April 11: For the first time since Saddam Hussein took power, Shiite Muslims at the Kademiya Shrine on the outskirts of Baghdad are able to openly gather for the holiday of Ashura. Ashura commemorates the death in 680 of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, which led to the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
Jerome Delay
Associated Press
Published April 17, 2003
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