Shrine of al-'Askariyyayn: Difference between revisions

The Shrine of al-'Askariyyayn was targeted in two separate terrorist attacks carried out by excommunicationist groups in 2006 and 2007, resulting in the destruction of the shrine. The bombings were met with widespread condemnation from [[Marja'|Shiite authorities]] and communities around the world. Although the shrine’s dome, adorned with a brick gilded cover, and its intricate tessellations collapsed in the bombings, the foundations of the dome, the main structure of the shrine, and its walls remained intact. Following the attacks, the Iranian Committee for the Reconstruction of 'Atabat 'Aliyat undertook the task of rebuilding the shrine from 2010 to 2015. The reconstruction effort included gilding the dome using 23,000 golden bricks and building a new [[darih]] under the supervision of Sayyid Javad Shahrestani, the representative of [[Al-Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani|Ayatollah al-Sistani]] in [[Iran]].