US condemns Islamic State demolition of Mosul mosque
(Bottom) Mosul's historic leaning Al-Hadba minaret, pictured on June 20, 2017, and (top) a picture taken on June 22, 2017
Washington - Al Maghrib Today
The United States on Thursday branded the Islamic State group's demolition of an 800-year-old mosque in Mosul an attack on world heritage and "an edifice of a great religion."
The Al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret were levelled on Wednesday evening as US-backed Iraqi forces closed in on jihadist hold-outs in the northern city.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the bombing of such a site "only further proves that ISIS has no respect for Iraq's identity, culture or its religions."
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi once exploited the powerful symbolism of the mosque to boost his stature when he gave his first sermon as leader of the group.
But his fighters apparently preferred to demolish the shrine -- and attempt to blame US air strikes -- rather than allow it to fall into the hands of advancing government forces.
"The despicable act is a crime not only against the people of Mosul and Iraq, but the world," Nauert said.
"The world has yet again lost an important part of our shared heritage at the hands of ISIS."
Source: AFP
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