Somalis build mosque on cemetery
Somali militiamen have begun building a mosque on the site of an Italian colonial-era cemetery in Mogadishu, which they desecrated last week.
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan saw a small corrugated metal structure amid the coffins which litter the area.
He says the capital has been very tense since the armed militia group occupied the cemetery last week.
The Italian government has described the graves' desecration as barbaric.
The decision to build a mosque has been condemned by many local residents, as well as by local Islamic authorities.
Remains dumped
The militia exhumed the human remains of some 700 graves and dumped them near Mogadishu airport.
The chairman of the Somali Clerics Council, Sheik Nur Barood Gurhan, said under Islamic law the militia men were not allowed to construct the mosque without the permission of the land's owners.
The militiamen told our correspondent that they were building the mosque for local people.
But residents near the cemetery said they were unhappy with the situation and threatened to kick the militias out.
Mogadishu was under Italian colonial control until World War II and many of the graves belong to Italian soldiers and expatriates.
Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991 and rival militias have divided it into a patchwork of fiefdoms.
A new Somali government has been named and is due to start relocating to Mogadishu from Kenya on 1 February.
But Mogadishu remains a dangerous city and its chief of police, in charge of investigating the cemetery's destruction, was assassinated by gunmen last week.
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Somalis build mosque on cemetery
Somali militiamen have begun building a mosque on the site of an Italian colonial-era cemetery in Mogadishu, which they desecrated last week.
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan saw a small corrugated metal structure amid the coffins which litter the area.
He says the capital has been very tense since the armed militia group occupied the cemetery last week.
The Italian government has described the graves' desecration as barbaric.
The decision to build a mosque has been condemned by many local residents, as well as by local Islamic authorities.
Remains dumped
The militia exhumed the human remains of some 700 graves and dumped them near Mogadishu airport.
The chairman of the Somali Clerics Council, Sheik Nur Barood Gurhan, said under Islamic law the militia men were not allowed to construct the mosque without the permission of the land's owners.
The militiamen told our correspondent that they were building the mosque for local people.
But residents near the cemetery said they were unhappy with the situation and threatened to kick the militias out.
Mogadishu was under Italian colonial control until World War II and many of the graves belong to Italian soldiers and expatriates.
Somalia has not had a functioning national government since 1991 and rival militias have divided it into a patchwork of fiefdoms.
A new Somali government has been named and is due to start relocating to Mogadishu from Kenya on 1 February.
But Mogadishu remains a dangerous city and its chief of police, in charge of investigating the cemetery's destruction, was assassinated by gunmen last week.
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Jan-27-2005 06:02
hardcore trancer
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Location: Toronto,Canada
I heard Italy will be the next biggest holy country for all muslims in the future.
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA: TXTA #102
another bullshit threat started by shadow-islamophobic-wolf
Jan-27-2005 08:22
josh4
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: New York City
how long does it take a burried body to fully decompose?
Jan-27-2005 08:28
biznology
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shame the Italians never considered NOT colonizing Africa, the problem would be avoided...
it sucks, but what were the Italians desecrating when they built their cemetary?
same old shit, different day|
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Jan-27-2005 13:36
George Smiley
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Well as long as they dont build the Mosque on an old Indian burial ground they should be pretty safe!
Jan-27-2005 13:54
DrUg_Tit0
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Ah, yes, Somalia. Even they managed to beat your beloved fascists and kick them out of their country
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Jan-27-2005 18:19
Spacey Orange
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: California
just a pile o' bones, empty shells.
people put too much significance in the remnants of others IMO. whether someone takes offence depends in large part on how one views, the body and the mind, the afterlife, existence. for instance, i don't think buddhist would take offence.
Originally posted by Spacey Orange
for instance, i don't think buddhist would take offence.
According to the philosophy, there would be no need to. However not everything works as in the theory, so although there's a tendency not to be offended, some people might be.
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Jan-28-2005 03:07
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It's a bit distasteful and insensitive for sure, but let's get some perspective here: they were exhuming 60 year old graves, not harming living people. I wonder how many Somalian's were killed, however, in the colonisation of the country?
Italian graves desecrated by Muslim animals
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