tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post2573702817499179979..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Heritage Destruction: Salafis Eradicating Timbuktu's GreatnessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-5479982013661443962012-07-03T08:09:03.048-04:002012-07-03T08:09:03.048-04:00This sad story has an even more direct North Afric...This sad story has an even more direct North African connection: the 15th-century scholar after whom this mosque was named, Sidi Yahya al-Thaalibi al-Tadallisi, was from my hometown, Dellys. He was a cousin and contemporary of the so-called patron saint of Algiers, Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Thaalibi; a later member of the same family, Abdelaziz Thaalbi, founded Tunisia's Destour Party.Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.com