Shi'ite minarets reclaim skyline; Target of bans, Sunni militants.(PAGE ONE)

The Washington Times | July 7, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: James Palmer, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BAGHDAD - Despite repeated assaults, minarets of Shi'ite mosques are reclaiming their places on Baghdad's landscape faster than Sunni-led insurgents can destroy them.

Many of these soaring spires are signs of liberation to the 15 million Shi'ite Muslims who were forbidden under Saddam Hussein to raise minarets outside their mosques.

The minarets also provide a grim reminder of sectarian bloodshed after Saddam's ouster.

Acer Salim Hashem, manager of the Zouia Mosque in central Baghdad, supervised ...

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