Timbuktu's Sidi Yahia mosque 'attacked by Mali militants'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

2 July 2012 Last updated at 11:36 GMT

Timbuktu's Sidi Yahia mosque 'attacked by Mali militants'

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.

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[On the Road]

1. That is Too Bad

That's probably the most famous building in that part of the world. The silver lining may be that it is not going to help the standing of Islamic radicals in that part of the world either. Most Saharan Muslims have more relaxed ideas on what these guys think of as 'idolatry.'

[malaise]

2. I hate these lunatics wherever they are on the

planet