Talk:Quraish

the difference between Shia and Sunni was simply over political beliefs A very dignified euphemism. Perhaps these rival political beliefs could be characterized for us. Wetman 20:39, 26 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps this should read something like "secular political issues" to make the distinction clearer from religious issues. I won't touch this myself (since I don't know if this is even correct) but this seems to be the meaning the writer was trying to convey.

the hyperlink of banu taim was leading to an article on Tamim tribe, there seems to be confusion between the two, Banu Taim NOT Tamim, they sound similar but they are completely different tribes

This article seems to have a lot of information, but unfortunately badly organized. The whole of the first section is somewhat incoherent, as it's difficult for someone not already familiar with the subject to understand what's being listed. I hope someone knowledgeable in the area will improve it.

There should be a link to what a "sept" is. Wikipedia suggests it might be a division of a group into seven parts, or the Gaelic name for a clan. Neither seems appropriate here. Wiki's Sept page. JoshNarins 16:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I hope some of the propblems are fixed now...--Striver 13:29, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name

The proper name for this article is Banu Quraish, per every other tribe name, see Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad.--Striver 19:50, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ismail father of Muslims?

"Isaac is the father of the Jews and Ishmael is the father of the Muslims". What kind of a research is this? Only 16-18% of the Muslims are Arabs. Among the Arabs, only a portion is Arabized Arabs. Ismaeel was father of a portion among the Arabized Arabs. Majority of the Ismaeelites have moved out of Arabia and not Arab anymore. Some settled in East in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, and even Philippines. Some moved West and are settled all over Africa. A big number of them are even settled in North America. About 10% of the Arabs are Christians. Before Israel, half of Palestine was Christian and Lebanon was a Christian country.

The same way majority of Jewish people have left Judaism and have become Christians (e.g. Pres Candidate John Kerry's grandfather), Muslims, Buddhist (e.g. Leonard Cohen), and Atheist/Agnostics. On the other hand many gentiles have converted to Judaism (e.g. Bob Rae former Ontario Prime Minister).

Hassanfarooqi 17:45, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Badr

I think the Battle of Badr should be mentioned in this article. Badagnani 22:51, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Protagonist

I noticed that in the first page, of this article says that the Quraysh were Muhammad's chief "protagonist". Quite the opposite actually, I'm changing it to it's antonym. Hope that's alright, this'll be the first edit I'll have made aside from sandbox edits from my IP address. --KonigArtus 22:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]