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My New Signature: I've changed my signature since 1 November 2007. My former signature was Sa.vakilian and this is my current signature:--Seyyed(t-c) 04:23, 1 November 2007 (UTC) . In Persian dialect Seyed means the descendant of Prophet of Islam through Fatimah and also descendant of Imam Ali.

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXIII, February 2013

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Ali page

Hi Sa.vakilian Hi

During the last few months, I had some time off, so I looked at the pages relating to Islam on wikipedia. Over the last few years, a lot of incorrect material against Islam has built up on Wikipedia. I went through thousands of books in the London School of Oriental and African Studies library and on the internet. Looked through Sunni, Shia and the Roman books from that period. There is a lot of material on Wikipedia about Islam that is totally incorrect. One just has to look at the pages "Islamic views on slavery", "Muhammad and slavery" and "Ma malakat aymanukum". Even people Muhammad cared for deeply and provided for through the Bait Al Mall charity have been presented as slaves on wikipedia. Unfortunately the Muslims on Wikipedia spend more time fighting each other and discrediting people from the early history of Islam like Ali and Abu Bakr than they do actually going through wikipedia and correcting the incorrect material on Wikipedia that is in many cases totally incorrect and against Islam. In the process, unfortunately these arguments, give Muhammad and Islam a very bad name. I looked into Ali's family and Abu Bakrs family and realised that many early Scholars like Jafar al Sadiq and Qasim his grandfather from his mother side are as much related to Ali as they are to Abu Bakr. Ali even raised Abu Bakrs son Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. Muslims are best off showing Ali's knowledge on the Ali's page and his scholarly achievements and his character. Fights between the Shias and the Sunnis give a very bad impression of Ali, Muhammad and Islam. The same is true on all the other Islam pages. Pushing sectarian views just gives a bad impression of Islam. Many of these views are based on history books written hundreds of years after the events and are exaggerated. Even Al Tabri and Nahj al-Balagha were history book written 300 years later. People ignore the Quran but concentrate on history books that were written 300 years later. Many of the conflicts on wikipedia are over the land at Fadak. Considering the level of resistance Muhammad was having at the time, I am sure many people at the time of Muhammad would have been saying Muhammad invented a religion to enrich his family. He took away the land from the Jews in Madina and gave it to his family members. Many people these days would then have said the same. You only get a complete picture once you read through the Sunni, Shia and the Roman books from the period. It was a tragic story of the Arabs going into Syria and Iraq that had just gone through the Byzantine-Sassanid Wars. Many people in Syria and Iraq hated each other. After going in, the Arabs from the desert started getting tempted by money and wealth in Syria and Iraq. What started as a small thing of Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr showing the Egyptians the house of Authman ended with Marwan and the Kawarij manipulating every one and a huge loss of life. Cousins fighting one another. Ali had a very difficult situation on his hand. Just image what was going through the minds of Hassan and Husein. Its a very tragic story, a lesson to all of us, a choice between Money and children or God. Aisha later realised she had been manipulated. When Marwan became the governor of Madina you could see the tensions between Aisha and Marwan. Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr were both killed by the umayyads. Later there were very close links between Abu Bakrs family and Alis family. Jafar al sadiq is a result of that. Its better to make the effort and find the truth, even if it hurts ones views and is contrary to ones views. If you have some time please look at the pages "Islamic views on slavery", "Muhammad and slavery" and "Ma malakat aymanukum". Try to be more constructive. We could change the future but not the past. Send me a message on my talk page if you want to assist in improving the image of Islam on Wikipedia. Thanks --Johnleeds1 (talk) 20:30, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

You're still here!

Amazing. While talk pages obviously aren't for chatting, I'll just say that I'm glad to see you're still around. MezzoMezzo (talk) 05:38, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Good Article Nominations Request For Comment

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXIV, March 2013

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Fatimah

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The Bugle: Issue LXXXV, April 2013

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Book by Sulaiman Nadvi

Seyyed jaan,
Can you verify that Hadhrat Ayesha Siddiqa By Allamah Syed Sulaiman Nadvi is a reliable source on Islamic history? I am doubting that. Saintali (talk) 21:26, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

