Egyptian TV Host Ibrahim Issa: Nobody Dares to Admit That ISIS Crimes Are Based

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Egyptian TV Host Ibrahim Issa: Nobody Dares to Admit That ISIS Crimes Are Based on Islamic Sources.

Published on Feb 9, 2015
In a recent TV show, Egyptian journalist and TV host Ibrahim Issa said that the barbaric crimes perpetrated by ISIS were indeed based on the Islamic sources but that the clerics were afraid to say so. "I would like to see a single Al-Azhar cleric in Egypt have the courage to admit that Abu Bakr burned a man alive," he said. This is a vicious circle of barbarity, because it is wrapped in religion, said Issa, whose statements aired on the Egyptian ON TV channel on February 3, 2015.

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IS 'bulldozed' ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, Iraq says


File photo of an Iraqi standing next to an ancient statue of a winged bull with a human face, an indication of strength in the Assyrian civilization, at the archaeological site of Nimrud, south of Mosul in northern Iraq

The Islamic State group have begun bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists' latest attack on the country's historical heritage.

IS "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles," the tourism and antiquities ministry said on an official Facebook page.

An Iraqi antiquities official confirmed the news, saying the destruction began after noon prayers on Thursday and that trucks that may have been used to haul away artefacts had also been spotted at the site.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2982142/IS-bulldozed-ancient-Assyrian-city-Nimrud-Iraq-says.html

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"that trucks that may have been used to haul away artefacts had also been spotted at the site"

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Nimrud: Outcry as IS bulldozers attack ancient Iraq site

Why is Islamic State destroying Iraq's history? - Explained in 60 secs
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Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq.

IS began demolishing the site, which was founded in the 13th Century BC, on Thursday, according to Iraqi officials.

The head of the UN's cultural agency condemned the "systematic" destruction in Iraq as a "war crime".

IS, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, says shrines and statues are "false idols" that have to be smashed.

"They are erasing our history," said Iraqi archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani.


Nimrud (pictured) lies just south-east of Mosul, which IS controls



Some Nimrud artefacts have been moved - such as these statues now housed in Baghdad


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31760656

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The last minute or two of this video are extremely sad.