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Ismaili Centre, London

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of five such centres world-wide”. Today it says “one of seven ismaili centres worldwide”.
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51°29′44″N 0°10′23″W  /  51.4955°N 0.1731°W  / 51.4955; -0.1731 View of the Ismaili Centre from Exhibition Road , with the Victoria and Albert Museum behind.1 The Ismaili Centre, London is one of five such centres world-wide.2 Established in South Kensington more than a quarter century ago, it is is a religious, social and cultural meeting place for the Ismaili Muslim community in the United Kingdom and is the first such centre to be specially designed and built for Ismailis in the Western world.3

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Then

one of five such centres world-wide

Now

one of seven ismaili centres worldwide

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