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Sheikh Faydh Mosque was an ancient^{[ citation needed]} Sunni mosque in Mashhad, ^[1] Iran, one of the main Shi'ite religious places. It was demolished it in 1993^{[ citation needed]}, under the alleged supervision of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps^{[ citation needed]}, who also demolished adjoining centers which were used as guest houses and Koran memorization centers^{[ citation needed]}. Many critics claim that the demolition orders came from Ayatollah Khamenei personally.^{[ citation needed]}, the spiritual leader of Iran. The demolition of this mosque occurred immediately after the government-sponsored demonstrations against the demolition of the Babri Mosque in India by the Hindus.^{[ citation needed]}

On 4 February 2001 the imam of the mosque, Mevlavi Musa Karami, was assassinated by an explosion outside a mosque in Herat, some^{[ who?]} believe by the Iranian government.^{[ citation needed]}

See also

• Status of religious freedom in Iran

References

External links

• List of Sunni victims of the Iranian regime (in Persian)

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