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John Esposito is an American academic and scholar of Islamic studies at Georgetown University. In 2005 the opening said “he has been called an ‘apologist for militant Islam’ by Campus Watch, which has criticized him for a number of his statements, including his view that Islamic movements ‘challenge,’ but do not threaten, Western society.” Today the word does not appear anywhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Campus Watch called Esposito an apologist for militant Islam.

The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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What was taken out

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  • His professorship description survives, expanded to add ‘Religion’ alongside International Affairs and Islamic Studies.
  • The description of Esposito as having been called an ‘apologist for militant Islam’ by Campus Watch is gone from the article.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 17965245):

John L. Esposito is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University . He is editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World , The Oxford History of Islam , The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , and Oxford’s The Islamic World: Past and Present . He is the founding director of Georgetown’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, and has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies. He has been called an “apologist for militant Islam” by Campus Watch [1] [2] , which has criticized him for a number of his statements, including his view that Islamic …

2025 (revision 1293511773):

American professor of Middle Eastern studies (born 1940) For other people named John Esposito, see John Esposito (disambiguation) . John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American academic , professor of Middle Eastern and religious studies , and scholar of Islamic studies , who serves as Professor of Religion, International Affairs, and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is also the founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown. ^ Mallouki, Habib El (January 15, 2016). “Interview with the Islam scholar John Louis Esposito: Islam’s image problem” . Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World . Retrieved J…

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