Australian National Imams Council: what Wikipedia removed
The 2015 opening quoted its then-Grand Mufti standing in Gaza beside Ismail Haniyeh saying “I am pleased to stand on the land of jihad”. Terror ran at 3 mentions and is 0 today.
The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| jihad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 council’s opposition to broadening the offence of advocating terrorism, removed.
- The founding sentence was removed.
- A dispute over community radio, removed.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2025-06-01, Afternaan (see the diff)
- 2026-02-09, Laterthanyouthink, edit summary: “update, structure, copyedit - could do with more” (see the diff)
- 2023-10-14, Omnipaedista, edit summary: “per MOS:BOLDSYN” (see the diff)
- 2026-02-09, Laterthanyouthink, edit summary: “update, structure, copyedit - could do with more” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 656076599):
The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) was formed in 2006 during a meeting of more than 80 imams which had gathered to discuss the crisis created by comments made by Taj El-Din Hilaly . In 2011, they requested that the Darulfatwa-supported, Muslim Community Radio Incorporated not have its licence renewed due to ties with Al-Ahbash and because its promotion of “sectarian fringe views”. The ANIC elects the Grand Mufti of Australia . The current Grand Mufti is Dr. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, who on a 2012 visit to the Gaza Strip , where he met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh , told local news agencies, “I am pleased to stand on the land of jihad to learn from its sons”. The ANIC has called for the o…
2026 (revision 1348520980):
Islamic organization based in Australia The Australian National Imams Council ( ANIC ) is a Muslim body that represents imams and Muslims in Australia, with over 200 member imams from all states and territories and major Australian cities. It is one of two Australian Muslim organisations that appoint a Grand Mufti of Australia , the other being the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC). ^ “Australian National Imams Council” . abr.business.gov.au . 1 November 2014. ^ “ANIC Halal Authority” . Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 . Retrieved 9 March 2017 .
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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