The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
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Shakeel Ahmad Bhat (born around 1978 ), labeled as Islamic Rage Boy by bloggers around the world, is an Islamist activist and a professional Kashmiri Muslim Protester who has been on photographs on the frontpages of many newspapers and has become a cult figure on the Internet . He has been featured in newspapers such as the Times of India , Middle East Times , France 24 , and The Sunday Mail The surprising truth about Rage Boy, America's hated poster-boy of Islamic radicalism | Mail Online Sunday Mail, Patrick French : "The surprising truth about Rage Boy, America's hated poster-boy of Islamic radicalism". 11t Nov 2007.1
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Shakeel Ahmad Bhat ( ) (born around 1978), is an Kashmiri Muslim Islamic activist.He has been in photographs on the front pages of many newspapers and has become a cult figure on the Internet .He has been featured in newspapers such as the Times of India , Middle East Times , France 24 , and The Sunday Mail He has been nicknamed Islamic Rage Boy by several bloggers.Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security .
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Shakeel Ahmad Bhat (born around 1978) is a Kashmiri activist. He has been in photographs on the front pages of many newspapers and has become a cult figure on the Internet . He has been featured in newspapers such as the Times of India , Middle East Times , France 24 , and The Sunday Mail He has been nicknamed Islamic Rage Boy by several bloggers. Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Kashmiri activist Shakeel Ahmad Bhat (born around 1978) is a Kashmiri activist. He has been in photographs on the front pages of many newspapers and has become a cult figure on the Internet . He has been featured in newspapers such as the Times of India , Middle East Times , France 24 , and The Sunday Mail He has been nicknamed Islamic Rage Boy by several bloggers. Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security . The Rise of the New Hindu Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World . The Times of India .
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Kashmiri activist Shakeel Ahmad Bhat is a Kashmiri activist and former militant who has become a minor internet celebrity .In 2007, close-up images of him participating in protests in Srinagar were published in various international media outlets and became the basis of an internet meme , with several bloggers nicknaming him Islamic Rage Boy .He has been written about in newspapers including the Times of India , Middle East Times , France 24 , and The Sunday Mail . The Rise of the New Hindu Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World . The Times of India . Shakeel aged all of thirteen, decided to join other young men and go to Pakistan for military training.He was so small that he had to be carried on an older boy's shoulders when he went over the mountains.In Muzaffarabad on the Pakistani side of the border, he was taken to a snow-covered training camp run by the ISI in conjunction with the militant group Al-Umar mujahideen.Armed with an AK-47, he returned to a safe house in Srinagar, hoping — in what now seems a very impractical way — to drive out the Indian troops. 'I thought Kashmir should have the right to self-determination, he said.Shakeel not an effective militant.When I asked him how many people he had killed, he looked embarrassed. 'I gave scares, but I never killed anyone. Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security .
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islamist activist and a professional kashmiri muslim protester who has been on photographs on the frontpages of
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kashmiri activist and former militant who has become a minor internet celebrity
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