Sadiq Al-Ghariani: what Wikipedia removed
Al-Sadiq al-Ghariani has served as Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012 and is described today as having opposed Salafist militants seeking to impose an Islamic state. Through 2015 the opening reported that British media said he faces possible war crimes charges for urging followers to overthrow the Libyan government. Today’s opening covers his religious and academic credentials without that allegation, though war crime survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that British media reported he faced possible war crimes charges for urging the overthrow of Libya’s government.
The word “war crime” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| war crime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| terror | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| islamist | 1 | 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”- The listing of alternate name spellings was reworded without loss of a distinct fact.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 667148702):
Sadiq Abdulrahman Ali Alghariani (alternative spelling include Saadiq , Sadeq and Sadik ) (Arabic: الصادق عبد الرحمن علي الغرياني) has been the Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012. He is also a notable supporter of Operation Libya Dawn . The British media report that he “faces possible war crimes charges for urging followers to overthrow Libyan government” and that he is currently residing in the United Kingdom , where he gained his doctorate in 1984. ^ http://www.ifta.ly ^ http://www.tanasuh.com/online/index.php ^ Chris Stephen. “UK accused of harbouring Libyan cleric who helped aid Islamist insurgency” . the Guardian . Retrieved 4 December 2014 .
2025 (revision 1298154757):
Grand Mufti of Libya (born 1942) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Al-Sadiq Abd al-Rahman Ali al-Ghariani ( Arabic : الصادق عبد الرحمن علي الغرياني , romanized : al-Ṣādiq ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ʻAlī al-Ghiryānī ; also spelled Saadiq , Sadeq and Sadik ) has been the Grand Mufti of Libya since 2012. He is a Muslim imam of the Maliki school of thought . Academically he is a seated professor in the College of Sharia in the University of Tripoli since 1969 and distinguished contributor the Maliki school of thought with his numerous publications. His family originates from the village of Intataat near the city of Gharyan . Though he is often identified as a Salafist , al-Ghariani has often opp…
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