Talk:Malik al-Ashtar

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I strongly question the idea that Malik died in the Battle of Siffin. Usually he and Ali Talib are thought to be victorious and went onto fight the battle of Layla-tul-Harir. freestylefrappe July 1, 2005 21:43 (UTC)

Dear brother, do you even know what that was or when it happend?

In that case, could you enlighten me?

--Striver 1 July 2005 22:48 (UTC)

Haha...it is an obscure event...perhaps strongly question was an bit extreme...but view the second link. freestylefrappe July 2, 2005 02:20 (UTC)

Let me make a guess.. You never heard of it befour reading it in that link? --Striver 2 July 2005 19:39 (UTC)

No I heard of it...just not an expert concerning it..though..no one seems to be...it would be good to find more external links to draw info from. freestylefrappe July 2, 2005 21:42 (UTC)

So, would you like to retract "Usually he and Ali Talib are thought to be victorious and went onto fight the battle of Layla-tul-Harir"? If you read that article more carefully, youll se that it says nothing of the kind --Striver 2 July 2005 22:17 (UTC)

[edit] Changing the Title and the Arabic

I'm new to wiki editing so I don't know how to do this. There is a correction that must be made to the title, "Malik ibn Ashter". It must be corrected to "Malik al-Ashtar since "al-Ashtar" was an appellation and not his father's name. I have mentioned this in the article, but I don't know how to make the change to the title, nor do I know how to do this for the Arabic language part where his name his written again as "Malik ibn Ashtar" which is incorrect. Any changes and/or assistance would be much appreciated. --Furtfurt 20:41, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Blatant POV

Blatant POV in the Malik al-Ashtar article under the heading "Views on al-Ashtar." No references provided to support the claim, thus removed.

[edit] Serving in Ali's Caliphate

This section needs to be cleaned up if anyone has the time. If not, I'll get to it at some later point in time. Furtfurt 20:31, 10 May 2007 (UTC)