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Yusuf Motala
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian muslim scholar of islam and one of the disciples of the late hadhrat shaikhul 'hadith moulana muhammad z”. Today it says “british indian sunni muslim scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British Indian scholar (1946 - 2019) Gravestone of Shaykh”. It now reads “British Indian scholar (1946 - 2019)”.
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Yusuf ibn Sulaiman ibn Qasim Motala daamat barakaatuhum (b.1 November 25 , 1946 ) is an Indian Muslim scholar of Islam and one of the disciples of the late Hadhrat Shaikhul 'Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya Al Kandhalwi ( rahmatullahi alaiyh ) .2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “indian muslim scholar of islam and one of the disciples of the late hadhrat shaikhul 'hadith moulana muhammad z”. Today it says “british indian sunni muslim scholar”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British Indian scholar (1946 - 2019) Gravestone of Shaykh”. It now reads “British Indian scholar (1946 - 2019)”. Read the current article and compare.
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indian muslim scholar of islam and one of the disciples of the late hadhrat shaikhul 'hadith moulana muhammad z
Now
british indian sunni muslim scholar
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