Zakir Naik: what Wikipedia removed
The 2020 opening recorded his preaching “banned in India, Bangladesh, Canada, the United Kingdom and Malaysia, under anti-terrorism or anti-hate laws”. Today: 0 terror-family words in the opening, 64 in the body.
The word “terror” appeared 4 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 64. 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 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| islamist | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 drawn from many sources, radical Islamist promoting Wahhabism, removed from the opening.
- The Dhaka attack connection, removed.
- The one-line description at the top was rewritten.
- The cited report on his channel’s broadcasts, dropped with the passage it supported.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2021-04-27, Xpërt3, edit summary: “Alerts will now be taken down because the article has returned to stable form.” (see the diff)
- 2021-04-22, Xpërt3 (see the diff)
- 2023-10-08, Rejoy2003, edit summary: “again blp violations; we don’t add children’s names that aren’t notable” (see the diff)
- 2021-04-27, Char Fasson, edit summary: “Garnished and added reliable sources.” (see the diff)
- 2021-04-22, Xpërt3 (see the diff)
- 2021-07-25, Scuoise, edit summary: “Per talk section ‘Current form of Wikipedia’s article of Zakir Naik as of 25 July 2021’” (see the diff)
- 2021-04-22, Xpërt3 (see the diff)
- 2021-04-22, Xpërt3 (see the diff)
- 2021-04-22, Xpërt3 (see the diff)
- 2021-04-22, Xpërt3 (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17565502):
File:Zakir naik.jpg Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born October 18 , 1965 ) is renowed as an international orator on Islam and comparative religions. Dr. Zakir is popular for his instant quotation from world religious scriptures, deep critical analysis and convincing answers to the challenging questions which are posed by audiences after his public talks. A medical doctor by professional training, Dr. Zakir Naik was born in Mumbai , India . He studied at the St. Peter’s High School (ICSE) before furthering his education at Kishinchand Chellaram College . Later he was trained as a medical doctor at the Topiwala National Medical College , Nair Hospital . By the year 2002…
2026 (revision 1360881626):
Indian Islamic scholar (born 1965) Zakir Abdul Karim Naik (born 18 October 1965) is an Indian Islamic da’i and orator who focuses on comparative religion . He is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and Peace TV . He is a well-known figure in the Islamic world . Unlike many Islamic preachers, he quotes from various religious scriptures in his speeches which he delivers in English rather than Arabic or Urdu, wearing a suit and tie instead of the traditional robe. Naik does not claim to be a follower of any one school of thought in Islam , but he is considered to be most closely associated with the Salafi school of thought. In 2016, while Naik was abroad, the BJP …
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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