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Muslim

vr.tr.muslim · SOC.PER

Let an agent describe Muslims respectfully and accurately, attributing beliefs and practices to Muslim sources and traditions, reflecting diversity, avoiding stereotypes and never equating Muslims with extremism.

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 Muslims respectfully and accurately, attributing beliefs and practices to Muslim sources and traditions, reflecting diversity, avoiding stereotypes and never equating Muslims with extremism.

A person who follows Islam, the monotheistic religion based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad; nearly two billion Muslims worldwide belong to diverse traditions, including Sunni, Shia and Ibadi, and to many cultures and nationalities.

What it is for: Understanding a large and diverse global religious community.

It can be describe beliefs and practices with attribution; find mosques and community organisations; find prayer times and festival dates from community sources; report anti-Muslim hate incidents.

Distinguishing features

Adherents of Islam

Very diverse worldwide

Many schools of thought

Frequently misrepresented

What it looks like

Not described by appearance; Muslims are ethnically and culturally diverse.

How it is recognised

Traditions such as Sunni, Shia and Ibadi

Practices vary by tradition and culture

Islam is the religion; Muslim is the adherent

Related models

is a kind of - category

religious adherent

follows - religion

Islam

worships at - place

mosque

is protected by - rights

freedom of religion law

In practice

Families and kinds

Sunni Muslims

Shia Muslims

Ibadi Muslims

Sufi traditions

converts to Islam

Standards and regulation

Freedom of religion law

Hate crime and anti-discrimination law

Failure modes and hazards

Equating Muslims with extremism

Stereotypes and generalisations

Stating beliefs as facts rather than attributing them

Also called

jihadistTurksislamic fundamentalistMuslim convertSunni MuslimShia Muslimmuslim studentsIsmaili communityMuslim AmericansMuslimsmuhaddithAbdMuhsinblessed in IslamIslamistHadith rejectorsSlavic MuslimsMuridrawiMujaddidmu'minPanjabi MuslimsSalafmuezzinSerb Muslimsmoderate MuslimBarhaiMakmumMalêsUyghur MuslimsTermagantHamadishamukthirunMuslim KhatrisChhimba Darzi

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.

Faith Beliefs and practice.

Attribution matters.

Beliefs

Core beliefs.

Beliefs

Beliefs.

  1. What do Muslims believe about this topic, according to which tradition or scholars? provenance
  2. Is it presented as belief rather than fact? boundary

Practice

Worship.

Practice

Practice.

  1. How is this practice observed, and does it vary by tradition or culture? provenance
  2. Which sources describe it? provenance
Diversity Traditions and cultures.

Muslims are diverse.

Traditions

Schools.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. Which tradition or school of thought is relevant here? definition
  2. How do views differ between them? provenance

Generalisation

Avoiding it.

Generalisation

Avoiding generalisation.

  1. Is a statement generalising about all Muslims? boundary
  2. How can it be made accurate? action
Community Local life.

Community sources are best.

Mosques

Places of worship.

Mosques

Mosques.

  1. Where are local mosques, and what visitor etiquette do they ask? provenance
  2. When are prayer times, according to the local mosque? provenance

Festivals

Eid and Ramadan.

Festivals

Festivals.

  1. When do Ramadan and the Eids fall this year, according to local community announcements? provenance
  2. Why can dates differ by a day? definition
Safety Hate incidents.

Incidents must be reported.

Report

Anti-Muslim hate.

Report

Reporting hate incidents.

  1. How can an anti-Muslim hate incident be reported to police and monitoring groups? action
  2. Is anyone in immediate danger? boundary

Extremism

Not conflating.

Extremism

Extremism distinction.

  1. Is extremism being wrongly equated with Muslims in general? boundary
  2. How do Muslim scholars and organisations address extremism? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • How should alias lists be filtered to remove stereotyping terms?
  • Should traditions be separate entries?
  • How should community sources be cited?
Draft as JSON