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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

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The beautiful, historic shrines that Islamists try to destroy

The militants espouse a radical, puritanical strain of Sunni Islam whereby all shrines or holy sites that honour beings lesser than their God are considered apostate.

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The beautiful, historic shrines that Islamists try to destroy