VoL Desk, April 17: Jamiat ul Ulama Isna Ashriya Kargil (JUIAK) on the occasion of the demolition of the Jannat al Baqi organized a procession here in Kargil city. The procession begins after the noon prayer which embarked from the Isna Ashriya Chowk and passing through the Main Bazar concluded at Inqilab Manzil.

Similarly, at Jamia Masjid, Kargil the Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) also organized a programme during which Executive Chairman IKMT delivered speech. In his speech, the Executive Chairman shed light on the history of Wahhabism and condemns the demolisher of the al-Baqi and appealed for the renovation of the Jannat ul Baqi as soon as possible.

Al-Baqi cemetery, the oldest and one of the two most important Islamic graveyards located in Medina, in current-day Saudi Arabia, was demolished in 1806 and, following reconstruction in the mid-19th century, was destroyed again in 1925 or 1926.

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An alliance of the House of Saud and the followers of the Wahhabi movement known as the Emirate of Diriyah carried out the first demolition. The Sultanate of Nejd, also ruled by the House of Saud and followers of Wahhabism, carried out the second. In both cases, the actors were motivated by the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, which prohibits the building of monuments on graves.