Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Islamic Centre Hamburg article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "one of the oldest iranian shiite mosques in germany and europe". Today it says "oldest mosque in hamburg". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Islamic Centre Hamburg article stop using the word ""?

The word appeared 0 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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What did Wikipedia remove from the Islamic Centre Hamburg article?

The opening as it read in 2005

Islamic Centre Hamburg ( Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg ) is one of the oldest Iranian Shiite mosques in Germany and Europe .¹ Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany , in the late 1950's by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Shia centres in the Western world.² Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti and President Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Shia Islam.³ During the 1970's the centre has played a significant role in bringing about the political rising of Iranian students in the West against the Shah and ultimately contributed to the Iranian Revolution . Today the centre continues to play a role in furthering mutual understanding of Iranian Shia and the Western World. v t e⁴

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The opening as it stood in 2010 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The Islamic Centre Hamburg (German: Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg ) is one of the oldest Iranian Shiite mosques in Germany and Europe . Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Shia centres in the Western world. Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Shia Islam.

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The opening as it stood in 2015

The Islamic Centre Hamburg (German: Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg ) is one of the oldest Shia mosques in Germany and Europe . Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Shia centres in the Western world. Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Shia Islam.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The Islamic Centre Hamburg ( ) is one of the oldest mosques in Germany and Europe . Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people it rapidly developed into one of the leading Islamic centres in the Western world. Many leading Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) here, have encountered and studied Western sciences and philosophy and contributed to the Western understanding of Islam.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Mosque in Germany The Islamic Centre Hamburg ( ) ( ) is one of the oldest mosques in Germany and Europe and is abbreviated IZH. Established in Hamburg , in northern Germany, in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people. It is also known as the Blaue Moschee (blue mosque). Iranian theologians and politicians (including Ayatollah Beheshti , Ayatollah Mohammad Mojtahed Shabestari or Mohammad Khatami ) have spent time (often years) at the IZH. "Neue Erkenntnisse über das Islamische Zentrum Hamburg" . hamburg.de (in German) .

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The opening as it stood in 2025 3 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Former mosque in Germany The Islamic Centre Hamburg ( German : Islamisches Zentrum Hamburg , IZH ; Persian : مرکز اسلامی هامبورگ , romanized : Merkēz Eslām-e Hambūrgū ), also known as the Blue Mosque ( German : Blaue Moschee ), was the oldest mosque in Hamburg , Germany . It was established in the late 1950s by a group of Iranian emigrants and business people and built in the early 1960s. Amid investigations regarding its ties with Iran and Hezbollah , the IZH was judged unconstitutional and closed by the German government in July 2024. "Neue Erkenntnisse über das Islamische Zentrum Hamburg" [New findings about the Islamic Center Hamburg]. hamburg.de (in German).

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