Talk:Al-Fatiha
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Arabic Text
Why was the Arabic text below removed from the page? Its really hard for arabic learners to read the handwritten text shown on the image.
- بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ
- إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
- ٱهْدٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ
- صِرَ ٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ ٱلضَّاۤلِّينَ
Al-Fatiha Foundation
I understand that some editors dislike the content of the Al-Fatiha Foundation article, but it is a legitimate article and the disambig is necessary. "Offensiveness" is a POV concern and we cannot hide haram topics from Wikipedia readers. Please do not remove the disambig again. Thanks. Babajobu 13:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Then, why not a nice Disambiguation page? 193.146.45.126 19:11, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Because there are only two relevant articles, and a significant majority of people looking for "Al Fatiha" will be looking for this article, not the gay rights org. Babajobu 15:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- Hi! I removed the link today thinking it was vandalism - and this change was subsequently reverted. However, I think this article should reconsider having a disambiguation page and also contemplate rephrasing the disamb link.
- Also, it is bound to offend muslims by having a gay and lesbian organisation link at the top of a page likely to have a large muslim audience. I suggest that we rephrase the disamb link at the top to -
- "al-Fatiha" redirects here. For other uses, see Al-Fatiha (disambiguation).
- [8] and [Piss Christ]), and I don't think we should start now. Babajobu 17:00, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
Multiple Issues tag
This has the potential to be a good article, as of right now, however, it is in desperate need of reorganization, and wikification as well as some issues need to be cited or commentary removed. Particularly difficult is the Interpretation section that does not cite sources in the wiki format (cites via Qur'an). It also borders and occasionally goes over the limits of WP:ENC. Finally it has some formatting problems that make it hard to read and are also not conforming to WP:MOS. I would fix those bits myself but I would rather someone with a better knowledge of the Qur'an do so as the formatting is the smaller issue at stake here.
I'd like to be clear that I find this article important and that the interpretation section has some very interesting points in it. It simply needs to conform to Wikipedia standards and make sure to cite its sources correctly so that it reads more like an encyclopedia rather than an opinion seasoned exegesis of the surah. I also think some standardization in the system of romanization of the Arabic in the article would be helpful but I can't tell if Wikipedia has a set transliteration system.