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Why my question is classified as off-topic and others are not?

This post is to find the reasons that this question was classified as off-topic (and closed) without giving the OP this possible explanations: The Quran or Islamic scripture doesn't explain this ...
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How is question 35315 "Are all things that are not haram halal?" unclear?

This post is about the question: Are all things that are not haram halal? It was recently put on hold by a diamond moderator: put on hold as unclear what you're asking by Bleeding Fingers♦ 12 ...
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A sign of becoming a mature site: questions are being closed without diamond moderator intervention

Questions are being closed without diamond moderator intervention. (See the search closed:true sorted by newest for examples.) This is an essential part of self-moderation (which I consider an ...
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How can I narrow a question about free will, qadr, and justice down enough to fit islam.se?

My question here was closed for being too broad. The only way I can think of to narrow this down substantially would be to restrict it to a single school of aqidah and only use one of the three ...
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Request to reopen a closed question #14985

Here's the link to the review made of a question with nearly 500 views, actually if counted, there were altogether 4 votes on 'let it be open' vs 1 vote on 'let it be closed'. 4 votes Me Sayyid One ...
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Remove from closed the following question

The following question was closed because it was not in English language as per this site's requirement. I have translated the following question from Urdu to English so i kindly ask the moderators to ...
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Does meta need to explain every closed question?

I was going through meta questions and there are a lot of questions that just look selfish that get heavily voted, instead of asking how the site works or how to improve things they just ask people to ...
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Why was the question 16458 closed?

Why was this question closed? It was a clear question asking whether there might be a reconciliation between the Hadith and a historical fact.
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Islam—Stack Exchange is not for debates or apologetics

If you've watched this meta site for, well, pretty much since the beginning, you've noticed constant discussion about how Sunni and Shia Muslims can get along. My colegue, Robert Cartaino, encouraged ...
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Why was the question about Al-Quds Day closed?

This question which asks about the origins of the Al-Quds International Day and how it is related to Islam was closed for being off-topic on the pretext of being related to muslim culture or behavior ...
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Why is the question 14573 closed?

After the question 14573 was asked, it became onhold by one of the mods and commented by him as such: So I edited the question as it was commented. But, it was "Closed" after a while! Why ...
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What can I do when a moderator closes a question that I think has merit?

This question was closed by a moderator. The reason given was "Unclear what you're asking", however I did attempt to edit it to improve the clarity and yet it was still closed! Given that the ...
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no delete vote for community?

I was searching through site when I came upon this question. https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/1644/4710 I'm sure everyone agrees that it's off topic by an extent that no edit can help it. But it's ...
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