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<strong>Welcome to the Modern World Wiki.</strong> Dedicated to understanding the world around us. | <strong>Welcome to the Modern World Wiki.</strong> Dedicated to understanding the world around us. | ||
This wiki is a community-edited encyclopedia | This wiki is a community-edited encyclopedia that's meant to serve as a resource hub for students, scholars, academics, or anyone interested in learning more about the topics covered. As of now, there are 3 broad categories of articles: concepts, people and books. | ||
* ''Concepts'': definitions and histories of various concepts related to modernity such as liberalism, secularism, etc | * ''Concepts'': definitions and histories of various concepts related to modernity such as liberalism, secularism, etc. | ||
* ''People'': biographies of writers whose works are relevant to the above topics, especially as they relate to Islam | * ''People'': biographies of writers or political leaders whose works are relevant to the above topics, in general or especially as they relate to Islam. | ||
* ''Books'': descriptions and summaries of some of the most relevant books | * ''Books'': descriptions and summaries of some of the most relevant books. | ||
While this wiki is a Muslim-led project, we welcome contributions by people of all backgrounds. | While this wiki is a Muslim-led project, we welcome contributions by people of all backgrounds. | ||
Revision as of 22:19, 15 July 2020
Welcome to the Modern World Wiki. Dedicated to understanding the world around us.
This wiki is a community-edited encyclopedia that's meant to serve as a resource hub for students, scholars, academics, or anyone interested in learning more about the topics covered. As of now, there are 3 broad categories of articles: concepts, people and books.
- Concepts: definitions and histories of various concepts related to modernity such as liberalism, secularism, etc.
- People: biographies of writers or political leaders whose works are relevant to the above topics, in general or especially as they relate to Islam.
- Books: descriptions and summaries of some of the most relevant books.
While this wiki is a Muslim-led project, we welcome contributions by people of all backgrounds.
This wiki uses the MediaWiki software. Consult the MediaWiki User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
Pages in this wiki
Check out the Contribution Guide for a list of articles to work on. Add them here when you're done! Also, just because an article is listed below, that doesn't mean it's complete - pretty much any article in this wiki could use improvements, additions, or even a rewrite.
Eventually, once there are enough articles, this list will be too big and it will be replaced with some featured articles that are recommended starting points for people new to this wiki.