06-27-2017, 08:35 AM
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Shitpost Sommelier
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Re: History geekodrome
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Originally Posted by Watser?
More historic vandalism:
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Islamist militants in Mali have attacked one of the most famous mosques in the historic city of Timbuktu, residents say.
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Ansar Dine spokesman Sanda Ould Bamana told the BBC that his movement had now completed nearly 90% of its objective to destroy all mausoleums that are not in line with Islamic law.
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The 55-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference said in a statement that the sites Ansar Dine had attacked were "part of the rich Islamic heritage of Mali and should not be allowed to be destroyed and put in harm's way by bigoted extremist elements".
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BBC News - Timbuktu's Sidi Yahia mosque 'attacked by Mali militants'
That is some undiplomatic language btw. Not that I disagree, it's just unusually strong language coming from the Islamic countries condemning Muslim extremists. Especially considering that this is standard Wahhabi procedure, they did the same thing to Shi'ite and Sufi shrines in Saudi Arabia and Qatar when they came to power in SA in the early 20th century. So I'm frankly amazed the Saudis supported this statement. |
Followup of interest:
Endangered archives blog: A new chapter in the story of Timbuktu’s manuscripts: Sample digitisation of materials from the Infa Yattara Family Library
Also of interest:
Timbuktu librarians duped Al Qaeda to save books | New Republic
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