Mansa Musa: The richest man in history?
Noel Wong @ FMT Lifestyle – June 3, 2020 King Mansa Musa of Mali is depicted holding a gold coin in the 1375 Catalan Atlas. (Wikipedia pic) If someone were […]
From Timbuktu, with love
Over 800,000 select manuscripts from this historic city are travelling to raise awarness on Africa’s written heritage The 16th century HolyQuran is an illuminatedcopy that includesnotices of ownershipand purchase […]
Geneva Declaration : Saving the spirit of communities through cultural heritage
By Frédéric Burnand in Geneva This content was published on April 17, 2018 11:00 AMApr 17, 2018 – 11:00 Outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein signs […]
‘Jihadists were going to burn it all’: the amazing story of Timbuktu’s book smugglers
In 2012, tens of thousands of artefacts from the golden age of Timbuktu were at risk in Mali’s civil war. This exclusive extract describes the race to save them from […]
Malian radical begs forgiveness for ‘evil’ Timbuktu attacks
MAUDE BRULARD AND JAN HENNOP | AFP | Published — Monday 22 August 2016 Previous Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, a member of Mali’s Ansar Dine Islamist group appears before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday at the start of his trial on charges of involvement in […]
From the Papal monasteries to Timbuktu, absolutism lives on
For the Salafists, a Muslim shrine is a rival to God as surely as Henry VIII saw the monasteries as a Papal rival by Robert Fisk, The Independent, UK “Then […]
TIMBUKTU ISLAM’S ANCIENT SEAT ….HUFFPOST, RELIGION
Timbuktu, Islam’s Ancient Seat Of Learning, Loses Priceless Manuscripts (PHOTOS) By KRISTA LARSON and MICHELLE FAUL 01/29/13 12:11 PM ET EST Al Qaeda, Islam, Scripture Commentary, Ahmed Baba Institute, Radical Islam, Timbuktu Manuscripts, Ancient Islam, Islamists, Mali, Quran, Scripture Study, Timbuktu, Religion News SEVARE, Mali — Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient manuscripts, was a center of Islamic […]
Timbuktu, Islam’s Ancient Seat Of Learning, Loses Priceless Manuscripts
Huff Post: Krista Larson and Michelle Faul. SEVARE, Mali — Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient manuscripts, was a center of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas. The library held about 30,000 manuscripts of which only about one third had been […]
French-led troops ring Timbuktu, Islamists burn manuscripts
by Serge Daniel Daily Star, Lebanon Story Summary French-led troops ringed Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu Monday after seizing its airport in a lightning advance as fleeing Islamists torched […]
How can Wahhabi vandalism be stopped?
Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage. In Saudi Arabia they destroyed and damaged houses and mosques associated with the Prophet Mohammad and his family. The history goes back to 18th and 19th century and their raids on Shi’a holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing and […]
Why Mali’s Islamists are destroying Timbuktu Muslim shrines AND what does the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at teach about praying at shrines?
PARIS (AFP) ― The mausolea of Timbuktu, known as the “city of 333 saints,” are shrines in the Sufi brand of Islam dominant in Mali but a heresy to the […]
The history of Timbuktu
As the Tuaregs of Mali have declared an independent state it may be the occasion to look at the history: The popular statement, ” From here to Timbuktu.” conjures up […]
Tuareg rebels have encircled the army garrison in Timbuktu in Mali
(AGI) Bamako – Tuareg rebels have encircled the army garrison in Timbuktu in Mali. Timbuktu is the only city in the north of the country not yet conquered by the rebels in the offensive launched after the military coup of 22 March. The MNLA, the main Tuareg separatist group, issued […]