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Millions join the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq, the biggest annual gathering on earth
By Michael Wakelin Up to 21.5 million people have flocked to the shrine of Imam Husayn bin Ali, the third Imam in Shia history, for the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, from Najaf to Karbala, south west of Baghdad. I was among a delegation of six people from …