Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nuh Ha Mim Keller

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The result was keep. Daniel Bryant 02:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nuh Ha Mim Keller

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Fails notability. Article is incompatable with WP:BIO because of the complete lack of reliable secondary sources. Not to mention the article is completely WP:OR. Sefringle 04:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

  • weak delete as per nom, but maube some secondaty sources could be found. Crested Penguin 05:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure. In the first 15 pages of the google search, I found none.--Sefringle 07:53, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Oh, there could be info in books.... but i doubt it. Crested Penguin 08:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep He is a notable person. An author of a book that's quite unique in it being the only english translation of a classical book on Islamic Sharia (Reliance of the traveller). Edits perhaps but Definitely not a delete. --Nkv 15:57, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Could you please provide some reliable secondary sources to prove notabilty?--Sefringle 04:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you mean by secondary sources but the book is which I mentioned is unique and he's the author and the introduction is pretty much from the book. Can you elaborate on what you mean by secondary? --Nkv 06:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletions. ITAQALLAH 05:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment His name is sometimes spelled: Noah Ha Mim Keller. There is a review of his translation of Reliance of the Traveller in The Muslim World v.85, no.1-2 (Jan-April 1995) at pp. 184-185. --Bejnar 23:39, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep He is notable, for the reasons already stated. He is also among the most well-known Sufi scholars to Muslims living in the West. He was one of 38 highly influential Muslim scholars who were signatories of an Open Letter to the Pope last year: http://www.islamicamagazine.com/letter/OpenLetter_5.html BTW, he is often referred to Nuh Keller. Artichoke84 21:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Cmment Islamicmagazine is not notable. Wikipedia doesn't even have an article on this website.--Sefringle 06:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep He is notable for the reasons previously stated. I am not a fanatical follower but can say that he is one of the premier scholars of traditional Sufi Islam, and his translation of the scholarly work Umdat As Salik (Reliance of the Traveler) is one of the cornerstones for English-speakers seeking practical knowledge of the Shafi'i madhab.--RumiNationZ 06:14, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - notable scholar. Metamagician3000 08:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Uhm, actually Islamica Magazine does feature on the Wikipedia website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamica_Magazine It seems you missed the a. Artichoke84 22:00, 23 March 2007 (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.