Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic political party in afghanistan along the line of the jamaat-e-islami of pakistan and muslim brotherhood”. Today it says “predominantly afghan tajik political party and former paramilitary organisation in afghanistan”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami ; ; "Islamic Society"), sometimes shortened to Jamiat , is a Muslim political party in Afghanistan .1The oldest Muslim political party in Afghanistan, it was originally formed as a student political society at Kabul University .2The majority of the party are ethnic Tajiks of northern and western Afghanistan.3 It has a communitarian ideology based on Islamic law . During the Soviet–Afghan War and the following Afghan Civil War against the communist government, Jamiat-e Islami was one of the most powerful of the mujahideen groups. Burhanuddin Rabbani led the party (including its predecessors) from 1968 to 2011, and served as President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001 (in exile from 1996).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jamiat-e Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami , Jamiati Islami ), is an Islamic political party in Afghanistan along the line of the Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan and Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt . Jamiat-e Islami means "Islamic society" in the Persian language and is also known as just Jamiat for short. Jamiat is the oldest Islamic political party in Afghanistan. It has a communitarian ideology based on Islamic law but is also considered moderately progressive. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the following civil war in Afghanistan , Jamiat-e Islami was one of the most powerful of the mujahideen groups. The majority of the party are ethnic Tajiks of northern and western Afghanistan. Since 1968 the official leader of Jamiat has been Burhanuddin Rabbani , although his actual power within the party has fluctuated.
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Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami , Jamiati Islami ) ( Persian : جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان), is a Muslim political party in Afghanistan . Jamiat-e Islami means "Islamic society" in the Persian and is also known as just Jamiat for short. The majority of the party, the oldest Muslim political party in Afghanistan, are ethnic Tajiks of northern and western Afghanistan. It has a communitarian ideology based on Islamic law but is also considered moderately progressive. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the following civil war in Afghanistan , Jamiat-e Islami was one of the most powerful of the mujahideen groups. Former President of Afghanistan Burhanuddin Rabbani led the party from 1968 to 2011.
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Primarily Tajik political party in Afghanistan This article is about Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan.Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami ; ), sometimes shortened to Jamiat , is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan . It was originally formed as a student political society at Kabul University . It has a communitarian ideology based on Islamic law . During the Soviet–Afghan War and the following Afghan Civil War against the communist government , Jamiat-e Islami was one of the most powerful of the Afghan mujahideen groups. Burhanuddin Rabbani led the party (including its predecessors) from 1968 to 2011, and served as President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001, in exile from 1996.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Primarily Tajik political party in Afghanistan This article is about Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan. Jamiat-e-Islami (also rendered as Jamiati Islami ; Persian : جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان , lit. ' Islamic Society ' ), sometimes shortened to Jamiat , is a predominantly Afghan Tajik political party and former paramilitary organisation in Afghanistan .It is the oldest and largest functioning political party in Afghanistan, and was originally formed as a student political society at Kabul University . It has a communitarian ideology based on Islamic law . During the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War against the communist government , Jamiat-e Islami was one of the most powerful of the Afghan mujahideen groups. Burhanuddin Rabbani led the party (including its predecessors) from 1968 to 2011, and served as President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 2001, in exile from 1996.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic political party in afghanistan along the line of the jamaat-e-islami of pakistan and muslim brotherhood”. Today it says “predominantly afghan tajik political party and former paramilitary organisation in afghanistan”. Read the current article and compare.
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islamic political party in afghanistan along the line of the jamaat-e-islami of pakistan and muslim brotherhood
Now
predominantly afghan tajik political party and former paramilitary organisation in afghanistan
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