Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/As'ad ibn Zurarah

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The result was keep. Tone 14:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As'ad ibn Zurarah

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Non-notable person from Islamic history. Only claim to notability seems to be that he was one of the 12 people selected to preach Islam after the second Aqaba pact. I do not think that this makes him notable. Unable to find any source that shows that he did anything else. Raziman T V's Alternate account (Talk - Contribs) 13:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I request the attention of an expert. This person is roughly equivalent to one of the twelve Christian Apostles, isn't he? - Richard Cavell (talk) 14:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think such a comparison is apt -- Raziman T V's Alternate account (Talk - Contribs) 14:51, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Islam-related deletion discussions. —Raziman T V's Alternate account (Talk - Contribs) 15:40, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I'm finding sources for other events from As'ad ibn Zurarah's life that I would say suggest notability. I again agree with Richard Cavell that someone with more knowledge of Islamic studies should address this issue. --Sainge.spin (talk) 06:28, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep even the material given here is sufficient for notability. The nearest comparison would be to the apostles and the early saints of the Christian church DGG ( talk ) 03:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per everyone but nominator. Edward321 (talk) 02:52, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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