Talk:Islamic view of angels

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Respects and commendations to the original author of this article; but I would refer my statement to the grammatical and linguistical guises this article is written in. Although it appears very factual and accurate (considering I'm a Muslim myself), it sounds more like a rebuttal to some Christian droctrine and beliefs. I would propose a re-writing of the first 4 sections under title. 60.226.28.198 10:49, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree with the poster above, and would add that the implied Christian doctrine is also wrong and misleading. I too recommend removing the contrasts to Christianity and focus on what Islam believes.

A.Reader 00:17, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

No. You do not delete contrasts to other religions. This is not how it is done on Wikipedia. The contrasts are helpful to distinguish between other faiths. freestylefrappe 06:58, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
To me the contrasts offered are misleading and not from a NPOV.

As the article states, the main difference between the attributes of Angels in Islam and Christianity is that in Islam Angels do not have free-will, and are made of light, whereas in Christianity Angels do have free will, and are entirely incorporeal.

I agree to the above. I found that the article conveyed that Islam and Christainity had the same view of angels. The Islamic view is that they don't have free will. When I saw the article, the section Attributes of Angels was not the Islamic view and therefore I have made the necessary changes. Azhad 09:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I think the fact that Muslims also believe in Jinns should be breifly mentioned, and a link provided to the subject. I'm not sure why Iblis, who is not an angel, deserves almost half of the space dedicated to the attributes of angels.

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[edit] Malik Vs Malak in Arabic

Malik is diffrent from Malak Malik stands for king Malak is a refrence to angel

[edit] Not all christian faiths believe in angels

Some christian protestant churches do not have any official beliefs on angels, though they do not deny people believing them. Some also says angels are only symbolic, not "truely" existing. 193.65.112.51 08:22, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

  • What connection does this statement has with this article? We are discussing about the angels in Islam but you are talking about Christians that don't believe to angels. O f course everyone has his/her own opinion but these opinions have nothing to do with this article. With respect, Deliogul 21:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rename

  • Support, so it can follow precedence of all other Islam-specific articles of topics that are broader than only Islam.--Striver 02:04, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Houri

I've deleted the suggestion to be merged with Houri. They are two completely different creations --Mlaheji 06:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree, theyre different topics. --Matt57 02:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)