A Shiite from Baghdad who has served as a technical adviser to the project since April, he adds: " Al Hamdulillah [praise God], the dome will rise again." For nearly 11 centuries, the Askariya Shrine ...

Sixteen months ago, destruction of the golden dome of the al-Askari Mosque in Samarra touched off sectarian violence that is still causing bloodshed in Iraq. Today, the two minarets of that same ...