Thursday, October 2, 2014

Raqqa, Syria

The Great Mosque of Al-Rafiqa was built by the Abbasids. It's been around for well over a thousand years. If these ancient brick walls and the cylindrical minaret survive Syria's civil war, however, it will be a minor miracle. Does anyone know what happened to them since the Islamic State took control? [1993]

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