Wikipedia's first sentence called it “japanese professor emeritus of islamic studies and an author of many books on islam and other religions”. Today it says “professor emeritus of the international university of japan of islamic studies and translated many islamic text”.
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Toshio Kuroda (August 27, 1933 - May 6, 2018) was Professor Emeritus of the International University of Japan of Islamic studies and translated many Islamic texts into Japanese. He was part of a group of academics invited to research Islamic topics at the Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy in Tehran in 1974. There he studied and researched under the guidance of Seyyed Hossein Nasr , Toshihiko Izutsu and Henry Corbin . Toshio Kuroda's translation of Nahjul Balagha" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Toshio Kuroda was a Japanese professor emeritus of Islamic studies and an author of many books on Islam and other religions. He is the author of scholarly books and articles. He taught at the Iran Research Institute of Philosophy in Tehran . "the translator of Nahj al-Balagha" (in Persian). iqna. "the translator of Nahj al-Balagha" (in Persian). iqna.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “japanese professor emeritus of islamic studies and an author of many books on islam and other religions”. Today it says “professor emeritus of the international university of japan of islamic studies and translated many islamic text”. Read the current article and compare.
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japanese professor emeritus of islamic studies and an author of many books on islam and other religions
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professor emeritus of the international university of japan of islamic studies and translated many islamic text
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