Hundreds of thousands of Shi’ites reach Baghdad shrine
Despite a bombing campaign that killed dozens of Shi’ite Muslims just three days earlier, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims peacefully arrived at a Baghdad shrine. Huge numbers of people attended the shrine to mark the death of a revered figure in Shi’ite Islam.Despite a bombing campaign that killed dozens of Shi’ite Muslims just three days earlier, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims peacefully arrived at a Baghdad shrine. Huge numbers of people attended the shrine to mark the death of a revered figure in Shi’ite Islam.
