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Al-Askari Shrine

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In late 2007, the Iraqi government conducted a contract with a Turkish company to rebuild the shrine. The Iraqi government later cancelled the contract due to delays by the Turkish company. As of April 2009, the golden dome and the minarets have been restored and the shrine reopened to visitors.
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feature articles): "In 2006, sectarian violence engulfed Iraq after terrorists destroyed the Mosque of the Golden Dome, built on a site sacred to Shiites for 1,100 years. Today, Sunnis and Shiites are working together to restore the shrine and the war-torn
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added in 1905. Covered in 72,000 gold pieces and surrounded by walls of light blue tiles, the dome was a dominant feature of the Samarra skyline. It was approximately 20 m (66 ft) in diameter by 68 m (223 ft) high.
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flanking the dome's ruins. No fatalities were reported. Iraqi police reported hearing "two nearly simultaneous explosions coming from inside the mosque compound at around 8 am". A report from state-run
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hold al-Askari in high esteem. The expression 'to swear by the shrine' is routinely used by both communities".
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was also destroyed in July 2007. The dome and minarets were repaired and the mosque reopened in April 2009.
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stated that "local officials said that two mortar rounds were fired at the two minarets".
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or "hidden from the view"—whence the other title of the Mahdi, the Hidden Imam.
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This article is about the Iraqi mosque. For the medieval Egyptian capital, see
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions, 1906–1945
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s"), are buried in the shrine. Housed in the mosque are also the tombs of
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in June 2007, causing widespread anger among Shias and instigation of the
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undertook the latest remodelling of the shrine in 1868, with the golden
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built by Mu'tasim. A later tradition attributes their deaths to poison.
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destroyed the two remaining 36-metre-high (118 ft) golden
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At around 8 am on 13 June 2007, operatives belonging to
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between the country's Shia and Sunni factions. The remaining
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in the world. It was built in 944. The dome was destroyed in
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Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia
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ICOMOS Heritage at Risk 2006/2007: Iraq, Askariya Shrine
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Ellen Knickmeyer and K. I. Ibrahim (23 February 2006).
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On 22 February 2006, at 6:55 am local time (03:55
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Marqad al-ʾImāmayn ʿAlī al-Hādī wal-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī
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Marqad al-ʾImāmayn ʿAlī al-Hādī wal-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī
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Index

Al-Askar
Arabic

Affiliation
Shia Islam
Shia (Twelver)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status
Mosque
Samarra
Iraq
Al-Askari Shrine is located in Iraq
Iraq
Geographic coordinates
34°11′56″N 43°52′25″E / 34.1989°N 43.8735°E / 34.1989; 43.8735
February 2006
June 2007
Dome
Minaret
Spire
Shia
Muslim
mosque
mausoleum
Iraqi
Samarra
Baghdad
shrines
a bombing
Sunni
minarets

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