Sahwa movement: what Wikipedia removed
The Sahwa movement was active in Saudi Arabia from 1960 to 1980, built on Qutbism, the ideology developed by Muslim Brotherhood figurehead Sayyid Qutb. Through 2020 the opening called Qutbism an extremist jihadist Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb. Today’s opening describes Qutbism only as the basis for the movement’s reliance on Wahhabi principles, with “extremist jihadist Islamist ideology” gone, though jihad survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Wikipedia once described Qutbism, the ideology behind the Sahwa movement, as an extremist jihadist ideology.
The word “jihad” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| jihad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| islamist | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| antisemitism | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 description of Qutbism as “an extremist jihadist Islamist ideology developed by Sayyid Qutb” was dropped from the opening paragraph.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 664711770):
Sahwa Movement (Awakening movement) or Al–Sahwa Al-Islamiyya (Islamic Awakening) is a faction of Saudi Salafism . In Saudi Arabia it has been involved in peaceful political reform. Safar Al-Hawali and Salman al-Ouda are representatives of this trend. Because of being active on social media they have earned some support amongst the more educated youth. This group opposed the presence of US troops on the Arabian peninsula. ^ On Salafism By Yasir Qadhi | page-7 ^ Saudi Arabia’s Muslim Brotherhood predicament washingtonpost.com
2025 (revision 1291888270):
Islamic social mobility movement in Saudi Arabia For other uses, see Sahwah . Sahwa movement ( Arabic : الصحوة , romanized : al-Ṣaḥwa ) or al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya (Islamic awakening) was a movement in Saudi Arabia from 1960–1980 which advocated for an increased reliance on Wahhabi principles in Saudi society by adopting Qutbism . The most noticeable effects of the movement were significant restrictions on women’s rights , religious freedom , and personal liberties. The movement’s core doctrines were shaped by the fundamentalist tenets of Qutbism ; such as theological denunciations of democracy and the belief that contemporary governments of the Muslim World have apostatised . Sahwa is a Saudi …
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