User talk:PMLF/Archive01
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[edit] Re: Brazil
PLMF, although you might think that is the case in Brazil, wikipedia must give all sides of the story. If there are sources that give such estimates then they must be voiced. It is very unfair and against wikipedia policy to edit in such a way that is personal point of view. Therefore do not revert the edits, but read wikipedia policy on sources and NPOV. Thanks, a.n.o.n.y.m t 02:34, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
- The way you put there is POV too. Several sources agree on 1 million as a nice, round figure and state that the official census contains discrepancies and error"" Which sources are these? How reliable are they (especially compared to the official census)? It just look like propaganda to artifically inflate the amount of Muslims in Brazil... PMLF 02:37, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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- Also, it`s already stated that Muslim authorities believe there are 1,5 Million Muslims in Brazil. The lines you added just favors the Islamic (wrong estimatives, although it`s not the point here) estimatives. PMLF 02:40, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
- I did not add ANY lines; I simply reverted your version to the one before. Please go ahead and delete the line about a "nice, round figure", but do not add anything such as "it seems highly unlikely" because that will be POV. Thanks. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 02:42, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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- I`ll let it like this:
According to the official 2000 census, there were 27,239 Muslims in Brazil. Most of them live in the states of São Paulo and Paraná. A very large percentage of them are Lebanese who left their country during Lebanese Civil War.
Some Newspaper estimates for Muslims in Brazil range from 56,000 Muslims to around 70,000. According to Islamic authorities and other souces the Braziian Muslim population range from 1 million to 1.5 million.
It looks pretty neutral to me now. What do you think?
PMLF 02:49, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
By the way, I still think the controversy from the Islam in the World page should be removed. We have to consider only the most reliable sources (the census in Brazil`s case). If we add the supposed to exist Brazilian controversy we would also have to add controversies for every other country were Muslims are a minority. PMLF 02:57, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
- No I am afraid all sources must be considered on the world page, but the edits to the Brazil only article are good. Thanks, a.n.o.n.y.m t 18:51, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
