Talk:Family Federation for World Peace and Unification

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[edit] Reason for name change?

Did Rev. Moon happen to say why he changed the name? Martin

[edit] Is a citation possible for this?

It would be nice to have a citation (if it's possible to get one) for this accurate information which was removed from the article:

  • In the late 1980s, the Grand Mufti of Syria and a contingent of his followers traveled to New York for a six-week in-depth study of Moon's teaching, in an effort toward inter-faith exchange and understanding. Chung Hwan Kwak then decided to back out of the agreement, which would have sent a similar number of Unificationists to Syria to study Islam.

This fact was probably not recorded in any written form at the time. -Exucmember 06:39, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

This item would be better in the UC article, or even in a new article Unification Church and Islam. Steve Dufour (talk) 14:26, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Given that this would seem to be out of character for a senior Muslim cleric, I would suggest that WP:V#Exceptional claims require exceptional sources would apply. HrafnTalkStalk 15:57, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I think that this article should be merged to Unification Church. Both are talking about the same institution, and the name "Unification Church" is much more well-known. Redddogg (talk) 13:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

  • Agree -- a simple organisational rename (without split or similar upheaval) generally doesn't give rise to a second article. HrafnTalkStalk 15:46, 12 June 2008 (UTC) Only trouble with merging is that nothing in this article is currently verifiable, so the merged material will probably be little more than a mere mention (assuming that a source can be found showing that the renaming even took place). HrafnTalkStalk 17:25, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
  • Agree - The name change is already mentioned in the UC article. The aspect of the Family Fed including non-UC members should be explained. Besides which, the official name of the church was HSA-UWC not UC in the first place. Steve Dufour (talk) 00:43, 13 June 2008 (UTC)