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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Usama Hasan

Usama Hasan[edit]

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Does not have sufficient notability WP:N. Usama Hasan is a teacher, and an imam who had quarrel in the mosque he was based in due to power struggle which resulted. Nothing much beyond that.

• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 July 29. Snotbot  t • c »  11:03, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:33, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:43, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• For what it's worth I live just down the road from this chap. His case became a local cause celebre when he received death threats, and his teachings on evolution have led to coverage, including interviews, in the international media including BBC, Washington Post, and CNN. As the article notes he has also served in diplomatic missions to Egypt and Afghanistan on behalf of the Foreign Office. So he's actually quite prominent for a number of distinct reasons. For all of these reasons, this article isn't a deletion candidate. --TS 12:28, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Being part of an entourage does not necessarily make himself a largely known notable person. Many MP, Lords, etc.... have staff, budding politicians, businessmen, etc... who accompany them abroad, but may not necessarily be themselves be prominent. Maybe if he was directly responsible for the mission, or did some prominent action that he was directly responsible and was publically attributed to him might make him notable. Asifkhanj (talk) 13:49, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, technically he's notable because of coverage in appropriate publications, and he's interesting because of his current prominence as an intellectual leader in both faith and science, and now in the interface between them. I can only agree with Tony Sidaway, this article is not a deletion candidate. Civis Romanus (talk) 17:14, 29 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep  References exist in the article to satisfy WP:GNG and WP:N.  Unscintillating (talk) 01:29, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- I would regard his work (if correctly stated) in countering Islamic extremism as important. His role as an academic is probably insufficient for him to be notable. Peterkingiron (talk) 11:51, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, but the article in that case seems to have only 2 or 3 lines in terms of notability. The article does not state much in its current form. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asifkhanj (talk • contribs) 19:05, 1 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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