[Foundation-l] Quran in Sitenotice

[Sean Whitton]

I think we should ask the sysop who added it for their reasons so that
we can greater understand why it was put there, but I can't read Urdu
so I'm at a bit of a loss. Does anyone have a nice translator, or can
speak it themselves? This would seem a sensible step forward to me.

	—Xyrael

On 13/07/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> Even if the verse were essentually non-religious, a quote from the
> Qur'an, a religious text, is inappropriate. This verse is blatantly
> religious though and should be removed as quickly as is possible.
>
> On 13/07/06, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/13/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/13/06, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hm, imho it depends a bit on it's meaning (I can't read it, sorry). If
> > > > it is just about, say, the value of knowledge, it might be not even so
> > > > bad, although I wonder why there should be such quotes in the
> > > > Sitenotice, as it is probably intended for other messages...
> > > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> > > the only translation I have is
> > > "you call people towards the righteous deeds and forget yourself doing
> > > so, whereas you also read the words of god, don't you have any senses"
> > >
> > Hm. Doesn't look really appropriate for a Sitenotice. I can't see any
> > reason, why this should be shown to every user...
> > Michael
> > > from nexus on #wikipedia
> > >
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