article_snippet.sent: God has honored us in the Islamic State to remove all of these idols and statutes worshipped instead of Allah in the past days,' one militant says in A video allegedly showing ISIS militants destroying a historic city in northern Iraq dating back to the 13th century B.C. using sledgehammers, drills and barrel bombs.
article_snippet.sent: Another militant vows that 'whenever we seize a piece of land, we will remove signs of idolatry and spread monotheism.'
article_snippet.sent: Islamic State militants have been destroying ancient relics on several sites, daying Islamic State militants promote idolatry that violate Islamic State militants fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law .
article_snippet.sent: Islamic State militants have been destroying ancient relics on several sites, saying Islamic State militants promote idolatry that violate Islamic State militants fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law, including the ancient Iraqi city of Hatra, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
article_snippet.sent: A shocking video cuts to jihadists speaking directly to the camera with one declaring Militants destroyed the site because the site is 'worshipped instead of God'.
article_snippet.sent: Last month, ISIS terrorists were pictured toppling crosses, smashing Christian relics with hammers and erecting the black flag of ISIS on churches in Nineveh, the ancient capital of the Assyrian empire.