Jihadists defend Iraq shrine demolitions
Baghdad (AFP) July 29, 2014 -
The Islamic State group Tuesday
defended its destruction of religious sites in the Iraqi city of Mosul
on the grounds that the use of mosques built on graves amounted to
idolatry.
"The demolition of structures erected above graves is a matter of great
religious clarity," the jihadist group said in a statement posted on one
of its main websites.
"Our pious predecessors have done so... The ...
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