Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine
Saad ibn Aqeel Shrine was a mausoleum and husseiniya located at Tal Afar in Iraq. It was adjacent to the Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque.
The shrine had a golden dome over the mausoleum of Saad Ibn Aqeel, a descendant of Aqeel Ibn Abu Talib. The grave of Saad Ibn Aqeel was enclosed within a zarih.
Demolition of the Shrine
The mausoleum was demolished in 2014 by ISIL militants. They claimed the shrine and husseiniya was a place to "worship" Husayn Ibn Ali.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ Hafiz, Yasmine (2014-07-07). "ISIS Destroys Shiite Mosques And Shrines In Iraq, Dangerously Fracturing Country (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "5 Beautiful Historic Shrines Destroyed Forever by Militants in Iraq", by Sarah Kaufman, 8 July 2014
- ^ ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives
- ^ "The questions Sir John Chilcot must answer about his Iraq war inquiry", Daily Telegraph, 4 February 2015