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St. Elijah’s Monastery near Mosul, Iraq, in 2009. Satellite photos confirm the site was destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2014
Posted on 01/20/2016 9:51:11 AM PST by TroutStalker
The Islamic State destroyed one of the oldest Christian sites in Iraq as part of its campaign against ancient sites in the country, according to satellite photographs published by The Associated Press.
The monastery of St. Elijah, or Dair Mar Elia, stood for more than 1,400 years above a riverbed south of the city of Mosul, which the Islamic State seized from Iraqi forces in June 2014. The satellite photographs — taken by DigitalGlobe, a private company with headquarters in Westminster, Colo. — showed that the monastery was razed in late August or September 2014, including the site’s square complex of partly ruined rooms and a largely intact sanctuary that dated from the 11th century.
Yonadam Kanna, a Christian member of Parliament, said the destruction was further evidence of the Islamic State’s goal of destroying Iraq’s Christian identity, calling the site “one of the most historical†in the country.
“Nothing can compensate the loss of such heritage,†he said.
The Islamic State has damaged or destroyed scores of historic sites and monuments as part of a nihilistic campaign to eradicate remnants of cultures it considers anathema to its extremist vision of Islam. They have included ancient ruins like Nineveh, Nimrud and the tomb of Jonah in Iraq; Palmyra in Syria; and medieval Islamic sites like the tombs of Yahya ibn al-Qasim and Ibn Hassan Aoun al-Din in Mosul.
St. Elijah’s was near the Mosul airport, on land that during Saddam Hussein’s rule was part of a military base, putting it off limits to most Iraqis for decades. There were 26 rooms in varying states of decay arrayed around a central courtyard. The 11th-century church at the site had a baptistery, nave and altar that were largely intact, though its walls had cracked enough to let in sunlight and rain.
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We can thank Obama and his muzzie friends for this destruction.
The primitive savages think they can erase God.
What difference does it make now?
It is destroyed, can’t bring it back.
And the ones who destroyed it are merely thugs and killers, completely disconnected from Islam.
Therefore...
Let’s go out and play golf.
I mean, if the genocide against human beings happening there won’t wake you up, this is ho hum stuff.
Showing their evil nature and the nature of the one they worship.
G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/world/middleeast/19monastery.html
DEC. 18, 2009
Now, in one small act of preservation, and perhaps penance, the Americans hope to restore St. Elijah’s. Army engineers have drawn up plans to shore up the roof and walls of its main sanctuary - believed to have been built in the 11th century - before the last American troops leave the monastery to an uncertain fate.
Photos:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/12/19/world/1219-MONASTERY_index.html?_r=0
Lucky there weren’t any monks there - the ISIS primitives would have beheaded them all.
Then gone back to killing old ladies and humping little boys.
If you already have, thank you.
Is Mecca now on the table?......
Christians don’t rely on earthly monuments....we have the living God who will take us to a place that’s imperishable.
What is the difference between this kind of destruction by terrorists, and the destruction of Confederate statues and flags in the USA?
Are they trying to rewrite history?
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The powers that be in the west don’t care because the victims of Islam here are eastern Christians (Orthodox and eastern rite Catholics) is the only conclusion I can come to. Be it Serbs against the Muslims or Greeks against the Muslims or whatever group against the Muslims - the west seems to side with the Muslims.
Maybe if they start destroying historical sites the libs will demand action. Apparently hanging Christians from trees doesn’t outrage them as much.
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