I also heard that it was at this mosque that IS/Daesh proclaimed their (thankfully shortlived) Caliphate. To have the flag raised signifying their defeat on the same building would have been a complete humiliation.
It was, as well as being an important centre of operations apparently.
This was, at best, tactical. Had nothing to do with religion (beyond their beliefs not preventing it).
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I also heard that it was at this mosque that IS/Daesh proclaimed their (thankfully shortlived) Caliphate. To have the flag raised signifying their defeat on the same building would have been a complete humiliation.