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Raheel Raza: what Wikipedia removed

Raheel Raza is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and activist, among the most prominent Muslim supporters of Israel. Through 2015 the opening said plainly, “She opposes Islamic terrorism and the oppression of Muslim women.” Today’s opening reads only “She opposes Islamic extremism,” terrorism gone from the opening though the word survives 6 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that she specifically named her opposition as being to Islamic terrorism, or that the same sentence once also named her opposition to the oppression of Muslim women.

The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 6. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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word201520206 October 20232025
terror1000
jihad2222

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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  • Her original identification as a ‘Muslim Canadian journalist’ survives today reworded as ‘Pakistani-Canadian journalist.’
  • The sentence naming her opposition to Islamic terrorism, alongside her opposition to the oppression of Muslim women, is gone from the opening, replaced by a single line opposing ‘Islamic extremism.’
  • A passage naming her alongside fellow activists Nomani and Hassan as strong, more controversial voices is gone; the reader no longer learns she was grouped with them.

How it opened then, and now

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2015 (revision 667935032):

Raheel Raza (born 1949-50 in Pakistan) is a Muslim Canadian journalist , author , public speaker , media consultant, anti-racism activist , and interfaith discussion leader. She lives in Toronto, Canada . She has been compared to Asra Nomani and Amina Wadud for her controversial views on Islam. She is the author of Their Jihad, Not My Jihad: A Muslim Canadian Woman Speaks Out . She opposes Islamic terrorism and the oppression of Muslim women. As a result, she has received death threats. ^ Cite error: The named reference nzherald1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ “Raheel Raza’s Official Website” . Raheelraza.com . Retrieved August 9, 2010 . ^ Christopher White (2006). Sei…

2025 (revision 1291965935):

Canadian journalist and activist Raheel Raza (born 1949 or 1950) is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist , author , public speaker , media consultant, anti-racism activist , and interfaith discussion leader. She is among the most prominent Muslim supporters of Israel . She lives in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. She is the author of Their Jihad, Not My Jihad: A Muslim Canadian Woman Speaks Out . She opposes Islamic extremism . She is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society . ^ Cite error: The named reference nzherald1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page ). ^ “Raheel Raza’s Official Website” . Raheelraza.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15 . Retrieved August 9, 201…

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