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[edit] NPOV Arab Imperialism Section

Someone should fix that; I'm not qualified to do so, but it clearly smacks of bias. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.26.97.154 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Great article, but needs more citations

This is a well written article, but it currently relies on a lot of unreferenced statements. I'm not saying the article is inaccurate; just that it isn't saying what sources of information it's relying on to state its facts. (The Literature section is the main exception, since it cites various books for reference). For example, the Mythology section has no footnotes or citations at all stating where it gets its information about the Kaaba being covered in symbols, what the symbols represented, and which scholars are "inferring" the context in which Arabian mythology flourished.

More citations would be a good idea to back up the information in the article as verifiable. Dugwiki 21:26, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cultural Expansion

Shouldn't food, dance and fashions be added to this page? After all those are rather definitive elements of what's considered 'culture.' -Mokha

This page should be expanded to give way more detail then there already is.Jehuty Strife 17:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the job you did in this page

I will try to enrich the debate with the following comments. I quote from the article: "Although it contains elements of both prose and poetry, and therefore is closest to saj' or rhymed prose, the Qur'an is regarded as entirely apart from these classifications. The text is believed to be divine revelation and is seen as being eternal or 'uncreated'. This leads to the doctrine of i'jaz or inimitability of the Qur'an which implies that nobody can copy the work's style nor should anybody try. This doctrine of i'jaz possibly had a slight limiting effect on Arabic literature; proscribing exactly what could be written. The Qur'an itself criticises poets in the 26th sura, actually called Ash-Shu'ara or The Poets: And as to the poets, those who go astray follow them. 16:224 "

And I concentrate on the passage about i'jaz, where you say: "This leads to the doctrine of i'jaz or inimitability of the Qur'an which implies that nobody can copy the work's style nor should anybody try." This is not very accurate. The Ijaz on the contary implies that no one is able to produce a text as the Coran -be it in its unique style that is neither prose nor poetry, or in its contents-. When the Coran was revealed to Muhammad, Arabic Poetry has reached its edge, and the Coran came also to defy and challenge the poets to produce a similar text. And indeed, Poets were very sensitive to the beauty and the composition of the divine text.

The challenge is very evident is the 23rd and 24th verses of the 2nd Chapter of the Coran that read: [[2:23] And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (if there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true. [2:24] But if ye cannot - and of a surety ye cannot - then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and stones which is prepared for those who reject Faith.]

The Coran has a linguistic structure that is unique. Its uniqueness is called Linguistic i'jaz. It carries a lot of scientific information and that's what's called scientific i'jaz..

Thanks for your patience. -Ouadoud-

[edit] Racism

There needs to be an examination of the virulent anti-black racism in Arab culture here. deeceevoice 13:59, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

We should also discuss racisme against whites, jews and asians in this article. 85.146.24.65 (talk) 16:36, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't forget racism against Persians, Kurds and other Middle Easterners as well. The Scythian 06:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 17:02, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How about a link to Islamic Science?

How about a link to Islamic Science? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Renatops (talk • contribs) 18:41, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] That's just data, not information

The section "Influence on European science" is a long list of books without anything mentioned about their content.

BTW, have you ever heard about algebra ? About architecture ? About astronomy ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Srelu (talk • contribs) 21:07, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] How about Lifestyle

Arab traditions and Lifestyle needs to be included in this article, like the culture of going to the Cafe, or their daily lifestyle, and traditions, etc... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.238.191.208 (talk) 18:09, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

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