WikiIslam

WikiIslam is an anti-Islamic and anti-Muslim wiki, describing itself as providing "information from traditional and critical perspectives on the beliefs, practices, and development of Islam". Large numbers of its articles are set up to document topics relating to Islam based on its own sources, the Qur'an, hadith, and Islamic scholars.
It was launched on September 4, 2006 by Ali Sina and members of Faith Freedom International. In 2015 the site ownership and operations were transferred to Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA).https://exmuslims.org/ex-muslims-north-america-takes-ownership-operation-wikiislam/
It has received significant criticism for its Islamophobic and anti-Muslim positions or promoting a version of Islam inconsisent with how the majority of Muslims view their own religion.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/01419870.2023.2268154?needAccess=true
EXMNA announced in 2021 that a milestone had been reached whereby a large number of article deletions had been completed and new content standards introduced as well as other measures.https://exmuslims.org/wikiislam-overhaul-milestone-achieved/ Despite their announcement, academics have noted that the content remains "far from neutral." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/01419870.2023.2268154?needAccess=true
After WikiIslam's revamp, the Media Bias/Fact Check website subsequently updated its assessment of the site noting "significant change" since their last review.https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/wikiislam/ accessed 11 April 2022<Br />"We rated them a questionable anti-Islam site in a previous review. Since our last review, they have cleaned up the website removing the overtly hostile content toward Islam. At the time of this review, they continue to focus on the negative aspects of Islam, such as this Wife Beating in the Qur’an. While this paints Islam negatively to a western audience, it is sourced directly from Verse 4:34 of the Quran. A review of dozens of content areas reveals most information focuses on negative aspects of Islam, such as this Scientific Errors in the Quran. Again they source directly from the Quran. Although WikiIslam is edited by those, who do not favor Islam, the information is usually derived from the texts themselves and not third-party interpretations, which is a significant change from our previous review in 2018. In general, WikiIslam publishes fact-based information that is one-sided, resulting in anti-Islamic propaganda." Despite the change, academics have noted that WikiIslam continues to engage in cherry-picking and "has emerged as an important point of reference and source of knowledge for the scientification of Islamophobia."
Its criticisms of Islam are very sharp, and its outlook on these is consistently negative. Amongst its articles are those on the subjects of homosexuality and child marriage, which purport to be descriptions of Islam's treatment of these subjects. It also has a considerable amount of detail on apostasy from Islam, focusing on the fact that it is punishable by death in some Muslim-majority countries as well as other issues surrounding leaving the religion. Other articles focus on such topics as errors and contradictions in the Qur'an, its textual history, and the sources it draws upon from the late antiquity milieu.
==See also==
*Answering Islam
==External links==
*WikiIslam Main Page
==References==
Category:Criticism of Islam
Category:Islamophobia
Category:Wikis