to the mantle of the Ahl-as-sunnah, claim their leaders are the Mujadids, or the Shaykh of Islam. They seem to self-aggradise too much. Aaliyah Stevens 16:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please forgive any lack of Adab on my part and please remember me in your Duas. Wassalam --Nkv 15:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No probs, Wa-alaykum salam.

It is worth noting that Ahmad Rida Khan Barelwi, the founder of the Barelwi movement refused to participate in any form of resistance against the British occupation of India, even refusing Ghandhi's peaceful resistance. His reasoning was that he was a hater, full of un-Islamic hate of Hindus, claiming that it is forbidden for Muslims wot work with fellow native Indians against (foreign imperialist) "people of the book". He also rejected Jihad against the empire because he claimed India under the British was dar-al-Islam!! Aaliyah Stevens 15:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Pictures in Muhammad article[edit]

In case you are interested there is a mediation going on. And also see Talk:Muhammad/images Wassalam. --- ALM 12:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad (Images)[edit]

Those images are not of Muhammad(SAW) but they are images of persian kings and miraj.jpg is image of zorroaster. kaaba images are images of khalifahs (rulers of islamic empire) after prophet Muhammad(saw).

Prophet Muhammad(saw) was called Al-amin in his society which means honest and truthful. someone changed it to "dishonest" in reference. Those so called "good editers" of article Muhammad didnt even care till i saw it and changed it to make it right.

miraj.jpg image is image of zoroaster. you can see fire in that images. maome.jpg is image of persian king or saint. I've researched those images. Help me by sharing with me authenticity of those images so those images could be removed. you can visit my talk page.Regards Funnypop12 07:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If that's Zoroaster, what's he doing riding Buraq?Proabivouac 18:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

T in K[edit]

Hi, You recently participated in an AFD on Terrorism in Kazakhstan. Your input on a proposed page move is desired. Regards. cs 18:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Kalam Arguments & Belief in an infinite[edit]

I won't hold my breath. If you were convinced of the existence of God by the Kalam argument Aaliyah, maybe you can explain to me why you disbelieve in the actual infinite? Arrow740 01:31, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, please don't have fights on my userpage. I have taken Aminz advice on board. Secondly Arrow740 has raised an important question regarding Kalaam. Arrow740, the way orientalists study Islam is very skewed, they carry paradigms, ill informed notions of context, form disjointed conclusions, and lack a background (which is not their fault) in understanding Islam. You can't understand a watch, by studying a single cog, without knowing how it works and fits in with the rest of the system of cogs. The best non-muslim students of Islam are usually Arabs like Edward Said, who although are not Muslims, have an appreciation of the language of Islam, and it's background. The Kalaam arguments are not one argument as understood in the west, it is a whole host of arguments attempting to provide rational evidence for the existence of a creator.

