Students' Islamic Movement of India: what Wikipedia removed
SIMI is the Indian organisation banned by the government in 2001 as a terrorist organisation. In 2005 the opening said in Wikipedia’s own voice that SIMI was a militant Islamist organisation in India, aiming to establish an Islamic state in that country. Today the opening says only that the Indian government describes it as a terrorist organisation, without stating that aim, though militant survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns the government’s designation and not that the article once stated as fact that SIMI’s own goal was to establish an Islamic state.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| terror | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| islamist | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| jihad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 opening’s original description of SIMI as a militant Islamist organisation aiming to establish an Islamic state, replaced with the government’s terrorist designation attributed as opinion.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16223935):
The Students Islamic Movement of India ( SIMI ) is a militant Islamist organisation in India, aiming to establish an Islamic state in that country. Active since 1977 , it was banned in 2001 following a general crackdown on Islamist groups sparked by a terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament on December 13 , 2001 blamed on several other Islamist groups. SIMI was formed by a group of Muslim students, originally as an offshoot of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JeIH). It was established on April 25 , 1977 at Aligarh . The organization has declared itself to be against Hinduism , western thought and other non-Islamic influences they see as contributing to immorality. Its members consider themselves to b…
2025 (revision 1288720834):
Banned Islamist organization The Students’ Islamic Movement of India ( abbreviated SIMI ) is an Indian Islamic organisation that was formed in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh in April 1977. The Indian government describes it as a terrorist organisation , and banned it in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks . The ban was lifted in August 2008 by a special tribunal, but was reinstated by K.G. Balakrishnan , then Chief Justice , on 6 August 2008 on national security grounds. In February 2019, the Government of India extended ban on SIMI for a period of five more years starting 1 February 2019 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act . ^ “What is SIMI: All you wanted to know about the banned organisa…
Related
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