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Mujama al-Islamiya: what Wikipedia removed

Mujama al-Islamiya was an Islamic charity founded in Gaza in 1973 by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Through 2015 the opening said “In 1987, Yassin and six other Mujama Islamists launched Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement.” Today the word does not appear in the opening, though it survives once in the body, and the opening describes the charity only through its clinics, blood banks, and scholarships. A reader today learns that the charity ran social services, not that its own founder and members went on to launch Hamas.

The word “resistance” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. 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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  • This exact sentence stating Yassin founded the charity in Gaza in 1973 is gone, though a reworded version of the founding fact survives in the opening.
  • The sentence on financial aid and scholarships was reworded rather than removed, and survives in the opening.
  • This exact sentence on Israel’s 1979 recognition of the charity is gone, though a reworded version of the fact survives in the opening.
  • The sentence on Israel allowing the charity to build mosques, clubs and schools was reworded rather than removed, and survives in the opening.
  • The 1984 discovery that the Israeli military raided a mosque tied to the charity and found a weapons cache no longer appears anywhere in the opening.
  • That Sheikh Yassin was jailed no longer appears anywhere in the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2015 (revision 622424852):

The Islamic charity Mujama al-Islamiya was established in Gaza by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1973, and started to offer clinics, blood banks, day care, medical treatment, meals and youth clubs. The centre plays an important role for providing social care to the people, particularly those living in refugee camps. It also extended financial aid and scholarships to young people who wanted to study in Saudi Arabia and the West. Mujama al-Islamiya was recognized by Israel in 1979. Israel allowed the organization to build mosques , clubs, schools, and a library in Gaza. In 1984, the Israeli military raided a mosque and found a cache of weapons. Sheikh Yassin was jailed. He was released after a year an…

2025 (revision 1297698147):

Islamic charity established in 1973 The Mujama’ al-Islami ( Arabic : المجمع الإسلامي , lit. ’ Islamic Centre ’ ) is an Islamic charity founded in 1973 in Gaza by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin , who had been involved with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood ‘s Palestinian branch. Mujama established clinics, blood banks, day cares, medical treatments, soup kitchens and youth clubs, and extended financial aid and scholarships to young people seeking to study in Saudi Arabia and the West. In 1979, Israel recognized Al-Mujama’ al-Islam as a charity, allowing the organization to set up the Islamic University in Gaza (IUG) and build mosques , clubs, schools, and a library in Gaza. ^ Higgins, Andrew (24 January 2…

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