The phrase "attacks on shrines" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing violence or aggression directed towards religious or cultural sites.
Example: "The recent attacks on shrines have raised concerns about the preservation of cultural heritage in the region."
Alternatives: "assaults on sacred sites" or "offenses against shrines".
Attacks on shrines have become the hallmark of extremist Sunni Muslim groups, including al-Qaeda.
"Taliban want to destroy the peace of the country, and attacks on shrines are a heinous conspiracy to spark sectarian tensions and riots," Mr. Kareem said.
Iconoclasm (from the Greek, meaning the "breaking of images") was adopted as doctrine by Emperor Leo III (680-741) and his successors, and, for a century, led to the destruction of art, massacres, torture of monks and attacks on shrines, decisively widening the schism in the Church between Constantinople and the papacy.
Citing the group's deadly attacks on shrines and peaceful demonstrators, and reports that it had beheaded civilians, Nicholson said U.S. forces were committed to eradicating the militants from Afghanistan in 2017.
He said the group surged in numbers over the past 10 days in preparation for attacks on pilgrims, shrines in Najaf and clerics on the last day of Ashura.
Radical itinerant preachers, a boom in hardline madrasas and militant attacks on the shrines of holy men are driving adherents away from Pakistan's Sufi-influenced Islamic tradition, according to concerned religious leaders in the country.
I had to flee to Kirkuk in 2006 to escape the sectarian fighting after the attack on the shrines in Samara.
The attack on the shrine may harden such thinking.
Other ministers said an attack on the shrine would send a tough message to insurgents.
Some religious scholars were so outraged by the attack on the shrine that they called for the resignations of Chief Minister Sharif and the Punjab law minister, Rana Sanaullah.
Shias, including members of Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army, took to the streets yesterday vowing revenge for the attack on the shrine.
