The Caliphate: From Grand to Sordid | by Malise Ruthven
On July 4, 2014, as Americans were preparing to celebrate Independence Day, an event of comparable symbolism took place in the Grand Mosque of Mosul, Iraq’s second city, which had been taken over by… nybooks.com
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