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Muhammad Salim Qasmi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian sunni islamic scholar”. Today it says “indian muslim scholar who co-founded the darul uloom waqf in deoband”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian Muslim scholar (1926–2018)”. It now reads “Indian Muslim scholar and academic (1926–2018)”.
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Muhammad Salim Qasmi Siddiqi (8 January 1926 — 14 April 2018) was an Indian Muslim scholar who co-founded the Darul Uloom Waqf in Deoband and served as its first rector. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband . He received the fourth Shah Waliullah Award and was honoured with the Mark of Distinction from Egypt.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian sunni islamic scholar”. Today it says “indian muslim scholar who co-founded the darul uloom waqf in deoband”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian Muslim scholar (1926–2018)”. It now reads “Indian Muslim scholar and academic (1926–2018)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
indian sunni islamic scholar
Now
indian muslim scholar who co-founded the darul uloom waqf in deoband
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