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When did the Islamic Salvation Front article stop using the word "terror"?

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The opening as it read in 2015

Islamic Salvation Front ( Arabic : الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ, al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh ; ) was an Islamist political party in Algeria .¹ The party had two major leaders representing its two bases of its support. Abbassi Madani appealed to pious small businessmen, and Ali Belhadj appealed to the angry, often unemployed youth of Algeria. Officially made legal as a political party in September 1989, less than a year later the FIS received more than half of valid votes cast by Algerians in the 1990 local government elections . When it appeared to be winning a general election in January 1992, a military coup dismantled the party interning thousands of its officials in the Sahara. It was officially banned two months later. Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East .

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The opening as it stood in 2005

The Islamic Salvation Front ( Arabic : الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ) ( French : Front Islamique du Salut ) is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria .

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The opening as it stood in 2010

FIS emblem The Islamic Salvation Front ( Arabic : الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ, al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh ) ( ) is an outlawed Islamist political party in Algeria .

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The Islamic Salvation Front ( , al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh ; , FIS ) was an Islamist political party in Algeria . The party had two major leaders representing its two bases of its support. Abbassi Madani appealed to pious small businessmen, and Ali Belhadj appealed to the angry, often unemployed youth of Algeria. Officially made legal as a political party in September 1989, less than a year later the FIS received more than half of valid votes cast by Algerians in the 1990 local government elections . When it appeared to be winning a general election in January 1992, a military coup dismantled the party, interning thousands of its officials in the Sahara . It was officially banned two months later. Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

1989–1992 Islamist political party in Algeria The Islamic Salvation Front ( ; , FIS ) was an Islamist political party in Algeria . The party had two major leaders representing its two bases of its support; Abbassi Madani appealed to pious small businessmen, and Ali Belhadj appealed to the angry, often unemployed youth of Algeria. Officially made legal as a political party in September 1989, less than a year later the FIS received more than half of valid votes cast by Algerians in the 1990 local government elections . When it appeared to be winning a general election in January 1992, a military coup dismantled the party, interning thousands of its officials in the Sahara . It was officially banned two months later. Historical Dictionary of Algeria . Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

1989–1992 Islamist political party in Algeria The Islamic Salvation Front ( Arabic : الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ , romanized : al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh ; French : Front islamique du salut , FIS ) was an Islamist political party in Algeria . The party had two major leaders representing its two bases of its support; Abbassi Madani appealed to pious small businessmen, and Ali Belhadj appealed to the angry, often unemployed youth of Algeria. Officially made legal as a political party in September 1989, less than a year later the FIS received more than half of valid votes cast by Algerians in the 1990 local government elections . When it appeared to be winning a general election in January 1992, a military coup dismantled the party, interning thousands of its officials in the Sahara . It was officially banned two months later. Its armed wing, the Islamic Salvation Army (AIS), fought in the Algerian Civil War against the Algerian government from July 1994 until its dissolution in January 2000. Historical Dictionary of Algeria . Islamist Terrorism and Democracy in the Middle East .

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