Two weeks ago, YWN reported about ISIS terrorists in Iraq, took sledgehammers to Iraqi tombstones – smashing them to pieces.
One of the devastated tombstones belonged to the Prophet Jonah (Younis in Arabic) and was revered by Muslims and Christians alike, according to Iraqi authorities.
The prophet, who is the central figure in the s Book of Yonah, is best known for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation.
This new video shows the entire Kever being blown up.
(Chaim Shapiro – YWN)
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Our tradition is that Yonah HaNavi is buried in Eretz Yisrael.
Was Yonah buried in Ninveh?
I thought he was buried in his birth city.
Is there any reason to believe that this is really his kever not something made up by other religions?
“He was revered by Christian and Muslim alike”. Something missing here?
Who built the structure on top of the kever and when was that structure built?
It was a in a mosque so I would think it was built by Muslims some hundreds of years ago. It wasn’t a matzeiva Jews built.
@Zalman:
Btw, Shmuel HaNavi’s Kever also has a mosque built on top of it…………
Me’aras Hamachpela, kever rachel, and many other kevarim of forefathers and neviim were also made into mosques.
According to the Koran, the neviim of the jews are holy and respected and considered neviim according to islam also.
The question then arises why ISIS – which is a radical extremist group- would destroy a mosque!
It is possible that his kever was made into a Shiite mosque thereby rendering it “heretical”.
Who knows…..
Jewish tradition is that it is by Galilee. The tradition that it is in Iraq belongs to the Xians. Change your title. Unless this is a Xian news site.
“Change your title. Unless this is a Xian news site.”
Well said. The title should be, “Place Christians and Muslims claim to be Kever Yonah destroyed by ISIS terrorists”.
“why ISIS – which is a radical extremist group- would destroy a mosque!”
There is a strain of Islam shared by ISIS and the Wahabis that all historical sites need to be uprooted lest they become objects of strange worship. The Saudi government has destroyed essentially every building of historical significance in Mecca. ISIS is following in that path.