Great Mosque of Mossul destroyed

[ChocoBro]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/21/mosuls-grand-al-nouri-mosque-blown-up-by-isis-fighters

 

 

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Destroying Great Mosque of al-Nuri 'is Isis declaring defeat'

Iraqi PM denounces levelling of Mosul building where Islamic State leader declared a caliphate three years ago

 

 

This mosque was the place where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the caliphate years ago.

 

It was always one of islam's most venerated sites.

 

I can only imagine the shock that must have gone through the muslim community for this egoistic and desperate "scorched earth" type of act.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39339373

 

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But IS accused the US-led coalition of destroying the mosque, which was also of great symbolic importance to both sides of the conflict.

 

An interesting little step towards the destruction of Babylon the Great? In any case, this will cause the river Euphrates to dry up a little more.

[carlos]

I read that when ISIS captured Mosul they tried to demolish that mosque, but thousands of people crowded around it in protest and the jihadists let it be.

[GeordieGirl]

 I laughed when I read this bit:

The cause of the tilt was not fully known. According to local tradition, the minaret bowed to the Prophet Muhammad as he passed overhead while ascending to heaven, ignoring the fact that he died centuries before it was built.