Islamism: what Wikipedia removed
Islamism is the political ideology holding that Islam should shape state systems. In 2005 the opening said “Some Islamist groups have been implicated in terrorism and have become targets in the War on Terrorism.” Today’s opening is a general definitional paragraph with no mention of terrorism; terror survives 28 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn, from the opening, that some Islamist groups have been implicated in terrorism.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 28. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 10 | 17 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 36 |
| jihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| resistance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 opening’s original one-sentence definition of Islamism, reworded rather than removed.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17822939):
Islamism is a set of political ideologies derived from conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism which hold that Islam is not only a religion, but also a political system that governs the legal, economic and social imperatives of the state . The goal of Islamism is to re-shape the state by implementing a conservative formulation of Islamic law . Most Islamist literature deals not with other religions , but with political ideologies , since Islamists were reacting against competing movements such as communism . Widespread poverty and consequent class tensions led to widespread socialist movements all over the Muslim world during the 20th century . But the collapse of the Soviet Un…
2025 (revision 1297702371):
Politico-religious ideology This article is about an Islamic political ideology. For the religion itself, see Islam . For politics in Islam generally, see Political aspects of Islam . Not to be confused with Political Islam . Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism , liberal democracy , capitalism , and other alternatives in achieving a just, successful society. The advocates of Islamism, also known as “al-Islamiyyun”, are usually affiliated with Islamic institutions or social mobilization mo…
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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