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Arshad Madani
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “president of jamiat ulema-e-hind and a son of husain ahmad madani”. Today it says “indian islamic scholar and the current principal of darul uloom deoband”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian Muslim scholar”. It now reads “Indian Islamic scholar (b. 1941)”.
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Arshad Madani (born 1941) is an Indian Islamic scholar and the current Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband . He succeeded Asad Madni as the eighth president of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind . The organization split around 2008, and Madani continues to serve as the president of its Arshad faction.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “president of jamiat ulema-e-hind and a son of husain ahmad madani”. Today it says “indian islamic scholar and the current principal of darul uloom deoband”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian Muslim scholar”. It now reads “Indian Islamic scholar (b. 1941)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
president of jamiat ulema-e-hind and a son of husain ahmad madani
Now
indian islamic scholar and the current principal of darul uloom deoband
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