Wikipedia's first sentence called it “community of shiites who live in the city of medina in saudi arabia”. Today it says “community of indigenous hijazi twelver shias who have traditionally resided in and around the city of medina in”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Nakhawila ( ) are a community of indigenous Hijazi Twelver Shias , typically of low social class, who have traditionally resided in and around the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia , numbering around 32,000—although no official or certain figures are available. Marja and the Survival of a Community: The Shia of Medina], Yousif al-Khoei in "The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid", ed Linda Walbridge, 2001, Oxford University Press US . p, 248.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Nakhawila ( ) are a community of Shiites who live in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia . v t e v t e
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Nakhawila ( ) are a community of Arab Hijazi Shias who live in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia .They are Twelver Shi'a ; a branch of Shia Islam that forms majority of shias worldwide and predominant in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia as well.The religious leader of Shia community in Medina was Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri who died in 2011.Now his son takes care of the shia community of Medina Al-Munawarah.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Indigenous Shia Muslims Ethnic group The Nakhawila ( ) are a community of indigenous Hijazi Twelver Shias who have traditionally resided in and around the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia , numbering around 32,000—although no official or certain figures are available. Marja and the Survival of a Community: The Shia of Medina], Yousif al-Khoei in "The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid", ed Linda Walbridge, 2001, Oxford University Press US . p, 248.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Indigenous Shia Muslims Ethnic group The Nakhawila ( Arabic : النخاولة ) are a community of indigenous Hijazi Twelver Shias who have traditionally resided in and around the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia , numbering around 32,000—although no official or certain figures are available. Marja and the Survival of a Community: The Shia of Medina], Yousif al-Khoei in "The Most Learned of the Shiʻa: The Institution of the Marjaʻ Taqlid", ed Linda Walbridge, 2001, Oxford University Press US . p, 248.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “community of shiites who live in the city of medina in saudi arabia”. Today it says “community of indigenous hijazi twelver shias who have traditionally resided in and around the city of medina in”. Read the current article and compare.
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community of shiites who live in the city of medina in saudi arabia
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community of indigenous hijazi twelver shias who have traditionally resided in and around the city of medina in
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