beg your pardon?  what do you mean by "..blessing in disguise"?

Malanding



On 7/2/2012 3:15 PM, Haruna wrote:
> Thanks Cherokee for sharing. I say its time for the people of
> Timbuktou to consider their own religions. Could be a blessing in
> disguise. I brought my religion to you and I can take it back. Now
> what??? Haruna.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. Omar Kebbeh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Mon, Jul 2, 2012 9:19 am
> Subject: [G_L] Timbuktu's Sidi Yahia mosque 'attacked by Mali
> militants' - What type of Muslim attacks a fellow muslim's mosque?
>
>
>   Timbuktu's Sidi Yahia mosque 'attacked by Mali militants'
>
> Sidi Yahia mosque (file photo)The door in the Sidi Yahia mosque which
> was broken leads to the tomb of saints
> Continue reading the main story
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18675539#story_continues_1>
>
>
>     Mali's coup crisis
>
>   * 'The Afghanistan of West Africa'
>     <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18427541>
>   * Life in Timbuktu under Islamist rule
>     <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18104236>
>   * Fleeing ethnic attacks
>     <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18057916>
>   * Mali crisis: Who's who?
>     <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17582909>
>
> Islamist militants in Mali have attacked one of the most famous
> mosques in the historic city of Timbuktu, residents say.
> Armed men broke down the door of the 15th-Century Sidi Yahia mosque, a
> resident told the BBC.
> The Ansar Dine group, which is said to have links to al-Qaeda, seized
> control of the city earlier this year.
> It has already destroyed several of the city's shrines, saying they
> contravene its strict interpretation of Islam.
> Ansar Dine spokesman Sanda Ould Bamana told the BBC that his movement
> had now completed nearly 90% of its objective to destroy all
> mausoleums that are not in line with Islamic law.
> He said Sharia did not allow the building of tombs taller than 15cm (6
> inches).
> The new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou
> Bensouda, on Sunday condemned the destruction as a "war crime",
> reports the AFP news agency.
> The UN cultural agency, Unesco and Mali's government have called on
> Ansar Dine to halt its campaign.
> Continue reading the main story
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18675539#story_continues_2>
>
>
>     Treasures of Timbuktu
>
> map
>
>   * Timbuktu was a centre of Islamic learning from the 13th to the
>     17th Centuries
>   * 700,000 manuscripts survive in public libraries and private
>     collections
>   * Books on religion, law, literature and science
>   * Letters between rulers, officials and merchants on issues such as
>     taxes, trade, marriage and prostitution
>   * Added to Unesco world heritage list in 1988 for its three mosques
>     and 16 cemeteries and mausoleums
>   * They played a major role in spreading Islam in West Africa; the
>     oldest dates from 1329
>
>   * Why do we know Timbuktu? <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17583772>
>
> The site of Sidi Yahia is one of the three great mosques of Timbuktu.
> The door which has been smashed had been left sealed as it led to the
> sacred tomb of saints.
> Some witnesses started crying when they saw the damage, AFP says.
> Some local people believe that opening the door will herald misfortune.
> Timbuktu owes its international fame to its role as a centre of
> Islamic learning, based in its three large mosques, in the 15th and
> 16th Centuries.
> Timbuktu is also known as "City of 333 saints", which originate in the
> Sufi tradition of Islam.
> Ansar Dine's Salafist beliefs condemn the veneration of saints.
> The group seized control of Timbuktu in April, after a coup left
> Mali's army in disarray.
> Initially, it was working with secular ethnic Tuareg rebels demanding
> independence for northern Mali's desert territories but the groups
> have recently clashed and Islamist forces are in control of northern
> Mali's three main centres - Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal.
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