Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary

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.[1] The structure was built to commemorate 12th-century Moroccan saint Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti.[2]

Not to be confused with Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes in Marrakesh.

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.[3][4] However, others have hypothesized that the sanctuary was burned by Salafist elements, who doctrinally object to the veneration of any human.[5]

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References
  1. Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana: etimologías sánscrito, hebreo, griego, latín, árabe, lenguas indígenas americanas, etc. : versiones de la mayoría de las voces en francés, italiano, inglés, alemán, portugués, catalán, esperanto. J. Espasa. 1928. p. 276.
  2. Bencheneb, H. (1995). "al-Sabtī". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C.E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W.P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. VIII (2nd ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. BRILL. pp. 691–692. ISBN 9004098348.
  3. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Spain: International Religious Freedom Report 2006 U.S. Department of State.
  4. Paul A. Marshall (2000). Religious Freedom in the World. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 370–. ISBN 978-0-7425-6213-4.
  5. 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.


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