Houthis burn Great Mosque's library in Sana'a

English - Tuesday 05 February 2019 الساعة 04:20 pm
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The Houthi militias on Monday burnt the historic mosque's contents:  libraries with manuscripts and heritage books at the Great Mosque, al-Jamea al-Kabeer, in Bani Bahloul district in Sana'a province.

Abu Shaheed, is a Houthi and his followers, committed the crime against the Yemeni heritage. They infiltrated the Great Mosque at night in Bani Bahloul district in Sana'a, they broke the lock of the library, they burnt the library’s books.  

Imam al-Shawkani's books, Imam al-Sa'anani's books, and Imam al-Tabari's books, more than 10 books, and many other historical and rare books were burnt by the Houthi militias.

The lawyer Salah Ahmed Hamza said in his account on Facebook, the robbers who are known to everyone, referring to Houthis, were stolen the books at the Mosque's library, and they burnt the books near the village, burning process was recorded and documented.  

Houthis put Hussein al-Houthi's books in the library instead of the books and the valuable folders they were burnt by the Houthi terrorist militias.