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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq: what Wikipedia removed

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is a Kashmiri separatist leader and cleric. Through 2010 the opening said he “united 23 Kashmiri militant organizations into the APHC.” Today the opening calls him only a “Kashmiri separatist political leader” and an “Islamic religious cleric,” and militant appears nowhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that he organized a coalition explicitly built from 23 militant organizations.

The word “militant” appeared 1 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 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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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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  • The earlier identification of him by his full name and as chairman of the APHC was replaced with the current description.
  • A sentence describing his dual role as Mirwaiz and head of the Hurriyat was removed.
  • The statement that he united 23 Kashmiri militant organizations into the All Parties Hurriyat Conference was removed from the opening.
  • The definition of ‘Mirwaiz’ as the traditional term for a Kashmiri Muslim preacher was dropped from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 346659357):

Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference- a grassroots coalition of pro-independence secessionist groups in Jammu and Kashmir . He attended Burn Hall School in Srinagar . As a Mirwaiz (preacher) of Kashmir and head of the Hurriyat he has both an important religious and political role in the politics of the Valley. Placed on the stage at the age of 17, following the assassination of his father, Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq ,then the leader of Awami Action Committee, Umar Farooq united 23 Kashmiri militant organizations into the APHC. He has constantly tried to raise much awareness about the Kashmir …

2025 (revision 1296631410):

Kashmiri religious leader (born 1973) Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq (born 23 March 1973) is the 14th Mirwaiz of Kashmir. He is a Kashmiri separatist political leader. He is also an Islamic religious cleric of Kashmir Valley. In October 2014, Farooq was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre , Jordan. He came in the list for the 11th time in a row, in the year 2024. As the Mirwaiz of Kashmir and chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference , Umar Farooq has an important religious and political role in the Kashmir Valley. He is seen as the spiritual leader of Kashmir’s Muslims. Farooq served as the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat …

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