Darul Uloom Deoband: what Wikipedia removed
Darul Uloom Deoband is the Islamic seminary in India where the Deobandi movement began. As of 2005 the opening said the seminary teaches an Islamist version of the religion. Today the opening describes it only as one of the most important Islamic seminaries in India and the largest in the world, with the Islamist characterization gone though the word survives once in the body. A reader today learns of its size and importance and does not learn that Wikipedia once described its teaching as Islamist.
The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| islamist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 description of the seminary as teaching an Islamist version of the religion was dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16217682):
The Darul Uloom , an Islamic madrassa or seminary, located at Deoband , a town in Uttar Pradesh , India is self-described as a cornerstone of “Islamic sciences.” It was founded in 1866 . It teaches an Islamist version of the religion. Its students have gone on to found many other maddrassas across modern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan , and farther afield. As its official website proclaims, ‘the whole of Asia is redolent with the aroma of this prophetic garden.’ Its only rival in influence has been the Jam’a-e Azhar , Cairo. The school of the Islamic religion promulgated here is often described as Deobandi , and has had great influence on the Taliban of Afghanistan. Deobandi thought has muc…
2025 (revision 1297469082):
Islamic seminary in Uttar Pradesh, India This article is about the Islamic seminary in Deoband, India. For the Islamic administrative board of the area, see Darul Uloom Waqf . For the mosque located within the seminary compound, see Masjid-e-Rasheed . Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom ) in Deoband , Uttar Pradesh , India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi , Fazlur Rahman Usmani , Sayyid Muhammad Abid and others in 1866, it is one of the most important Islamic seminaries in India and the largest in the world. Mahmud Deobandi was the first teacher and Mahmud Hasan Deoband…
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