National Mandate Party: what Wikipedia removed

The National Mandate Party (PAN) is an Indonesian political party founded by modernist Muslim leaders including Amien Rais. Through 2020 the opening called it “a moderate Islamist political party in Indonesia.” Today the opening calls it a “non-sectarian, religion-based political party” and later a “nationalist Muslim party,” and the word Islamist survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that Wikipedia’s own opening once classified the party’s ideology as Islamist.

The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

Where this comes from

We saved this article’s opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025. Everything below is Wikipedia’s own text, quoted from those saved copies. The interactive version, with every snapshot side by side and each removal marked in place, is at ilroot.com/case/national-mandate-party.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

word	2010	2015	2020	6 October 2023	2025
islamist	1	1	1	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

• The description of the party as a moderate Islamist party, dropped from the opening.
• A description of the party’s founders as modernist Muslim leaders reworded to the vaguer term ‘reformists.‘

How it opened then, and now

2010 (revision 367908277):

The National Mandate Party ( Template:Lang-id ) is a moderate Islamist political party in Indonesia . It was founded by reformists, including Amien Rais , chairman of the Muhammadiyah organization, during the Indonesian reformation . The party contested the 2009 elections under the chairmanship of Sutrisno Bachir. ^ Evans (2003) pp. 30-31 ^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38-39 ^ Dhakidae pp. 228

2025 (revision 1296862718):

Political party in Indonesia The National Mandate Party ( Indonesian : Partai Amanat Nasional ), frequently abbreviated to PAN , is a non-sectarian, religion-based political party in Indonesia . It was founded by the modernist strand of Muslim society in Indonesia , including Amien Rais , the chairman of the Muhammadiyah organization, during the Indonesian Revolution . The party contested the 2009 elections under the chairmanship of Sutrisno Bachir. It is described as a nationalist Muslim party. It also upholds the Pancasila doctrine. In 2014, the party obtained 7.59 percent of the popular vote, which is an increase from 6.03 percent in 2009 and 6.44 percent in 2004. ^ “Info Pemilu - Partai …

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