Re: Solidarity vs sectarianism
Colin Brace wrote:
The horrific attack which destroyed much of the Golden Mosque generated sectarian outrage which led to attacks on over 50 Sunni mosques. Many Sunni mosques in Baghdad were shot, burnt, or taken over. Three Imams were killed, along with scores of others in widespread violence.
This is what was shown by western corporate media.
Not true of the NYT. E.g.:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/25/international/middleeast/25iraq.html?pagewanted=1
Muslim Clerics Call for an End to Iraqi Rioting By ROBERT F. WORTH Published: February 25, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 24 - With the streets of the capital and other major cities largely emptied by an extraordinary daytime curfew, imams across Iraq called Friday for an end to the sectarian rioting that has left more than 170 people dead over the past three days, as political leaders held emergency meetings to contain the crisis.
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Despite the curfew, which Iraqi officials said was partly aimed at keeping people away from sermons that might prove inflammatory, many Iraqis walked at midday to their local mosques, many of which were guarded by heavily armed Iraqi soldiers. There were some gestures at cross-sectarian conciliation by political leaders and in the weekly Friday sermons, which American officials had said they viewed as a crucial opportunity to defuse the situation. Joint Sunni-Shiite prayer services were held at the Samarra shrine and elsewhere. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a cleric and the leader of Iraq’s largest Shiite political coalition, released a statement that was read on Iraqi state television in which he forbade any attacks on Sunni mosques, and said the bombers of the Samarra shrine “do not represent the Sunnis.” But Mr. Hakim al