islamic charities entered kosovo and rebuilt ottoman period mosques destroyed during the war in the gulf arab style while also being responsible for destroying centuries old religious complexes and mosques under the cover of "reconstruction". journalists in kosovo reported that assistance to local communities was dependent on them allowing permission for a particular islamic charity to reconstruct local mosques. libraries, gravestones and mausoleums which were centuries old became subject to destruction by islamic charities as they viewed them to be "idolatrous".