{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T10:36:50Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 14.2, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a0952f-fada-7520-98f7-e9afee2182e0\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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"vr.tr.islam-in-sierra-leone", "name": "Islam in Sierra Leone", "purpose": "Enable an agent to recognise, assess and responsibly engage with Muslim religious life, communities and institutions in Sierra Leone without treating them as a single organisation.", "definition": "Islam in Sierra Leone comprises the Muslim communities, institutions, beliefs and practices situated in Sierra Leone and their historical development, rather than a single organisation.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the country-specific configuration of Islam in Sierra Leone: community identification, historical formation, religious authority, lived practice and relationships with public institutions and other religious communities.", "in_scope": [ "Muslim community presence and self-identification within Sierra Leone", "Historical transmission and local development of Islamic traditions", "Mosques, religious leadership, associations and Islamic education as connected institutions", "Locally situated worship, 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"kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Source-attributed self-descriptions; multiple, contested or unspecified values permitted", "why_it_matters": "Preserves local distinctions without imposing an unsupported national classification." }, { "name": "Religious authority relationships", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Leader or institution, recognising community, domain of authority and evidence date", "why_it_matters": "Identifies appropriate interlocutors without assuming one spokesperson represents all Muslims." }, { "name": "Religious education provision", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented provider type, curriculum, teaching languages, learner group and relationship to public education", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes religious instruction from broader schooling and makes access differences visible." }, { "name": "Institutional operating condition", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Active, intermittently active, inactive, disputed or unverified, for a 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named sources and affected communities." ], "agent_conduct": { "may": [ "Describe Islam in Sierra Leone, its history and its interfaith relations from reliable sources.", "Recognize the country's tradition of families that include both Muslims and Christians." ], "must_not": [ "Present Muslims and Christians in Sierra Leone as rival blocs.", "Infer a person's religion from their name or ethnic group.", "Speak for religious councils or leaders." ], "requires_human": [ "Publishing content on religion and politics involving named leaders." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Religious tolerance is a valued part of national life after civil war, and divisive accounts can harm it.", "Muslim institutions run schools and services many people depend on." ], "affected_parties": [ "Sierra Leonean Muslims", "Interfaith families", "Religious leaders" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The Muslim communities and their councils; nobody owns a religion.", "master_systems": [] }, "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Imported narratives of religious conflict misdescribe local reality." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18 on freedom of thought, conscience and religion, United Nations General Assembly, 1948." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Islam in Sierra Leone is encountered through Muslim worship, religious education, community institutions and family life.", "This subject supports historical research, interfaith engagement and public service planning that accounts for differences among local Muslim communities." ], "facets_not_applicable": { "recognition": "A country's religious life has no single visual identity, and appearance alone cannot establish a person's beliefs or an institution's affiliation." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q4116091: Islam in Sierra Leone", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4116091", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Islam in Sierra Leone", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Sierra_Leone", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "community-presence-and-boundaries", "name": "Community presence and boundaries", "description": "Establishes who and where the model describes within Sierra Leone.", "rationale": "A national religious label can conceal geographic variation and incompatible definitions of affiliation.", "layers": [ { "id": "affiliation-evidence", "name": "Affiliation evidence", "description": "Examines how Muslim identification is counted and reported.", "findings": [ { "id": "dated-population-claims", "name": "Dated population claims", "description": "Record each population claim with its source, reference population and collection method; no national proportion is assumed.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which census, survey or other documented source measures Muslim affiliation in Sierra Leone, and how does it define affiliation?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "dated-population-claims-q01" }, { "text": "What year, denominator, geographic coverage and uncertainty accompany each reported count or percentage?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "dated-population-claims-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "local-community-boundaries", "name": "Local community boundaries", "description": "Separates religious identification from residence, language and ethnicity.", "findings": [ { "id": "locality-and-self-identification", "name": "Locality and self-identification", "description": "Describe communities through documented local identification rather than assigning religion from other social categories.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do Muslim communities in the Sierra Leonean localities under study describe their own boundaries and affiliations?", "kind": "definition", "id": "locality-and-self-identification-q01" }, { "text": "Where would district, ethnic or language categories incorrectly imply shared religious affiliation?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "locality-and-self-identification-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "historical-formation-and-connections", "name": "Historical formation and connections", "description": "Examines the processes through which Islamic communities and institutions developed in Sierra Leone.", "rationale": "Local histories and external connections must be established rather than inferred from a general history of Islam in West Africa.", "layers": [ { "id": "documented-local-histories", "name": "Documented local histories", "description": "Organises evidence for the formation and transformation of particular communities.", "findings": [ { "id": "transmission-and-institutional-development", "name": "Transmission and institutional development", "description": "Treat proposed routes of religious transmission and institutional milestones as claims requiring place-specific evidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which sources document the arrival and development of Islam in particular parts of present-day Sierra Leone?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "transmission-and-institutional-development-q01" }, { "text": "Which distinctions between present-day borders and historical regions are needed to interpret those accounts?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "transmission-and-institutional-development-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cross-border-religious-networks", "name": "Cross-border religious networks", "description": "Tracks documented links involving scholarship, travel, migration and institutional support.", "findings": [ { "id": "connections-with-local-effects", "name": "Connections with local effects", "description": "Include an external connection when evidence identifies its participants and effects on religious life inside Sierra Leone.