International Institute of Islamic Thought: what Wikipedia removed
The International Institute of Islamic Thought is a Virginia-based Islamic organization. The 2015 opening stated that the FBI has raided the Institute seeking evidence of contributing terrorists, and that members have been arrested and found to be leaders of terrorist organizations. Today’s opening describes only the Institute’s stated mission to revive and reform Islamic thought, and terror survives 7 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that the FBI raided the Institute while investigating members later found to be leaders of terrorist organizations.
The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 7. 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 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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”- A sentence noting that controversy has surrounded Islamist radicalism at the Institute, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 359785762):
The International Institute of Islamic Thought ( IIIT ) is a privately held non-profit organization. The Institution is concerned with issues of Islamic thought. It was founded in 1981 in Pennsylvania, and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia , in the suburbs of Washington DC.
2025 (revision 1292263670):
Islamic organization based in Virginia, United States The International Institute of Islamic Thought ( IIIT ) is a privately held non-profit organization in the United States founded by Ismail al-Faruqi and Anwar Ibrahim . It was established as a non-profit 501(c)(3) non-denominational organization in 1981, and is based in Herndon, Virginia . The stated objective of the institute is to revive and reform Islamic thought through research on advancing education in Muslim societies, and publishing, translating and teaching this work. ^ Esposito, John L. (2003). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam . Oxford University Press . p. 139. ISBN 9780195125580 . ^ “About us - IIIT” . International Institute of…
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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