Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pakistani girl from mehrabadi”. Today it says “pakistani girl from islamabad”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Rimsha Masih ( — some early reports used the first name "Rifta" or "Riftah") is a Pakistani girl from Islamabad , who was arrested by the Pakistani police on blasphemy charges on August 2012 when she was 14 years old . The alleged charges included desecrating pages of the Quran (or a book containing verses from the Quran) by burning —a crime punishable by death under Pakistan's blasphemy law . She is a member of Pakistan's Christian minority . Two weeks after her arrest, the local imam who had reported her to police was arrested on suspicion of planting pages of religious texts in Rimsha's bag. Rimsha was eventually acquitted of all charges. In mid 2013 after months of hiding, Rimsha and her family were able to escape to Canada. Katie Hunt and Nasir Habib (2012-08-22).
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Rimsha Masih ( — some early reports used the first name "Rifta" or "Riftah") is a Pakistani girl from Mehrabadi , Islamabad , who was arrested by Pakistani police in August 2012 on blasphemy charges for allegedly desecrating pages of the Quran (or a book containing verses from the Quran) by burning -- a crime punishable by death under Pakistan's blasphemy law . She is a member of Pakistan's Christian minority . Two weeks after her arrest, the local imam who had reported her to police was arrested on suspicion of planting pages of religious texts in Rimsha's bag. Rimsha was eventually acquitted of all charges. In mid 2013 after months of hiding, Rimsha and her family were able to escape to Canada. Katie Hunt and Nasir Habib (2012-08-22).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Pakistani girl from Islamabad Rimsha Masih ( — some early reports used the first name "Rifta" or "Riftah") is a Pakistani girl from Islamabad , who was arrested by the Pakistani police on blasphemy charges in August 2012 when she was 14 years old. The alleged charges included desecrating pages of the Quran (or a book containing verses from the Quran) by burning —a crime punishable by death under Pakistan's blasphemy law . She is a member of Pakistan's Christian minority . Two weeks after her arrest, the local imam who had reported her to police was arrested on suspicion of planting pages of religious texts in Rimsha's bag. Rimsha was eventually acquitted of all charges. In mid 2013 after months of hiding, Rimsha and her family were able to escape to Canada. Katie Hunt and Nasir Habib (2012-08-22).
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Pakistani girl from Islamabad Rimsha Masih ( Urdu : رمشا مسیح — some early reports used the first name "Rifta" or "Riftah") is a Pakistani girl from Islamabad , who was arrested by the Pakistani police on blasphemy charges in August 2012 when she was 14 years old. The alleged charges included desecrating pages of the Quran (or a book containing verses from the Quran) by burning —a crime punishable by death under Pakistan's blasphemy law . She is a member of Pakistan's Christian minority . Two weeks after her arrest, the local imam who had reported her to police was arrested on suspicion of planting pages of religious texts in Rimsha's bag. Rimsha was eventually acquitted of all charges. In mid 2013 after months of hiding, Rimsha and her family were able to escape to Canada. Katie Hunt and Nasir Habib (2012-08-22).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pakistani girl from mehrabadi”. Today it says “pakistani girl from islamabad”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
pakistani girl from mehrabadi
Now
pakistani girl from islamabad
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