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  • 29
    Jun
    2012
    7:30am, EDT

    Police chase politician down street following protests over fire at Kashmir shrine

    Dar Yasin / AP

    Indian policemen chase the People's Political Party Chairman Hilal Ahmed War, in black, as he tried to defy curfew orders to reach the Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelan shrine in Srinagar on June 29, 2012.

    Normal life across Indian-controlled Kashmir was disrupted for the fifth straight day on Friday as the government imposed strict restrictions on movement of people to prevent protests after a fire at the Sufi shrine, The Associated Press reports.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Blaze at Sufi shrine triggers violence
    • Charred remains of revered shrine

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    Clashes broke out between police and protesters after fire destroyed a revered 11th century shrine in Indian Kashmir on Monday. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

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  • 25
    Jun
    2012
    7:56am, EDT

    Blaze at Sufi shrine triggers violence in Indian Kashmir

    Dar Yasin / AP

    A Kashmiri Muslim boy walks past the Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani Shrine, popularly known worldwide as Ghaus-e-Azam or Dastgeer Sahab, on fire in downtown Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, on May 25, 2012.

    Danish Ismail / Reuters

    Local residents stand on the roof as they try to extinguish the fire.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    Women wail outside the shrine after it caught fire.

    Reuters reports — Fire gutted one of the most revered Sufi Muslim shrines in the Indian part of the divided Kashmir region on Monday sparking clashes between police and angry Muslim protesters, witnesses said. 

    At least six people were hurt in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar when police fired teargas at stone-throwing protesters enraged over the destruction of the 350-year-old wooden shrine which housed a relic of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, an 11th century Sufi saint, police said.

    Rioters torched a fire engine and threw stones at firefighters and some members of the media. Read the full story.

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    Clashes break out between police and protesters after fire destroys a revered 11th century shrine in Indian Kashmir. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    A man tries to put out part of the fire.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    Residents battle the fire.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    Kashmiri Muslims shout religious slogans after retrieving relics from the burning shrine.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    A Kashmiri Muslim schoolboy throws a stone at policemen during a protest after the fire broke out.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    A distressed Kashmiri woman outside the shrine.

     

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    This sounds like the work of the brainwashed zombie Muslim terrorists members of taleban,al quida,hamas or hezbollah types.The Sufis are on of the few glimmer of hope from the Muslims.Of course the demon Islamic terrorists would set their mosque on fire and try to do them in. They can´t tole …

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  • 10
    Jun
    2011
    6:10am, EDT

    Indian Muslims honor Sufi saint

    Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP

    Muslim women offering prayers cast their shadows on a bus at a pilgrims' camp on the outskirts of Ajmer, India, on June 9, during the annual Urs festival at the shrine of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti. The Urs is observed by hundreds of thousands of worshippers to mark the anniversary of the death of the saint, known for his philosophy on religious tolerance.

    Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP

    A Muslim girl dries a shawl from the top of a bus after offering prayers at a camp for pilgrims on the outskirts of Ajmer on June 9 during the annual Urs festival at the shrine of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti.

    Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP

    A vendor sells tea to pilgrims at a park during the annual Urs festival near the shrine of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti on June 10.

     Read the Wikipedia article on Sufism.

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