Talk:Muhammad at Medina

Response to "Delete Article" notice

Montgomery Watt was a very prominent Islamic scholar of the late 20th century, and the author of numerous books on Islam. His two volume study of the life of the Prophet Muhammad remains for now, arguably, the best currently available. (The first volume is Muhammad at Mecca). Accordingly it joins a number of such noteworthy modern biographies by western academics during the last few centuries. Prof. Watt's work is thorough and very rigorous in the use of primary sources and scholarly material, being up to date also in presenting the context of the chosen perspectives. If the book's importance alone qualified it to be included in Wikipedia, I would say: do not delete.

The article as it now stands mainly contains the table of contents. Yet here it is quite informative and detailed, indicating Prof. Watt's approach, the issues he considers most important, how he structures the issues in the prophet's life, an articulation of the key events, etc. Although it remains only a stub, by my understanding of Wikipedia criteria for articles, nonetheless it should be retained as is (of course, subject to any further additions).

To play devil's avocate, however, it is possible that the table of contents of this book can be viewed elsewhere on the net, e.g., at "google books" (I have not investigated the various possibilities). If that be true, then this article's current value as a stub would be somewhat compromised. On the other hand, text appearing one day on google books" may disappear the next. Elfelix (talk) 16:04, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

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