ISIS Militants Wreak Havoc On Iraq's Cultural Treasures -- FOX News
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), the Sunni Muslim insurgent group who swept across northern and western Iraq earlier this year, menacing Baghdad in the process, has commenced the systematic destruction of the country's cultural treasures.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the group had destroyed a mosque in the northern Iraq city of Mosul that contained a shrine believed to be the tomb of Jonah -- who is revered as a prophet by Christians, Jews, and Muslims. The paper reported that the militants had wired the periphery of the mosque with explosives and then detonated them.
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More News On ISIS Militants Continuing The Destruction Of Iraq's Cultural Treasures And The Elimination of Christians
Jihadists in Iraq Erase Cultural Heritage -- WSJ
ISIS militants blow up Prophet Jonas’ tomb in Iraq – video -- RT
Trampled in Abraham’s dust: The destruction of Near Eastern Christianity -- Jerusalem Post
Iraq’s Christians: Nearly all gone -- The Economist
After leveling Iraq’s Tomb of Jonah, the Islamic State could destroy ‘anything in the Bible’ -- Justin Moyer, Washington Post
Christianity as we know it in Iraq is being wiped out -- WND
Anglican Vicar: End of Christianity in Iraq Is 'Very Near' -- Breitbart
Does Jonah's tomb signal the death of Christianity in Iraq? -- Joel S. Baden and Candida Moss, Special to CNN
My Comment: And nothing but silence from our leaders in the West.
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