Posted on 03/03/2016 2:53:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
For nearly 1,000 years the minaret of the Great Mosque of Aleppo soared above Syria's largest city. But it now lies in ruins - one of the many victims of Syria's civil war.
The minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque was unusual - unlike traditional cylindrical minarets, it was square in cross-section. At 45m high, its pinkish-beige stone, wrapped in intricate Arabic inscriptions, stood out on the city's skyline.
It tells the story of Aleppo - or Halab as it's called in Arabic - one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
The mosque was said to hold the remains of John the Baptist's father, Zechariah. Founded in the early 8th Century, it endured the sackings of the city by the Fatimids, Abbasids, Byzantines, Armenians, and Mongols - and even an earthquake.
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Good news. islam had its day and raped it.
And then the Muslims did what Muslims do...and it was gone forever...
Thanks nickcarraway. Get the C4.
One Muslim’s Quest to Save a Revered Syrian Synagogue
A Syrian Muslim Sought Help From Israel and American Jews
By Adam Entous
Updated Dec. 1, 2014 10:33 p.m. ET
http://www.wsj.com/articles/one-muslims-quest-to-save-a-revered-syrian-synagogue-1417491144
Maj. Avichay Adraee, an Israeli army spokesman, was taken aback when he received a message from a mysterious man writing from the heart of Syria’s bloody civil war. The man, a Sunni Muslim who created a Facebook page called “Jobar Synagogue,” said he was on a mission to preserve his town’s crown jewel, a centuries-old religious site...
Menarsha synagogue attack [August 5, 1949]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menarsha_synagogue_attack
Best when it’s fully occupied.
This mosque may contain the remains of John the Baptist’s father, Zechariah.
I saw that, I just don’t believe it for one second.
Goes around, comes around.
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first one is my favorite, mosqgobooom...