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2016-03-17 Africa North

Vandals attack Tripoli’s historic Mizran Mosque

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Posted by badanov 2016-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Sidi Abdullah Al-Sha'ab was a Sufi scholar who lived in the 1500s. I presume that's the origin of the Mosque's name.

Posted by lord garth 2016-03-17 01:11|| 2016-03-17 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Despite the use of a bulldozer

Not a common phrase in news reports. How did that happen? And how has it happened repeatedly since for years?

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-17 06:54|| 2016-03-17 06:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow. The Vandals are back? I thought Belisarius broke them over 1500 years ago.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-03-17 07:02|| 2016-03-17 07:02|| Front Page Top

#4 You think the Vandals are problematic? Just wait until the Goths and Emos show up!

Posted by SteveS 2016-03-17 14:20|| 2016-03-17 14:20|| Front Page Top

#5 That's got to win something, SteveS. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-17 20:52|| 2016-03-17 20:52|| Front Page Top

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