The Sidi Bel Abbas sanctuary is a Muslim holy place located in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Northern Africa, in the El Usa plaza.
[1] The structure was built to commemorate 12th-century Moroccan saint Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti.
This action was widely believed to have been committed as an anti-Muslim act, particularly as several other attacks on Muslim religious centers in Spain occurred in 2005–2006.
[3][4] However, others have hypothesized that the sanctuary was burned by Salafist elements, who doctrinally object to the veneration of any human.
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