Talk:Al-Ma'arri

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Review: July 25, 2015. (Reviewed version).

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A fact from Al-Ma'arri appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 August 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the medieval Arab philosopher and skeptic al-Ma'arri wrote that religion consisted of ancient fables used to exploit the popular masses?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/August. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Al-Ma'arri.

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Alleged Deism

The article says "and became a deist." and makes two citations: Lloyd Ridgeon (2003), Major World Religions: From Their Origins To The Present, Routledge: London, page 257. In which this page does not indicate that he was a deist from my reading. And The Luzumiyat, stanza 35 does not indicate anything about a god belief. This leads me to believe that the deism claim originates from the editor.

I have seen also legitimate complaints about assuming his atheism due to his criticism of Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I think in this case it is important for us to note what he actually said and did regarding this criticisms without anachronistically applying terms and assumptions based off of our cultures and time periods.

We simply do not know if he possessed any god beliefs and should not presume to know. AevumNova (talk) 16:24, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Any interpretation of al-Ma'arri's beliefs not explicitly stated by reliable, published secondary sources should be removed per WP:PRIMARY. Revolution Saga (talk) 09:56, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]