Somalia: Al-Shabab Destroys Grave of Well-Known Somali Cleric in Mogadishu

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The Islamist fighters of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen have destroyed the grave of Sheik Mohudin Eli, a well-known Somali cleric buried in Karan district in north of the Somalia capital Mogadishu, official said on Tuesday.

Fighters of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen with high representatives of Banadir region of Al-shabab had reached at the sites of Sheik Mohidin Eli's grave and Sheik Ahmed Haji in north Mogadishu on Tuesday morning where they lastly wiped out the two burial grounds.

“These people were worshipping these graves. For the first time we achieved to demolish them. We shall continue our operations to devastate the groves in Mogadishu. There are other towers buried we destroyed, because they were buried Africans and other foreign,” said the governor.

via Aid News.org.

Must be the cleric didn’t voice his support for Al-Shebaab terrorists. It’s understandable: he was dead . So they destroyed his grave.

For once, I would like a ghost to appear.

Before: Islamists destroy derelict church.

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