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From Mosul to Gaza: When the Mask Slips, and the Truth Screams: The dark side of ISIS

 


🔴 From Mosul to Gaza: When the Mask Slips, and the Truth Screams

“They destroyed our mosques, our shrines, our heritage. They shattered minarets that stood for over a thousand years. And now we learn—they were not acting alone.”


The Dark Trail of ISIS: What Was Lost Can Never Be Rebuilt

There are tragedies that unfold over time. And then there are moments when centuries vanish in seconds.

ISIS didn’t just kill people.
They erased memory.

They declared war on everything sacred. On every trace of identity. On the soul of Muslim civilization.

Here are just a few of the irreplaceable treasures they obliterated:


🕌 Al-Nuri Mosque – Mosul, Iraq (12th century)

  • Built in 1172 by Nur ad-Din Zangi, this mosque was famous for its leaning minaret, affectionately known as al-Hadba” (the Hunchback).
  • It was here that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the so-called “caliphate” in 2014.
  • In 2017, as Iraqi forces closed in, ISIS blew it up.

🕌 Mosque of the Prophet Yunus (Jonah) – Mosul, Iraq

  • Believed to house the tomb of Prophet Yunus (AS), this site was venerated by Muslims and Christians alike.
  • ISIS leveled it with explosives in 2014, claiming it was “heretical.”

🕌 Al-Uqayl Shrine – Tikrit, Iraq

  • A revered Shia site housing the graves of prominent scholars.
  • Dynamited by ISIS, which called such shrines “polytheistic.”

🕌 Al-Kabir Mosque – Raqqa, Syria

  • One of the oldest and largest mosques in Raqqa.
  • Used as a base by ISIS, then heavily damaged during coalition bombings.

🕌 Shrine of Sufi Saint Ahmad al-Rifai – Iraq

  • The founder of the Rifai Sufi order, followed widely across the Muslim world.
  • Destroyed in 2014, part of ISIS’s war against spirituality and mysticism.

🕌 Al-Sabiri Mosque – Benghazi, Libya

  • A historic place of worship and community.
  • Targeted and bombed during ISIS's brief but brutal infiltration of Libya.

🕌 Mosques and Shrines in Palmyra – Syria

  • Along with Roman ruins, ISIS demolished centuries-old mosques, including those with Umayyad-era heritage.

And Now We Know: The Hidden Hand

In a revelation that sends shudders down the spine of history itself, former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has openly admitted that Israel provided weapons to ISIS-linked clans in Gaza.

These are not whispers from shadowy corners.
This is an official acknowledgment.
Weapons. Supplied. To the same ideology that blew apart Mosul’s heritage.

Weapons were transferred to ISIS-linked clans in Gaza, without cabinet approval but with full knowledge of Israeli intelligence.”
Lieberman, June 2025


The Media’s Great Betrayal

When ISIS demolished shrines, CNN ran documentaries on “Why ISIS fears history.”
But now—when Israel arms their cousins in Gazathese outlets barely murmur.

  • No breaking news banners.
  • No editorial rage.
  • No calls for global action.

The same media that used ISIS to demonize Islam now shields a government that equipped them.


To the Martyrs of Mosul, Raqqa, Tripoli… and Now Gaza

Your mosques were leveled.
Your saints’ tombs were shattered.
Your call to prayer was drowned in fire.

And now—your killers have been exposed as allies of those who call themselves a democracy.

The same bombs that shattered your minarets now fall over Gaza—this time, with global approval.


Let the Silence Break

This is not about history.
This is about complicity.

If ISIS was the wrecking ball, Israel was the hand that held it.


🟥 Rebuild truth from the rubble. Refuse silence. Speak with fire.

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