Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al-Azhar Shia Fatwa

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was KEEP. Though this is a 50/50 split, merely having other articles with the same material is grounds for a redirect debate, rather than deletion. -Splash^talk 01:00, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Al-Azhar Shia Fatwa

It is a fatwa issued by Al-Azhar university in Egypt declaring Shi'as as equals to Sunnis within Islam. The topic is covered in Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations and in Sunni fatwas on Shi'as. Pepsidrinka 06:07, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy Keep -- no reason for deletion proffered by nominator. --SockpuppetSamuelson 09:19, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Appears to me the reason for deletion on offer is that the subject matter is covered appropriately in two other articles: Historical Shi'a-Sunni relations and Sunni fatwas on Shi'as. Abstain. - Saberwyn - The Zoids Expansion Project 10:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Al-Azhar is an important Islamic university, and its rulings are taken very seriously. Whether this fatwa is of equivalent importance to the Edict of Nantes for example, I don't know, but I also suggest keeping this to counter systematic bias. --Squiddy 12:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• While this has nothing to do with systematic bias, but one could make the argument that every fatwa issued by Al-Azhar is important by virute of it being "an important Islamic university". If anything, this should be used as a redirect if its not deleted. Pepsidrinka 17:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment. I wouldn't want to see an article for every fatwa, but this one, in which Shia Islam is recognised as a valid form of Islam by Sunni scholars is important. It shows that extremist Sunni/Salafi hostility to the Shia is not supported by one of the more imporatant Sunni institutions. --Squiddy 21:14, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

• Content already existing as mentioned above, hence Delete as an unlikely search term. Zunaid 14:13, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.