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Arabia
Salafists blow up 16-century mosque in Yemen
2016-08-01
[AlArabiya] Salafists in Yemen have blown up a 16th century mosque housing the shrine of a revered Sufi scholar in the city of Taiz, a local official said Sunday.

Gunmen led by a Salafist local chief known as Abu al-Abbas blew up the mosque of Sheikh Abdulhadi al-Sudi on Friday night, the official told AFP, confirming media reports of the attack.

Yemen’s commission for antiquities and museums condemned the destruction of the site that is considered the most famous in Taiz.

It said the mosque’s white dome was “one of the biggest domes in Yemen and one of the most beautiful religious sites in old Taiz.”

Images of the site before destruction showed a white square-shaped, single-storey structure topped by a large central dome circled by smaller ones.
Posted by:badanov

#8  2nd stop on the Palmyra tour
Posted by: Frank G   2016-08-01 21:59  

#7  Motive for the bombing is still unknown. Christians fear backlash.
Posted by: regular joe   2016-08-01 21:25  

#6  Market it as the "Ruins of the Mosque of Sheikh Abdulhadi al-Sudi".
Posted by: Pappy   2016-08-01 17:15  

#5  "Blow up a Mosque" is a delight to the ear at any time.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-08-01 17:04  

#4  Red-on-red.
Posted by: Barbara   2016-08-01 16:16  

#3  "Mo didn't do pretty."

"Mohammed, O Man of Perfection,
So worthy of utmost affection!
We'd make you our idol,
But Allah might bridle,
Forbidding to us an erection."
Posted by: Blackbeard Dribble2966   2016-08-01 16:07  

#2  Not Islamic enough.
Posted by: Bobby   2016-08-01 15:27  

#1  "one of the most beautiful religious sites in old Taiz."

"Mo didn't do pretty."
Posted by: Frank G   2016-08-01 12:49  

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