As there have been many more destructions of cultural heritage by Islamic State over the last few years. Call from the Western world have said that the world should do everything in order to preserve those sites, as they hold significant positions in the history of human kind. Besides preserving history, what effect could preventing cultural heritage sites from coming into the hands of Islamic State have in the fight against them.

After events like …. Cultural heritage could be defined according to UNESCO…  Examples of actions are…. This was all to safeguard the historical value they have.

It was another message from Islamic State to the Western world, as they deliberately destroyed an important symbol of origins of Western civilization. As it occurs more and more often that cultural heritage sites are destroyed by Islamic State.

Besides preserving history, how could preventing cultural heritage sites to come into the hand of Islamic State help the Global Coalition, consisting of 74 members whose mission it is to defeat Islamic State, in countering Islamic State (The Global Coalition, n.d.). This essay argues that a successful protection of cultural heritage from destruction by the Islamic State could help in the fight against Islamic State.

The cultural heritage may be defined as the entire corpus of material signs – either artistic or symbolic – handed on by the past to each culture and, therefore, to the whole of humankind. As a constituent part of the affirmation and enrichment of cultural identities, as a legacy belonging to all humankind, the cultural heritage gives each particular place its recognizable features and is the storehouse of human experience.