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Abdul Hameed Swati
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pakistani islamic scholar”. Today it says “pakistani islamic scholar and imam”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Sufi”. It now reads “Pakistani Islamic scholar (1917–2008)”.
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Abdul Hameed Khan Swati (1917 – 6 April 2008) ( Urdu: مولانا صوفی عبد الحمید خان سواتی) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar, writer, Imam , lecturer and founder of Jamia Nusrat Ul Uloom Gujranwala. He was the younger brother of Muhammad Sarfaraz Khan Safdar and uncle of Zahid Khan .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pakistani islamic scholar”. Today it says “pakistani islamic scholar and imam”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Sufi”. It now reads “Pakistani Islamic scholar (1917–2008)”. Read the current article and compare.
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pakistani islamic scholar
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pakistani islamic scholar and imam
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