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Al-ʿAskaria Mosque

shrine, Iraq
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  • Abū Muṣʿab al-Zarqāwī
    al-Qaeda in Iraq

    …destroyed the golden dome of Al-ʿAskariyyah Mosque in Sāmarrāʾ, one of Shiʿism’s holiest mosques, amplifying the existing cycle of violent retribution and provoking some of the worst sectarian violence of the post-invasion period.

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    …destroyed the golden dome of Al-ʿAskariyyah Mosque in Sāmarrāʾ, one of Shiʿism’s holiest mosques, amplifying the existing cycle of violent retribution and provoking some of the worst sectarian violence of the post-invasion period.

    Read More