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which regional or overseas educational, pilgrimage or support networks are documented for Sierra Leonean Muslim institutions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "connections-with-local-effects-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence distinguishes an external contact or funding relationship from authority over a local institution?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "connections-with-local-effects-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "authority-and-religious-education", "name": "Authority and religious education", "description": "Models how leadership, representation and religious learning operate in Sierra Leonean settings.", "rationale": "An agent needs to know whose authority applies to a particular community and how religious knowledge is transmitted.", "layers": [ { "id": "leadership-and-representation", "name": "Leadership and representation", "description": "Separates mosque leadership, association offices and broader representative claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "recognised-mandates", "name": "Recognised mandates", "description": "Record a leader's or body's claimed mandate alongside evidence of recognition, limits and disagreement.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which mosque leaders or Muslim associations are recognised by the relevant Sierra Leonean community, and for which decisions?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "recognised-mandates-q01" }, { "text": "Whom should an agent consult for a local religious matter, and what additional consultation would a national initiative require?", "kind": "action", "id": "recognised-mandates-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "learning-pathways-and-access", "name": "Learning pathways and access", "description": "Examines religious instruction and its relationship to other education provision.", "findings": [ { "id": "education-provider-distinctions", "name": "Education provider distinctions", "description": "Distinguish documented forms of Islamic instruction by curriculum, language, oversight and learners served.", "questions": [ { "text": "What forms of Qur'anic instruction and Muslim-affiliated schooling operate in the Sierra Leonean localities being modelled?", "kind": "definition", "id": "education-provider-distinctions-q01" }, { "text": "What evidence describes their teaching languages, enrolment, accessibility and relationship to Sierra Leone's education authorities?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "education-provider-distinctions-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "lived-practice-and-community-support", "name": "Lived practice and community support", "description": "Captures locally evidenced worship, participation and mutual assistance.", "rationale": "Formal affiliation alone does not reveal how religious life is practised or what practical arrangements engagement requires.", "layers": [ { "id": "worship-and-local-calendars", "name": "Worship and local calendars", "description": "Records how named communities organise worship and religious occasions.", "findings": [ { "id": "locally-verified-observance", "name": "Locally verified observance", "description": "Describe observed or reported practices with locality and date, distinguishing religious prescriptions from actual arrangements.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do the Sierra Leonean communities concerned determine and communicate Ramadan and Eid observance dates?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "locally-verified-observance-q01" }, { "text": "Which locally confirmed prayer, fasting or festival arrangements should shape the timing and location of an engagement?", "kind": "action", "id": "locally-verified-observance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "participation-and-mutual-assistance", "name": "Participation and mutual assistance", "description": "Examines access to communal activities and religiously organised support.", "findings": [ { "id": "support-practices-and-participation", "name": "Support practices and participation", "description": "Record documented charitable and communal support arrangements together with who organises, accesses and influences them.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which locally named Muslim groups organise charitable giving, funeral assistance or other community support in Sierra Leone?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "support-practices-and-participation-q01" }, { "text": "How does participation in these activities vary by gender, age, disability, resources or locality, according to direct evidence?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "support-practices-and-participation-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "public-life-and-interreligious-relations", "name": "Public life and interreligious relations", "description": "Examines relationships between Muslim communities, public authorities and other religious communities in Sierra Leone.", "rationale": "Public recognition, cooperation and disagreement require separate evidence and cannot be reduced to a national reputation for harmony or conflict.", "layers": [ { "id": "state-and-public-institutions", "name": "State and public institutions", "description": "Separates applicable public rules from the practices of particular authorities.", "findings": [ { "id": "rules-and-institutional-treatment", "name": "Rules and institutional treatment", "description": "Record verified legal provisions and documented administrative treatment affecting Muslim religious activity.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which current Sierra Leonean legal provisions and administrative rules govern religious association, worship and Muslim-affiliated education?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "rules-and-institutional-treatment-q01" }, { "text": "For a proposed mosque, school or public religious event, which requirements apply to the specific activity and locality?", "kind": "action", "id": "rules-and-institutional-treatment-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "interreligious-relationships", "name": "Interreligious relationships", "description": "Documents particular encounters, partnerships and disagreements across religious communities.", "findings": [ { "id": "situated-cooperation-and-disagreement", "name": "Situated cooperation and disagreement", "description": "Assess 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"Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This is a recall-based description; no sources were consulted.", "The SOC.ORG classification should not imply that this subject has a single founding instrument, registration identifier or governing body.", "A researcher should verify demographic estimates, geographic distribution and the relative presence of Muslim traditions; inclusion of Ahmadiyya communities does not imply agreement among all Muslims about their religious status." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Islam in Sierra Leone this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and 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reconciled?", "Which religious orientations and authority networks are locally recognised, and where are their labels or representative claims contested?", "How do historical accounts differ across Sierra Leonean localities, and which claims can be corroborated beyond a single institutional narrative?", "What reliable evidence captures women's, young people's and less institutionally visible Muslims' religious participation?", "Which current legal rules, educational arrangements and interreligious initiatives are demonstrably operating, and where does implementation differ from formal descriptions?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 6, "layers": 11, "findings": 15, "questions": 25 } }