Wikipedia's first sentence called it “radical muslim group based in new york city that seeks the goal of restoring the islamic caliphate to create wh”. Today it says “islamist group based in new york city that seeks the goal of restoring the islamic caliphate to create what it”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Islamic Thinkers Society ( ITS ) is an Islamist group based in New York City that seeks the goal of restoring the Islamic Caliphate to create what it calls "an ideal Islamic society". Its members are located mainly in Jackson Heights , Queens , New York City, United States. The ITS is an offshoot of Al-Muhajiroun , a pro Al-Qaeda British Islamic extremist group. According to Michael Kenney, a scholar of Islamist extremism at the University of Pittsburgh, by 2014 the group had "fallen apart".
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Islamic Thinkers Society is a radical Muslim group based in New York City that seeks the goal of restoring the Islamic Caliphate to create what they call "an ideal Islamic society." They are located mainly in Jackson Heights , Queens , New York City , United States . Islamic Thinkers Society is an offshoots of Al Muhajiroun , a pro-al Qaeda British Islamist extremist group.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Political party The Islamic Thinkers Society is a Muslim group based in New York City that seeks the goal of restoring the Islamic Caliphate to create what it calls "an ideal Islamic society." Its members are located mainly in Jackson Heights , Queens , New York City , United States . Islamic Thinkers Society is an offshoot of Al-Muhajiroun , a pro Al-Qaeda British Islamist extremist group.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Political party The Islamic Thinkers Society ( abbreviated ITS ) is an Islamist group based in New York City that seeks the goal of restoring the Islamic Caliphate to create what it calls "an ideal Islamic society." Its members are located mainly in Jackson Heights , Queens , New York City , United States . The ITS is an offshoot of Al-Muhajiroun , a pro Al-Qaeda British Islamic extremist group.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Political party The Islamic Thinkers Society ( ITS ) is an Islamist group based in New York City that seeks the goal of restoring the Islamic Caliphate to create what it calls "an ideal Islamic society". Its members are located mainly in Jackson Heights , Queens , New York City, United States. The ITS is an offshoot of Al-Muhajiroun , a pro Al-Qaeda British Islamic extremist group. According to Michael Kenney, a scholar of Islamist extremism at the University of Pittsburgh, by 2014 the group had "fallen apart".
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “radical muslim group based in new york city that seeks the goal of restoring the islamic caliphate to create wh”. Today it says “islamist group based in new york city that seeks the goal of restoring the islamic caliphate to create what it”. Read the current article and compare.
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radical muslim group based in new york city that seeks the goal of restoring the islamic caliphate to create wh
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islamist group based in new york city that seeks the goal of restoring the islamic caliphate to create what it
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