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A fact from Abolition of the Caliphate appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 August 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after the 1924 abolition of the Caliphate(illustration shown), numerous leaders vied unsuccessfully to resurrect the title of caliph for themselves?
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The abolishment of the position of Caliphate and Sheikh ul-Islam was followed by a common, secular authority. Many of the religious communities failed to adjust to the new regime. This was exacerbated by the emigration or impoverishment, due to deteriorating economic conditions. Families that hitherto had financially supported religious community institutions such as hospitals and schools stop doing so.
