Wikipedia's first sentence called it “non-political”. Today it says “global non-governmental organization”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2005 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2005
Minhaj-ul-Quran International is a non-political, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization (NGO) working in over 81 countries around the globe. Its main emphasis is towards the betterment of masses on social, cultural, and religious footings, to enlighten them with the knowledge of their rights and duties and to present a realistic, rational and scientific picture of Islam. Minhaj social welfare and human rights society, Minhaj Education Society, Minhaj Women League and Mustafavi students movement are just some of the sub-organizations of Minhaj-ul-Quran which you can read more about, that are striving to make this world a better place to live in. The movement has an additional advantage that its being spearheaded by the world renowned Scholar, lawyer and politician, Prof. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri who is the spirit and driving force of the organization.' 5 stages of the Tehreek Minhaj-ul-Quran is not a name of an utopian ideology or phantom philosophy. It is a force of struggle, a march and emotion. Therefore, the movement has worked out a detailed strategy through which it will have to achieve its targets. We have set the journey to the ultimate aim of Peace, Love and Tolerance in five stages or phases: 1. Propagation: At this stage every member promises to take part according to his capacity to help present the movement’s way of perceiving, analyzing and interpreting among various communities all over the world. 2. Organization : The people who accept our invitation to join the mission are organized in regular societies, associations and leagues which are working from rural level to the international. 3. Education : In the centres and community halls owned and run by the Movement the members will receive proper education and training. They will be taught different Islamic disciplines from theology and philosophy to practical character building, the art of teaching, and social theory. 4. Implementation : In this stage those who adopt the lines of the prophetic struggle will have to take practical stages, display actual skills and carry out social and communal activities in accordance with the aims of the movement. 5. Reformation: In order to achieve revival and revitalization of the socio-economic justice internally and externally actual changes, reformation and renewal of the systems are called for. These will be sacred ideas of peace and tolerance through out the world, and for uniting the Muslim communities for a better world.1
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 17567173.
The opening as it stood in 2010 14 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Minhaj-ul-Quran ( منہاج القرآن ) International (or MQI) is broad-based international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Dr Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri on 17 October 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan .It has a long term strategic vision to promote religious moderation, education, peace, love, harmony and moderate interpretation of Islamic sciences.It has expanded to 90 countries around the globe.Its emphasis is on the social, cultural and religious betterment of the masses, enlightening the masses with the knowledge of their rights and duties and presenting a realistic, rational and scientific picture of Islam.Minhaj-ul-Quran International has offices in more than 80 countries.The headquarters of Minhaj-ul-Quran International was inaugurated in 1987 by Hazoor Qudwatul Awliya Shaykh-ul-Mashaikh Pir Syedna Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani Al-Baghdadi who is regarded as the organizations spiritual founder.The objective of Minhaj-ul-Quran in the Europe and the west in general is to create harmony between different societies through social interaction, interfaith dialogue and spreading the message of peace and integration .It also promotes human and women's rights around the globe.Minhaj-ul-Quran works closely with the Christian community, as well as other ethnic minority communities in Pakistan, for the purpose of highlighting and promoting their citizen rights.It is the first organisation of its kind that has initiated interfaith dialogues with religious minorities.Qadri is the Chairman of the Muslim Christian Dialogue Forum , where Christian bishops and Muslim clerics and scholars work side by side.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 367804906.
The opening as it stood in 2015 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Minhaj-ul-Quran International ( منہاج القرآن انٹرنیشنل ) (or MQI) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1981 in Lahore, Pakistan .It has a long-term strategic vision to promote religious moderation, effective and sound education, inter-faith dialogue and harmony.It has expanded to 100 countries around the globe.Its emphasis is improving the social, cultural and religious condition, enlightening the masses with the knowledge of their rights and duties and presenting a realistic, rational and scientific picture of Islam.The headquarters of Minhaj-ul-Quran International was inaugurated in 1987 by Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani who is regarded as the organization's spiritual founder.The objective of Minhaj-ul-Quran in Europe and the West in general is to create harmony in societies between different cultural, ethnic and religious communities through social interaction, interfaith dialogue and spreading the messages of toleration, respect for others and the benefits of integration. It is the first organisation of its kind that has initiated interfaith dialogues with religious minorities. Qadri is the Chairman of the Muslim Christian Dialogue Forum, where Christian bishops and Muslim clerics and scholars work side by side. Minhaj-ul-Quran - an organisation founded in 1981 Minhaj-ul-Quran - a sufism based organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran International Tahir Allauddin - Patron Sufi Saint of Minhaj-ul-Quran Canadian daily says Minhaj-ul-Quran promoting interfaith Muslim Christian Dialogue Forum
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 659125869.
The opening as it stood in 2020 8 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Minhaj-ul-Quran International ( منہاج القرآن انٹرنیشنل ) (or MQI) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore , Pakistan.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 964568690.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Minhaj-ul-Quran International ( ) (or MQI) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Shaykh-ul-Islam Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore , Pakistan.Its headquarters is based in Lahore, Pakistan and has branches in 93 countries.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1167221365.
The opening as it stood in 2025 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Pakistani international NGO Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) ( Urdu : منہاج القرآن انٹرنیشنل ) is a global non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore , Pakistan.With its headquarters located in Lahore, MQI has expanded its operations to over 100 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 1287275873. This is our newest snapshot; the live article may have moved again since.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “non-political”. Today it says “global non-governmental organization”. Read the current article and compare.
2005
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2005, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
non-political
Now
global non-governmental organization
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.
