Special envoy to Mosul
"
I do not promise you comfort and tranquility, I am here to apply religion and punishments
."
On July 5, 2014 from the Al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed himself Caliph and called on all Muslims of the new Islamic State to pledge allegiance to him.
From that day, it was official, in the new capital of the "caliphate" in Iraq, "
those of the sunnah
Were the masters and all the others (Christians, Yazidis, Kakais, Shabbaks, Shiites and Sunnis refusing to rally) at best, forced into silence and obedience;
at worst, hunted, punished, killed.
Wolves were in the city and with them the clarity of terror.
Seven years later, after four years of siege and 263 days of fighting for the liberation of the city, in front of what remains of the historic mosque (blown up by the jihadists in June 2017), about fifteen young Mosuliotes devoured with fresh air await their meeting with the site manager.
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