Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam/Islam and Controversy task force

This is a task force of Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam.

Mission objectives

This is a project aimed at increasing the quality of the articles related to Islam and Controversy and its related articles, elevating the articles to "Good article" standard, and then all the way to "Featured article" standard. The appropriateness of this task force is currently under debate on the talk page.

Improvements can be made by:

• Making sure all statements are sourced using the "<ref>source</ref>" model
• Making sure the articles follow the given standards.

As of 6/11/2007, we have 0 articles at the "Good article" standard and 0 at the "Featured article" standard.

{{WikiProject Islam|Islam and Controversy=yes}} is added to the top of the talk pages of any articles relevant to this project. This will make them appear on the Category:WikiProject Islam and Controversy.

Sub-sections

• The article standardization section
• The article assessment section, the assessment department of this project.
• The collaboration section, the collaboration department of this project.
• The peer review section, the peer review department of this project.

Proposals for new articles

• Quintan Wiktorowicz - (Google) - he is an author of books on Islam and Terrorism related issues, and is an "Assistant Professor. Department of International Studies. Rhodes College". More information on bio
• Azam Kamguian not completely sure if notable, but if so, somebody should write an article about her.--Sefringle 07:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Seems BBC did recognize her [1]--Sefringle 07:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Temporary articles (work in progress)

This section is for temporary articles until they can be transfered over as actual articles. This is so that articles in their infancy are not nominated for an AFD.

• No temporary articles exist as of now

New articles

• Cash for fatwas scandal
• Imrana rape case
• Breastfeeding fatwa

Proposed tasks

• Expand Tawfik Hamid
• Find reliable sources or translations for: Tahrir-ol-vasyleh - Arabic version available here
• Get a photograph of Ehsan Jami

Reference Materials

Online resources

If you dont have access to books and journals in physical form, you can use Google's excellent easy-to-use resources, although some may not be reliable or appropriate for use on Wikipedia:

• Google Scholar
• Google Books

List of Articles

• Article watchlist

More topics can be added to the watchlist from the List of Islamic and Muslim related topics

Articles to be evaluated for NPOV

This list does not imply that an article currently has a POV issue. Articles in this list should be evaluated to ascertain whether they have POV issues or not.

• Islamic ethics

Templates

• Muslims and controversies

Categories

• Category:Islam-related controversies

Members

1. --Matt57 00:07, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
2. --Arrow740 00:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
3. --Merzbow 01:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
4. --Striver 22:09, 14 December 2006 (UTC) (with reservations, only as an observer - ill leave if it develops in a non-neutral maner)
5. --Strothra 19:03, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
6. --User:Boris Johnson VC 16:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
7. --ITAQALLAH 21:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
8. --NN 09:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
9. --Gtadoc 23:45, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
10. --John Carter 18:18, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
11. --Bless sins 00:50, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
12. --Atari400 19:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)