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Abd Allah ibn Humayd
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former chief justice of saudi arabia and imam of the grand mosque of makkah”. Today it says “saudi islamic scholar and judge”. "jihad" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2020. Today: absent from the opening.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Abdullah IBN HUMAID was the former Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia and Imam of the Grand Mosque of Makkah .1 His son Salih is the current Imam of the Grand Mosque of Makkah as well as the head of the Saudi Consultative Council .2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former chief justice of saudi arabia and imam of the grand mosque of makkah”. Today it says “saudi islamic scholar and judge”. "jihad" appeared 1 time in the opening in 2020. Today: absent from the opening. Read the current article and compare.
| 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Oct '23 | 2025 | |
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| jihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2005, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
former chief justice of saudi arabia and imam of the grand mosque of makkah
Now
saudi islamic scholar and judge
Where the word went
It left the opening. It did not leave the article. Wikipedia moved it down the page, where a reader arriving from a search result will not reach it.
- “jihad” was in the opening on October 6, 2023. Today 1 remain, 60% of the way down the article.
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