Iraqi Clerics Call for Rebuilding Shrines in Baqi Cemetery
In their Friday prayers sermons yesterday, they referred to the anniversary of the destruction of the shrines and described the criminal act as a move aimed at fomenting discord among Muslims.
The mausoleums in Jannatul Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medina were demolished by King Ibn Saud on the 8th of Shawwal in the year 1345 AH (1925).
In the same year (1925), he also demolished the tombs of holy personalities at Jannat al-Mualla (Makkah) where the Holy Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) mother, wife, grandfather and other ancestors are buried.
The destruction of the sacred sites in Saudi Arabia by the Saudis continues even till today. The only reason for the destruction by the Wahabis is to erase history and defame Islam at any cost.
They have no respect or regards for civilization, history or religion. The destruction of these sites that are linked with early Islam has been occurring mainly in the Hijaz region of western Saudi Arabia, particularly around Mecca and Medina.
The destruction and demolition has focused on mosques, burial sites, homes and historical sites that are associated with Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
