Islam’s Cultural Revolution
By Giulio Meotti at Front Page: Mao’s Cultural Revolution was one of the darkest chapters of the 20th Century: communist zealots, known as “the Red Guards,” attached revolutionary messages to Buddhist...
View ArticleIslamists destroy Timbuktu heritage sites: Why are these targets?
Ansar Dine, the Islamist militia that shares control of Mali’s north, is just the latest in long line of zealots of many faiths who destroyed the monuments of other faiths thought to be superstitious....
View ArticleAl-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
Women wearing veils, as mandated by Islamist group Ansar Dine, walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali, on Oct. 18, 2012. (Associated Press) By Rukmini Callimachi – Associated Press Mopti, Mali • Deep...
View ArticleMali Islamists Hit in Lightning Strikes by French
Determined to win and win in a short time, French fighter planes began lightning strikes on Islamist strongholds in northern Mali Friday. Since then, the strikes have intensified, as have the amount of...
View ArticleIn Timbuktu, al-Qaida left behind a manifesto
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In their hurry to flee last month, al-Qaida fighters left behind a crucial document: Tucked under a pile of papers and trash is a...
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