Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul to be rebuilt


The Iraqi Ministry of Culture had started the first stage of the reconstruction of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri and its famous leaning minaret after ISIS terrorists detonated them in the last month in Mosul, the deputy minister of culture Qais Hussein Rashid said on Thursday.

He added that the Antiquities and Heritage Department has documents, photos, designs, and ideas to rebuild the minaret.

Also, an important architect company offered a proposal to rebuild the minaret to its previous shape to keeps its identity as a symbol of Mosul city.

On June 2nd, ISIS destroyed the Great Mosque of al-Nuri, where the leader of the terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi addressed his followers for the first time to declare the formation of his so-called state.

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