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Futuh
Futūh names the early Arab-Muslim conquests that spread Islam and Islamic civilization across Egypt, Syria and Mesopotamia. Through 2005 the opening called them 'the early Arab-Muslim jihad conquests which facilitated the spread of Islam and Islamic civilization.' Today the opening drops jihad entirely and calls them simply 'the early Arab-Muslim conquests,' though the word survives once in the body. A reader today learns that Arab armies conquered these lands and not that classical Islamic literature named the conquests jihad.
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Futūh (singular fath ) is an Arabic word with the literal meaning of "openings".1 When appearing in classical Islamic literature it signifies the early Arab-Muslim jihad conquests which facilitated the spread of Islam and Islamic civilization.2
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Today
“jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.
| 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Oct '23 | 2025 | |
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| jihad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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