Islamic Fun: what Wikipedia removed
Islamic Fun is a 1999 UK video game whose “Resistance” minigame let players throw rocks at Israeli tanks. Through 2015 the opening said the game’s trivia questions “seemed designed to promote an Islamist world view.” Today that characterization is gone from the opening, though the word survives five times in the article. A reader today learns the game let players throw rocks at Israeli tanks and does not learn Wikipedia’s own assessment that its questions were designed to promote an Islamist world view.
The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 5. 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| resistance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 characterization of the game’s trivia questions as seemingly designed to promote an Islamist world view, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16556872):
Islamic Fun is a controversial package of computer games targeted at Muslim children, developed by the UK -based firm Innovative Minds . All the games in the package involve answering a series of multiple choice questions on a range of Islamic themes. Three levels of questions are available, for children of 5-7 years, 8-10 years, and 11 years and older. The game became controversial not only for the obvious anti-Zionism of “The Resistance”, but also for some of the questions themselves, which seemed designed to promote an Islamist world view. Examples included ” Mustafa Kemal , the hater of Islam, forbade the use of Arabic in Turkey, banned the hijab and closed down the Aya Sofya Mosque in I…
2025 (revision 1264776921):
1999 video game 1999 video game Islamic Fun (also known as Islamic Fun! ) is a 1999 religious and educational video game , consisting of six minigames targeted at children. The game was developed by the United Kingdom-based firm Innovative Minds . The game is notable for its minigame “The Resistance,” which allowed players to throw rocks at Israeli tanks upon correctly answering trivia. The game’s message was supported by Innovative Minds’ “Boycott Israel” page and campaign, which aimed to raise awareness about the treatment of Palestinians in Israel. ^ Cite error: The named reference auto was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).
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