Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi: what Wikipedia removed
The current caliph of the Islamic State, named to the position in August 2023. As of October 6 2023, the opening stated he “is a militant and the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State.” The word is gone from the whole article today; the opening now calls him only “the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State.” A reader today learns the title the Islamic State gives him, and not that Wikipedia once identified him plainly as a militant.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. 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 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 0 |
| jihad | 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 word militant was dropped, leaving only the Islamic State’s own title of caliph.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”6 October 2023 (revision 1177894767):
Islamic State leader since 2023 Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( Template:Lang-ar ) is a militant and the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State . He was named as caliph on 3 August 2023, in an audio message by the spokesperson of IS, Abu Huthaifa al-Ansari, whose announcement came four months after the death of his predecessor Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi . ^ Yusuf al-Qaradawi stated: “[The] declaration issued by the Islamic State is void under sharia and has dangerous consequences for the Sunnis in Iraq and for the revolt in Syria”, adding that the title of caliph can “only be given by the entire Muslim nation”, not by a single group. Strange, Hannah (5 July 2014). “Islamic…
2025 (revision 1295271627):
Caliph of the Islamic State since 2023 Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( Arabic : أبو حفص الهاشمي القرشي ) is the fifth and current caliph of the Islamic State . He was named as caliph on 3 August 2023, in an audio message by the spokesman of the IS, Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari , whose announcement came four months after the death of his predecessor Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi . ^ Yusuf al-Qaradawi stated: “[The] declaration issued by the Islamic State is void under sharia and has dangerous consequences for the Sunnis in Iraq and for the revolt in Syria”, adding that the title of caliph can “only be given by the entire Muslim nation”, not by a single group. Strange, Hannah (5 July 2014)…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- 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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