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Rabey Hasani Nadwi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar and writer of nearly 30 books in arabic and urdu”. Today it says “indian sunni islamic scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian scholar Mohammad”. It now reads “Indian Islamic scholar (1929–2023) Mohammad”.
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Rabey Hasani Nadwi (born 1929), known with his honorific of Maulana, is an Islamic scholar and writer of nearly 30 books in Arabic and Urdu .1 Rabe Hasani Nadvi is the fourth President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board and honorable rector of Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama .2 He is also serving as the Vice President of the Aalami Rabita Adab-e-Islami , Riyadh (K.S.A.) and a founder member of Rabita Aalam-e-Islami , Makka Mukarrmah.3
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic scholar and writer of nearly 30 books in arabic and urdu”. Today it says “indian sunni islamic scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Indian scholar Mohammad”. It now reads “Indian Islamic scholar (1929–2023) Mohammad”. Read the current article and compare.
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islamic scholar and writer of nearly 30 books in arabic and urdu
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indian sunni islamic scholar
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