Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine

Imam Saad bin Aqil' Shrine was a mosque, hussainiyah and mausoleum located at Tal Afar, Iraq. The complex contained the tomb of Imam Saad Bin Aqil, a descendant of Aqeel ibn Abi Talib.[1] A smaller mausoleum with a white dome was located next to the mausoleum. Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque was next to the mosque and shrine. A few years later, a reconstruction started of the mausoleum.[2]

The fence and outer entrance to the complex.
People praying at the shrine.
The shrine before the ISIL deliberate destruction in 2014, photo taken 2011
The dome of the shrine (middle) with Qaddo Mosque dome over to the left.

Incidents

The mausoleum was demolished in 2014 by ISIL militants. They claimed the complex was a place to "worship" Husayn Ibn Ali.[3][4][5][6]

Reconstruction

The shrine was rebuilt in 2019, alongside other major Shiite shrines including the Mosque of Sayyid Ar-Mahmoud and Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque.[7]

References
  1. "ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives Weekly Report 30 (March 2, 2015) – ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives". Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  2. "تعرف على المزارات الشريفة التي تعرضت للدمار من زمر الارهاب التكفيري في الموصل + صور - ShiaWaves Arabic". shiawaves.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. Hafiz, Yasmine (2014-07-07). "ISIS Destroys Shiite Mosques And Shrines In Iraq, Dangerously Fracturing Country (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  4. "5 Beautiful Historic Shrines Destroyed Forever by Militants in Iraq", by Sarah Kaufman, 8 July 2014
  5. ASOR Cultural Heritage Initiatives
  6. "The questions Sir John Chilcot must answer about his Iraq war inquiry", Daily Telegraph, 4 February 2015
  7. "اعادة نصب شبابيك المزارات الشريفة التي دمرت من قبل داعش الإرهابي في الموصل (صور) - ShiaWaves Arabic". shiawaves.com. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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