Persecution of Kashmiri Shias: what Wikipedia removed
Kashmir’s Shia minority endured centuries of organized violence, and the article itself, then titled ‘Genocide of the Kashmiri Shias by the Sunni elite,’ named who carried it out. Through 2020 the opening described ‘the ten campaigns of terror against Shias of Kashmir in the years 1548, 1585, 1636, 1686, 1719, 1741, 1762, 1801, 1831 and 1872 CE, carried out by Sunni clergy and fanatics.’ Today the opening calls the same history ‘conflict and strife’ and ‘incidents of sectarian violence,’ and the word terror survives twice in the body but names no perpetrator. A reader today learns that sectarian violence occurred and not that it was once described as terror campaigns carried out by Sunni clergy and fanatics.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. 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 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| genocide | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 changes on this article are at the word level rather than whole passages; the table above shows the counts moving.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 961305290):
Genocide of the Kashmiri Shias by the Sunni elite The destruction of Shias, known in Kashmir’s history as Taaraj-e Shia ( Template:Lang-ur ), refers to the ten campaigns of terror against Shias of Kashmir in the years 1548, 1585, 1636, 1686, 1719, 1741, 1762, 1801, 1831 and 1872 CE, carried out by Sunni clergy and fanatic militias of the area and abroad; during which the Shia neighborhoods were plundered, Shia people including women and children were slaughtered, raped or burnt alive, books were burnt, corpses mutilated and sacred sites were destroyed. ^ Pir Ghulam Hasan Khuihami, ” Ta’rikh-e Hasan ”, vol. 1, “Taraaj-e Shia”, p. 479, Research & Publ. Dpt., Jammu & Kashmir Gov., Srinagar (196…
2025 (revision 1296650649):
Genocide of Kashmiri Shias over 16th to 18th century History of Shi’ism in Kashmir is marked with conflict and strife, spanning over half a millennium. Incidents of sectarian violence occurred in Kashmir under the rule of Mirza Haider Dughlat, followed by the Mughals (1586–1752), the Afghans (1752–1819), the Sikhs (1819–1845) and the Dogras (1846–1947). A small Shia community has managed to survive in Kashmir till today. ^ Hollister 1953 , p. 150.
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