Terrorists of ISIS dynamite shrine of Prophet Sheth, Jersis
29 July 2014 5:01 AM IST
Local security officials in the restive Nineveh Province say the ISIL terrorists destroyed the shrine of Prophet Jersis known as Saint George by Christians.
Terrorists also destroyed the shrine of Hazrat Shish (A.S) in Mosul, the de facto Iraqi capital of the ‘caliphate’ proclaimed last month by so-called Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Prophet Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve in the flashpoint city. Earlier, the militants had leveled the tomb of another prophet called Yunus in the Qur’an and Jonah in the Bible.
‘IS militants stopped people from coming close, set explosives in and around the shrine and then detonated them as a crowd looked on,’ one resident who witnessed the demolition told AFP.
Sami al-Massoudi, the deputy head of the endowment agency overseeing holy sites, confirmed that militants blew up the shrine and added that they took some of the artefacts to an unknown location.
Sources say the terrorists have now destroyed or badly damaged more than 30 shrines, as well as 15 mosques and places of worship in and around Mosul after capturing the city last month.
The ISIL and its associated militant groups are blamed for numerous sacrilegious acts. The terrorist groups have links with Saudi intelligence and are believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the security crisis and growing terrorism in his country, denouncing Riyadh as a major supporter of global terrorism.
Terrorists also destroyed the shrine of Hazrat Shish (A.S) in Mosul, the de facto Iraqi capital of the ‘caliphate’ proclaimed last month by so-called Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Prophet Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve in the flashpoint city. Earlier, the militants had leveled the tomb of another prophet called Yunus in the Qur’an and Jonah in the Bible.
‘IS militants stopped people from coming close, set explosives in and around the shrine and then detonated them as a crowd looked on,’ one resident who witnessed the demolition told AFP.
Sami al-Massoudi, the deputy head of the endowment agency overseeing holy sites, confirmed that militants blew up the shrine and added that they took some of the artefacts to an unknown location.
Sources say the terrorists have now destroyed or badly damaged more than 30 shrines, as well as 15 mosques and places of worship in and around Mosul after capturing the city last month.
The ISIL and its associated militant groups are blamed for numerous sacrilegious acts. The terrorist groups have links with Saudi intelligence and are believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the security crisis and growing terrorism in his country, denouncing Riyadh as a major supporter of global terrorism.
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