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Najaf, Renewed; The religious center sways the world's 170 million Shiites--and its clerics will play an enormous role in the evolution of Iraq.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 3/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...south of Baghdad, in the Shiite city of Najaf. Inside the shrine of Imam Ali, an angry...a moderate cleric who was brought to Najaf by U.S. forces in the hope that he could...with the religious Shiite hierarchy in Najaf. The United States is coping with many...
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Najaf Aims To Be The 'Capital' Of Iraq's South
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/8/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR All Things Considered 08-08-2008 Najaf Aims To Be The 'Capital' Of Iraq's...Melissa Block. The southern Iraqi city of Najaf is the center of the Shiite Muslim faith...million pilgrims from Iraq and abroad visit Najaf every year. They come to worship in its...
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Najaf police: a thin blue line between foes; US troops encircled the Shrine of Ali Sunday as fighting resumed. The standoff leaves Iraqi police with few allies.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 8/23/2004; 700+ words
; ...writer of The Christian Science Monitor NAJAF, IRAQ -- With the fighting here moving into the 12th day, Iraqi police in Najaf find themselves caught in the cross hairs...released, after a heart attack). In Najaf, the thin blue line has never been blurrier...
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Najaf's spirituality gives way to strife, intrigue
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...AP Worldstream 09-22-2003 Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq For centuries, this city of Islamic...The danger of an explosion of violence in Najaf has become so worrisome that U.S. forces...saint _ and to prevent further bloodshed. Najaf's credentials as the holiest Shiite city...
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Najaf's Spirituality Gives Way to Strife
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Writer AP Online 09-22-2003 Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq For centuries, this city of Islamic...The danger of an explosion of violence in Najaf has become so worrisome that U.S. forces...saint _ and to prevent further bloodshed. Najaf's credentials as the holiest Shiite city...
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Profile: Najaf re-establishes itself as the center of Shia Islam
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Considered (NPR) 08-04-2003 Profile: Najaf re-establishes itself as the center of...NORRIS, host: In Iraq, the holy city of Najaf is enjoying a revival. It's the burial...four months after Saddam's ouster, Najaf is starting to re-establish itself...
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Sistani aide: Najaf peace deal reached.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 8/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...writer of The Christian Science Monitor NAJAF, IRAQ -- They came by the thousands...witness a peace he would try to bring to Najaf, his besieged city. Initially, the return...Sistani to end three weeks of fighting in Najaf, according to a top aide to Sistani...
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Najaf governor denies security infiltration in the province.
Newspaper article from: Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq); 4/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...MH/SR Cairo, Apr. 15, (VOI) a" Najaf Governor Asa'd Abu-Golal said on Tuesday that the current security situation in Najaf is very good, without any security infiltration...Sadr movement, on the basis of keeping Najaf a safe city. "Excluding the assassination...
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Analysis: Building democracy in Najaf a delicate exercise
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 6/16/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...2003 Analysis: Building democracy in Najaf a delicate exercise Host: BOB EDWARDS...a delicate exercise in the holy city of Najaf. The town is home to a shrine sacred to...the country's population. Locals in Najaf are angry at US support for an interim...
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Shiite power struggle simmers in Najaf; In Iraq's Shiite heartland, tensions remain high between Moqtada al Sadr and Iraq's ruling party SCIRI.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 11/2/2005; 700+ words
; ...Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor NAJAF, IRAQ -- On a recent Friday night here...country's Shiite holiest city turned Najaf into a battlefield last summer when forces...involving Mr. Sadr's supporters turned Najaf's streets violent again, this time clashing...
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Najaf, al-
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
NAJAF, AL- The capital of the Najaf Muhafaza (governorate) in central Iraq. One of Iraq's two holy cities (the other is Karbala), al-Najaf (2003 pop. 500,000) lies on a ridge just west of the Euphrates...
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Najaf
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Najaf see An Najaf , Iraq.
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An Najaf
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
An Najaf , city (1987 pop. 309,010), S central Iraq, on a lake near the Euphrates...pilgrimage by Shiite Muslims and a starting point for the pilgrimage to Mecca. An Najaf also is an important Shiite theological and educational center; Iraq's...
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Kashif al-Ghita family
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...the Shi ʿ ite holy city of al-Najaf in southern Iraq. The founder of the family...derived. In 1807, he led the defense of Najaf against the raiding Wahhabis, a Sunni...primary sources; singular mujtahid ) in Najaf, where they were involved in political...
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Atabat
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...places in Iraq, at Karbala, Qadimayn, Najaf, and Samarra, containing the tombs of...imam of Shi ʿ ism, is buried in Najaf. His son, Husayn ibn Ali, the third...Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini lived in exile in Najaf from 1965 to 1978. see also khomeini...
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