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Shafaq News- Mosul
Thousands of worshippers performed Eid Al-Adha prayers
on Wednesday at Mosul’s Nabi Yunus Mosque for the first time in 12 years
following the reconstruction of the historic site destroyed by ISIS, the
mosque’s imam and preacher said.
Mohammed Abdul Wahab Al-Shammaa told Shafaq News that
worshippers from across Mosul, the capital of northern Iraq’s Nineveh province,
gathered at the mosque in “a deeply spiritual atmosphere,” stressing that the
return of prayers to the site holds major religious and historical significance
for the city’s residents.
On April 3, 2026, Nineveh Governor Abdul Qader Al-Dakhil
and Sunni Endowment head Amer Shaker Al-Janabi inaugurated Nabi Yunus Mosque
after reconstruction work was completed.
Located near the archaeological remains of the ancient
Palace of Sennacherib, the mosque contains a tomb believed to belong to the
biblical prophet Jonah, known as Yunus in Islam. ISIS destroyed the site in
2014 as part of its campaign targeting shrines and religious landmarks.
Read more: Devotion and calm highlight Eid al-Adha across Iraq