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Worshippers at Sayyida Ruqayya Shi'ite Mausoleum and Mosque, Damascus     2003

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Although Syria's Islamic population is overwhelmingly Sunni, there are Shi'as (and other Muslim faiths) as well.  The worshippers pray while a father and son make offerings to the tomb of the daughter of the Shi'ite greatest martyr Hussein of Karbala.

 

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