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Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “young man”. Today it says “one of the principal adversaries of islam”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “A principal adversary of Muhammad (died 624)”. It now reads “Leading adversary of Islam (died 624)”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Uqba was a young man,Muhammad was praying in the Ka'aba. Then Uqba threw his sheet round Muhammads neck and twisted it with a view to strangling him. Abu Bakr who hovered close by fell on Uqba and rescued Muhammad.1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “young man”. Today it says “one of the principal adversaries of islam”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “A principal adversary of Muhammad (died 624)”. It now reads “Leading adversary of Islam (died 624)”. Read the current article and compare.
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young man
Now
one of the principal adversaries of islam
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