The word “islamophobia” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 6 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “islamophobia” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 6.
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The opening as it read in 2015
To the Youth in Europe and North America" is an online open letter written on 21 January 2015 by Iran 's Supreme Leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . According to Al-Monitor , it may be the first time that young people in the West have been directly addressed by a senior Islamic cleric about his religion. Prompted by the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris on 7 January 2015 by militants who said that they had acted in the name of Islam, and writing about the current image of Islam in the West, Khamenei released the letter on his official website.1 It was also promoted via a Twitter account attributed to him. Khamenei appeals to his audience to have an open mind and not to judge Islam based on the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and implores Western youth to learn about Islam from its original sources, rather than have it "introduced to [them] by prejudices" and Islamophobia . In his letter he writes that he does not insist that young people accept his or any particular reading of Islam, but that he wants young people not to "allow this dynamic and effective reality in today's world to be introduced to [them] through resentments and prejudices".
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The opening as it stood in 2020
"To the Youth in Europe and North America" is an online open letter written on 21 January 2015 by Iran 's Supreme Leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . According to Al-Monitor , it may be the first time that young people in the West have been directly addressed by a senior Islamic cleric about his religion. Prompted by the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris on 7 January 2015 by militants who said that they had acted in the name of Islam, and writing about the current image of Islam in the West, Khamenei released the letter on his official website. It was also promoted via a Twitter account attributed to him. Khamenei appeals to his audience to have an open mind and not to judge Islam based on the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and implores Western youth to learn about Islam from its original sources, rather than have it "introduced to [them] by prejudices" and Islamophobia . In his letter he writes that he does not insist that young people accept his or any particular reading of Islam, but that he wants young people not to "allow this dynamic and effective reality in today's world to be introduced to [them] through resentments and prejudices". A second open letter was written by Khamenei on 29 November 2015, following the November 2015 Paris attacks.The New York Times .An Unexpected Open Letter From Iran's Supreme Leader" ."To the Youth in Western Countries : Today terrorism is our common worry ' " . 29 November 2015.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
" To the Youth in Europe and North America " is an online open letter written on 21 January 2015 by Iran 's Supreme Leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . According to Al-Monitor , it may be the first time that young people in the West have been directly addressed by a senior Islamic cleric about his religion. Prompted by the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris on 7 January 2015 by militants who said that they had acted in the name of Islam, and writing about the current image of Islam in the West, Khamenei released the letter on his official website. It was also promoted via a Twitter account attributed to him. Khamenei appeals to his audience to have an open mind and not to judge Islam based on the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and implores Western youth to learn about Islam from its original sources, rather than have it "introduced to [them] by prejudices" and Islamophobia . In his letter he writes that he does not insist that young people accept his or any particular reading of Islam, but that he wants young people not to "allow this dynamic and effective reality in today's world to be introduced to [them] through resentments and prejudices". A second open letter was written by Khamenei on 29 November 2015, following the November 2015 Paris attacks. The New York Times . An Unexpected Open Letter From Iran's Supreme Leader" . "To the Youth in Western Countries : Today terrorism is our common worry ' " . 29 November 2015.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
2015 open letter by Ayatollah Khamenei Ali Khamenei , the author of the letter " To the Youth in Europe and North America " is an online open letter written on 21 January 2015 by Iran 's Supreme Leader , Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . According to Al-Monitor , it may be the first time that young people in the West have been directly addressed by a senior Muslim cleric about his religion. Prompted by the shooting in Paris on 7 January 2015 by militants who said that they had acted in the name of religion, and writing about the current perception of Islam in the West, Khamenei released the letter on his official website. It was also promoted via a Twitter account attributed to him. Khamenei appeals to his audience to have an open mind and not to judge Islam based on recent events, and implores Western youth to learn about Islam from its original sources, rather than have it "introduced to [them] by prejudices" and anti-Muslim sentiment . In his letter he writes that he does not insist that young people accept his or any particular reading of Islam, but that he wants young people not to "allow this dynamic and effective reality in today's world to be introduced to [them] through resentments and prejudices". A second open letter was written by Khamenei on 29 November 2015, following the November 2015 Paris shooting. The New York Times . An Unexpected Open Letter From Iran's Supreme Leader" . "To the Youth in Western Countries : Today terrorism is our common worry ' " . 29 November 2015.
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