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2011 Duhok riots
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The 2011 Duhok riots refers to riots which began on December 2, 2011 in the Duhok Governorate, Iraq. They were instigated by Friday prayers' sermons by Ismail Osman Sindai,[2] a Kurdish imam, calling for attacks against stores selling alcohol and massage parlours in Zakho. The riots soon developed into the looting and burning down of Assyrian- and Yazidi-owned properties in other towns in the governorate, causing four million dollars of damage.[3]
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2011 Duhok riots | |
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![]() Shops in Zakho after the riots | |
Date | December 2–5, 2011 |
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Caused by | Islamic sermons[1] |
Goals | To destroy massage parlors and alcohol shops |
Methods | Arson, coercion |
Resulted in | Widespread property damage, arrest of KIU members |
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The riots ended after Kurdistan Regional Government security forces intervened and began a massive crackdown on demonstrators. As a result of the riots, a group of secular Kurds attacked a number of buildings belonging to the Kurdistan Islamic Union party.[4]