Karbala: City of Martyrs

Muharram is the major festival in the calendar of the Shia world. In 2004, for the first time in 30 years, it was openly celebrated in the Shia spiritual home - Karbala in Iraq.

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  • Karbala: City Of Martyrs

    The bomb blasts in Karbala and Baghdad during the Shia Muslim commemoration of Ashura did more than rock the fragile stability of Iraq - they were a signal to the new power base in the…

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