Archive for July 28th, 2014

28/07/2014

The Shrine-Mosque of Prophet George/Nabi Jirjis has been destroyed

Unfortunately, the evidence for the destruction of the Shrine of Prophet George/Mosque of Nabi Jirjis is simple, and the confident implementation of the Islamic State’s agenda of eradication is plain.

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28/07/2014

Confirmed: the Shrine-Mosque of Prophet Seth/Nabi Sheet has been destroyed

The Iraqi Media Network broadcast a video of the destruction of a mosque on the 25th of July, allegedly of the Shrine-Mosque of the Prophet Seth/Shayt/Sheet. Reggie Davis @davreg37, Fanar Haddad @fanarhaddad and Jane Moon @EaNasir shared the news (responsibly, with the caution/appeal that it had only been reported, not confirmed). It seems likely that it has been destroyed, but I’m not confident that each piece of evidence shared is valid.

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28/07/2014

The Shrine of Mashhad al-Imam ‘Awn al-Din has been destroyed (Mosul, Iraq, 25th July 2014)

I’m beginning to catch up with the bad news that’s arrived while I’ve been offline. First of all, various cuts of a video via Gilgamesh Nabeel, Christopher Jones @cwjones89 and Simone Muehl), including a quick blast-only clip that I found, correspond to photographs and descriptions of a site on Archnet, the Shrine of Mashhad al-Imam ‘Awn al-Din.

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