Wikipedia's first sentence called it “lebanese french erudite”. Today it says “lebanese-french scholar and maronite priest”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Expanded description; Death and afterward”.
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Islamologist, Orientalist and Arabist ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Youakim Moubarac (July 20, 1924 – May 24, 1995) was a Lebanese French scholar. He was an Islamologist , an Arabist and a disciple of the Orientalist Louis Massignon and of philosopher Louis Gardet . A Maronite priest, Moubarac dedicated his life and major works to interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Islam , to Arab and Lebanese causes, to the unity of the Church and to the Maronite Church Antiochian heritage.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
He was an Islamologist , an Arabist and a disciple of the Orientalist Louis Massignon . A Maronite priest, Moubarac dedicated his life and major works to interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Islam , to Arab and Lebanese causes, to the unity of the Church and to the Maronite Church Antiochian heritage.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
He was an Islamologist , an Arabist and a disciple of the Orientalist Louis Massignon and of philosopher Louis Gardet . A Maronite priest, Moubarac dedicated his life and major works to interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Islam , to Arab and Lebanese causes, to the unity of the Church and to the Maronite Church Antiochian heritage.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
He was an Islamologist , an Arabist and a disciple of the Orientalist Louis Massignon and of philosopher Louis Gardet . A Maronite priest, Moubarac dedicated his life and major works to interfaith dialogue between Christianity and Islam , to Arab and Lebanese causes, to the unity of the Church and to the Maronite Church Antiochian heritage.
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lebanese french erudite
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lebanese-french scholar and maronite priest
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