Islamists shouting 'Allah is great' destroy holy site
A newly released video reveals that Islamists have used a
bulldozer-type piece of equipment to destroy another shrine, this one
dedicated to the biblical patriarch Abraham in a city in eastern Syria.
Worldwide, there have been dozens of instances over the last few
months of Islamists attacking and destroying shrines, holy sites or
archeologically significant locations, including in Mali, Afghanistan,
Tunisia, Libya and Somalia.
The video’s captioning reveals the Islamists shouting “Allahu akbar”
as the construction machine tore down the walls of the Shrine of Abraham
in Ayn al-Arous, Syria.
It shows a man throwing an explosive in first, and then explaining,
“The heresies that were worshiped besides Allah have been burnt.”
Repeated many times is the “allahu akbar” war cry.
Then another man states, “The [secret expeditions] will start the destruction of the shrine…” and “The idol is being destroyed.”
A report from the Alalam website explained
those attacking the historic location were al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra
Front terrorists. That’s the group that has allied itself with the
“rebels” in Syria and is fighting the regime of President Bashar
al-Assad.
Alalam reported, “A radical Wahhabi group affiliated with al-Nusra
Front is seen surrounding and then destroying the historic mausoleum.”
The date of the destruction was unclear, as several reports carried differing dates.
But various accounts describe how Abraham supposedly spent time with his wife Sarah in the town of Ayn al-Arous.
A report from another Middle East-based website
just a few weeks ago said there had been another similar case – the
destruction of the grave of the “great companion of the Prophet
Muhammad, Hijr ibn Adi, in Adra, a small town north of Damascus.”
That report blamed the attack on “Salafi militants.”
In Mali, the Telegraph reported,
Islamists smashed a number of ancient tombs of historic figures even as
the International Criminal Court warned the destruction was a war
crime.
The report said the region around Timbuktu was seized by Islamists
several months earlier, and they have been destroying cultural treasures
because they consider such shrines to be idolatrous.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told AFP in an interview that,
“My message to those involved in these criminal acts is clear: stop the
destruction of the religious buildings now.”
There, reports say that the tombs of Sidi Mahmoud, Sidi Moctar and Alpha Moya were among those destroyed.
The reports said the vandals, who were described as being a part of
Ansar Dine, an al-Qaida-linked organization, also threatened to demolish
mosques.
In Libya, it was reported that Salafists destroyed the al-Andlusi mausoleum in Tajura.
A witness to the attack told the Libya Herald there were several
explosions at the shrine, which is about 10 miles east of Tripoli. It
was supposed to be protected as a national monument.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/rebels-bulldoze-shrine-for-abraham/
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