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	Ismail al-Faruqi is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.
Article milestones Date Process Result December 30, 2004 Peer review Reviewed June 8, 2005 Featured article candidate Not promoted June 14, 2005 Featured article candidate Not promoted Current Status: Former featured article candidate

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[edit] Old comments

Hi Menj, I read this page for the first time this evening, after being directed here from Anti-Zionism. I was a bit concerned with the section that says Faruqi said Zionism was a disease. Did he actually say that, and if so, could you put the entire quote from him in quotation marks? The reason I wonder about it is that it's very extreme, and to judge by the book reviews I've read of his work, does not sound like him. For example, he is quoted as saying: "The relation of Islam to Judaism is one of sympathy, even identity." I don't know anything about him and therefore can't correct it myself, but I hope you'll consider finding a quote. Slim 09:43, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

Hi SlimVirgin...yes, Faruqi really did say that (in fact the comments were harsher). If you wish to have a quote from the cited book ("Islam and the Problem of Israel"), I will definitely put it up in the article soon. And true, Faruqi was sympathetic to Judaism, but he distinguishes it from Zionism. In fact, he considers Zionism as a perverted travesty of Judaism. Best regards. Menj 04:18, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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I came here from Wikipedia:Peer Review, & my impression of this article is that it does not do a satisfactory job of explain why al-Faruqi is important. Obviously he embraced or advocated certain ideas, but these are not explained (beyond a nod towards Arabism, which is an unfinished link). And apparently his ideas were controversial, otherwise people would not suspect his death had a political angle. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon problem on Wikipedia: there are a lot of biographies on Wikipedia of philosophers or intellectuals which either lean too heavily on jargon to explain the subject's ideas -- or omit any discussion of them entirely.

I notice in earlier drafts that you do attempt to explain his philosophical/political beliefs, but later removed them. I hope you did so because you are reworking the material into a form you are more satisified with. -- llywrch 18:38, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I pulled down those paragraphs because I wanted to rework/add more details to them. Perhaps you could go through the previous Wiki edits and tell me whether they are relevant or what should be worked on? Even though I have never met him, I feel as though I am close to him, and working on this article is my small contribution to see that his efforts are remembered. Thanks. Menj 04:18, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Death

This section needs to be cleaned. The text is mostly taken from a Nov. 1986 article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs [1]. Apparently in 1987 a Joseph Young, a Muslim convert, was convicted of the killing. Here's a link that mentions it. [2] Javadane 17:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] translator?

is this the same Ismail al-Faruqi who translated Hayat Muhammad ("The Life of Muhammad") by Musammad Husayn Haykal... http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MH_LM/default.htm -- "Translated by Isma'il Razi A. al-Faruqi"

Yes, it is. Menj 17:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)