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The National: Liberation of Nabi Yunus from ISIL bittersweet for locals who return to rubble of tomb of Jonah

The mosque contained what Muslims and Christians believe was the tomb of Jonah. It also held a shrine said to have contained a tooth from the whale that, according to Islamic, Christian and Jewish scripture, carried Jonah inside it for three days.

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