[wvns] Leading Muslim calligrapher shot
One of the Muslim world's leading calligraphers, Khalil al-Zahawi,
has been shot dead in Baghdad.
Leading Muslim calligrapher shot
By James Shaw
BBC News, Baghdad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/6696503.stm
One of the Muslim world's leading calligraphers has been shot dead
by gunmen in Baghdad.
Khalil al-Zahawi was the most famous practitioner in Iraq of the art
of writing classical Arabic script.
He was outside his house in the New Baghdad district of the city on
Saturday when he was ambushed by gunmen and killed.
The art of writing classical Arabic script is highly regarded in
Iraq and the rest of the Muslim world.
Attack on culture
Mr Zahawi's body has been taken to his home in Diyala province for
burial.
In the 1990s, he taught students from all over the Middle East.
It is said that anyone in Iraq who wanted to be considered
proficient in Arabic calligraphy had to have his seal of approval.
His death will be seen as another attack on culture and learning by
insurgent groups and militias in Iraq who in the past have targeted
scientists, doctors and academics.
In a separate incident, police say they have found 12 bodies in Dora
in south-east Baghdad.
The victims, aged between their 20s and 40s, had been blindfolded
and shot in the head. They also showed signs of torture.
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