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Created March 30, 2019 23:21
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Remove Arabic Accents/Diacritics
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remove_arabic_accent.rb
text = "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ"
text.gsub(/\u0FDF0|\u0FDF1|\u0066D|\u0061F|\u060F|\u060E|\u060D|\060C|\u060B|\u064C|\u064D|\u064E|\u064F|\u0650|\u0651|\u0652|\u0653|\u0654|\u0655|\u0656|\0657|\u0658/, '')
#=> بسم ٱلله ٱلرحمٰن ٱلرحيم
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Some edge cases

   simple = text.gsub(/\u06E6|\ufe80|\u06E5|\u064B|\u0670|\u0FBCx|\u0FB5x|\u0FBB6|\u0FE7x|\u0FC62|\u0FC61|\u0FC60|\u0FDF0|\u0FDF1|\u0066D|\u0061F|\u060F|\u060E|\u060D|\060C|\u060B|\u064C|\u064D|\u064E|\u064F|\u0650|\u0651|\u0652|\u0653|\u0654|\u0655|\u0656|\0657|\u0658/, '')

      # "ٱ|إ|أ" => ا
      simple = simple.gsub(/\u0671|\u0625|\u0623/, "\u0627".encode('utf-8'))

      # الله => الله
      simple = simple.gsub(/\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647/, "\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647".encode('utf-8'))

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