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Editorial standards

Methodology and Evidence Standards

Persuasion is most durable when readers can inspect the evidence, identify the assumptions, and disagree without being misrepresented.

1

State the position

The site argues that Islam is not divinely revealed. That conclusion is disclosed rather than hidden behind claims of neutrality.

2

Use internal critique

Arguments should begin with Islamic texts, doctrines, or historical claims before importing outside theological assumptions.

3

Steelman responses

A recognizable Muslim scholar should be able to identify the response section as a serious version of the position.

4

Separate text from inference

A linked verse or hadith verifies what a source says. It does not, by itself, verify the site's interpretation.

5

Prefer primary and academic sources

Popular apologetics can point toward an argument, but disputed historical claims should ultimately rest on primary texts and relevant scholarship.

6

Grade confidence

Strong, contested, mixed, and worldview-dependent arguments are labeled differently. A cumulative case should not conceal its weaker components.

7

Correct publicly

Material corrections are recorded with the date, affected page, change, and reason.

Current audit status

Quran and major hadith references are automatically linked. Claim-level editions, page numbers, quotations, scholarly perspectives, and publication metadata are still being audited. Pages expose that gap rather than presenting it as completed work.

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