Al ‘ Askarī Shrine , the ‘ Askariyya Shrine ( " Resting Place of the Two Imams ' Ali the Calming and Hassan the Camp-Dweller " ) or the Al-Askari Mosque is a Shi'ite Muslim mosque and mausoleum in the Iraqi city of Samarra from Baghdad . It is one of the most important Shia shrines in the world , built in 944 . The dome was destroyed in a bombing by extremists in February 2006 and its two remaining minarets were destroyed in another bombing in June 2007 , causing widespread anger among Shias . The remaining clock tower was also destroyed in July 2007 . The dome and minarets were repaired and the mosque reopened in April 2009
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2006 al-Askari mosque bombing
Al-Askari Shrine