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Northern Mali’s ‘city of saints’ suffers rebel fury
- Source: Africa Renewal, Volume 26, Issue 2, Aug 2012, p. 27 - 27
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- 12 Aug 2012
Abstract
History dating as far back as the 5th century is literally being chipped away with pick axes and shovels at the hands of an extremist rebel faction in northern Mali. Holy Muslim shrines in the ancient city of Timbuktu have become targets of the Ansar Dine. For the Islamist faction, the Sufishrines are a form of idolatry.
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