A reference encyclopedia article on Jannat al-Baqi, the cemetery adjoining the Prophet's Mosque in Medina holding the graves of several of Muhammad's family and companions. Records that after the House of Saud regained control of the Hejaz in 1924 to 1925, King Ibn Saud granted permission the following year for the demolition of the domed tomb structures inside and outside the cemetery, carried out by the Ikhwan, a Wahhabi religious militia, in line with the Wahhabi theological position that domed and venerated graves encourage idolatry. Notes ongoing annual protest of the demolition, particularly among Shia Muslims, who mark it as a day of mourning, and that Saudi authorities have rejected requests for restoration.
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Reliability TierReference-encyclopedia tier 3, used for the dated 1925 demolition and its Wahhabi religious rationale, both corroborated by the companion Jannat al-Mualla article on the parallel Mecca demolition. Citation
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