Talk:Usama Hasan

"Claimed he fought in Afghanistan"

For NPOV reasons, I am reverting an edit in which "he fought in Afghanistan" was changed to "he claimed he fought in Afghanistan." "He claimed" implies either that he no longer makes that claim, or that the claim is in doubt. I understand that our source for his having fought is his own statement on a BBC interview, but anyone who follows the reference link can see that. Is there some evidence that he did not fight? Is there a better way to say that our assertion that he fought is based on his statement, without implying that it is false? (NOTE: One other possible wording, "he claims to have fought," has been tried and reverted. I think that is better than "he claimed" but does not completely solve this problem.) Peter Chastain (talk) 09:30, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

How about "He has stated that he fought in Afghanistan against the Russian occupation"? George Custer's Sabre (talk) 09:51, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Al-Shabaab video threat

I think it is quite important to include in this some indication of the nature of the threat made in the video. On one hand, it clearly does not suggest that Al-Shabaab will be sending trained assassins: but it is also clear - from its glorification of the Lee Rigby murder and its explicit encouragement that "home-grown" Jihadists within the UK should arm themselves if necessary with knives from B&Q, if they can't get hold of purpose-made weaponry - that it is promoting a way of killing the named moderate Muslims for "selling out" to the "kuffar". I kept the wording succinct by simply mentioning the Lee Rigby murder, but perhaps that made the threat less obvious and I should have included the video's call for followers to obtain DIY weaponry. Any objections if I do so? Alfietucker (talk) 09:06, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Dear Alfietucker. I hope you are well. I'm very sorry to disagree with you. I have no axe to grind. I merely think this page is solely about Dr Usama Hasan and therefore the rest of the threat is irrelevant on THIS particular page. I'm open to being wrong and if another editor shares your view I will not revert your edit again. Best wishes, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 09:48, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your reassurance. To an extent, I am learning as I'm going along, and I'm looking for citations now without knowing that they will necessarily exist. I'm a bit surprised, though, that a flickr page that has clearly been set up by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with a photograph of Hasan which is not only captioned but clearly recognisable as him, is insufficient citation. Never mind - I've since found another citation (albeit it gives Hasan an extra 's' in his name!). Alfietucker (talk) 10:02, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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Third party source for birthday

What counts as a third party source for his birthday? Why is it not reliable if it were to come from himself? I thought that if the source was self published, it would be appropriate--2600:100C:A201:63D8:71CD:C756:9B7D:FC73 (talk) 11:00, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

• Hello. I have already sent links to the guidelines explaining reliable and published third-party sources. Best regards, George Custer's Sabre (talk) 11:20, 30 April 2022 (UTC)