Wikipedia's first sentence called it “saudi arabian islamic scholar who has been put on trial by the saudi establishment for what they claim are his”. Today it says “saudi religious reformist thinker who was arrested in september 2017 and put on trial in october 2018 by saudi”.
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Hassan Farhan al-Maliki ( Arabic : حسن بن فرحان المالكي ) is a Saudi religious reformist thinker who was arrested in September 2017 and put on trial in October 2018 by Saudi authorities. He was arrested for a host of reasons, namely his opinions about the veracity of certain sayings attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad , his criticism of several 7th century Islamic figures, "insulting the country's rulers and the Supreme Council of Religious Scholars , and describing them as extremist", accusing Gulf countries of supporting ISIS , praising Hezbollah 's leader, Hassan Nasrallah , "having sympathy" for the Houthi group in Yemen, and crossing illegally from Saudi Arabia into northern Yemen for research about his family origins and history in 2001, after Saudi authorities had banned him from travel abroad.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar Hassan Farhan al-Maliki is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who has been put on trial by the Saudi establishment for what they claim are his heterodox views on Islam. Al-Maliki's views have been described as moderate, tolerant, and one of opposition to the takfirism ideology.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar Hassan Farhan al-Maliki ( ) is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who has been put on trial by the Saudi establishment for what they claim are his heterodox views on Islam. Al-Maliki's views have been described as Quranist , moderate, tolerant, and one of opposition to the takfiri ideology.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “saudi arabian islamic scholar who has been put on trial by the saudi establishment for what they claim are his”. Today it says “saudi religious reformist thinker who was arrested in september 2017 and put on trial in october 2018 by saudi”. Read the current article and compare.
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saudi arabian islamic scholar who has been put on trial by the saudi establishment for what they claim are his
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saudi religious reformist thinker who was arrested in september 2017 and put on trial in october 2018 by saudi
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