Pete
10-19-2012, 04:49
Salafists blamed for destroying Morocco stone carvings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19997327
"............The ultra-conservative interpretation of Sunni Islam, which strictly prohibits idolatry, has been gaining power in North Africa - benefiting from wider freedoms since the pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world last year.
The alleged destruction of the carvings in Morocco follow an arson attack by Salafists on one of Tunisia's main Sufi mausoleums on Monday.
The Saida Manoubia shrine in the west of the capital Tunis was burned down overnight.
Islamist fighters in Mali used pick-axes and shovels to damage the shrines of Muslim saints in the city of Timbuktu in June last year."
The Arab Spring is turning out so well.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19997327
"............The ultra-conservative interpretation of Sunni Islam, which strictly prohibits idolatry, has been gaining power in North Africa - benefiting from wider freedoms since the pro-democracy uprisings in the Arab world last year.
The alleged destruction of the carvings in Morocco follow an arson attack by Salafists on one of Tunisia's main Sufi mausoleums on Monday.
The Saida Manoubia shrine in the west of the capital Tunis was burned down overnight.
Islamist fighters in Mali used pick-axes and shovels to damage the shrines of Muslim saints in the city of Timbuktu in June last year."
The Arab Spring is turning out so well.