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| Door of Minkara-Affiliated Mosque Taken Off in Tripoli |
| 2014-01-09 |
| [An Nahar] Unknown assailants on Wednesday took off the door of a mosque affiliated with Sheikh Hashem Minkara in the northern city of Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... "A group of young men took off the door of al-Soufiah mosque in Tripoli," LBCI television detailed. The same source noted that the mosque is affiliated with Head of the pro-Syria Islamic Tawhid Movement-Command Council ...The Tawhid party is divided into two parts, one led by Sheikh Bilal Shaaban, a close ally of Hezbollah who is said to be financed by Iran, while the other is headed by Sheikh Hashem Minkara, a staunch Syria supporter... Sheikh Minkara. Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... an official in the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects - also known as al-Ahbash, informed An Nahar daily on Wednesday that a Salafist gang took over a place of worship located in Tripoli's vegetable market on Monday. The mosque has been under al-Ahbash's control for the past 30 years, according to the official. "The group immediately controlled the house of prayer, driving out its Imam and orator," he said. "Then the al-Qaeda flag was flown on the mosque's minaret, and its name has been replaced with 'Ibn Taymiyyah mosque'." Only days earlier, attackers set ablaze Father Ibrahim Sarrouj's famed library in Tripoli. Al-Saeh Library is considered one of the most renowned libraries in Tripoli and the second largest in Leb. Sarrouj says the library contains more than 80,000 books. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The article doesn't say, was the door gold? No, but there was a crescent moon shape cut in it with a Sears-Al-Roebuck catalogue tied to it w/ a string |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-01-09 21:09 |
| #1 The article doesn't say, was the door gold? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-01-09 09:20 |