Now that I have given a background to what I was going to say, rest assured that I do not reject actual infinites in maths, only that in maths it is a human construct. The Kalaam arguments presented in the English language do a disservice to it, the best books in English I have found available on this topic, are al-juwaini's, but they suffer from poor translations. The Kalam argument does not necessitate that you reject infinites, only that you rationally observe that unlimited things don't exist; infinity in one aspect is still limited in others, but being unlimited means no limits in any aspect. This is one reason why I also reject the Wahabi or Salafi creed in Islam and Anthropomorphism because it places limits on the unlimited, as does trinitarian theology in Christianity (not the unitarian Christians). I don't believe in actual infinites in tangible material being, because I reject the notion that time is infinite. Actual infinity is used usually to argue against the existence of an unlimited eternal creator. For an actual infinite to exist, time would also have had to exist infinitely, which would mean that time had an infinite number of 'iterations' to reach this point in time, which would never have got here, if it had to get through infinite iterations before. Aaliyah Stevens 12:26, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You said, "I don't believe in actual infinites in tangible material being, because I reject the notion that time is infinite." Your argument was: "For an actual infinite to exist, time would also have had to exist infinitely, which would mean that time had an infinite number of 'iterations' to reach this point in time, which would never have got here, if it had to get through infinite iterations before." You are still envisioning a beginning of time. If time had no beginning, and no matter how far back you look you will still have further to look, then there is no problem with an infinite amount of time before this moment. There is no proof that there is no beginningless series of events. Just because Aristotle said that there can be no actual infinite doesn't make it so. Arrow740 19:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't disbelieve in the infinity of time because Aristotle said so, I believe that if it was infinite it would not have reached the current point, because if you have an infinity to cover you will never reach a 'current' point, as we do in time. Think about it, if you had an infinite distance to cover before you reach a certain point, you would never reach it. Anyway. I'm not going to consume my talk page with this argument, it was nice talking. Aaliyah Stevens 08:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So then the set of integers {..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ...} must not exist either. Arrow740 09:04, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Read above my view on maths. Aaliyah Stevens 09:29, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your argument applies in the situation of math as well, where it is more clearly false. So the argument is wrong. In fact it is certainly possible that there was no first instant, and our universe is the current one of a chain that goes back infinitely far into time and forward infinitely far into time. Arrow740 22:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You have clearly not understood my point, and I am not claiming a first instant as an axiom for my argument. Anyway, I will not have my talk page consumed by this debate anymore, thanks again for the discussion, but let's leave it now. Aaliyah Stevens 09:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Islam and Slavery[edit]

My research coming soon, this is just a way for me to pool refs to add later to teh article. Aaliyah Stevens 09:46, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad Said:

"God has said: Three people I will deal with on the Day of Judgement: someone who gives in my name who betrays, a man who enjoyed the money of capturing selling a free man, and a man who employed someone who did his job, but did not pay him” (narrated by Al-Bukhari)

"There are three categories of people against whom I shall myself be a plaintiff on the Day of Judgement. Of these three, one is he who enslaves a free man" (al-Bukhari and Ibn Majjah)

"Whoever slaps his slaves or strikes them, his only atonement is to free them" (narrated by Muslim on authority of ibn (Caliph) Umar).

"Whoever kills his slave, we will kill him"[31]

In early Islam, neither a Muslim nor a Christian or Jew could be enslaved.(ref John Esposito (1998) p.40)

MUHAMMAD THE ABOLITIONIST: by Adam Watson

http://www.central-mosque.com/fiqh/slav4.htm

Islam and slavery lead[edit]

Dear interested editor:
Please visit here: [6] in the next few days and give your vote and your proposals on how the lead may be reworked and reformed to meet GA criteria before next nomination.DavidYork71 04:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Aaliyah[edit]

Would you be able to drop by and verify an Arabic-English translation of a short section at this location: [7] Another user has required it. With regards, DavidYork71 00:55, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Rosetta Barnstar
		for Arabic-English translation of source materials cited within the article Islam and children. Further, noting her knowledgeable content and editorial contributions on Islam-related articles since 12 October 2006. DavidYork71 09:01, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mawlid[edit]

Sister, I have posted a response on the Mawlid talk page which I hope can be my last. I feel I have come up with a compromise that can be acceptable to us both and can enhance the educational value of the article. I hope there are no hard feelings and that we can reach on agreement on this issue. MezzoMezzo 14:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sister Aaliyah thanks for your contribution on the Mawlid page, you have taken it a long way. --Waterhouse01 18:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kalam argument[edit]

Hi. I don't understand the viability of this argument. If time isn't infinite, what was there before it started?! --Rebroad 12:15, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good Question. Just because we may not know what was before something, doesn't mean that thing has to be infinite, and that whatever is before it can't exist.

Time is finite, as I have argued above, so what was 'before' time, or exists beyond time has to be something that is not bound by time, or finite or limited in any way by any thing, including being limited by time. i.e. unlimited in every way possible. This is the fundamental Islamic characteristic which we believe to be the creator Allah Aaliyah Stevens 13:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Help ?[edit]

Dear sister, how are you? Will you able to help me in improving User:ALM_scientist/Including_Muhammad_Pictures_Against_wiki-policies it. I wish to file arbitration case once I am done with it. Wassalam --- A. L. M. 15:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sunni links[edit]

As You have Contributed a Lot to sunni links Discussion Area and Kepta Vigil Eye on them , It is Requested that Please see the Current Postion of the Area.

