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ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants take sledgehammers to tomb of Prophet Jonah in Mosul, Iraq
ISIS Salafi and Deobandi militants take sledgehammers to tomb of Prophet Jonah in Mosul, Iraq
posted by Shahram Ali | July 11, 2014 | In Newspaper Articles, Original Articles
Editor’s note: The Western press should answer the question: Is Prophet Jonah Sunni or Shia or Christian? The Western press keeps making an inaccurate false Shia Sunni Binary thereby obfuscating the Saudi Inspired Salafi and Deobandi identity of these animals. This destruction should be no surprise as Saudi Arabia has been doing the very same thing for over one hundred years.
This is the shocking moment ISIS militants took sledgehammers to Iraqi tombstones – smashing them to pieces.
The rebels, who are members of the Islamic State terror group, were filmed attacking centuries-old graves in the north-west city of Mosul in Ninevah province.
Donning balaclavas and black coats, they swung sledgehammers into the tombs, causing pieces of dust and stone to fly through the air.
The attack is the latest in the ISIS’s violent rampage across Iraq.
Earlier this week, a series of images emerged showing the destruction of almost a dozen Shia and Sunni religious shrines in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, and the town of Tal Afar, which is also currently under ISIS control.
Tomb stone of Jonah the prophet is smashed by ISIS in Mosul
Armed: The rebels, who are members of the Islamic State terror group, were filmed attacking centuries-old graves in the north-west city of Mosul in Ninevah province. Above, an ISIS militant vandalises a tombstone
Smash: Donning balaclavas and black coats, the rebels swung sledgehammers into the green tombstones
ISIS militants believe giving special veneration to tombs and relics is against the teachings of Islam.
Speaking of the latest attack, Ninevah official Zuhair Al-Chalabi, told IraqiNews.com: ‘The elements of ISIS [have] controlled the mosque of the Prophet Younis in Mosul since they invaded the city.’
‘[They] engaged in the process of tampering with the contents of the Mosque. It is still held by them until now.’
The shrine of the Prophet Seth (Shayth) was also destroyed by rebels, according to reports.
Revered tomb: One of the devastated tombstones belonged to the Prophet Jonah (Younis in Arabic) and was revered by Muslims and Christians alike, authorities said. Another belonged to the Prophet Seth (Shayth)
It comes as more than 50 bodies have been discovered by Iraqi authorities in an agricultural area outside the city of Hillah, just south of Baghdad, today.
Military spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan Ibrahim said most of the 53 bodies were found blindfolded with their hands bound and several gunshot wounds.
The grisly discovery in Hillah, a predominantly Shiite city around 60 miles south of Baghdad, has raised concerns over a possible sectarian killing amid the battle against a Sunni insurgency.
Brig Gen Maan said an investigation was underway to determine the identities of the dead, as well as the circumstances of the killings.
Rampage: The attack is the latest in the ISIS’s violent rampage across Iraq. Earlier this week, a series of images (including the one pictured) emerged showing the destruction of almost a dozen shrines and Shia mosques in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, and the town of Tal Afar, which is also currently under ISIS control
The dead were all men between the ages of 25 and 40, and it appeared they had been killed a few days earlier and then dumped in the remote area, said a local police officer and a medical official.
They officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to brief the media.
A lightning sweep by the insurgents over much of northern and western Iraq in the past month has dramatically hiked tensions between the Shiite majority and Sunni minority.
At the same time, splits have grown between the Shiite-led government in Baghdad and the Kurdish autonomic region in the north.
Destroyed: The photographs were posted on a website which frequently carries official statements from the Islamic State extremist group
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki today accused the Kurdish zone of being a haven for the extremists and other Sunni insurgents.
The claims are likely to further strain Baghdad’s ties with Kurds, whose fighters have been battling the militant advance.
Mr al-Maliki lashed out at the Kurds in his weekly televised statement, saying ‘everything that has been changed on the ground must be returned’ – a reference to disputed territory Kurdish fighters have taken.
He went a step further, saying: ‘We can’t stay silent over Irbil being a headquarters for Daesh, Baath, al-Qaida and the terrorists.’
Daesh is the acronym in Arabic for the Islamic State group, often used as a pejorative by its opponents, while the Baath was the party of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
But Mr al-Maliki provided no evidence to back up his claims, which are sure to be rejected by Kurdish leaders in Irbil. Evidence on the ground also contradicts his allegations.
While the motives in this case remain unclear, such killings hark back to the worst days of Iraq’s sectarian violence in 2006 and 2007.
At that time, with a Sunni insurgency raging, Shiite militias and Sunni militant groups were notorious for killings of members of the other sect.
Bodies were frequently dumped by roads, in empty lots, ditches and canals. As the levels of violence dropped over time, such discoveries became rare.
But sectarian tensions have soared once more and authorities have once again begun to find unidentified bodies since the Sunni militant offensive swept across much of northern and western Iraq.
