(17) The Wahhabis who completely besieged the Kattankudy town from 31.10.2004 for the period of one week and then from 30.09.2006 to 06.10.2006, not only demolished the shrines of Islamic great saints which had been the ancient monuments in Kattankudy but also burnt and razed the Sufi mosques, Qur'an schools, homes of Sufi Muslims and business centres. Not only that Sufi Muslims were beaten and dragged to the mosques in Kattankudy by Wahhabis and forced to publicly announce via loudspeakers of mosques that they had given up Sufism. Therefore, Sufi Muslims took shelter as refugees in Tamil villages in neighbouring area.

(17) The Wahhabis who completely besieged the Kattankudy town from 31.10.2004 for the period of one week and then from 30.09.2006 to 06.10.2006, not only demolished the shrines of Islamic great saints which had been the ancient monuments in Kattankudy but also burnt and razed the Sufi mosques, Qur'an schools, homes of Sufi Muslims and business centres. Not only that Sufi Muslims were beaten and dragged to the mosques in Kattankudy by Wahhabis and forced to publicly announce via loudspeakers of mosques that they had given up Sufism. Therefore, Sufi Muslims took shelter as refugees in Tamil villages in neighbouring area.

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