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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/10/18/salafists-destroy-ancient-carvings-in-morocco/

Salafists Destroy Ancient Carvings in Morocco

(Washington Post) Olga Khazan - Hard-line Muslims who adhere to an interpretation of Islam that forbids idolatry have destroyed 8,000-year-old stone carvings in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. "One of the carvings, called 'the plaque of the sun,' predates the arrival of the Phoenicians in Morocco," Aboubakr Anghir, a member of the Amazigh (Berber) League for Human Rights, told AFP.

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