Iraqis are furious over their government's demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years

Published on: Tuesday 18 July 2023

For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature of the city of Basra in southern Iraq. In recent years, it was one of the few tourist attractions in the oil-rich but neglected city, although locals complained that the minaret jutted out into the street, snarling traffic. In the early hours Friday morning, the 11-meter-high (33-foot-high) minaret was razed to the ground, with the

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Iraqis are furious over their government's demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years