Shabiha 08:21, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

please help me[edit]

please translate to arabic lenguage this:

These users speak arabic
These users do not speak arabic (or are able to understand it only with considerable difficulty).
These users are able to contribute with a basic level of arabic.
These users are able to contribute with an intermediate level of arabic.
These users are able to contribute with an advanced level of arabic.
These users are able to contribute with a professional level of arabic.
Zerolex (is my name, please in arabic alphabet please)

--Zerolex 18:55, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Islam and racism[edit]

Hi Aaliyah. I've just started an article on Islam and racism, and I just thought you might be interested to take a look at it and contribute your sources of information relating to it. I've typed up some information based on the Koranic verses, and one from the hadith. Is there anything else that I'm missing? --Fantastic4boy 10:16, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sunni Islam[edit]

Salam alaikum sister, it's been a while. Looks like you may need to archive this page soon given all the comments you've had. Anyway, I had some suggestions for the Sunni Islam article I left on the talk page and I know that you put a lot of work into that. Brothers Zayd and Nkv seem to be preoccupied right now so there may not be as many concerned mature editors willing to help with the article (which is why i'm pestering you now, lol). MezzoMezzo 14:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Small requst[edit]

Salam 'alaikum Sr. Aaliyah. There has been a bit of tampering with the Barelwi page. Check the history and you'll know what I mean. Having someone else who "knows the ropes" so to speak (referring to you, lol) watch the page might help with that a bit. MezzoMezzo 19:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to say a few words...[edit]

Salaam, sister.

You stated on your user page. You studied: "Al-Ghazali's and Al-Juwayni's Kalam Arguments academically, proving to me the viability of Islam, Allah or the one god, and his messenger Muhammad(saw)." Al Ghazali was good however, I think he was ripped apart by the 'Great' Averroes-:

http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ir/tt/index.html

P:

Regards,

--Street Scholar 12:52, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Averroes never disputed the existence of God??? The issues they differed over were the finer details, and to be frank Ghazali won the argument, as proven by history, and his acclaim globally among all philosophers of all faiths. Ghazali responded to ibn Rushd's refutations with a better response, and was Ibn Rushd'd lost his following, hence there are very few (if any) remaining Mu'tazila left. Aaliyah Stevens 15:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eid Mubarak[edit]

Eid Mubarak!

Wishing you and your family a blessed Eid.

Your friendly neighborhood Muslim.

If you object to the above message, please remove it, accept my apologies and notify me on my talk page.

Fair use rationale for Image:HTlogo_main.jpg[edit]

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Salam - سلام[edit]

Assalam Allaykom (Peace be upon you)

I couldn't tell if you are a fellow Arab wiki-User or interested in the Arab world, in both cases i would like to Invite you to Join the Arab Wiki Project.

our goals are to Increase the Public's Awarness and Develop Articles that are related to the Arab world, and help each others to achieve it, we are all good in certain things, so why not complete each others to make the Arab world a more Understood region for readers in Wikipedia...

i hope you join in, and get to explore the Project more, and add your name as a member in the Project...

Ma Assalama (Peace be with you)

--Arab League User (talk) 05:39, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"And they emerged from the darkness"[edit]

It's been a while since you've made any edits! Good to see you active again. I noticed a few of your edits were along the same lines, so a few questions we should answer:

Should we list extinct Sunni schools of aqeedah on Template:Sunni Islam and on Islamic schools and branches? That brings up other issues, for example, listing extinct schools of fiqh. Generally, what I've done on Template:Islam, Template:Shia Islam, and Template:Ismailism is merge history and branches (not schools) together, because this allows to put extinct branches/tariqahs and schisms that still exist along with topics unique to those branches/tariqahs. However, I don't think the same would apply for Sunni Islam. However, I didn't do this for Template:Twelvers and Template:Sunni Islam because they have "schools" rather than "branches" or "tariqahs" or the like.
While I agree that Salafism and Wahhabism do refer to the same thing, there is a lack of consensus here on that, so I generally split the two. However, I like the / approach you're doing, we'll see how other editors take it. If you do want to push this issue further (and perhaps help me stop abusing italics at that) we can try to propose some changes on how the matter is handled on WikiProject Islam. I'm a bit unhappy with the separation as of now.
You made some changes on the non-Muslim view of Sufism. Did you just reword or is that what the source says, because those words do change things enough that we'd need to resource.