The militant surge is led by the Islamic State extremist group, but other Sunni insurgents have joined, feeding off anger in their minority community against the Shiite-led government.
Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki today accused the Kurdish autonomic region in the north of being a haven for the extremists and Sunni insurgents. He said: ‘Everything that has been changed on the ground must be returned’
On the other side, Shiite militias have rallied around Mr al-Maliki’s government to fight back against the militant advance.
In the far north, Kurds have taken advantage of the mayhem to seize disputed territory – including the city of Kirkuk, a major oil centre – and move closer to a long-held dream of their own state.
Kurdish fighters say they only want to protect the areas from Sunni militants. Many of the areas have significant Kurdish populations that they have demanded for years be incorporated into their territory.
These moves have infuriated Mr al-Maliki, who is under pressure from opponents as well as former allies to step down.
The photographs of the destroyed churches and mosques that emerged last week were posted on a website which frequently carries official statements from ISIS.
Some of them showed bulldozers plowing through walls, while others featured buildings being demolished by explosives in a cloud of smoke and rubble.
Three Sunni clerics were also killed by ISIS gunmen in Mosul after calling on locals to reject the terror group and refusing to leave the city, authorities said.
The victims were Khattab Hassan, 43, Riyadh al-Wandi, 39, and 48-year-old Abdul Ghafoor Salman.
Today, archbishops from Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk said the violence in Iraq is hastening the end of nearly 2,000 years of Christianity there as the few remaining faithful flee Islamic State militants.
War and sectarian conflict have shrunk Iraq’s Christian population to about 400,000 from 1.5million before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, they said on a visit to Brussels seeking European Union help to protect their flocks.
And now, even those who stayed are leaving for Turkey, Lebanon and western Europe, they claimed.
The three – Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul Yohanna Petros Mouche and Kirkuk’s Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Youssif Mirkis – are all Eastern Catholics whose churches have their own traditional liturgy but are loyal to the pope in Rome.
‘The next days will be very bad. If the situation does not change, Christians will be left with just a symbolic presence in Iraq,’ said Sako, who is based in Baghdad
‘If they leave, their history is finished.’
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Then your understanding, and that of all those muslims that will leave Islam is flawed in my opinion. The kaaba is NOTHING more than a common focal point. Yes, it has its value and it is to be revered. But it is NOT Islam.It was never destroyed after Abraham and Ishmael rebuilt it. As far as i know, Catapault damaged the black stone once. Thats it. And a flood damaged two sides of the wall during ottoman era. Muslims took care of such events and no holy intervening wasnt needed like the Ababil birds. It will only be destroyed during the end times, when there will be no muslim. Even Dajjal wont be able to penetrate Mecca. Yes, If someone nukes Kaba and levels it completely- A large number of people will leave Islam.
So they made precision strikes with laser guided stones to target kaaba ?
You do understand what catapult and a what a stone is ?
Then your understanding, and that of all those muslims that will leave Islam is flawed in my opinion. The kaaba is NOTHING more than a common focal point. Yes, it has its value and it is to be revered. But it is NOT Islam.
Its you who doesn't understand what catapult and what a stone is ....
they target it without any concern about damaging or crushing kabba but in the end it didn't crushed but get damaged and set it to fire ( they used fire arms - I don't know its english name - more than stone and they put it on fire ) ....
the next they , they recived the news about Yazid death and their army get scared because they thought Yazid died because of their action ( attacking Kaaba ) and they withdraw although their commander was against it but his army had low moral and he couldn't help it .
Then it will be the will of Allah. I honestly have ZERO worries about Kaaba. Its not my house to protect or destroy.if they mannage to crush Kaaba ( or as you said ""NOTHING more than a common focal point."" ) they will begin to crush Islam as well ....
THIS IS FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU Translation of Surrah Feel:Leveling A Grave ( where the body is not touched or harmed ) and Destroying Kaba are two very different things.........
Then it will be the will of Allah. I honestly have ZERO worries about Kaaba. Its not my house to protect or destroy.
The house which is mine to protect is that of Ahle-Bayt.. which is the Prophet's house..and the houses of the Caliphs.
These I have failed to protect from these so called purists.
Do not start this Shia / Sunni thing already suffered a lot. Raise your point plsKaaba is very very very important.
Are u a Shia?
It is, but it is not the responsibility of mankind to worry about its safety.Kaaba is very very very important.
Are u a Shia?
Then it will be the will of Allah. I honestly have ZERO worries about Kaaba. Its not my house to protect or destroy.
The house which is mine to protect is that of Ahle-Bayt.. which is the Prophet's house..and the houses of the Caliphs.
These I have failed to protect from these so called purists.
the moment that Muslims grows strong , Allah give the task of protecting Kaaba to muslims ....
if 1 billion muslims can't protect their own Qabblah , then what is point of spreading Islam !?
when there wasn't any muslim , Allah protected his own house and crushed Ab'ra'he army by sending Abbabils at them , but after Islam , there wasn't any miracle for protecting kaaba , because it is a task that Muslims should do .......