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High Westerners’ turnout in Arba'een march

Millions of Muslims are converging on the Iraqi city of Karbala to attend Arba’een mourning ceremonies, which marks the fortieth day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein, the third Shia imam.

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Altaf Ahmed
Press TV, Najaf

Millions of Muslims are converging on the Iraqi city of Karbala to attend Arba’een mourning ceremonies, which marks the fortieth day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein, the third Shia imam. As Press TV’s Altaf Ahmed reports, crowds of mourners have started an 80 kilometer march from the Iraqi city of Najaf to the shrine of Imam Hussein in Karbala.