Masih ada yang percaya dengan ukhuwah islamiyah.
Mereka bukan saja saling berbunuhan, tapi saling menghancurkan mesjid..
Islam itu, saya bilagn dan saya ulang adalah malapetaka buat ummat manusia ,
artinya juga malapetaka untuk orang Islam sendiri.
Sementara itu Indonesia dijadikan oleh orang Islam sebagai saragn teroris.
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Last Update: Monday, 20 May 2013 KSA 12:45 - GMT 09:45
‘War on mosques’ rages in Iraq
Monday, 20 May 2013
In one of the deadliest attacks, two bombs exploded near the
Sunni Saria mosque in Baquba, north of Baghdad, after prayers on Friday.
(Reuters File Photo)
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AFP, Baghdad -
A “war on mosques” -- deadly attacks by militants on Sunni mosques
and Shiite places of worship called husseiniyahs -- using weapons
ranging from bombs to mortar rounds is raging in Iraq.
Dozens
of attacks this year have stirred already-simmering sectarian tensions
between Iraq’s Sunni minority and Shiite majority, and led some would-be
worshippers to stay away.
“There is an increase in the
frequency of reciprocal attacks targeting Sunni and Shiite mosques,”
political analyst Ihsan al-Shammari told AFP.
“It is a war on mosques.”
Iraqis have lived with near-daily violence since the 2003 US-led
invasion of the country that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, and
militants still attack both security forces and civilians almost each
day.
Now, they have set their sites on mosques as well.
In one of the deadliest attacks, two bombs exploded near the Sunni
Saria mosque in Baquba, north of Baghdad, after prayers on Friday.
One device blew up as worshippers were leaving, and the second went off
after people gathered at the scene of the first blast, killing a total
of 41 people.
The attacks came after a suicide bomber detonated
an explosives-rigged belt on Thursday at the entrance to Al-Zahraa
husseiniyah, where family members were receiving condolences for victims
of violence the day before.
That bombing killed 12 people. And there have been many more such attacks.
Sheikh Sami al-Massudi, deputy head of the Shiite endowment which
manages Shiite religious sites in Iraq, said that more than 45 mosques
and husseiniyahs belonging to the endowment have been targeted this
year.
And an official from the Sunni endowment said that more than 10 mosques had
come under attack in the past month alone.
“We are threatened, to the point that we did not go to work last Monday after
we received threats,” the official said.
It is unclear which group or groups are behind the violence.
Sunni militants are almost certainly behind attacks on Shiite places of
worship. But Sunni mosques may be attacked by either Shiite militants,
or by Sunnis punishing worshippers for not adhering to a hardline
interpretation of Islam.
Whoever is behind the bombings, they have certainly had an effect on attendance.
“I stopped going to pray after the closure of the mosque near our house
because of the attacks,” said Ihsan Ahmed, a 25-year-old Sunni.
A bomb killed the muezzin, who calls worshippers to prayer, at the mosque about
two weeks ago, Ahmed said.
“All this happened in front of my eyes. How can I go again? Even my wife and my
children prevent me from going,” he said.
Ali, a 29-year-old Shiite, said that some people have become afraid to go to
husseiniyahs for prayers as well.
“People have become reluctant to go to husseiniyahs, but I did not stop,” Ali
said.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for joint Shiite-Sunni prayers
on Fridays in a major Baghdad mosque.
“Those who target mosques are enemies of Sunnis and Shiites alike, and
are planning to ignite (sectarian) strife,” he said in a statement.
Tensions are festering between the government of Maliki, a Shiite, and
Sunnis who accuse authorities of marginalizing and targeting their
community through wrongful detentions and accusations of involvement in
terrorism.
Protests broke out in Sunni areas of Iraq almost five months ago.
While the government has made some concessions, freeing prisoners and
raising the salaries of Sunni anti-Al-Qaeda fighters, the underlying
issues have not been addressed.
On April 23, security forces
moved against protesters near the town of Hawijah in Kirkuk province,
sparking clashes that killed 53 people.
Dozens more died in
subsequent unrest that included revenge attacks on security forces,
raising fears of a return to the all-out sectarian conflict that ravaged
the country between 2006 and 2008.
The violence has not let up in May, with more than 260 people killed in attacks
so far this month.
United Nations envoy Martin Kobler has appealed for Iraqi leaders to
bring a halt to the violence, including the attacks on mosques.
“It is the responsibility of all leaders to stop the bloodshed,” Kobler
said. “Small children are burned alive in cars. Worshippers are cut
down outside their own mosques. This is beyond unacceptable.”
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