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Islamic Forum of Europe: what Wikipedia removed

The 2010 opening called it plainly “an Islamist organisation based in London”. Today it is “an Islamic organisation”, and Islamist appears 0 times. One letter of difference, and the entire claim about the group changes.

The word “islamist” appeared 6 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. 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

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word2010201520206 October 202320252026
islamist600002
jihad001000

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • Islamist became Islamic. One letter, and the claim about the organization changes entirely.
  • The account of the group’s shift toward Islamist politics, removed.
  • Affiliation detail, reworded.

Who made the cuts

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Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 366710617):

Official logo of the IFE Islamic Forum Europe is an Islamist organisation based in London with at least two branches in the United Kingdom . Its website states it has branches in “most of the European countries including: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland”. Its youth wing is called Young Muslim Organisation (YMO), “an organisation based in Tower Hamlets ” in London , “with several branches across Britain,” and is very active among the Bangladeshi community. The YMO was established mainly by Bangladeshi youths in East London during the period of racial attacks in Tower Hamlets in 1978 . Its women’s wing is Muslim…

2026 (revision 1365721238):

Organization The Islamic Forum of Europe ( IFE ) is an Islamic organisation based in various countries across western Europe . Its charitable arm was the Islamic Forum Trust . Founded by the members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami , IFE was formerly headquartered in Tower Hamlets , London, and it now mainly operates across Italy , Greece , Portugal and Spain. Its youth wing is known as Young Muslim Organisation (YMO), and its women’s wing is Muslimaat UK. Its London and Sunderland branches are affiliated to the Muslim Council of Britain . According to Andrew Gilligan , former adviser of the British Prime Minister and Jim Fitzpatrick , former MP , the Islamic Forum of Europe supported Mayor Lut…

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