timbuktu
DESCRIPTION
TImbuktu is a heritage tourism site that was destructed due to Islamist Terrorist attack and is now under restoration by the UNESCO.TRANSCRIPT
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World Heritage update: Damage to Timbuktu’s cultural heritage is worse than first estimated reports. This is our common heritage, nothing can justify damaging it. We must protect culture -- the identity and values of a people are at stake. ---UNESCO
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Ansar Dine or "Protectors of the Faith
Islamist militia that shares control of Mali's north
doing the work of God
Idolatry - “the population loves the saints like God.”
Un-Islamic "In Islam, there are strict laws about the way
and size in which tombs are built"
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Islamists in Mali destroy mausoleums at World Heritage Site
Agence France-Presse 4:50 pm | Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
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SOLUTION
U.N. officials have estimated it will take at least $11 million dollars to help restore and preserve what has been damaged and what remains.
February 18, 2013 – UNESCO launched the $11 million rescue project
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References
http://issuu.com/unesconow/docs/unesco_protect_culture_in_times_of_war
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/222817/islamists-in-mali-destroy-mausoleums-at-world-heritage-site