Great Mosque of al Nuri

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6-24-17
  

  Why did ISIS blow up the mosque in Mosul?

  by Kishwar Rizvi

  It was following a tradition established by Saudi Arabia.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  6-22-17
  

  Destroying Great Mosque of al-Nuri 'is Isis declaring defeat'

  Iraqi PM denounces levelling of Mosul building where Islamic State leader declared a caliphate three years ago.