I did some Google search, the closest I could find is Seerat-e-Aisha by Sulaiman Nadvi. Saintali (talk) 08:41, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Sa.vakilian! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! SarahStierch (talk) 00:36, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Sa! I'm so happy to see you signed up to join the project - welcome. You can dive into our to-do lists here. Be sure to watchlist your favorite to-do lists, as they will continue to grow as new content gets added to the WDL website. Also, you can always search the WDL website for something that you're interested in. And be sure to share your outcomes here. If I can help with anything just ask and welcome aboard! SarahStierch (talk) 14:02, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Sa.vakilian! I'm the Wikipedian In Residence at the World Digital Library, a project of the Library of Congress and UNESCO. I'm recruiting Wikipedians who are passionate about history & culture to participate in improving Wikipedia using the WDL's vast free online resources. Participants can earn our awesome WDL barnstar and help to disseminate free knowledge from over 100 libraries in 7 different languages. Multilingual editing encouraged!!! But being multilingual is not a necessity to make this project a success. Please sign up to participate here. Thanks for editing Wikipedia and I look forward to working with you! 14:20, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

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Farsi help needed

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WikiProject Military history coordinator election

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Hi

Hi, how are you? I added a picture to the article Fatimah, but there is a debate about it. Can you add your comments to the talk-page? Thanks (you can delete this message after you read it)- Zabranos (talk) 02:30, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue XCIV, January 2014

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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive

It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:

• This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
• Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
• The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
• An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

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Main Page appearance

Hello! This is a note to let the main editors of the article The Twelve Imams know that it will be appearing as the main page featured list on March 21, 2014. You can view the TFL blurb at Wikipedia:Today's featured list/March 21, 2014. If you think it is necessary to change the main date, you can request it with the featured list directors Giants2008 (talk · contribs), Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs) or SchroCat (talk · contribs), or at Wikipedia talk:Today's featured list. If the previous blurb needs tweaking, you might change it—following the instructions of the suggested formatting. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. Thanks! © Tbhotch^™ (en-2.5). 04:59, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

The Twelve Imams are the spiritual and political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam. According to the theology of Twelvers, the Twelve Imams are infallible human individuals who not only ruled over the community with justice, but also were able to keep and interpret sharia. It is believed by Twelver Shia Muslims that the Twelve Imams were foretold in the Hadith of the Twelve Successors. The Imams were guided by secret texts in their possession, such as al-Jafr and al-Jamia. Ali (calligraphy pictured) was the first of the Twelve Imams, and, in the Twelvers' view, the rightful successor to Muhammad, followed by male descendants of Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah. Each Imam was the son of the previous Imam, with the exception of Husayn ibn Ali, who was the brother of Hasan ibn Ali. The twelfth and final Imam is Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed by the Twelvers to be currently alive, and hidden in the Major Occultation until he returns to bring justice to the world. All of the Imams met unnatural deaths, with the exception of the last Imam.

@User:Faizhaider, Salam. As you see above, the list will be appeared on the main page, Thanks God. I suggested to one of the director to change the date and replace it with Amir al-Momenin's birthday (13th May). Best wishes.--Seyyed(t-c) 18:51, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

I can change the date if you like, but May 13 is not going to be possible. That is a Tuesday, and TFL only runs on Mondays and Fridays. The 12th (a Monday) is available, but it's up to you whether you want the slot. Please let me know quickly whether you want the date change, so I can pick an alternate list for next week if necessary. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:04, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVI, March 2014

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Source you added years ago

Salam alaikum man, this might make you laugh. Seven years ago, you added a source by Fred Astren at Islamization of Iran but there is no title or ISBN number. I am working on an article about the Abbasid Revolution now and I have a feeling whatever that book is, it would probably be valuable. Do you by chance remember that book you once used as a source on that article you might not remember seven years ago? :D MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:48, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Never mind bro, I found it here. MezzoMezzo (talk) 05:41, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue XCVIII, May 2014

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Jafar Panahi

Hello, A while back I was working on the Jafar Panahi page. As far as I know there is no full biography on Panahi so the article is a bit limited. The one section in the article that was already very large when I started working on it and that I have not significantly contributed to relates to his political imprisonment beginning in 2010. In my opinion this section needs a lot of work and clarification. I am not sure if all of the information is up to date and accurate and am concerned that it may currently be misleading. I was hoping that either you or someone in the Iran project could take a look at the article and make sure that it is currently accurate. Thanks, --Deoliveirafan (talk) 01:47, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Unfortunately, I don't have enough information to help you ;-)--Seyyed(t-c) 14:22, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

