Talk:Afghan Arabs

message: I propose creating another article called something like History of Arabs in Afghanistan and putting Scythian1 edits in it. 
How likely is it users looking for information on the issue of Afghan Arabs in the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the later Afghan civil war are interested in the Sassanians in Nihawand in the 7th century, etc.? In addition to the fact the region was not called Afghanistan at that time. 
The two article just do not have enough in common. --BoogaLouie 00:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Edits by Scythian1

message: However important and interesting the Sassanians in Nihawand in the 7th century, etc. is or is not, it is not what the public means when it hears or uses the phrase "Afghan Arabs". "Afghan Arabs" refers to Arabs and other Muslim fighters who came to Afghanistan in the 1980s during the Soviet-Afghan War and later to help brother Muslims fight Soviets and pro-Soviet Afghans.
This is why Nihawand in the 7th century, etc. is better put in a separate article with a title like History of Arabs in Afghanistan  --BoogaLouie 14:57, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are unfortunately ignoring the fact that there is a sizeable number of Afghans who are of Arabic descent from the 1st and 2nd waves of Arabs into the area that now comprises of Afghanistan.  It would be erroneously unjust to lump the article into one narrative about Arabs who arrived in the third wave.  Moreover, all the main articles pertaining to the various groups of Afghanistan have substantial background information about their history, therefore I question your suggestion of creating a seperate article for that purpose. I concede to your point about the term Afghanistan not existing during the 7th century, however appropriate edits shall be made.  Scythian1 18:13, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Revert by Scythian1

message: I reverted this recent edit.
It was unreferenced.  And it contradicted the rest of the article.  Geo Swan (talk) 04:03, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation 

message: This section does not detail the very real connection between the United States, Pakistan and Afghan Arabs. It only covers a false claim (that the CIA "created" Afghan Arabs) before going on to refute said claim. BBC journalist Greg Palast has documented solid connections between various parties, from funding to travel permits. Dynablaster (talk) 20:18, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
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message: This article was changed to Islamic mujahid movement 18 September 2009 with the edit summary moved Afghan Arabs to Islamic mujahid movement: narrow terms of reference. 
<BR>Problems:
*Islamic mujahid movement is too broad a term of reference. There are many Islamic mujahideen besides the Afghan Arabs.  mujahideen is arabic for those waging jihad.) Try googling "Islamic mujahid movement"  and see what you get.  To be accurate following this path, the article would have to be titled Islamic mujahid movement of non-Afghans in Afghanistan. 
*Afghan Arabs, in contrast, gives a fairly narrow group of articles when googled. Looking at a page or two I found nothing on the history of Arab migration into Afghanistan, the reason for this Disambiguation page. 
If I don't hear any protest I am going to rvt the title change --BoogaLouie (talk) 20:00, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  title change to Islamic mujahid movement  

message: :Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *Support or *Oppose, then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.
*Support.  "Islamic mujahid movement" is too broad a term of reference. There are many Islamic mujahideen besides the Afghan Arabs.  (mujahideen is arabic for those waging jihad.) Try googling "Islamic mujahid movement"  and see what you get.  To be accurate following this path, the article would have to be titled Islamic mujahid movement of non-Afghans in Afghanistan. Afghan Arabs, in contrast, gives a fairly narrow group of articles when googled. Looking at a page or two I found nothing on the history of Arab migration into Afghanistan, the reason for this Disambiguation page. (pasted from above) --BoogaLouie (talk) 15:29, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
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