When did the Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan 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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Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan

Q: Did Wikipedia remove the word "" from the Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan article?

Yes. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "azerbaijani shia islamist armed group". Today it says "azerbaijani shia islamist militant organization that is purportedly backed by iran". We saved the article's opening paragraph at 2 moments between 2025 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “azerbaijani shia islamist armed group”. Today it says “azerbaijani shia islamist militant organization that is purportedly backed by iran”.

Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.

Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “azerbaijani shia islamist armed group”. Today it says “azerbaijani shia islamist militant organization that is purportedly backed by iran”.

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The opening as it read in 2025

Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan , also known as Husayniyun , is an Azerbaijani Shia Islamist militant organization that is purportedly backed by Iran. "В Гяндже вынесен приговор арестованному в России Фалигу Велиеву" . media.az . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1298303046.

Today

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “azerbaijani shia islamist armed group”. Today it says “azerbaijani shia islamist militant organization that is purportedly backed by iran”. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	Oct '23	2025
militant	0	1
islamist	2	2

What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

azerbaijani shia islamist armed group

Now

azerbaijani shia islamist militant organization that is purportedly backed by iran

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