Muslim American Society: what Wikipedia removed
The Muslim American Society is a Washington-based nonprofit that the United Arab Emirates designated a terrorist organization. The 2015 opening stated plainly: MAS was designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates in November 2014. Today’s opening says only that MAS describes itself as a grassroots Islamic movement, and does not mention the designation, though terror survives 23 times in the article. A reader today learns how the organization describes itself, and not what a foreign government has called it.
The word “terror” appeared 4 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 23. 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 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| jihad | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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”- A disambiguation note distinguishing this organization from the Muslim American Society of Queens, reworded.
- The statement that MAS has instructed its members in violent jihad as a means of social engineering, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16395568):
The Muslim American Society describes itself as a cultural, educational, charitable, religious, social, not-for-profit organization. It is further described as an Islamic revival, and reform movement for the good of individuals, families, and society. MAS came me out strongly in support of the slain Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin and against Israel for the latter’s assassination of Yassin. [1] . They call for congressional action against Israel. Their website features News & Views Fatwa Services Public Affairs Islam Profiles Services Departments Join & Give Feedback
2025 (revision 1284638718):
Nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. For the ministry of W. Deen Mohammed, see American Society of Muslims . The Muslim American Society ( MAS ) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. MAS describes itself as a grassroots Islamic movement. It has more than 50 chapters across the United States. ^ Nimer, Mohamed (2002). The North American Muslim resource guide: Muslim community life in the United States and Canada . Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415937283 . Archived from the original on October 7, 2021 . Retrieved October 17, 2020 . ^ Ahmed-Ullah, Noreen S.; Roe, Sam; Cohen, Laurie (September 19, 2004). “A rare look at secretive Brotherhood in…
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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