Reporting the loss of world cultural heritage in the hands of religious extremists has become a sad part of daily news. Shortly after the city of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq was taken by ISIS in 2014, the terror group broadcast their destruction of one of the area’s most holy sites, the Tomb of Jonah mosque situated on Tell Nabi Yunus. Venerated by local Christians and Muslims alike, the alleged resting place of the Biblical prophet (known in Arabic as “Nabi Yunus”) was blown up precisely because of its status as a shrine. Last January, the eastern part of […]
