Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic mosque located in mosul”. Today it says “historic sunni congregational mosque and shrine”. This article was filed under Islamist attacks on mosques. Today it is filed under none of them.
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Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque ( Arabic : جَامِع ٱلنَّبِي يُوْنُس , romanized : Jāmiʿ An-Nabī Yūnus ), also known as the Mosque of the Prophet Jonah , the Mosque of the Prophet Yunus , and the Shrine of Nabi Yunis , was a historic Sunni congregational mosque and shrine , partially destroyed in 2014, that was located in Mosul , in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq . It contained a tomb believed to be that of the Biblical prophet Jonah , known as Yunus by Muslims. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque ( ) was a historic mosque located in Mosul , Iraq . It contained a tomb believed to be that of the Biblical prophet Jonah , known as Yunus by Muslims.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic mosque located in mosul”. Today it says “historic sunni congregational mosque and shrine”. This article was filed under Islamist attacks on mosques. Today it is filed under none of them. Read the current article and compare.
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historic mosque located in mosul
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historic sunni congregational mosque and shrine
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