Abdul Majeed al-Zindani: what Wikipedia removed
A Yemeni Islamist politician, founder of Iman University, and head of the Al-Islah political movement. The 2010 opening stated “The US Treasury Department identified Zindani as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’, citing his ‘long history of working with bin Laden.’” The designation is gone from the opening today, though the word survives 8 times in the body; the opening instead quotes journalists calling him “a charismatic Yemeni academic” and “a provocative cleric with a flaming red beard.” A reader today learns how two Western journalists described his personality, and not that the US Treasury Department designated him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist for his history with bin Laden.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 8. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The list of alternate spellings of his name was trimmed.
- The US Treasury’s Specially Designated Global Terrorist designation and its stated reason are gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 360944144):
Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (other spellings: Abdelmajid al-Zendani, Abdul Majeed Zendani, Abd Al Majid Zandani; Template:Lang-ar ʿAbd al-Majīd az-Zindānī ; born in 1942 in Ibb, Yemen ) has been described by Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal as “a charismatic Yemeni academic and politician.” He is the founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen , head of the al-Islah political movement in Yemen, and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah , based in Saudi Arabia . The US Treasury Department identified Zindani as a ” Specially Designated Global Terrorist ”, citing his “long history of working with bin Laden . Students of his Iman University were suspected…
2025 (revision 1285214127):
Yemeni politician (1942–2024) Abdul Majeed al-Zindani ( Arabic : عبد المجيد الزنداني , romanized : ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Zindānī ; January 1, 1942 – April 22, 2024) was a Yemeni Islamist politician and founder and head of the Iman University in Yemen. He was also the head of Al-Islah political movement and founder of the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah , based in Saudi Arabia. He has been described by Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal as “a charismatic Yemeni academic and politician” and by CNN as “a provocative cleric with a flaming red beard ”. ^ “Yemeni Sheikh of Hate” . National Review . Archived from the original on October 31, 2007 . Retrieved October 5, 2007 .…
Related
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- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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