OK. Is there somewhere else on the Iran project page that you could recommend for me to request help on this issue? Thank you.--Deoliveirafan (talk) 01:00, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

I do not know. You can ask on the talk page of the Iran Wikiproject.--Seyyed(t-c) 03:36, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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I have moved my response to you here from Mhhossein's page, as I didn't want to clutter her page up! I don't mind you intervening at all, every contribution is welcome. Basically I only copy-edit in Wikipedia, though I do check footnotes quite a lot (presently wading through the ISIS ones as you will see from the View History pages!). I haven't looked at the references in the ISIS article yet that are supposed to support the Wahhabism claim, mainly because I have steered clear of the subject as well beyond my expertise and knowledge. As I am cleaning up the footnotes in the ISIS article, I will have a look at this now, and those that don't support I will tag. As for the other article, on Wahhabism, what you say doesn't surprise me. Quite a lot of Wiki article footnotes don't support claims in the text, and this can go unnoticed and unrectified, sometimes for years, in my experience, going by the retrieval dates. Doubtless readers who do notice just say, "Well, it's Wikipedia, what can you expect?" Depressing. I think I had better not get into the whys and wherefores of ISIS's links with Wahhabism, but thanks for the information you gave. --P123ct1 (talk) 15:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

PS So it was you who added the Kharijites part, was it? I seem to remember whoever it was had to fight to get it in, and it's still there!

-P123ct1; Yes. I provided sources which have accused ISIS for Kharijite beliefs. Surprisingly, some of them are Salafi themselves. Of course, ISIS does not accept it due to extremely negative connotation of this title. In addition, I think you should start a discussion in the talk page of the article and ask those who believe ISIS is Wahhabi to provide reliable source for this claim. --Seyyed(t-c) 17:25, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Seyyed I might do that, after I recover from the exhausting battle I have been having with editors, two in particular, over exactly how to call ISIS a "terrorist" organization in the article. You say ISIS don't accept being called Kharijite and having looked at the Kharijite Wiki article I can see why. There is another question I have wondered about. Why don't ISIS like the "Daesh" name? They take that as an insult as well. Do you know why? (I might add your answer to the text, if you have a reference for it, or I could find one, if I knew exactly how to spell that word, or acronym, in English, there are so many variants.) --P123ct1 (talk) 17:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't know why they dislike Daesh. --Seyyed(t-c) 18:41, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Islamic State and ISIS

On another point, I notice you speak Arabic, so perhaps you can help answer a question which is proving to be a bone of contention between me and another editor, who can speak Arabic (I can't). It's on the same article, ISIS, which I've noticed you have edited as well. What do ISIS now call themselves, "The Islamic State" or "Islamic State"? I haven't trawled through all the footnotes, but notice there are discrepancies in some of the articles in English. I came across a translation from the Arabic in one footnote (you click on a link for the English) and it says "Islamic State" without the "The". My adversary (!) insists the translation should be "The Islamic State" and Werldweyd(sp?) I notice once said the translation from the Arabic is "The Islamic State". I noticed there was once an unresolved dispute about this in the al-Baghdadi article as well. I do know "al" means "the", but beyond that I know nothing. What is the correct name, do you know? It would be nice to straighten this out as the ISIS article is hopelessly at sea on this, both versions are dotted throughout it. --P123ct1 (talk) 15:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

الدولة الاسلامية means The Islamic State, however using capital letters for Islamic State in English may solve the problem as well. What's your idea?--Seyyed(t-c) 17:30, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by using capital letters for Islamic State. Sometimes the press says, for example, "The new group, Islamic State ...", and sometimes, "The new group, the Islamic State ...", but obviously never "The new group, The Islamic State ...". In view of what you say, I think it should be called "the Islamic State" in the article's text, but "The Islamic State" in headings and infoboxes. That is useful information I can quote if necessary if people dispute changes. Thanks. --P123ct1 (talk) 18:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

In my view, it is not important at all.--Seyyed(t-c) 18:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

I am surprised you say that. This is an encyclopaedia, after all. Good encyclopaedias are pretty rigorous about things like this. --P123ct1 (talk) 22:16, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Seyyed: عصر به خیر this editor P123ct1 obviously is incompetent to distinguish between Arabic and Farsi. And to P123ct1, be advised that I certainly don't cut people heads off. Your two-faced underhanded statement(s) about me are racist and a violation of WP:PA. Back off already! Worldedixor (talk) 00:56, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Seyyed: I have removed my ill-advised joke from my earlier comment here. I meant no harm by it. I am sorry you were drawn into this. --P123ct1 (talk) 07:59, 2 August 2014 (UTC) ]

