Moro Islamic Liberation Front: what Wikipedia removed
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is a group in Mindanao, Philippines that sought Moro autonomy. The 2005 opening said the group “took part in terrorist attacks and assassinations to promote their ideas,” and separately noted it denied ties to a “terrorist group.” Today’s opening describes MILF only as an Islamist group that sought an autonomous region, with no mention of terrorist attacks, though the word survives nine times in the body. A reader today does not learn from the opening that MILF was described as carrying out terrorist attacks and assassinations.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 9. 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| islamist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| jihad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| genocide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 description dividing the movement into moderates working within the political system and militants waging guerrilla warfare, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 15946254):
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is an active Islamic movement in the Southern Philippines . The area is called by the MILF Bangsamoro and covers southern portion of Mindanao , the Sulu Archipelago , Palawan, Basilan and the neighbouring islands—around one third of the Philippines in total. Twelve million Muslims live within this area and 8 million others. Muslim agitation in the Philippines is the result of generational divisions. Many younger Muslims wanted a more modern Islamic society. The reformers were themselves split between moderates, working within the system, and militants, engaging in guerrilla-style warfare. Radical Muslims within Moroland consider themselves to be takin…
2025 (revision 1292172049):
Group in Mindanao, Philippines, seeking Moro autonomy For other uses, see MILF (disambiguation) . The Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF ; Arabic : جبهة تحرير مورو الإسلامية , romanized : Jabhat Taḥrīr Moro al-ʾIslāmiyyah ) is an Islamist group based in Mindanao , Philippines , which sought an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government . The group has a presence in the Bangsamoro region of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago , Palawan , Basilan , and other neighbouring islands. The armed wing of the group was the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces ( BIAF ), although the name of its parent organization, the MILF, was often used to refer to the BIAF. In July 2018, the Philippin…
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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