[CPProt.net] Sistani: Looted Items Need to Be Returned to Museum

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Sistani: Looted Items Need to Be Returned to Museum 

(Al-Mada) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani emphasized the necessity of
returning the looted historical items of the Iraqi museum. He issued a
declaration to prohibit the theft, possession, and selling and buying of
these items. He also prohibited along drilling at historical sites in search
for historical items to sell them in the local and foreign markets. He said
generally, all selling of antiquities, including the Islamic ones, is
prohibited. 

(Al-Mada is issued daily by Al-Mada Institution for Media, Culture, and
Arts.) 

Iraqi Press Monitor is published by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting,
No 302, 11 Aug 05.