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Category Archives: Heritage Sites – Tunisia – Destruction

Thirty-Four Mausoleums in Tunisia Vandalized Since the Revolution

25 Friday Jan 2013

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Mausoleums in TunisiaThirty-four shrines of Tunisian saints have been either burnt or partially destroyed since the revolution, according to the Ministry of Culture. Tunisia’s historical and cultural patrimony finds itself threatened by these incidents, which have caught the attention of the many Tunisians who value the cultural worth of such mausoleums. While the perpetrators are largely believed to be religious hardliners, they are in fact ignorant of the social and religious importance of the shrines they destroy, say historians.

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Related Stories: Sufi Shrines Torched [and] Mausoleum in Sidi Bou Said

More Sufi Shrines Torched in Tunisia

25 Friday Jan 2013

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Sufi ShrinesTwo Sufi mausoleums were torched in Tunisia on Thursday, January 24th, police and media reported, in the latest violence the mystical Muslim sect claims is being carried out by ultra-conservative Salafist Muslims.

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Related Story: Mausoleum in Sidi Bou Said

Mausoleum in Sidi Bou Said Ravaged by Fire

21 Monday Jan 2013

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Mausoleum Sidi Bou SaidA mausoleum in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, has been ravaged by fire in what is thought to have been an arson attack which the presidency denounced as a criminal act. Several shrines dedicated to Muslim saints have been torched or looted in recent months in Tunisia.

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