The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “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 2015
Mohammed Bouyeri ( ) (born 8 March 1978) is a Dutch–Moroccan Islamist and convicted murderer who is serving a life sentence without parole for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh .1He holds both Dutch and Moroccan citizenship and was a member of the Hofstad Network .2
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The opening as it stood in 2005
March 8 1978 ) is the killer of Theo van Gogh . He holds both Dutch and Moroccan citizenship . His parents are first generation immigrants with a poor command of the Dutch language and limited contact with Dutch society. He used the pen name " Abu Zubair " for writing and translating. On the Internet he often posted letters and sent e-mail under this name.
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The opening as it stood in 2010 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Mohammed Bouyeri ( ) (born 8 March 1978 in Amsterdam ), a Dutch – Moroccan , is currently serving a life sentence without parole for the murder of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh . He holds both Dutch and Moroccan citizenship . He was a member of the Hofstad Network .
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Moroccan Islamic terrorist Mohammed Bouyeri ( Muḥammad Būʿyiri ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch convicted murderer serving a life sentence without parole in the prison of Nieuw Vosseveld ( Vught ) for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh .A member of the Hofstad Network , he was incarcerated in 2004.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Moroccan-Dutch convicted murderer (born 1978) Mohammed Bouyeri ( Muḥammad Būʿyiri ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch convicted terrorist serving a life sentence without parole in the prison of Nieuw Vosseveld ( Vught ) for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh . A member of the Hofstad Network , he was incarcerated in 2004.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Moroccan-Dutch Islamic terrorist (born 1978) Mohammed Bouyeri ( Arabic : محمد بويري Muḥammad Būyiri ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch citizen serving a life sentence without parole at the Nieuw Vosseveld prison for the 2004 murder of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh .A member of the Hofstad Network , he was incarcerated in 2004 and sentenced in 2005.
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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.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
serving a life sentence without parole for the murder of dutch film director theo van gogh
Now
moroccan-dutch citizen serving a life sentence without parole at the nieuw vosseveld prison for the 2004 murder
Where the word went
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“terror” now appears 5× under Legal proceedings, 55% of the way down the article
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Background535 characters
Assassination1,112 characters
Trial2,416 characters
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