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Clerical Edicts Dominate Karbala Post Saddam Iraq
In Karbala a public board displays fatwas by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on issues from satellite dishes to spousal remarriage. Clerical leaders press influence amid fears of a future theocracy as Muqtada al Sadr rises with a militia and calls for a new state. Pilgrims flock to Imam Hussein shrine while checkpoints guard against violence.
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Karbala
Iraq
Ali Hussein ial'Sistani
al-Sistani
Saddam
Iran
Mohammed al-Mahdi
Imam Hussein
Najaf
Sheik Zein el-Abidin
Muqtada al- Sadr
Imam al-Mahdi Army
al-Sadr
Imam Hussein Shrine
Mohammed Taqi al-Mudaris
Syria
Al-Hussein
Baghdad
Al-Mehdi
Shaaban