Topic - Karbala

southwest of Baghdad. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 572,300 people (2003). - Source: Wikipedia

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The sun sets as Shiite pilgrims march on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen in Babil, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Millions of Shiite Muslims head to Iraq’s Karbala for annual pilgrim to mark death of Hussein

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Shiite pilgrims arrive Karbala, Iraq, for the Arbaeen ritual Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Arbaeen holiday marks the end of the forty day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)(AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Dozens injured in clashes in Iraq’s south during pilgrimage

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Anti-government protesters gather near Basra provincial council building during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Masked men attack protesters in Iraq’s Karbala, killing 18

By Zeina Karam and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr chant slogans against corruption, the U.S. and Israel during demonstrations between the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas on the Arbaeen Shiite festival in Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Millions march in Iraq in annual Arbaeen Shiite pilgrimage

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and HADI MIZBAN - Associated Press

A destroyed minibus sits near an Iraqi army checkpoint about 10 kms. (6 miles) south of Karbala, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019. A bomb exploded on a minibus packed with passengers outside the Shiite holy city of Karbala Friday night, killing and wounding civilians, Iraqi security officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

IS claims Iraq minibus bombing that killed 12

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Mourners pray by the coffin of a victim inside the shrine of Imam Abbas after a walkway collapsed and set off a stampede as thousands of Shiite Muslims marked one of the most solemn holy days of the year in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Officials say at least 31 people have died and around 100 others were injured in the chaos Tuesday, which occurred toward the end of the Ashoura procession, causing panic and a stampede, according to two officials. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraqi Shiite holy city mourns stampede deaths of 31 pilgrims

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Shiite Muslims gather outside the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during a Muharram procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance of the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

The Latest: 31 killed in Iraq during Ashoura procession

Associated Press

This Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, aerial photo shows Shiite pilgrims gathering between the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, top, and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, bottom, in Karbala, Iraq. Millions of Shia Muslims from around the world are making the journey to the holy shrines of their saints Hussein and Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, in a pilgrimage that is as much about camaraderie as religion. The annual commemoration, called Arbeen, brings more pilgrims each year than the Hajj, in Saudi Arabia, yet it is hardly known outside Islam. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

‘Walk to heaven’: Shiite pilgrims trek to Iraq’s Karbala

By PHILIP ISSA and HADI MIZBAN - Associated Press

Displaced Iraqi Christian girls who fled with their parents from the Christian village near Mosul province in Iraq, play by their balloons at a temporary shelter for the displaced Christian families in Ankawa, a suburb of Irbil, with a majority Christian population, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

HUSAIN: Fleeing Iraqi Christians find safe haven at the Shrine of Imam Ali

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