Talk:Rafida/RFC on Sentence in Lede

RFC on Rejection of Truth in Lede

{{rfc|hist|soc}} Should the following sentence be restored to the lede paragraph of the article on Rafida:

The charge that Shias have rejected the Truth is frequently cited by Sunni extremists to justify their acts of violence against the Shia community.

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Discussion

That statement is inappropriate in the lede, since it gives undue weight to contemporary geo-political issues. WP:RECENTISM

The article primarily deals with the Rafida sects and their history. In my opinion, a main issue with many Islam-related articles in wikipedia is that classical religious doctrines and concepts are mixed with contemporary geo-political issues in many of these pages. Imami Shi'ites has self-identified themselves as "Rafida" for over a thousand years. The term "Rafida" has been used derogatorily in Sunni and Zaydi scholarly texts for over a thousand years.

Ignoring this and giving undue weight to information related to contemporary militant and insurgent groups advances an Euro-centric systemic bias and is certainly not an encyclopaedic approach. Additionally, both the article and it's 1 para lede are very short, so it is undue in the lede. If a page article titled "Rafida (slur)" is created, then it maybe appropriate to mention information related to contemporary geo-political affairs in an enlarged lede. Otherwise, it is undue. Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 16:30, 19 May 2024 (UTC)