User talk:Inahet

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Re: Racism

Thanks for the notification; I've reverted to the revision before the vandalism. Hopefully everything's sorted now. I've also posted another warning on the user's page, but we'll see. dewet|™ 19:27, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

New Categories

I would like you to join following two categories of Muslims that have been censored by Zionista and Hindutva editors from posting your contributions.

• Category:Wikipedians censored by Zionist editors
• Category:Wikipedians censored by Hindutva editors

Siddiqui 03:09, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Anti Arabism

Hi - I'm sorry you deleted your note on my page before I got a chance to reply to it, I've been extremely busy lately (and will continue to be for a while) and have neglected some chores. As I mentioned on that article's talk page, I did try to make some improvements, but only a draft, that can be found here. I don't know how much of it was used. As for Iran, it may be appropriate to cite the document you referred to but only within context, assuming the author of this document is notable or the website (www.iranian.ws) is a notable website. In other words, use it as an example but not as an all-encompassing statement. Lastly, keep in mind that some contentious statements (or statements perceived to be contentious) may place you into dispute with other editors, so it is necessary to cite your sources or else you may be accused of original research. For example, a sentence like "Iranians with anti-Arab views are usually typically anti-Islam. Many of whom are Iranian jingoists, secularists or profess a religion other than Islam..." may be construed as original research unless sourced. Do you have scholarly references to back up such statements? I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but leave me a note if there is anything specific you'd like me to take a look at. Thanks. Ramallite ^(talk) 16:10, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing my attention to Anti-Arabism in Iran. I think there is definitely a need for it, but in order to ensure that the section stands up and is not deleted, there need to be links to secondary literature. As Ramallite states, there need to be sound references. Certainly, the Persian Journal site (www.iranian.ws), which its repeated call to "expel the Arab enemy" along with anti-Arab extreme nationalist groups, could be mentioned. I actually think one can make a distinction between the anti-Arab policies of the current regime - Arabs as a security threat for political reasons - and the anti-Arabism of ultra-nationalists - which is far more racially and religiously oriented.--Ahwaz 08:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

As far as I understand the rules, you can quote from anything, including Richard Foltz, so long as there is a balancing opinion. It does not matter if Foltz draws controversy, so long as it is not perceived to be your opinion but citing reliable sources. There are Iranian nationalists who also argue against the persecution of non-Persian minorities, including Arabs, and believe that a unified Iran needs to respect the country's diversity. There are others who say they have no problem with Arab culture, so long as it is not promoted to the exclusion of Persian culture. I think it would be good to search them out to balance the opinion, otherwise we will be accused of being "anti-Persian" - a familiar insult in some quarters. But, yes, the Persian Journal contains anti-Arab articles and this should be used as an example in the text, as should be organisations such as Anjoman-e Padishahi, an extremist group that makes insults against Islam and calls for genocide of Arabs in Iran.

I cannot see any Farsi on the page you mentioned and besides I am not good at it.--Ahwaz 10:58, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll take a look at your anti-Arabism piece later and come up with any suggestions. In the meanwhile, the Farsi link on the List of Yemenis article has been taken down by an Iranian editor who says he will look for the real Farsi version of the article at a later stage. Best regards.--Ahwaz 06:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Please take a look at your Iran page and the suggested references to ethnic cleansing of Arabs in Khuzestan.--Ahwaz 14:04, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

More Anti Arabism

Both links you've posted thus far for that particular killing specifically reference that authorities have not found evidence of it being a hate crime. Just because his family thinks so doesn't make it so, and neither does him getting a death threat shortly before it happened. The two could very easily be unrelated, as the guy was also a store clerk. You can't just guess at motive like that. Bibigon 04:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Uuuum, it depends...

