Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british writer”. Today it says “british writer and analyst”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Writer and analyst”. It now reads “English writer and analyst (born 1981)”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Shiraz Maher (born 12 July 1981) is a British writer and analyst, and Director at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) at King's College London . He also teaches at Johns Hopkins University . The son of Pakistani immigrants, for several years after 9/11 Maher was a member of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir , but left the movement after the 2005 London bombings and became an outspoken critic of radical Islam. He has written for leading newspapers in Britain and elsewhere, produced reports and studies on counterterrorism strategy, and appeared in the international news media as a commentator on jihad and radicalisation.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Shiraz Maher is a British writer, analyst, and critic of Islam who is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at Kings College London . The son of Pakistani immigrants who for several years after 9/11 was a member of the Islamist organization Hizbut Tahrir , he left the movement after the 2005 London bombings and became an outspoken critic of radical Islam. Maher teaches at Johns Hopkins University , written for leading newspapers in Britain and elsewhere, produced influential reports and studies on counterterrorism strategy, and appeared in the international news media as an expert on jihad and radicalization.
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Shiraz Maher is a British writer and analyst, and Director at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) at King's College London .He also teaches at Johns Hopkins University .The son of Pakistani immigrants, for several years after 9/11 Maher was a member of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir , but left the movement after the 2005 London bombings and became an outspoken critic of radical Islam.He has written for leading newspapers in Britain and elsewhere, produced reports and studies on counterterrorism strategy, and appeared in the international news media as a commentator on jihad and radicalisation.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Writer and analyst Shiraz Maher (born 12 July 1981) is a British writer and analyst, and Director at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) at King's College London . He also teaches at Johns Hopkins University . The son of Pakistani immigrants, for several years after 9/11 Maher was a member of the Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir , but left the movement after the 2005 London bombings and became an outspoken critic of radical Islam. He has written for leading newspapers in Britain and elsewhere, produced reports and studies on counterterrorism strategy, and appeared in the international news media as a commentator on jihad and radicalisation.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british writer”. Today it says “british writer and analyst”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Writer and analyst”. It now reads “English writer and analyst (born 1981)”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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british writer and analyst
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