Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque
Location
LocationTal Afar, Iraq
Architecture
TypeMosque
Destroyed2014

The Sheikh Jawad Al-Sadiq Mosque or Husseiniyah Mullah Mahmoud was a husseininya-mosque complex located in Tal Afar, Iraq. It is adjacent to the Saad Ibn Aqeel Shrine. The mosque of is named for the ninth Twelver Shi'a Imam, Muhammad al-Jawad and a Sheikh named Mahmoud al-Barzanji. There is also a small cemetery behind the mosque. The mosque is not to be confused with the Mosque of Sayyid Ar-Mahmoud.

Incidents

On 15 February 2008, two suicide bombers attacked the mosque after the Friday prayers. 17 people were wounded from the attack. [1]

In 2014, the mosque was demolished with explosives by ISIL as part of a plan to destroy Shi'a and Sufi sites in Nineveh governorate. Explosive devices were rigged to the minaret, destroying the mosque. ISIL claimed that these buildings were used to "worship" Husayn.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Four killed in Iraq mosque attack". 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  2. ↑ Hafiz, Yasmine (2014-07-07). "ISIS Destroys Shiite Mosques And Shrines In Iraq, Dangerously Fracturing Country (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-05.


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