Irreplaceable. Sad ... very sad.
Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Iraq's Mosul 'blown up' by ISIL
Mosque where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate destroyed by ISIL, army says, but armed group blames US air raid.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/0...193402284.html
The landmark Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its leaning minaret have been blown up, with the Iraqi army blaming ISIL for its destruction and the armed group accusing a US-led coalition air raid.
In recent days Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into the last remaining areas held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in the centre of Iraq's second-largest city.
"Our forces were advancing toward their targets deep in the Old City and when they got to within 50 metres of the Nuri mosque, Daesh committed another historical crime by blowing up the Nuri mosque," Staff Lieutenant General Abdulamir Yarallah, the overall commander of the Mosul offensive, said in a statement late Wednesday.
In a statement on its Amaq website, ISIL blamed US aircraft for destroying the mosque.
The US military denied the allegation. "We did not strike in that area," coalition spokesman US Air Force Colonel John Dorrian told Reuters news agency by phone.
he Grand al-Nuri Mosque was where ISIL's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made a rare appearance in June 2014 and gave a speech while standing at a pulpit to proclaim the creation of a "caliphate".
US Army Major-General Joseph Martin said the mosque destruction showed ISIL's brutality.
"The responsibility of this devastation is laid firmly at the doorstep of ISIS," said Martin in a statement.
"This is a crime against the people of Mosul and all of Iraq, and is an example of why this brutal organisation must be annihilated."
Iraqis lovingly call the minaret Al-Hadba, or "the hunchback". The mosque is named after Nuruddin al-Zanki, a noble who fought the early crusaders from a fiefdom that covered territory in modern-day Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The mosque was built in 1172-73, shortly before his death, and housed an Islamic school.
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi denounced the destruction, saying it was a "declaration of defeat" by ISIL.
People walk in front of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul -note leaning minaret in background
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anatta (06-22-2017)
Was it a Shiah mosque?
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Mosque was Sunni..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul
In religious terms, mainstream Sunni Islam was the largest religion, but with a significant number of followers of the Salafi movement and Christianity (the latter followed by the Assyrians and Armenians), as well as Shia Islam, Sufism, Yazidism, Shabakism, Yarsanism and Mandaeism.
I am going to hope that Mr. Mad dog is going in the right direction and ordered the destruction of the caliphate's most unholy spot. I do not really care who destroyed it; it is the right to do and it makes me happy to hear about the mohamedans losing an unholy house of "allah" Lucifer worship. it should happen to every mohamedan vermin nests called "mosques" on the entire planet. when the planet rests from "allah" Lucifer's usurpation, there will be no more "mosques" or "minarets" like this one which resides at the former spot of the world trade center. ...
Last edited by iewitness; 06-23-2017 at 09:16 AM.
Even so, Come, Lord JesusI do not participate in delusion count me out
the Mosque has a long history besides being where Baghdadi claimed the caliphate.
it is time for the false prophet mohammed's [damned forever] history of blood sacrifice to "allah" Lucifer to end.
Even so, Come, Lord JesusI do not participate in delusion count me out
if it is wrong to bump a certain thread just because it is the best news of the week; I am wrong. I do hate islam, it's adherents and all who apologize for it; wrongly believing they are innocent of the blood shed thereby. I do hate evil.
Even so, Come, Lord JesusI do not participate in delusion count me out
"There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."
I don't know the reasoning. I'm sure it's cloaked in some takfiri bullshit..
Ya. he's been a major killer..so bad that even Zawahiri condemns ISIS
Zawahiri also emphasized once again the ideological divide between al Qaeda and ISIS, describing ISIS as "extremists and renegades" whose followers would eventually disavow their beliefs and methods.
good thing.....that bugger was gonna fall on some poor child's head.......Leaning Minaret Mosque blown up by ISIS in Mosul
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