Bones of Saint 'Found in Ruins of Monastery Destroyed by ISIS'

The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 4/5/16 | AP

[marshmallow]

St Elian monastery, in the recaptured town of Qaryatain, was bulldozed by the terrorist group last summer

The bones of a saint have reportedly been discovered among the ruins of a monastery in the Syrian town of Qaryatain, which was recaptured from ISIS on Sunday.

Photographs taken of the ruins of the Mar Elian (St Julian) monastery appear to show a destroyed sarcophagus containing a skull and bones.

The photographs, taken by Channel 4 News reporter Lindsey Hilsum, show bones laying on the ground amid rubble. The remains are thought to be those of St Julian, who was martyred in 284 AD for refusing to deny his faith.

An Associated Press crew was among the first journalists to enter Qaryatain and witnessed the destruction wrought on the once-thriving Christian community and its fifth-century monastery, which was bulldozed by the extremist group last summer.

Once a cherished pilgrimage site, much of the St Elian monastery had been reduced to a pile of stones.

Escorted by the Syrian government, the AP crew was allowed to venture only about three kilometres inside Qaryatain, located 125 kilometres north-east of Damascus, because army experts were still clearing explosives and mines left by the group.

[fhayek]

Isn’t there a tomb of Muhammed somewhere.....?

[AZLiberty]

Tit for tat. Goodbye, Mecca.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

ISIS doesn't respect anything of the non-believer , or of Western culture,..
then how is it they use modern weapons, guns , artillery
That just goes to show you that they have ONLY situational morality ,
and then we expect them to assimilate into our Western culture ?
How stupid can the bureaucrats , and the Western leadership be ?..other than our esteemed Narcississt ?
The Muslims respect nothing other than satisfying their Hedonistic desires
"The Religion of Peace" is a joke, and a fraud !
!..perpetuated by those who follow the Islamist agenda .

[Broker]

How queer it is that media mourns ISIS / Dash destruction of historic relics and ignores SCORES & SCORES of beheaded Christians, Jews and our fellow humans. Worse yet, nobody publically acknowledges the evil that is Islam.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

These jerks need to be wiped out. Period!

[Rembrandt]

Homo Sapiens does not do things like this. This seems to be more likely the work of disciples of Lucifer.