Did Wikipedia remove the word "islamist" from the Khaled Kelkal article?

Yes. "islamist" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 6 moments between 2005 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Khaled Kelkal article stop using the word "islamist"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2005. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-01.

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Khaled Kelkal

Khaled Kelkal was the French-Algerian terrorist affiliated with the GIA who took part in a 1995 bombing campaign in France. The 2005 opening called him 'one of the men behind the islamist bombing campaign in France in 1995.' Today's opening calls it only 'the 1995 terror bombings in France,' dropping the ideological description, though islamist survives twice in the body. A reader today does not learn that the bombing campaign was identified as an Islamist campaign.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2.

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The opening as it read in 2005

Khaled Kelkal Khaled Kelkal ( 1971 - September 29 , 1995 ) was an Algerian terrorist affiliated with the GIA .¹ He was involved in several gunfights and was one of the men behind the islamist bombing campaign in France in 1995.²

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Today

“islamist” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2005	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
islamist	1	1	0	0	0	0
terror	1	1	2	2	2	2

What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

algerian terrorist affiliated with the gia

Now

french and algerian terrorist affiliated with the gia

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