ISLAMIC STATE DEFIED OVER IRAQ’S CROOKED MINARET IN MOSUL July 29, 2014 Residents of Mosul have watched helplessly as extremists ruling the northern Iraqi city blew up some of their most beloved landmarks and shrines to impose a stark vision of Islam. Next up for destruction, they feared: the Crooked Minaret, a more than 840-year-old tower that leans like Italy’s ... Read More »