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		<title>Pilgrimage to Karbala: Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[





Photos: Adam Toy



In the summer of 2006, as the Iranian-backed Hezbollah fought off Israelis in Lebanon and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced down President George Bush at the United Nations, a bus full of Iranian pilgrims left Tehran on a journey to the holy city of Karbala, deep inside a shattered Iraq. "Pilgrimage To Karbala" follows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: China Celebrates 60th Anniversary, Death Toll in Indonesia Reaches 1,100</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death toll from two earthquakes which struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday reaches 1,100 and is expected to rise. Most of the casualties are in the city of Padang.

At rare talks between Iran, the U.S. and other world powers, Iran agrees to allow weapons inspectors into its newly disclosed nuclear plant, and both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Bombs in Baghdad Ahead of U.S. Pullout, Support for Conservatives to Replace U.K.&#8217;s Labour Speaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian riot police fire tear gas to break up a new opposition rally in the center of Tehran, hours after a stern warning to protesters. At least 24 journalists covering the unrest are arrested. The country’s highest electoral authority, the Guardian Council, acknowledges that "votes collected in 50 cities surpass the number of people eligible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage to Karbala: Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/pilgrimage-to-karbala/resources/1638/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[





Teacher Maryam Sepahi (right) on the road to Karbala

Photo: Adam Toy



CIA World Factbook: Iran and Iraq
Iran: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html
Iraq: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/iz.html
The CIA's public dossiers on Iran and Iran, providing basic information on population, economics, trade, military, political and cultural issues.

Library of Congress Country Studies: Iran and Iraq
Iran: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/irtoc.html
Iraq: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html
The Library of Congress's collection of historical materials on Iran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage to Karbala: Sunni and Shia: The Worlds of Islam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>diana cofresi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Islamic world is predominantly of the Sunni sect, the Muslims who live in the Middle East, and particularly those in the Persian Gulf region, are often Shiite. Globally, the Shia account for an estimated 10 or 15 percent of the Muslim population, but in the Middle East their numbers are much higher: they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage to Karbala: Who are the Shia?: Battle of Karbala</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>diana cofresi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Shia Muslims watch a reenactment of the centuries-old battle of Karbala during which Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's founding prophet, Muhammad, was slain, as part of Ashura commemorations on Jan. 31, 2007, in Qatif, Saudi Arabia. Banners on the walls praise Hussein. 

(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

The Shia rejected the authority of the Umayyad dynasty, claiming that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage to Karbala: Interview with Vali Nasr</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/pilgrimage-to-karbala/interview-with-vali-nasr/1639/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[




Vali Nasr, Professor, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and author of
THE SHIA REVIVAL



March 20, 2007: Vali Nasr, Professor, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and author of THE SHIA REVIVAL, discusses Iran's emerging regional role and the escalating tensions between Iran and the United States with anchor Daljit Dhaliwal.

DALJIT DHALIWAL: Professor Vali Nasr, welcome to Wide Angle.

VALI NASR: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pilgrimage to Karbala: An Excerpt from &#8220;When the Shiites Rise&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE travels with a busload of Shia pilgrims as they make their way from Iran to Iraq to visit Karbala, among the holiest sites in Shia Islam. Pilgrims travel to Karbala year-round to honor Hussein, the martyred grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, whose murder, in part, caused the schism between the Sunni and Shia. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worlds of Islam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Islam, as described by Muhammad, was a straightforward faith, demanding of its adherents only that they acknowledge a set of basic beliefs: that there is only one God, and that God is Allah; that believers must submit completely to God; that God is revealed in the Qur'an; that Muhammad is Allah's final prophet, and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Worlds of Islam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Shiites have remained a minority throughout most of the Islamic world, they are still the majority in Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. These areas -- primarily non-Arab -- were home to the first popular movements in support of Husayn's rebellion against Umayyad authority. Sunni dynasties continued to control the region [...]]]></description>
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