The Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary is a Muslim holy place located in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Northern Africa, in the El Usa plaza. The structure was built to commemorate 12th-century Moroccan saint Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti.
2006 Arson This structure was burned by unknown parties in April 2006. This action was widely believed to have been committed as an anti-Muslim act, particularly as several other attacks on Muslim religious centers in Spain occurred in 2005–2006.Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Spain: International Religious Freedom Report 2006 U.S. Department of State. However, others have hypothesized that the sanctuary was burned by Salafist elements, who doctrinally object to the veneration of any human.Dr. Javier Jordan & Dr. Humberto Trujillo Favourable situations for the jihadist recruitment: The neighbourhood of Principe Alfonso (Ceuta, Spain) Athena Paper, Vol. 1, No 3 27 November 2006.
Sources Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Spain: International Religious Freedom Report 2006 U.S. Department of State.
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