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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous (talk) 18:04, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Listed for a speedy as "very controversial and lack of reliable references". Well, first of all we're not here to be politically correct, and second of all it refers to three sources. And so, barring any other easy method, I'm Vfding it. Enjoy. :) Garrett^Talk 12:45, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

At least 2 of the sources are not necessarily reliable (and the Bucaille book is very controversial - even though I found it a great read and agreed with many points in it). In any case, I can live with a vfd. I created this article very recently, but I am doubting that it is worthy of article status (yet); my intention was to create a comprehensive article on Islam and science (does such an article, with a different name of course, already exist?) and possibly include some of the contents in the scientific knowledge in the Quran article in that one. That's really why I want to delete this article. --Mpatel 13:08, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• May I quote the Wikipaedia itself, anent the Library of Alexandria:
  

The legend of Caliph Omar's destruction of the library provides the classical example of a dilemma: Omar is reported to have said that if the books of the library did not contain the teachings of the Qur'an, they were useless and should be destroyed; if the books did contain the teachings of the Qur'an, they were superfluous and should be destroyed.
Need more be said ?
Delete the entire 'paedia --Simon Cursitor 14:25, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete — the usual self-justification of religious beliefs through analogy. I've seen similar arguments applied to the Bible. Non-encyclopedic. — RJH 15:27, 22 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorn is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that she is pink; we logically know that she is invisible because we can't see her. Dunc|☺ 19:06, 22 July 2005 (UTC) [reply]
• Delete, the topic should be discussed somewhere, but this title is POV, and this isn't an article yet. - Mustafaa 00:39, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete POV, not encyclopedic. JamesBurns 04:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. POV, unencyclopedic, unreferenced, potential minefield of controversy. Binadot 22:51, 23 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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