Hundreds of Shia Muslims make the Pilgrimage on foot to Karbala during Arba'een. Arba'een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD

Hundreds of Shia Muslims gather around the Husayn Mosque in Karbala after making the Pilgrimage on foot during Arba'een. Arba'een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD

Iraqi citizens pass an Iraqi Police checkpoint, during a pilgrimage to Karbala for the celebration of Arbaeen during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. For Shia Muslims, the Arbaeen is the ending of a 40 day mourning that started with Ashura on February 19th. The Ashura festival commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in 680 AD in his fight for control of the Muslim leadership

Moslem [i.e., Muslim] celebrations at Mejdal (Wady Nemill and Sey'd Hussein Shrine at Ascalon) and at Gaza (el Muntar) April 20th, 21st and 22nd 1943. Sayid Hussein procession en route to shrine at Ascalon

Moslem [i.e., Muslim] celebrations at Mejdal (Wady Nemill and Sey'd Hussein Shrine at Ascalon) and at Gaza (el Muntar) April 20th, 21st and 22nd 1943. Crowds at Ascalon, showing ruins in background

A US Army (USA) Alpha Company (A Co), 1ST Battalion (BN), 66th Armored Regiment (1/66th), 1ST Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, armored vehicle column escorts Shiite Pilgrims through Musayyib, Babil Province, Iraq (IRQ), as they make their annual trek to Karbala, Karbala Province, Iraq (IRQ), to participate in the Arbaeen religious holiday festival during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Muhammad and Abû Bakr on camels arrive at the 'Ukâz Fair at the campground of a heathen tribe, the Bakr ibn Wâ'il.

Hundreds of Shia Muslims make the Pilgrimage on foot to Karbala during Arba'een. Arba'een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD

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Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SFC Larry E. Johns, USA

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Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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30/03/2005

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The U.S. National Archives

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Hundreds of Shia Muslims make the Pilgrimage on foot to Karbala during Arba'een. Arba'een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD

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Hundreds of Shia Muslims make the Pilgrimage on foot to Karbala during Arba'een. Arba'een is a forty day period that commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn bin Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and seventy-two of his followers at the Battle of Karbala in the year 680AD

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