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Iftar

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “often done as a community”. Today it says “fast-breaking evening meal of muslims in ramadan at the time of adhan”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Meal after fasting A 2005 iftar in Cairo Iftar serving for fasting people in the Imam Reza shrine A 2016”. It now reads “Meal ending the daily fast during Ramadan Bangladeshi iftar vendor in Mughal -era Chawkbazar Iftar Market , Old Dhaka A 2005”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

Iftar ( Arabic : إفطار), refers to the evening fast-breaking meal during the Islamic month of Ramadan .1 Iftar during Ramadan is often done as a community, with Muslims gathering to break their fast together. v t e2

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 17208597.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “often done as a community”. Today it says “fast-breaking evening meal of muslims in ramadan at the time of adhan”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Meal after fasting A 2005 iftar in Cairo Iftar serving for fasting people in the Imam Reza shrine A 2016”. It now reads “Meal ending the daily fast during Ramadan Bangladeshi iftar vendor in Mughal -era Chawkbazar Iftar Market , Old Dhaka A 2005”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

often done as a community

Now

fast-breaking evening meal of muslims in ramadan at the time of adhan

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