The word “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Qasim Rashid (born July 21, 1982) is a vocal human rights activist and an advocate of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in America. He is an attorney and graduate of the Richmond School of Law He served as Executive Editor of The Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business. He has authored a book The Wrong Kind of Muslim. He has co-authored and co-edited two books, Towards a Greater Jihad and By the Dawn's Early Light , and has been featured in local and national news media including NBC and NPR. Qasim in a MicroQasm (March 8, 2012).1
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Qasim Rashid (born July 21, 1982) is a Pakistani-born American author, human rights activist, politician, and attorney.He previously served as the national spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.He is the author of several books including The Wrong Kind of Muslim and Talk To Me .He is a Democratic Party activist, and in 2019 he unsuccessfully ran for the Virginia State Senate .In January of 2020, Rashid announced his candidacy for Virginia's 1st Congressional District in the 2020 election .Rashid for VA Senate .
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American activist Not to be confused with Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad .Qasim Rashid (born July 21, 1982) is a Pakistani-born American author, activist, and attorney.A member of the Democratic Party , he is currently running for the Democratic nomination for Illinois's 11th congressional district for 2024 .Previously, Rashid was an unsuccessful candidate for the Virginia State Senate in 2019 and the Democratic nominee for Virginia's 1st congressional district in the 2020 election .Bill Foster in primary" .
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American activist (born 1982) Not to be confused with Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad . Qasim Rashid (born July 21, 1982) is a Pakistani-born American author, activist, and attorney. He is a member of the Democratic Party .Rashid ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Illinois's 11th congressional district in 2024 . Previously, Rashid was an unsuccessful candidate for the Virginia State Senate in 2019 and the Democratic nominee for Virginia's 1st congressional district in the 2020 election .
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“jihad” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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vocal human rights activist and an advocate of the ahmadiyya muslim community in america
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pakistani-born american author
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