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Kabul Mosque Attack Claimed By So-called Islamic State by megafem1: 10:05pm On Jun 15, 2017 |
So-called Islamic State has said it carried out
a deadly attack on a mosque in the Afghan
capital Kabul in an area dominated by
minority Shia Muslims.
The Sunni extremist group claimed
responsibility for the al-Zahra mosque
suicide bombing, which left four people
dead, through its Amaq news agency.
Among those reportedly killed were a police
officer and a prominent local figure who
founded the mosque.
The attack comes during the holy month of
Ramadan.
It took place at the end of the daily fast.
There have been reports that senior officials
had been due to attend services at the
mosque, on the western edge of the city.
During these particular nights of Ramadan,
the Shia hold rituals for martyrdom of Imam
Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet
Muhammad.
According to a statement on interior
ministry spokesman Najib Danish's social
media profiles, the attacker had attempted
to enter the mosque but was barred from
reaching the prayer hall.
Instead, he triggered a bomb in the kitchen.
It has also been reported that the sounds of
gunfire rang out after the explosion, which
also left four police officers and four civilians
wounded.
An attack last month in Kabul killed 90
people when a suicide attacker detonated a
bomb hidden inside a tanker truck close to
the heavily protected diplomatic area during
the morning rush hour.
Some 400 people were injured by that blast,
which left a deep crater.
No group has said it carried out that attack
but Taliban militants denied being involved.
Recent bomb attacks in Kabul have been
claimed either by the Taliban or so-called
Islamic State (IS).
The attack was followed by a series of
protests against the deterioration of
security, during which five people died
when police fired on protesters.
Suicide bombers later targeted the funeral
of one of the protesters, killing at least seven
people. Another 100 people were injured.
Why are people being attacked during
Ramadan?
In recent years, there seems to have been a
noticeable spike in violence during Ramadan
- despite it being a time for penance and
temperance.
But while most Muslims view it as such,
Shiraz Maher, of King's College London,
explained in an article for the BBC last year
that others see it differently.
"For 30 days, Muslims abstain from drink
and food during sunlight hours and believe
that God is at his most forgiving during this
time," he wrote.
"Mosques are consequently fuller than usual,
typically packed with worshippers seeking
divine mercy and blessings.
"Juxtaposed alongside that ascetic
puritanism is the view of radicals who
regard Ramadan as a month of conquest
and plunder.
"They believe it is an opportune moment to
double down on their millenarian war
against civilisation and therefore launch
more attacks than normal." source www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40296509 |
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