First, I kinda wanna know why you're asking, but to answer your question- it depends on the dialect. Egyptians aren't the only ones. Gulf arabs have accents that vary wildly to the point where some people say "yeem", though this is considered non-standard. To my knowledge both geem and jeem are acceptable pronunciations in classical Arabic. Classical arabic is about proper form and grammer coupled with a lexicon not restricted to specific regions (i.e. dialects). Pronunciation is not a factor, so long as letters cannot be confused with each other. Compare this to the fact that an American can speak eminently correct English in a southern American accent, it doesn't change the quality of speech. However, if you are talking about Quranic pronunciation, things may be different. Hope that helps!Angrynight 01:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure now what you mean. There is a difference between 'classical' and 'Quranic' Arabic. While most Arabs (like me and you) consider both to be the same thing (fus'ha), there are differences between the two. Classical Arabic is based on Quranic Arabic due to the wide dissemenation of the Quran. The Quran itself, however, reflects the Quraishi dialect at the time, since the Arabic language had not been formalized in pre-Islamic Arabia. At the time of the Qur'an, Arabic existed as numerous dialects without a single "classical" form tying it all together. While Arabic may have emereged as a distinct language out of Yemen, classical arabic- also known by Western scholars of the language as Modern Standard Arabic- is based on the Quraishi dialect expressed in the Quran and hadith. So now the Yemeni dialect is in fact, just another dialect, in spite of its illustrious history. As a Muslim and someone who regularly recites the Quran, I hesitate to say that there is a definate pronunciation for Quran in case I'm wrong. Do not ask your nearest Sheikh either (they learn pronunciation by rote and probably don't know anyway), unless they are qualified enough to do tafsir (this indicates a knowledge of not just Arabic, but the history of the language)I have access to resources though and can dig up some information as far as the names of the letters are concerned. Can you please tell me what article this is concerning? Even if this is a matter of personal curiosity I'll help you, but I really want to know what this concerns specifically so I can give more relevant information. Angrynight 02:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Translation

Here is my translation of what you gave me

If I had more time, I would have polished it up:

He is Abu Abdullah Jaber Ibn Hayan Al-Koufi famous as Al-Soufi and people have different views of him, the Shiaa called him one of their leaders and one of their Ba'bs (head of the school in philosophic meaning of a religion) and they claimed that he was the follower of Ja'far Al-Sadegh (the 6th Imam of Shiaa) and he was from Al-Koufa (I think this is in what is now Iraq) and a group of philosophers claimed that he was one of them and he had written books in philosophy and logic.

Wafiyat Al-A’yan Ibn Khalkan Ja’far Al-Sadegh Abu Abdullah Ja'far Al-Sadegh Ibn Mohammed Al-Bagher Ibn Ali the best of prayers Ibn al-Housain Ibn Ali Ibn Abu Talib God bless him, he is one of 12 Imamis (Shia who believe in 12 Imams) and he was from Sadat (sons of the Prophet Mohammed) and was called The Truthful and has speech (books) in chemistry, Al-Zajar(??) and Horoscopes, and Abu Mousa Jaber Ibn Hayan was his student because of him being truthful in ... (can't translate) Al-Soufi Al-Tartousi wrote a book of 1,000 pages that gathered the Rasail(messages or books or essays) of Ja'far Al-Sadegh and they were 500.--Ahwaz 20:38, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikiethics

Hi,

We started a proposal Wikipedia:Wikiethics to state the existing policies coherently and make suggestions on improving the editorial standards in Wiki. I thought you might be interested in contributing to that proposal.

Unfortunately, a pro-porn and pro-offense lobby is trying to make this proposal a failure. They unilaterally started an approval poll although almost no one including me believe that it is time for a vote, simply because the policy is not ready. It is not even written completely.

Editors who thinks that the policy needs to be improved rather than killed by an unfair poll at the beginning of the proposal, started another poll ('Do we really need a poll at this stage?') at the same time. The poll is vandalized for a while but it is stable now. A NO vote on this ('Do we really need a poll now?') poll will strengthen the position of the editors who are willing to improve the ethics policy further.

If you have concerns about the ethics and editorial standards in Wiki, please visit the page Wikipedia:Wikiethics with your suggestions on the policy. We have two subpages: Arguments and Sections. You might want to consider reviewing these pages as well...

Thanks in advance. Resid Gulerdem 21:42, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Mutual aid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hurriyya_notice_board

I have set up a notice board to give collective support to those facing racism, nationalist bigotry and group intimidation while editing articles related to Middle Eastern issues. There are a growing number of people who are coming across the same problems with the same users, but are outnumbered and over-ruled. It is plain and simple bullying. They are being turned off Wikipedia because of this behaviour. I hope that we can all support each other.

The title is "Hurriyya", which means "freedom".--Ahwaz 17:49, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hurriyya_notice_board