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Jonah’s Tomb
Jonah’s Tomb in Mosul, Iraq, is the newest addition to the list. It is one of a series of attractions lost to war. In July 2014, militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS planted explosives around Mosul’s oldest mosque, which is traditionally held to be the burial place of Jonah the Prophet. Jonah is a key figure in both Christianity and Islam. His tomb was a popular place of pilgrimage and is among a growing list of holy sites that are deemed idolatrous under the puritanical strain of Islam.