Erbil’s historic Choli Minaret will soon be renovated to preserve the 900-year-old landmark and boost tourism. The project, ...

With a minaret towering even higher on the tree-filled skyline, the mosque will be even more visible. That could lead to further growth for ISB, which turns 55 this year.

‘The minaret is a symbol of a political and aggressive Islam,’ another lawmaker from the Swiss People’s Party, Oskar Freysinger, told BBC News earlier this year.

The minaret’s significance “lies not in its religious context, but rather its historical value,” said Adil Sadik, an oil engineer from Basra.

Officials in Basra, Iraq, decided to tear down a three-century-old religious minaret, prompting backlash from some residents who argued the city's reasoning was not sufficient.

The minaret’s destruction has drawn attention to the gaps in Iraq’s legal framework for heritage preservation. The country has two separate laws, the Antique and Heritage Protection Law and ...