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Ibn Dawud
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “hanbali jurist and critic of wahhabism”. Today it says “hanbali jurist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hanbali jurist Abdullah bin Dawud az-Zubayri (died 1810), or simply known as”. It now reads “Hanbali jurist Abdullah bin Dawud al-Zubayri (died 1810), Commonly known as”.
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Hanbali jurist Abdullah bin Dawud az-Zubayri (died 1810), or simply known as Ibn Dawud , was a Hanbali jurist and critic of Wahhabism . Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “hanbali jurist and critic of wahhabism”. Today it says “hanbali jurist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hanbali jurist Abdullah bin Dawud az-Zubayri (died 1810), or simply known as”. It now reads “Hanbali jurist Abdullah bin Dawud al-Zubayri (died 1810), Commonly known as”. Read the current article and compare.
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hanbali jurist and critic of wahhabism
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hanbali jurist
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