Sunday, August 26, 2012

Remember the Slogan, "Islam is the Solution?" Here is One Result: Fighters bulldoze Sufi mosque in central Tripoli. Will Giza Pyramids be Next?


No, This is Not an Israeli Bulldozer.

"(Reuters) - Attackers bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim graves in the center of Tripoli in broad daylight on Saturday, in what appeared to be Libya's most blatant sectarian attack since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.

Government officials condemned the demolition of the large Sha'ab mosque and blamed an armed group who, they said, considered its graves and shrines to Sufi figures un-Islamic.

It was the second razing of a Sufi site in two days. Ultra-conservative Islamists wrecked Sufi shrines with bombs and another bulldozer and set fire to a mosque library in the city of Zlitan in the early hours of Friday, an official said....."

3 comments:

Djazaïri said...
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Djazaïri said...

But Tony, you've just got what you wanted and asked for in Libya. And maybe you'll have the same soon in Syria if the regime is militarily defeated

Tony Sayegh said...

"...you've just got what you wanted and asked for in Libya. And maybe you'll have the same soon in Syria..."

Wrong!

My views are more in line with those of people like Azmi Bishara and Gilbert Achcar. Read the interview with Gilbert (if you read Arabic), 6 posts below.