{"id":133034,"date":"2026-05-27T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/133034\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:25:10","slug":"restored-nabi-yunus-mosque-in-iraqs-mosul-hosts-first-eid-prayers-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/133034\/","title":{"rendered":"Restored Nabi Yunus Mosque in Iraq\u2019s Mosul hosts first Eid prayers – Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shafaq News- Mosul<\/p>\n

Thousands of worshippers performed Eid Al-Adha prayers
\non Wednesday at Mosul\u2019s Nabi Yunus Mosque for the first time in 12 years
\nfollowing the reconstruction of the historic site destroyed by ISIS, the
\nmosque\u2019s imam and preacher said.<\/p>\n

Mohammed Abdul Wahab Al-Shammaa told Shafaq News that
\nworshippers from across Mosul, the capital of northern Iraq\u2019s Nineveh province,
\ngathered at the mosque in \u201ca deeply spiritual atmosphere,\u201d stressing that the
\nreturn of prayers to the site holds major religious and historical significance
\nfor the city\u2019s residents.<\/p>\n

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On April 3, 2026, Nineveh Governor Abdul Qader Al-Dakhil
\nand Sunni Endowment head Amer Shaker Al-Janabi inaugurated<\/a> Nabi Yunus Mosque
\nafter reconstruction work was completed.<\/p>\n

Located near the archaeological remains of the ancient
\nPalace of Sennacherib, the mosque contains a tomb believed to belong to the
\nbiblical prophet Jonah, known as Yunus in Islam. ISIS destroyed the site in
\n2014 as part of its campaign targeting shrines and religious landmarks.<\/p>\n

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Read more:\u00a0Devotion and calm highlight Eid al-Adha across Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-27T10:07:45+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Mosul Thousands of worshippers performed Eid Al-Adha prayers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[43483,94,491,6255,20460,5320,35089,44398],"class_list":["post-133034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-eid-al-adha","tag-iraq","tag-isis","tag-mosul","tag-nabi-yunus-mosque","tag-nineveh","tag-prayers","tag-restored-nabi-yunus-mosque-in-iraqs-mosul-hosts-first-eid-prayers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116646060138969290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}