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JIHADIST FIGHTERS LINKED TO AL-QAEDA SET FIRE TO STATUES AND CROSSES INSIDE CHURCHES IN NORTHERN SYRIA AND DESTROYED A CROSS ATOP CLOCK TOWER OF ONE OF THEM, A WATCHDOG SAID
The Namibia Press Agency, (NAMPA)
September 26, 2013 Thursday
Jihadist fighters linked to Al-Qaeda set fire to statues and crosses
inside churches in northern Syria yesterday and destroyed a cross
atop the clock tower of one of them, a watchdog said.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) entered
the Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the
northern city of Raqa and torched the religious furnishings inside,
the Syria Observatory for Human Rights said.
They did the same thing at the Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs,
and also destroyed a cross atop its clock tower, replacing it with
the ISIL flag, the Observatory said.
Most of Raqa, located on the banks of the Euphrates River and capital
of the province of the same name, fell to rebels in March. Where
it dominates in the city, ISIL imposes a strict version of sharia
(Islamic law) on the populace.
The London-based Observatory denounced these attacks 'against the
freedom of religion, which are an assault on the Syrian revolution.'
The Namibia Press Agency, (NAMPA)
September 26, 2013 Thursday
Jihadist fighters linked to Al-Qaeda set fire to statues and crosses
inside churches in northern Syria yesterday and destroyed a cross
atop the clock tower of one of them, a watchdog said.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) entered
the Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in the
northern city of Raqa and torched the religious furnishings inside,
the Syria Observatory for Human Rights said.
They did the same thing at the Armenian Catholic Church of the Martyrs,
and also destroyed a cross atop its clock tower, replacing it with
the ISIL flag, the Observatory said.
Most of Raqa, located on the banks of the Euphrates River and capital
of the province of the same name, fell to rebels in March. Where
it dominates in the city, ISIL imposes a strict version of sharia
(Islamic law) on the populace.
The London-based Observatory denounced these attacks 'against the
freedom of religion, which are an assault on the Syrian revolution.'