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Dastigheer Sahib: Picking up pieces
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Fire services personnel and volunteers clear debris inside the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat
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A woman grieves as unseen fire services personnel and volunteers clear debris from the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP photo/Rouf Bhat
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A firefighter clears debris inside the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat
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Repair work is on progress at the gutted shrine of Peer-e-Dastgeer Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) at Khanyar in Srinagar. A major fire gutted a 200-year-old, revered Sufi Muslim shrine on June 25, sparking clashes between police and residents triggered by anger at the perceived delayed response of firefighters. PTI photo/S Irfan
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Firemen along with locals clean the fire-ravaged shrine of Dastageer Sahib at Khanyar in Srinagar. PTI Photo
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Bystanders grieve as fire services personnel and volunteers clear debris from the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP photo/Rouf Bhat
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A woman grieves as unseen fire services personnel and volunteers clear debris from the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat
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Pedestrians walk past the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat
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Muslims pray inside the burnt Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani shrine in Srinagar. Fire gutted one of the most revered Sufi Muslim shrines in Kashmir sparking clashes between police and angry Muslim protesters, witnesses said. Reuters photo/Danish Ismail
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A man looks on inside the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa
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Syed Khalid Hussain, chief custodian of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani - also known as Dastigheer Sahib - which was engulfed in flames on June 25, displays a rescued handwritten copy of the Koran, claimed to once been in the posession of Abu Bakr, a companion of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Srinagar. AFP photo/Tauseef Mustafa
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A man looks on inside the charred remains of the 200-year old shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, also known as Dastigheer Sahib, in downtown Srinagar. AFP Photo/Tauseef Mustafa
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