Case file
Aine Davis
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british convert to islam”. Today it says “british convert to islam who was convicted in a turkish court of being a member of a terrorist group while serv”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Aine Lesley Davis (born 11 February 1984), also known as Jihadi Paul , is a British convert to Islam who was convicted in a Turkish court of being a member of a terrorist group while serving as a fighter for the ISIL . "British jihadist at the heart of terrorist network terror in Syria and Iraq" . 16 August 2014.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british convert to islam”. Today it says “british convert to islam who was convicted in a turkish court of being a member of a terrorist group while serv”. Read the current article and compare.
| 2020 | Oct '23 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| jihad | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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british convert to islam
Now
british convert to islam who was convicted in a turkish court of being a member of a terrorist group while serv
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