WikiShia

WikiShia is a free online encyclopedia about Shi'a Islam. This wiki contains more than 23000 content pages about Shia Islam in 10 languages including English, Persian, Spanish, Turkish, French, Arabic, Urdu, Indoensian, German, and Russian. WikiShia is affiliated with Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly,[1] and was officially launched on June 22, 2014[2] in the International Congress of Sibt al-Nabi (a) in Tehran, by Hasan Rohani, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

WikiShia
Type of site
Wiki
Available inEnglish, Persian, French, Spanish, Arabic, Indonesian, Turkish, Urdu, German, Russian
OwnerAhl Al-Bayt World Assembly
URLhttp://wikishia.net
RegistrationNone
Usersover 350
LaunchedJune 22, 2014
Written inPHP

The term "Shi'a" means "follower", "faction" or "party" of Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law and cousin 'Ali b. Abi Talib, whom the Shia believe to be the Prophet's successor in religious leadership and the Caliphate.[3] WikiShia provides the visitors and readers with information about Shia's twelve Imams and their families as well as the political, social and cultural aspects of their lives.[4] The aim, as is mentioned in the About Page,[5] is to explain all concepts and issues related to knowing Twelver Shia (Imamiya) (including issues in history, geography, fiqh, principles of fiqh, concepts, beliefs, names, etc.).[6] WikiShia is managed by a group of scholars in Qom, Iran.

History

On 22 May 2013, the first session for collaboration of the authors of WikiShia was held.[7] After some session of education, on June 17, the first entry of WikiShia was published on the web. In July 2013, the option for browsing the website without username was made available to all Internet users. On June 22, 2014, in the International Congress of Sibt al-Nabi (a) in Tehran, WikiShia was officially launched by Hasan Rohani, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Content

The content of WikiShia includes, beliefs, personalities, books, places, events, ceremonies and rituals of the sects believing in household of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam. History of Shia and any other issue which would be related to Shi'a in some ways, are included in WikiShia. General Islamic concepts which are believed by all Muslims or related to the Islamic history is also among the topics in this wiki. There are also some articles about other Islamic sects.

By the end of October 2015, the number of entries in Wikishia reached 9231, and it is growing day by day. As of September 2020, it has more than 3800 entries in English. The content of WikiShia is supervised by many scholars in Qom. Currently, WikiShia is not an open wiki, so editing it is possible only with the permission of the managers. It has about 100 users all of which are verified by Ahl Al-Bayt World Assembly, but it's been said in "About page" of WikiShia that it'll be changed to an open wiki so everyone could signup and contribute.[8]

Neutrality policy in the concepts of Shia and the Ahlul Bayt is to be observed in WikiShia, but the contributors of this wiki consider themselves to be preaching the school of Shi'a so the entries are written to explain and defend their teachings. However, the judgment about scholarly and historical disagreements is left to the reader.[9] Due to religious disagreements, contributors of WikiShia are asked to try their best to benefit from first-hand sources accepted by the two great Islamic schools (Shia and Sunni). Wikishia is authorize to delete that type of articles which are against the Islam-e-Naab.

See also

References
  1. "WikiShia Online Encyclopedia Launched". International Quran News Agency (IQNA). June 22, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  2. "Rouhani unveils WikiShia". Mehr News Agency. June 22, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  3. "Iranian President Inaugurates 'WikiShia' Encyclopedia Website". Kayhan. June 22, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  4. "Iranian President Inaugurates 'WikiShia' Encyclopedia Website". Farsnews. June 22, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  5. "Wikishia:About WikiShia". WikiShia. March 22, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  6. "WikiShia Online Encyclopedia Launched". AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA). June 23, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  7. "Photo report on the first meeting of the researchers of WikiShia Project". Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA) (in Persian). May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  8. "Wikishia:About WikiShia". WikiShia. March 22, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  9. "Wikishia:About WikiShia, Neutrality Policy". WikiShia. May 2, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
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