Seyyed: I think I understand now why you didn't think it mattered whether it was "the Islamic State" or "The Islamic State". I don't think Arabic makes the distinction in names of organisations, publications, etc between "the" and "The". In English a big fuss is made of this (as I know from my former employment). For example, one newspaper is called "The Times", never the "Times", and another is called "The Daily Telegraph", never the "Daily Telegraph". So I don't think it matters whether the ISIS article calls it "The Islamic State" or "the Islamic State", as you said, but there will need to be consistency in the article, one or the other, and I will handle that. --P123ct1 (talk) 14:12, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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Salam alaikum Seyyed, I decided not to buy a new computer yet so I will still edit in sha Allah but at a slower pace. Would you still like some commentary and help with improving the article? MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:27, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Alaikum Salam, I worked on ISIS and some others articles during these days. I am busy at work, university, family life, etc. however, God willing I will try to return to that article.--Seyyed(t-c) 17:54, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

Walaikum as salam, I noticed that your "email this user" function doesn't seem to be working, or has a dated email address. MezzoMezzo (talk) 04:04, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

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Salam Alaykom seyyed. I'm going to improve the The Fourteen Infallibles, hence I've prepared a new background in my sub-page, which is a combination of the old back ground and recently gathered materials by me. But, unfortunately, I don't know which parts should be omitted because outcome is a rather long text consisted of 6 paragraphs !. Please help by omitting unnecessary parts. By the way, a another editor has proposed his own essay on this issue which should be considered along with the above materials. Thanks Mhhossein (talk) 14:27, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Alayko Salam. Sorry, I am too busy this week. God willing I will join in the cumming week. God bless you. Best. --Seyyed(t-c) 04:29, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

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​ I have recently encountered an aggressive editor who insults me and my religion and makes personal attacks, and I would like your advice on how to handle this, please.

1- here, this editor, Andres Feder, insisted on insulting religion by repeating the phrase "degenerate religious thinking", and here by referring to “all religious fiction” and saying that "all religious texts are fictional", even when I told him that Wikipedia does not care what our beliefs are. He further insulted me by saying, "You can believe in whatever figments of imagination you want!", after which I warned him and asked him to respect the beliefs of others.

2- He always pretends that I am upset because of the policies, but I try to respect the policies and his behavior has irritated me.

​ -Me: "This is the last time you are insulting my beliefs, I respect yours so please respect mine." [1]

- Editor: "If these policies cause you offence, you are free to set up your own wiki and use any sources you want there". [2]

-Me: "Of course We are not talking about the policies. The policies are highly required for maintaining an encyclopedia. This is you who causes offense to one's beliefs." [3]

3- The editor tries to use insulting sentences and examples even when we are discussing something else. When I asked "Lightbreather" to guide me on this, Feder came in and said " Not to support the Iranian dictatorship or any other church-state".[4]

Or here he used this example which is in fact an insult to Khomeini: "According to Ayatollah Khomeini, God likes sick-minded and deranged forms of punishment"[5]

4-I tried to solve the problem through his talk page, but he made more attacks and removed exchanges:[6] There he said, "you expect me to respect someone who everyone knows was a deranged madman?" (referring to the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini).

5- You gave him another request to be polite, but he removed that message, too: [7]

6- Some other insults are here: [8]

What can I do for this? Please help me solve this problem. Mhhossein (talk) 19:21, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

@Mhhossein: Rest assured, your behavior irritates me too. For instance, here where you imply that my cleaning up the Arba'een article could be counted as "vandalism". False accusations of that kind are a well-known symptom of a problem editor: [9]. My goal is to have an encyclopedia with reliable, serious information - if that is your goal too, you shouldn't have any problems with my edits.--Anders Feder (talk) 23:34, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Anders Feder: Read that again carefully and you'll see that there it is mentioned that I don't account your edits as vandalism and I assume your good faith. why can't you understand sources or policies are not being discussed here, we are addressing your behavior toward others. Mhhossein (talk) 03:07, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

Ali article

Hello Sa.vakilian, thank you for your response on the Ali talk page. I have read it and will reply in due course when my current work is finished. Regards