In Threatening Baghdad, Militants Seek to Undo 800 Years of History

IS leader al-Baghdadi has established a caliphate and seeks to undo the 13th-century destruction of Islam’s premier city, but they’ve got it completely backward.

Justin Marozzi

Published Aug. 16 2014 6:55AM EDT 

Justin Marozzi

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