Anti-Sufi

Mohamed al-Zahawi regarding recent ASL destruction of Sufi shrines, September 2012

Date
Sep. 2012
Name of Author
Mohamed al-Zahawi
Body

“It is a religious duty to remove these shrines because people worship the deceased and this is prohibited. It is not me who says so but rather our religion.”Ahmed Maher, “Meeting Mohammad Ali Al-Zahawi of Libyan Ansar Al-Sharia,” BBC News, September 18, 2012, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-19638582.

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