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. > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact > the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact > the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