Hakeem Olajuwon: what Wikipedia removed
The 2005 article documented that the mosque he founded gave over $80,000 to charities the US government determined were fronts for “the terror groups Al-Qaeda and Hamas”. The word terror is gone from the entire article.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 0 | 0 | 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 US government’s determination that his mosque funded Al-Qaeda and Hamas fronts, removed.
- The opening line was rewritten over the years. The mosque funding sentence flagged above is the substantive loss.
- His nickname left the opening. Ordinary editing.
- Biographical detail, moved down the article.
- Career honors, reworded.
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:
- 2006-04-26, 71.128.194.67 (see the diff)
- 2016-03-10, 12.107.122.230 (see the diff)
- 2006-01-20, Onomatopoeia (see the diff)
- 2006-01-20, Onomatopoeia (see the diff)
- 2006-01-20, Onomatopoeia (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16131861):
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born Akeem Abdul Olajuwon on January 21 , 1963 in Lagos , Nigeria ) was an NBA basketball player, now retired. His glory days were with the Houston Rockets , followed by a brief stint with the Toronto Raptors . Hakeem Olajuwon Olajuwon was arguably one of the best centers to ever play, alongside Bill Russell , Wilt Chamberlain , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Shaquille O’Neal , Patrick Ewing and David Robinson as the best pivots in basketball history. He was affectionately called “Hakeem the Dream” for his grace on and off the court. Olajuwon came from Nigeria, and played college ball at the University of Houston, teaming with Clyde Drexler to form Phi Slama Jamma . He was cons…
2026 (revision 1367243424):
Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1963) Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (born January 21, 1963), nicknamed ” the Dream ”, is a Nigerian and American former professional basketball player who played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A center , he spent a majority of his career with the Houston Rockets and led them to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995, before a short stint at the end of his career with the Toronto Raptors . He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players and centers of all time. Born in Lagos , Nigeria, Olajuwon traveled from his home country to play for the University of Houston under head coach Guy Lewis . His college career for the Co…
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
Wikipedia text is quoted under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is not affiliated with Wikipedia.