--Enzuru 23:58, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

salam Aaliyah, my names sami, can i have you remail address pls as i am a muslim also and would like to learn from you as you seem to know a lot —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samiprince (talk • contribs) 15:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Picking my nose[edit]

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make a mistake[edit]

Hola alia!..you are not a 'muslim'!not... You are a 'muslima'!--Sonia Sevilla (talk) 02:47, 3 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Correct in Arabic, not in English, but thanks! Aaliyah Stevens (talk) 16:19, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Account[edit]

So are you still active on this site? I was just scrolling through my talk archives and seeing how many editors are still around. MezzoMezzo (talk) 08:04, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I am Aaliyah Stevens (talk) 11:11, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Love history & culture? Get involved in WikiProject World Digital Library![edit]

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Project Quran - help needed[edit]

Assalam Aleikum Am a new WP-ean. Found out that articles on the Surahs of the Quran seriously lack the details of the Quran presents. The media is projecting Quran wrongly - the Muslim community seriously needs to presents the actual views of the Quran. Would greatly appreciate your help on the Project_Quran!
As the Quran asks us to remind in Surah Qaf: فذكر بالقرآن من يخاف وعيد
JazakIllah o Khairal Jaza! HQEditor (talk) 14:25, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Two Quote for you[edit]

	Ali Award for you
	« There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance ». « People have either a brother of you in the religion, or brother of you in the creation». .Ali ۝ ۝ (talk) 01:19, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Advice and Assistance to fix Wikipedia article[edit]

Dear Aaliyah Stevens,

My name is Karen and I work as a consultant for the Cordoba Initiative (http://www.cordobainitiative.org) to manage their website and the social media accounts of their founder and chairman, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. I am coming to you to seek your advice on correcting Feisal Abdul Rauf’s Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feisal_Abdul_Rauf), which has many factual errors. We believe this content contradicts Wikipedia's core values, especially Neutral Point of View and Verifiability.

I am reaching out to you because of your interest in promoting the accuracy of Muslim articles on Wikipedia. As you can imagine, a negative and biased Wikipedia article such as this does not reflect well on both Wikipedia, which prides itself on neutrality and accuracy, and on Feisal Abdul Rauf, whose reputation is in question. Also, this entry, about a prominent American Muslim such as Feisal Abdul Rauf, furthers a public discourse in the United States that is prejudicial and damaging to Muslims. We have also been in touch with another member of Wikiproject Islam, but we wanted to contact you as well to get your opinion and see if you might be interested in helping us.

There are many inaccuracies, omissions, and biases present in the current Wikipedia text. For instance, although Feisal Abdul Rauf has earned numerous awards, honors, and recognition for his work promoting interfaith dialogue, understanding, and peace, even from senior level diplomats from several countries, the current Wikipedia text and tone focuses predominately upon controversies, lawsuits, and scandals, many of which are inaccurately reported. For instance, the 2013 lawsuit was resolved in Feisal Abdul Rauf’s favor, an important omission in the content.

We believe this undue focus on scandals does not represent a neutral point of view, given that none of his accomplishments have been mentioned in the text with equal weight and prominence.

There are also numerous dead links, and links that point to questionable sources, which we believe is in violation of Wikipedia's Verifiability policy. There are also several other problems with this page, which we would be happy to discuss with you, too.

We know that Wikipedia prides itself on neutrality and accuracy, and we are seeking your help to align this page to meet the high standards of Wikipedia. Can you please advise me on what you recommend we do to rectify this Wikipedia article?

Sincerely,

Karen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.82.228.95 (talk) 18:21, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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