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Mohammed Rustom
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “full professor of islamic studies and global philosophy at carleton university in ottawa”. Today it says “canadian islamic studies scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Canadian Islamic scholar”. It now reads “Canadian Islamic studies scholar (born 1980)”.
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Mohammed Rustom (born 1980) is a Canadian Islamic studies scholar. He is professor of Islamic thought at Carleton University and Executive Director of the Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies. His research interests include Arabic and Persian Sufi literature, Islamic philosophy , Qur’anic exegesis , translation theory, and cross-cultural philosophy. Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam . 2017-02-06 .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “full professor of islamic studies and global philosophy at carleton university in ottawa”. Today it says “canadian islamic studies scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Canadian Islamic scholar”. It now reads “Canadian Islamic studies scholar (born 1980)”. Read the current article and compare.
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full professor of islamic studies and global philosophy at carleton university in ottawa
Now
canadian islamic studies scholar
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