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Hi, dgl, I've seen your contributions in a few of the Islam-related articles. You seem to have some academic background. Please stay! Please help! I don't have a formal academic background in Islamic studies (though I'm doing my best to make up the deficiency) and I'm often the only person standing up for what I see as a NPOV academic position against two constituencies -- the anti-Muslim bigots and the believing Muslims. I get bashed from both sides. On one and the same day, I got called an "Islamo-fascist bitch" and a "Zionist enforcer" -- that was fun.

Please stay in touch. If you want "out-of-band" communication, my email is lofstrom@lava.net. Zora 02:36, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome

Hi, nice to see you here and I wish to express the same sentiments as Zora. Just a tip, if you could place "~~~~" at the end of an article it would help other users see when you posted and make your name more visible. Thanks. gren グレン 06:42, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

thanks, i will try and do that from now on (altho i really dont mind if my name isnt so visible!).

To clarify: don't do this in articles, only on talk pages, help desks, etc. jnothman talk 13:21, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Saddam's use of al-Qadisiyyah

Great job! Your page on Qadisiyya is professional and elegant. 129.64.99.48 23:16, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
I just finished reading the article of al-qadesiyeh. Excellent job. Really.--Zereshk 02:10, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks to the both of you for the nice comments and appreciation! Dgl 10:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More welcomes!

Hi Dgl and welcome to Wikipedia... You seem to be making some fantastic contributions, and your interests are, well, extremely interesting!

In the meantime, welcome again and I'm excited to see you around. You may also consider taking a look at the List of WikiProjects and signing up to anything that interests you in order to keep in touch with the communities maintaining articles pertaining to your interests.

jnothman talk 13:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Got a copy of the Ibn Taymiyya article

A kind soul with access to an online subscription to an academic article service copied it and sent it to me. Despite the provocative title, it was actually a fairly straightforward article.

I'm reading the Kennedy and Momen books you recommended -- they're good. Thanks for the recommendation. Zora 00:16, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

hi -- i had actually meant to get it scanned for you this week (i just recently returned to town). i'm glad you're enjoying the books. another that may interest you on Shi`i islam (if i havent mentioned it yet: Yann Richard - Shi'ite Islam, although you may have already read this one.

[edit] Article on Al-

Hi. I wonder if you wouldn't mind taking a look at the article above, and expanding it further, or adding any sources appropriate for our English Wikipedia. I've already built it from a one-sentence stub using the sum total of my knowledge on the subject. Specifically, someone raised questions about the etymology of Semitic definite articles that I just couldn't answer. So I'm trying to recruit other Wikipedians with Arabic and Hebrew language or linguistic expertise, such as yourself. Thanks very much! -Fsotrain09 23:05, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MOS-AR

Hi, you previously commented at WP:MOS-AR. Would you be interested in participating in a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Arabic)#Solar letters again? Cheers, —Ruud 10:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Benaroya

Cheers - let me know if you need any help with translation. sys < in 21:07, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Batlle of qadissiyah

Asalamualikum, thanks for the reply bro....

actually you got me wrong ! i was actually saying that no expedition against sassanid persian empire was sent by prophet Mohammad(as it is mentioned in the article that " Already in the last years of the life of Muhammad, organized raids began attacking the Sassanid and the Byzantine frontiers (because of their constant threat to attack Arabs in Medina). " , yes against the Ghassanid Arabs two were sent Mutah and Usama ibn Zaid's expedition (Which actually was finally sent after prophet Mohammad's death). And first raids in the Sassanid land was actually leaded by Misna ibn Haris the chief of Bani Bakr tribe, as mentioned in Tabari: Vol. 2, p. 552, after Ridda wars. it was then, that Abu Bakr thought to invade sassanid persians and sent his brilliant general khalid leading 18,000 troops, as mentioned in Tabari: Vol. 2, pp. 553-4.. so therefore the article heavily needs rewrite to provide at least authentic info about the battle it self.. as the article is blank about any tactics used by General of Rashidun army to win the battle etc etc. And once again thanks for your comments. Mohammad Adil 17:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)