Tunisia: Attacks On Mausoleums Damage Collective Memory - Culture Ministry

Tunis — "The ongoing attacks on mausoleums and zawiyas (shrines of saints) originate in a methodical plan aimed to destroy collective memory," reads a Culture Ministry communiqué published on Wednesday.

The Ministry highlights "with regret" that some of these attacks "strangely" coincided with the celebration of the Mouled feast (birth of Prophet Mohamed).

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