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Shrine of Shaykh Fathi al-Mawsili

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “religious complex located in mosul”. Today it says “religious complex containing a mosque and shrine”.
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Shrine of Shaykh Fathi al-Mawsili ( Arabic : مرقد فتحي الموصلي) is a religious complex located in Mosul , Iraq . The complex comprises a modern mosque and a 9th-century mausoleum which entombs the remains of Al-Fath al-Mawsili , an ascetic and Hadith transmitter. The current two buildings in the complex are modern, and were extensively reconstructed after they were demolished in 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .

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Then

religious complex located in mosul

Now

religious complex containing a mosque and shrine

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