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Despite war and strife, millions of Shia Muslims in Iraq gather for sacred pilgrimage

NPR | By Jane Arraf,
Rob Schmitz, Michael Levitt, Daniel Ofman
Published August 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM MDT

More than 20 million Shia pilgrims flocked to a shrine city in Iraq this week, including millions of Iranians, despite the wars tearing across the Middle East.

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