Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian islamic scholar who was born on 8 march 1930 in west bengal and died on 9 june 2002 in mauritius”. Today it says “indian sufi saint and islamic scholar belonging to the barelvi movement of sunni islam”.
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Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui was an Indian Islamic scholar who was born on 8 March 1930 in West Bengal and died on 9 June 2002 in Mauritius .1 He was particularly influential in Mauritius. His lineage can be traced directly to the first Caliph of Islam, Abu Bakr . He was married to Amtul Qadir, a descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad . Her lineage is traced from a male descendant of Moinuddin Chishti Ajmeri. They had three sons, three daughters and sixteen grandchildren, who reside in Manchester , England, and Mauritius .2
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Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui (8 March 1930- 9 June 2002) was an Indian Barelvi Islamic scholar who was born in West Bengal and died in Mauritius .
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Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui (8 March 1930 – 9 June 2002) was an Indian Barelvi Islamic scholar who was born in West Bengal and died in Mauritius . He was particularly influential in Mauritius, where he founded the Sunni Razvi Society.
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Muhammad Ibrahim Khushtar Razvi Siddiqui (8 March 1930 – 9 June 2002) was an Indian sufi saint and Islamic scholar belonging to the Barelvi movement of Sunni Islam . He was particularly influential in Mauritius, where he founded the Sunni Razvi Society.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian islamic scholar who was born on 8 march 1930 in west bengal and died on 9 june 2002 in mauritius”. Today it says “indian sufi saint and islamic scholar belonging to the barelvi movement of sunni islam”. Read the current article and compare.
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indian islamic scholar who was born on 8 march 1930 in west bengal and died on 9 june 2002 in mauritius
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indian sufi saint and islamic scholar belonging to the barelvi movement of sunni islam
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