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****** Somalia: Islamists Destroy Burial Grounds ******
24 December 2008
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Bardhere — The Islamic insurgent forces in Bardhere town, about 350 kilometres
south of Mogadishu have destroyed tombs built inside mosques and other burial
grounds in Bardhere after operations in the city, witnesses and officials said
on Wednesday.
Abdulkadir Mohamed Ar Qalbi , a spokesman for the Islamic administration in
Bardhere town told radio Shabelle that the graves in mosques are against the
Sharia law and vowed they will continue destroying the burial grounds which he
he described as "un- Islamic"
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The mystical organizations in Somalia worship in Mosques with graves inside but
other Islamic organizations like Shabaab oppose it, coming up with other
Islamic interpretations.
It is widely believed that the operation of destroying burial grounds in the
town will affect two -hundred year old holy shrines which well-known Sheiks are
buried and still many people pay homage to them.
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