Syeikh Abdullah Fahim: what Wikipedia removed
Syeikh Abdullah Fahim was a Malaysian Islamic scholar and the grandfather of a Malaysian prime minister. Through 2023 the opening said he was one of the key people who started Hisbul Muslimin, which became Parti Islam Se-Malaysia or PAS, one of the main opposition parties in Malaysia which fights for an Islamist agenda. Today the opening makes no mention of Hisbul Muslimin, PAS, or an Islamist agenda, and the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader arriving now learns he determined Malaysia’s independence date and served as Mufti of Penang, not that he helped found the movement that became Malaysia’s Islamist opposition party.
The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| islamist | 1 | 1 | 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 account of his role founding Hisbul Muslimin, which became the Islamist party PAS, dropped from the opening entirely.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 344375541):
Syeikh Abdullah Fahim is a Malaysian nationalist and religious scholar. He was Penang ‘s first mufti after Independence . He is also the paternal grandfather of former Prime Minister of Malaysia , Abdullah Ahmad Badawi . Abdullah Fahim known as “Pak Him” was born in Mecca , Saudi Arabia in 1869. He was a respected Islamic scholar and had set up and ran many religious schools, also known as madrasah or sekolah pondok . He was the mudir or director of Madrasah Idrisiah in Kuala Kangsar . He also started a madrasah in Kepala Batas , Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ‘s current hometown. This was around the time he became Penang ‘s first mufti . He was one of the key people who started Hisbul…
2025 (revision 1292095031):
Malaysian Islamic scholar (1869–1961) In this Malay name , there is no surname or family name . The name Shaykh Ibrahim is a patronymic , and the person should be referred to by their given name , Shaykh Abdullah Fahim . The word “bin”/“ibn” or “binti”/“binte” means ‘son of’ or ‘daughter of’, respectively. Syeikh Abdullah bin Ibrahim Badawi Fahim ( Jawi : شيخ عبد الله فهيم ; c. 1869 – 27 April 1961) was a Malaysian Islamic scholar, nationalist, writer, and expert in Islamic astronomy ( falak ). He is noted for determining the date of Malaya’s independence as 31 August 1957 when consulted by national leaders. He served as the first Mufti of Penang following Malaysian independence and was the …
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