2004-03-03 04:00:00 PDT Karbala, Iraq-- Blood streaming down their foreheads, rows of men in white robes strode past throngs of believers in the enormous plaza of the Imam Hussein shrine in this holy ...

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Farther down the road another cleric stands on a chair holding a Koran over the heads of passing crowds, blessing them as they march in the thousands towards the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala, ...

Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage: a trip of endurance, hardship and ecstasy in celebration of one’s faith. On an epic pilgrimage of his own, one writer ventures into the heart of three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Worshippers were on their annual pilgrimage to mark the 40 days after the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds of thousands of people were arriving in Karbala, Iraq ahead of Arbaeen, the Shiite pilgrimage regarded as one of the ...

KARBALA, Iraq — Millions of Shiite Muslims packed the streets of the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday on their annual pilgrim to mark the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, who became a ...

Shiite Muslims gather in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, to mark 40 days after the holy day of Ashura commemorating the seventh century killing of Imam Hussein — Mohammed SAWAF Twenty million pilgrims, ...

KARBALA, Iraq (Reuters) -Majid al-Kareem is poorly equipped for his 500 km pilgrimage by foot through the scorching deserts of southern Iraq. He wears sandals and black clothes that absorb the heat, ...

AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar -- The U.S. military said today it would take "appropriate" security measures next week when hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims are expected to converge on the Iraqi holy ...