Case file
Shia Islam in Canada
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “part of the global shia community that continues to bond with shias elsewhere”. Today it says “part of the global shia”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Shia Islam in Canada is a part of the global Shia . Shia Muslims have been a featuring segment of the Canadian Muslim society whose population has grown from the 1970s and onwards due to factors such as immigration and conversion .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “part of the global shia community that continues to bond with shias elsewhere”. Today it says “part of the global shia”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
part of the global shia community that continues to bond with shias elsewhere
Now
part of the global shia
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