The Mosque of Sayyid Ar-Mahmoud is a former
Shia Islam
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ic
mosque and
shrine complex that was located in
Tal Afar,
Iraq. The complex was founded in 1998 and destroyed in 2014.
The mausoleum
The mausoleum of Sayyid Ar-Mahmoud is located under the green dome of the mosque.
Destruction
The mausoleum was destroyed by
ISIL in 2014 as part of a plan to destroy historic shrines in
Tal Afar,
Mosul and
Nineveh
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Explosives were planted at the tomb, completely destroying the green dome as well as the shrine under it and damaged several graves in the cemetery next to the shrine.
See also
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Islam in Iraq
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List of mosques in Iraq
This is a list of mosques in Iraq. There are 7,000 Sunni mosques and 3,500 Shia mosques in Iraq as a whole. According to the Office of Waqf and Sunnah in Iraq, in the capital city of Baghdad, there are 912 Jama Masjids which conduct Friday Prayer ...
References
Mosques in Iraq
2014 disestablishments in Iraq
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