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Shi'ite patience will withstand the bombers' bloody provocation James Buchan argues that a history founded in martyrdom will help avert the strife the terrorists seek to ignite
; ...Shia religious shrines in the town of Kerbela and in northern Baghdad are as ominous...massacred with his companions on the plain of Kerbela in AD680. By stressing the sanctity of...in Iraq last week after the attacks in Kerbela and Kazimiya. While the historical tragedy...
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Letter: Pashtun polytheism
; ...polytheism. On these grounds, the Saudi Wahabites destroyed grave sites in Mecca and Media and put the Iraqi Shia shrine-cities of Kerbela and Najaf to the sword; a similar doctrine was behind the Taliban's destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. Ironically, the...
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OBIT - ORICK, CLARENCE LEHMAN
; ...Heart. He was a member of the Valley Star Masonic Lodge #577, 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason, Royal Arch Chapter #212 and the Kerbela Temple. He was a faithful driver to transport the crippled children to Lexington, Ky. He was preceded in death by his parents...
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 "Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, TN)")
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Locals glimpse waterfront plans.
; ...fit new urban space. I was blown away as an artist, said Knoxville painter Bobbye Edwards, one of about 90 attendees at the Kerbela Shriners Temple for the latest in a series of public meetings for the long-term planning project. Public infrastructure also...
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OBITUARIES: James Bailey, Dealership Founder
; ...the trucking industry at the first Trade Commission visit to China in 1988. Bailey was a Scottish Rite Mason and member of Kerbela Temple who gave back to his community - often anonymously. he served on the boards of Boy Scouts of America and Youth Services...
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1,000 MORE IRANIAN PILGRIMS CROSS INTO IRAQ
; ...second batch of 250 Iranian pilgrims arrived in Iraq on Sunday. The INA said these Iranian pilgrims would visit holy shrines in Kerbela and Najaf in southern Iraq, holy sites restored over recent years. Under an agreement reached between the two countries, 3...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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A picnic with the ayatollah. (new shrine for the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran)
; ...recalls the holiest places of Shia Islam: the shrines of the imams (descendants of the Prophet) in the Shia holy cities of Najaf, Kerbela, Khadimiya and Samarra in Iraq, and Qom and Mashad in Iran. In scale, though, the Khomeini shrine surpasses any of these (it...
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The final assault
; ...internal repression. First Saddam quashed a general insurrection by Shia Muslims in the south, desecrating their holy city of Kerbela. Then he struck at the Kurds, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and prompting the West to declare a swathe of northern...
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Is the great survivor ready for a fall at last?
; ...internal repression. First Saddam repressed a general insurrection by Shia Muslims in the south, desecrating their holy city of Kerbela. Then he struck at the Kurds, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and prompting the West to declare a swathe of northern...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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OBITUARIES.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)(Obituary)
; ...Masonic Bodies, Lithopolis, Ohio Lodge 169, the Morristown Royal Arch Masons, the Knights Templar Commandry and Council, and the Kerbela Temple in Knoxville, Tenn. Joe also worked as a volunteer at the St. Stephen's Food Pantry. He enjoyed yard work, Friday night...
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