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Darussalam Publishers

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “saudi -based multilingual international publishing house operates in 35 countries”. Today it says “saudi arabian and pakistan -based”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Saudi based multilingual Islamic publishing house”. It now reads “Saudi and Pakistani based global Islamic publishing house”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Saudi & Pakistani based Islamic publishing house ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Darussalam International Publishing & Distribution (also known as Dar-us-Salam in U.S.) is a Saudi & Pakistani based multilingual international publishing house which operates in 35 countries but mainly printing in sheikhupura, Pakistan & Saudi Arabia publishing house. It is the second-largest publisher of translations of the Islamic scripture ( Qur'ān ) in the world after King Fahd Complex .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “saudi -based multilingual international publishing house operates in 35 countries”. Today it says “saudi arabian and pakistan -based”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Saudi based multilingual Islamic publishing house”. It now reads “Saudi and Pakistani based global Islamic publishing house”. Read the current article and compare.
Oct '232025
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

saudi -based multilingual international publishing house operates in 35 countries

Now

saudi arabian and pakistan -based

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