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Arshadul Qadri

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar of the barelvi movement in india”. Today it says “sunni islamic scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “South Asian Islamic scholar (1925–2002)”. It now reads “Indian Islamic scholar (1925–2002)”.
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Arshadul Qadri (5 March 1925 - 29 April 2002) was an Islamic scholar of the Barelvi movement in India.1 He founded a few institutions and organizations inside India. He is known for two of his works, Zalzala and Zer-o-Zabar . On the international level he organized a number of religious movements, such as World Islamic Mission . Zia'ul Mustafa Qadri Saheb produced a biography of Qadri entitled Hayat-o-Khidmat . [1] [2] Life and works" of Huzoor Sadrush Shariah Rehmatullahi Alay (Pages 462-464)2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar of the barelvi movement in india”. Today it says “sunni islamic scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “South Asian Islamic scholar (1925–2002)”. It now reads “Indian Islamic scholar (1925–2002)”. Read the current article and compare.
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islamic scholar of the barelvi movement in india

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sunni islamic scholar

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