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| ShadoWolf |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4208771.stm
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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| Cyrus King |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4208771.stm
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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| hardcore trancer |
I heard Italy will be the next biggest holy country for all muslims in the future.:eek:
Run Shadowolf run :disbelief |
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| shaolin_Z |
| another bull threat started by shadow-islamophobic-wolf |
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| josh4 |
| how long does it take a burried body to fully decompose? |
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| biznology |
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?
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| George Smiley |
| Well as long as they dont build the Mosque on an old Indian burial ground they should be pretty safe! |
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| DrUg_Tit0 |
| Ah, yes, Somalia. Even they managed to beat your beloved fascists and kick them out of their country :stongue: |
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| Spacey Orange |
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. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | 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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| Renegade |
| 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? |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by biznology
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?
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I love how some of you guys place the blame of this on the Italians.:rolleyes:
Grow up guys - even barbarians should be held accountable for thier actions.
Just because somebody trespasses on my property doesn't give me a right to shot them.:rolleyes: |
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