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Morocco invites Islamic States to protect archaeological sites in Mali

Moroccan foreign invited to urgent intervention of the Islamic States and the international community for the protection of archaeological sites in Mali by the Islamists to destroy the shrine tutors.

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Residents say the Islamists hardliners in Timbuktu in Mali attacked one of the most famous mosques in the city of Timbuktu.

One resident said that gunmen stormed a mosque door "Sidi Yahia", which dates back to the 15th century.

Left door, which tried to ruin it, locked, and is conducive to a cemetery some tutors.

According to the French news agency reported that some witnesses they cried with tears when they saw the scene of destruction.

The group, Ansar al-Din "which was said to be linked to Al Qaeda, has captured the City earlier this year.

Community and broke a number of shrines in Timbuktu, saying that their presence was "a violation of Islam," according to its interpretation.

He said Sanda born bamana, spokesman for the supporters of religion "the BBC that the movement had now completed about 90 percent of its goal of destroying all the shrines" are inconsistent with the provisions of the Shariah. "

The law does not allow for building tombs more than 15 centimetres off the ground.

Some residents of Timbuktu mosque which were destroyed

Mosque site is "Mr. Yahia", one of the major three mosques in Timbuktu, according to UNESCO.

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, VT binsoda, said that the destruction of Islamic shrines in the city of Timbuktu in Mali "war crime".

She said that the perpetrators be brought to justice destruction.

The Government of Mali described the Islamists as "devastating violence amounted to war crimes" and called on the Government Sunday to move to protect Timbuktu and heritage.

Morocco had expressed serious concern which occurs in Timbuktu, and called on Islamic countries, and the countries of the world to "urgent intervention", for the protection of archaeological sites rich in Mali, which is part of the Islamic humanitarian heritage and, after the destruction of the tombs of several Muslim parents in the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali.

According to the UNESCO website on the Internet that Timbuktu "cemetery and mausoleum, 16 are essential components of the religious system, which, according to popular beliefs, was fortress protects the city from all risks".

The city was founded as Tuareg tribes centuries XI and XII centuries AD "city of 333 saints", was an Islamic cultural center and thriving business city transit trade convoys.

UNESCO expressed regret Saturday for destruction "tragic" for shrines of Timbuktu by militants who control the North of Mali, after two days of inclusion on the UNESCO list of world heritage in danger.

Alessandra invited UNESCO, in Cummings, head of news agencies, the statement "all those involved in the conflict in Timbuktu to assume their responsibilities, for the benefit of future generations, in order to preserve the legacy of the past".

Cummings also invited all members of the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, meeting in St. Petersburg in northwestern Russia, to join "to express their sorrow and concern about preserving this important site of world heritage.

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