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Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of five main mosques in hong kong”. Today it says “mosque located in kowloon”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “The building”.
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Kowloon , Hong Kong . The Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre, or occasionally called the 'Golden Mile' in Nathan Road, was founded in 1984 and replaced a masjid built in 1896 . This spectacular building, with white marble finishing, is an eye-catching landmark in Tsim Sha Tsui . The masjid can hold up to 3 500 worshippers. It has three prayer halls and a community hall, likewise a medical clinic and a library.1

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of five main mosques in hong kong”. Today it says “mosque located in kowloon”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “The building”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

one of five main mosques in hong kong

Now

mosque located in kowloon

Sections that no longer exist

Present on October 6, 2023, absent today, with no near-matching heading in the current article and the article shorter overall, so this is not a renamed heading or a topic absorbed into a fuller treatment. 1 section of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 93 characters shorter.

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