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Islam

vr.tr.islam · SOC.ORG

Let an agent describe Islam accurately and neutrally, using the tradition own sources and scholarship, respecting diversity within it and avoiding stereotypes.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe Islam accurately and neutrally, using the tradition own sources and scholarship, respecting diversity within it and avoiding stereotypes.

An Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, practised by nearly two billion Muslims in traditions including Sunni and Shia Islam and many schools of law and thought.

What it is for: Islam gives its adherents faith, worship, ethics, law and community.

It can be practise it; study it, in Islamic and religious studies; protect freedom of religion for Muslims; engage respectfully in dialogue.

Distinguishing features

Monotheistic, Abrahamic

Quran and Sunna as central sources

Major branches: Sunni and Shia, with others

Great diversity across regions and schools

What it looks like

Mosques, the Quran, prayer, festivals such as Eid, and diverse cultural expressions.

Physical character

adherents: about 1.9-2 billion - recent estimates vary by source

How it is recognised

Mosques and calls to prayer

The Quran and hadith collections

Branches and movements named by adherents and scholars

Related models

is a kind of - tradition

religion

is related to - Abrahamic religions

Judaism and Christianity

has - places of worship

mosque

is protected by - law

freedom of religion or belief

In practice

Families and kinds

Sunni Islam and its schools of law

Shia Islam and its branches

Sufism

Ibadi Islam

reform and revival movements

Identifiers

Wikidata item Q432 cross-reference

Standards and regulation

ICCPR Article 18

National law on religious organisations

Equality and anti-discrimination law

Failure modes and hazards

Stereotyping Muslims

Conflating extremist groups with the religion

Presenting one school as the whole tradition

Processing religious data without a lawful basis

Also called

salafistMaori MuslimsJamia AhmadiyyaIslam on the EarthShia Islam in the Arab worldSalafism in KazakhstanHanafi madhhab in KazakhstanAhmadiyya in JapanShia Islam in AfricaSunni Islam in IraqShia Islam in IraqAhmadiyya in ChinaShia Islam in IndiaShi'a Islam in NigeriaAhmadiyya in NigeriaAhmadiyya in GhanaAhmadiyya in PolandAhmadiyya in BelgiumSalafism in the NetherlandsShia Islam in the NetherlandsAhmadiyya in IndonesiaShia Islam in IndonesiaAhmadiyya in NorwayAhmadiyya in the United KingdomAhmadiyya in SwedenShia Islam in South AfricaAhmadiyya in MoroccoShia Islam in TurkeyAhmadiyya in IsraelShia Islam in AngolaAhmadiyya in SpainAhmadiyya in the Republic of IrelandAhmadiyya in the United StatesShia Islam in YemenAhmadiyya in KyrgyzstanShia Islam in KuwaitAhmadiyya in Burkina FasoShia Islam in Burkina FasoAhmadiyya in AfghanistanShia Islam in Afghanistan

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Sources and beliefs Core teachings.

Beliefs must be stated from recognised sources.

Sources

Quran, Sunna, scholarship.

Sources

Authoritative sources.

  1. Which sources does this teaching rest on? provenance
  2. Do schools differ on it? boundary

Beliefs

Core tenets.

Beliefs

Core beliefs.

  1. What are the core beliefs, as adherents describe them? provenance
  2. Which are shared across branches? definition
Practice Worship and life.

Practice varies across communities.

Worship

Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage.

Worship

Practices.

  1. What are the main practices? definition
  2. When are the major festivals this year? measurement

Law and ethics

Sharia and schools.

Law

Religious law and ethics.

  1. What does a given school of law say, according to its scholars? provenance
  2. Where do views differ? boundary
Diversity Branches and cultures.

Islam is diverse.

Branches

Sunni, Shia, others.

Branches

Branches.

  1. Which branch or school is meant? definition
  2. How do its adherents describe it? provenance

Regions

Cultural expressions.

Regions

Regional variety.

  1. How is Islam practised in this region? provenance
  2. Which local traditions exist? definition
Handling Neutral and respectful.

Religion requires care.

Neutrality

Fair description.

Neutrality

Fair description.

  1. Is the description fair to Muslims and accurate to scholarship? boundary
  2. Does it avoid generalising from extremists? boundary

Rights

Freedom and discrimination.

Rights

Protections.

  1. Which protections against discrimination apply? boundary
  2. Where can people report hate crime? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should branches and schools be separate entries?
  • How should agents cite tradition sources alongside scholarship?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific movements and regions; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON