02/07/2012 20:39
Islamist rebels desecrate Mali’s religious sites
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned Islamist rebels in northern Mali that their systematic destruction of revered Muslim tombs in Timbuktu is a war crime, which her office has authority to investigate, the Voice of America reports.
In an interview with the French News Agency Sunday, Fatou Bensouda called on Islamist rebels to stop the desecration of Mali’s religious sites.
The hardline Islamists, who seized control of Timbuktu along with the rest of northern Mali three months ago, consider the shrines to be idolatrous and have destroyed seven tombs.