Entries Tagged as 'Babylon'

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Muslim shrines bear witness to Iraq’s Jews

“KIFL, Iraq (AFP) — Nearly everyone who could read the Hebrew verses carved into the walls of Ezekiel’s tomb left Iraq almost 60 years ago, but their memory is preserved in what is today a revered Muslim shrine. Between 1948 and 1951 nearly all of Iraq’s 2,500-year-old Jewish community fled amid a region-wide outbreak of […]

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009

“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down”

” November 27, 2008 shows a visitor walking outside the old walls of the ancient city of Babylon, some 100 kms south of Baghdad. The first official Western tour group to enter Iraq since the US-led invasion six years ago is visiting historic and religious sites, the Tourism Ministry announced on March 19, 2009.” DayLife.com

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