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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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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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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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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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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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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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