Dammaj

Dammaj (Arabic: دماج‎) is a small town in the Sa'dah Governorate of north-western Yemen, southeast by road from Sa'dah in a valley of the same name.

Dammaj

دماج
Village
Dar Al-Hadeeth in Dammaj
Dammaj
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 16°53′38″N 43°48′08″E
Country Yemen
GovernorateSaada Governorate
DistrictAs Safra
Government
 • TypeLocal
Population
 (2007)
 • Total15,626
Time zoneGMT+3
ClimateBWh

Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i established the Madrasah Dar al-Hadith in Dammaj in 1979,[1] an important center of learning for followers of the Salafi sect,[2][3] who make up the majority of the town.[4] In 2014, the non-local Salafis, including all of the students there, were evicted.[5]

The town was at the target of the Siege of Dammaj, and in November 2013, further sectarian violence between militants of the Houthi-led Shia movement and Sunnis erupted in the town, creating many casualties; some 50 had been killed by the start of the second week.[6][7] In one incident in late November, a mine exploded as a military vehicle was passing by, killing two Yemeni soldiers.[8]

References
  1. Noor, Farish A.; Sikand, Yoginder; Bruinessen, Martin van (2008). The Madrasa in Asia: Political Activism and Transnational Linkages. Amsterdam University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-90-5356-710-4.
  2. Cesari, Jocelyne (25 July 2013). Why the West Fears Islam: An Exploration of Muslims in Liberal Democracies. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 381. ISBN 978-1-137-25820-5.
  3. Mahoney, Richard D. (2004). Getting Away with Murder: The Real Story Behind American Taliban John Walker Lindh and what the U.S. Government Had to Hide. Arcade Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 978-1-55970-714-5.
  4. Jubran, Jamal (5 December 2011). "Post-Saleh Yemen: A Brewing Battle between Houthis and Salafis". Al-Akhbar. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. Al-Sakkaf, Nasser. "Non-local Salafis evicted from Dammaj" (Archived 2016-01-02 at WebCite). Yemen Times. 14 January 2014. Retrieved on 3 January 2016.
  6. "Yemen: ICRC evacuates 44 severely wounded people from Dammaj". ICRC. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. ""Catastrophic" humanitarian situation in Yemen's Dammaj". IRIN. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. "Yemen soldiers killed despite rebel-Salafist truce". France24. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
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