Wikipedia's first sentence called it “well-known author of islamic educational textbooks for children and the executive director of iqra' internation”. Today it says “indian american author”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
Abidullah Ansari Ghazi ( Hindi : अबिदुल्लाह ग़ाज़ी ) (6 July 1936 – 11 April 2021) was an Indian American author, educator and poet. He authored more than 140 Islamic educational textbooks for children. He was also the executive director of IQRA International Educational Foundation. His books have been translated into many languages and are part of the curriculum of Islamic schools in more than 40 countries. The Siasat Daily . 11 April 2021 . The Muslim 500 website . 28 May 2018 .
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1267735743.
The opening as it stood in 2010
Abidullah Ansari Ghazi (born July 7, 1936) is a well-known author of Islamic educational textbooks for children and the executive director of IQRA' International Educational Foundation , recently mentioned by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre as being among the 500 most influential Muslims in the World.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 371070968.
The opening as it stood in 2015
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Dr Abidullah al-Ansari Ghazi Abidullah Ansari Ghazi is a well-known author of Islamic educational textbooks for children and the executive director of IQRA' International Educational Foundation, mentioned by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre as being among the 500 most influential Muslims in the World.Profile of Dr Abidullah Ghazi .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 663203742.
The opening as it stood in 2020 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Abidullah Ansari Ghazi (born 6 July 1936) is a Indian American author , educator and poet.He has written more than 140 Islamic educational textbooks for children.He is also the executive director of IQRA' International Educational Foundation.His books have been translated into many languages and are part of the curriculum of Islamic schools in more than 40 countries.The Muslim 500 website .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 960568979.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Muslim writer Abidullah Ansari Ghazi ( ) (6 July 1936 - 11 April 2021) was an Indian American author , educator and poet.He authored more than 140 Islamic educational textbooks for children.He was also the executive director of IQRA' International Educational Foundation. His books have been translated into many languages and are part of the curriculum of Islamic schools in more than 40 countries. The Siasat Daily . 11 April 2021 . The Muslim 500 website .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1057965776.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “well-known author of islamic educational textbooks for children and the executive director of iqra' internation”. Today it says “indian american author”. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2010, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
well-known author of islamic educational textbooks for children and the executive director of iqra' internation
Now
indian american author
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
