Islamberg, New York: what Wikipedia removed
Islamberg is a rural hamlet in Delaware County, New York, founded by followers of Pakistani cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, and it has drawn law enforcement scrutiny and armed plots against it. Through 2015 the opening said news agencies have reported speculation that the group is operating as a terrorist training camp. Today the opening carries the word terror zero times, though it survives seven times in the article. A reader arriving now learns only that Islamberg is a hamlet in a New York town, and not that news agencies reported it as a possible terrorist training site.
The word “terror” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| genocide | 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”- A sentence describing Islamberg as a rural village in the town of Hancock, part of the article’s basic description, dropped from the opening.
- A sentence noting Islamberg was the first of several similar villages established by the same movement, dropped from the opening.
- The reported speculation that the group was operating as a terrorist training camp, dropped from the opening.
- A passage on the land’s prior owner and local history, dropped from the opening.
- A passage describing the community’s relations with neighboring towns, dropped from the opening.
- A passage noting villagers generally decline interviews or media filming, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 368133738):
Islamberg is a rural village in the town of Hancock in Delaware County , New York , United States , within the region of the Catskill Mountains . It is a community founded by Imam Al Sheik Mubarik Ali Shah Jilani Hashimi , a Pakistani Sufi cleric more generally known as Mubarak Ali Gilani, and is a branch of Muslims of the Americas , a U.S. organization formed in 1980. Gilani, who refers to himself as “the sixth Sultan Ul Faqr,” has been accused of being linked to Jamaat ul-Fuqra or “community of the impoverished,” though the accusations have not been substantiated. Gilani states this about his followers and allegations of a “Jumaat al Fuqra”: “In regard to the name, they say MOA is a front …
2025 (revision 1274580959):
“Muslims of America” redirects here. For the religion in the United States, see Islam in the United States . Hamlet in New York, United States Islamberg ( Arabic : إسلامبيرج ) is a rural hamlet and religious community in the town of Tompkins , Delaware County, New York , United States. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ ” “Cannonsville Reservoir” 7.5 minute quadrangle” . U.S. Geological Survey/ACME Mapper . Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
Related
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- 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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