Did Wikipedia remove the word "militant" from the Faith Campaign article?

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When did the Faith Campaign article stop using the word "militant"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2015. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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What did Wikipedia remove from the Faith Campaign article?

The opening as it read in 2015

Faith Campaign. The Return to Faith campaign ( al-Hamlah al-Imaniyah ), often referred to simply as the Faith Campaign , was a campaign conducted by the Iraqi Ba'ath party, beginning in 1993, to pursue a more socially conservative and overtly Islamist agenda.¹ The campaign involved a variety of policies, including greater freedoms being granted to Islamist groups, greater resources being put into religious programmes, increased use of Islamic punishments, and a more general greater emphasis being put on Islam in all sectors of Iraqi life. The campaign was conducted under the supervision of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , who would later become Saddam's successor as leader of the Ba'ath party. Douri used the campaign to promote his Qaderissiyeh Sufi order, which would later form the nucleus of the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

Izzat al-Douri, supervisor of the Faith Campaign The Return to Faith campaign ( al-Hamlah al-Imaniyah ), often referred to simply as the Faith Campaign , was a campaign conducted by the Iraqi Ba'ath Party , beginning in 1993, to pursue a more socially conservative and overtly Islamist agenda. The campaign involved a variety of policies, including greater freedoms being granted to Islamist groups, greater resources being put into religious programmes, increased use of Islamic punishments, and a more general greater emphasis being put on Islam in all sectors of Iraqi life. The campaign was conducted under the supervision of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , who would later become Saddam Hussein 's successor as leader of the Ba'ath party. Douri used the campaign to promote his Naqshbandi Sufi order , which would later form the nucleus of the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Islamist campaign of the Iraqi Ba'ath party Izzat al-Douri, supervisor of the Faith Campaign The Faith Campaign ( ) was an Islamist campaign conducted by the Iraqi Ba'ath Party , beginning in 1993. The campaign involved a variety of policies, including greater freedoms being granted to Islamist groups, greater resources being put into religious programmes, increased use of Islamic punishments, and a greater emphasis being put on Islam in all sectors of Iraqi life. The campaign was conducted under the supervision of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , who would later become Saddam Hussein 's successor as leader of the Ba'ath party. Douri used the campaign to promote his Naqshbandi Sufi order , which would later form the nucleus of the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Islamist campaign of the Iraqi Ba'ath party Izzat al-Douri, supervisor of the Faith Campaign The Faith Campaign ( Arabic : الحملة الايمانية , romanized : al-Ḥamla al-Īmāniyya ) was an Islamist campaign conducted by the Iraqi Ba'ath Party , beginning in 1993. The campaign involved a variety of policies, including greater freedoms being granted to Islamist groups, greater resources being put into religious programmes, increased use of Islamic punishments, and a greater emphasis being put on Islam in all sectors of Iraqi life. The campaign was conducted under the supervision of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , who would later become Saddam Hussein 's successor as leader of the Ba'ath party. Douri used the campaign to promote his Naqshbandi Sufi order , which would later form the nucleus of the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order .

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