The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Fatwas of Osama bin Laden . Osama bin Laden wrote what is referred to as a fatwā in August 1996 , and was one of several signatories of another and shorter fatwa in February 1998 . Both documents appeared initially in the Arabic-language London newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi .1 At the time, bin Laden was not a wanted man in any country except his native Saudi Arabia , and was not yet known as the leader of the international terrorist organisation al-Qaeda . Therefore these fatwās, or fatawa , received relatively little attention until after the August 1998 United States embassy bombings , for which bin Laden is indicted .2 The indictment mentions the first fatwā, and claims that Khalid al-Fawwaz , of bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee in London, participated in its communication to the press. Text of the 1996 fatwa , translation by PBS Text of the 1998 fatwa translation by PBS Copy of indictment USA v.3
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The opening as it stood in 2015 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Osama bin Laden authored two fatāwā in the late 1990s.The first was published in August 1996 and the second in February 1998. At the time, bin Laden was not a wanted man in any country except his native Saudi Arabia , and was not yet known as the leader of the international terrorist organization al-Qaeda . Therefore, these fatāwā received relatively little attention until after the August 1998 United States embassy bombings , for which bin Laden was indicted. The indictment mentions the first fatwā, and claims that Khalid al-Fawwaz , of bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee in London, participated in its communication to the press.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Osama bin Laden authored two fatāwā in the late 1990s. The first was published in August 1996 and the second in February 1998. At the time, bin Laden was not a wanted man in any country except his native Saudi Arabia , and was not yet known as the leader of the international terrorist organization al-Qaeda . Therefore, these fatāwā received relatively little attention until after the August 1998 United States embassy bombings , for which bin Laden was indicted. The indictment mentions the first fatwā, and claims that Khalid al-Fawwaz , of bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee in London, participated in its communication to the press.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Osama bin Laden authored two fatāwā in the late 1990s. The first was published in August 1996 and the second in February 1998. At the time, bin Laden was not a wanted man in any country except his native Saudi Arabia , and was not yet known as the leader of the international terrorist organization al-Qaeda . Therefore, these fatāwā received relatively little attention until after the August 1998 United States embassy bombings , for which bin Laden was indicted. The indictment mentions the first fatwā, and claims that Khalid al-Fawwaz , of bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee in London, participated in its communication to the press.
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The first was published in August 1996 and the second in February 1998. At the time, bin Laden was not a wanted man in any country except his native Saudi Arabia , and was not yet known as the leader of the international jihadist organization al-Qaeda . These fatwas received relatively little attention until after the August 1998 United States embassy bombings , for which bin Laden was indicted. The indictment mentions the first fatwā, and claims that Khalid al-Fawwaz , of bin Laden's Advice and Reformation Committee in London , participated in its communication to the press.
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Today
“terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.
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Where the word went
It left the opening. It did not leave the article. Wikipedia moved it down the page, where a reader arriving from a search result will not reach it.
“terror” now appears 3× under Effects of the World Islamic Front Statement, 67% of the way down the article
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1996 fatwā452 characters
1998 fatwā1,427 characters
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