Quote (zorzin @ 8 Dec 2023 14:22)
Believed to stand on the site of an ancient Philistine temple, the site was used by the Byzantines to erect a church in the 5th century. After the Muslim conquest in the 7th century, it was transformed into a mosque. Described as "beautiful" by an Arab geographer in the 10th century, the Great Mosque's minaret was toppled in an earthquake in 1033. In 1149, the Crusaders built a large church. It was mostly destroyed by the Ayyubids in 1187, and then rebuilt as a mosque by the Mamluks in the early 13th century.
It was destroyed by the Mongols in 1260, then soon restored. It was destroyed by an earthquake at the end of the century. The Great Mosque was restored again by the Ottomans roughly 300 years later. Severely damaged after British bombardment during World War I, the mosque was restored in 1925 by the Supreme Muslim Council.
It was destroyed By Israeli airstrikes targeting it on the 8th of December 2023
If it was such an important mosque why would lauch rockets from it and hide weapons in it?
This mosque was a church Muslims invaded everywhere destoryed everything they can and places a mosque as a reminder
This post was edited by Many_Names on Dec 8 2023 08:31am