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Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine

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File:Gateway-to-Imam-Saad-bin-Aqil-Shrine.jpg
The fence and outer entrance to the complex.
File:Imam-Saad-Ibn-Aqeel-Shrine-interior.jpg
People praying at the shrine.
The shrine before the ISIL deliberate destruction in 2014, photo taken 2011
File:Qaddo-Mosque-And-Imam-Saad-Shrine-Tal-Afar.jpg
The dome of the shrine (middle) with Qaddo Mosque dome over to the left.

Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine was a mosque, hussainiyah and mausoleum located at Tal Afar, Iraq. The complex contained the tomb of Imam Saad Bin Aqil, a descendant of Aqeel ibn Abi Talib.[1] A smaller mausoleum with a white dome was located next to the mausoleum. Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque was next to the mosque and shrine. A few years later, a reconstruction started of the mausoleum.[2]

Incidents

The mausoleum was demolished in 2014 by ISIL militants. They claimed the complex was a place to "worship" Husayn Ibn Ali.[3][4][5][6]

Reconstruction

The shrine was rebuilt in 2019, alongside other major Shiite shrines including the Mosque of Sayyid Ar-Mahmoud and Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives Weekly Report 30 (March 2, 2015) – ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives". Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. ^ "تعرف على المزارات الشريفة التي تعرضت للدمار من زمر الارهاب التكفيري في الموصل + صور - ShiaWaves Arabic". shiawaves.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. ^ Hafiz, Yasmine (2014-07-07). "ISIS Destroys Shiite Mosques And Shrines In Iraq, Dangerously Fracturing Country (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. ^ "5 Beautiful Historic Shrines Destroyed Forever by Militants in Iraq", by Sarah Kaufman, 8 July 2014
  5. ^ ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives
  6. ^ "The questions Sir John Chilcot must answer about his Iraq war inquiry", Daily Telegraph, 4 February 2015
  7. ^ "اعادة نصب شبابيك المزارات الشريفة التي دمرت من قبل داعش الإرهابي في الموصل (صور) - ShiaWaves Arabic". shiawaves.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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