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Mukhtar al-Kunti
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “leading muslim cleric in the western sudan who played an important role in promoting the spread of islam among”. Today it says “leading ʻalim of the qadiriyya movement in the western sudan who played an important role in promoting the spre”.
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Mukhtar ibn Ahmad al-Kunti (1729-1811) was a leading Muslim cleric in the Western Sudan who played an important role in promoting the spread of Islam among the black people of West Africa in the nineteenth century.1 There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “leading muslim cleric in the western sudan who played an important role in promoting the spread of islam among”. Today it says “leading ʻalim of the qadiriyya movement in the western sudan who played an important role in promoting the spre”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
leading muslim cleric in the western sudan who played an important role in promoting the spread of islam among
Now
leading ʻalim of the qadiriyya movement in the western sudan who played an important role in promoting the spre
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