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Islamic Resistance Movement of Azerbaijan
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “azerbaijani shia islamist armed group”. Today it says “shia islamist azerbaijani militant organization that is based in 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 ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “azerbaijani shia islamist armed group”. Today it says “shia islamist azerbaijani militant organization that is based in iran”. Read the current article and compare.
| Oct '23 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| militant | 0 | 1 |
| islamist | 2 | 2 |
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Then
azerbaijani shia islamist armed group
Now
shia islamist azerbaijani militant organization that is based in iran
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