page_title: List of places in Iraq
section_title: Holy sites
hierarchical_section_title: List of places in Iraq / Holy sites
caption_attribution_description: العربية: صورة لمسجد الكوفه المعظم مع الصحن الجديد لمرقدي مسلم بن عقيل وهاني بن عروةرضوان الله عليهما
context_page_description: This is a list of places in Iraq. Governorates of Iraq lists the governorates, and Districts of Iraq lists the subdivisions of those governorates.
context_section_description: Karbala is reputed to be the city where Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, was martyred. Karbala is also the site of two important Shiite mosques, Al Abbass Mosque and Imam Hussain Mosque. Shiites observe a 40-day mourning period for this Imam every spring followed by a pilgrimage to this site. 
  Najaf is the site of Ali ibn Abi Talib's tomb known to Shiites as "the wondrous place of martyrdom" and site of one of the world's largest and most important Muslim cemeteries. Najaf is also the site of Imam Ali Mosque one of the holiest Shi'ite mosques.
  Samarra is the site of Shiite Al Askari Mosque.In this Mosque tenth Shia Imam Ali al-Hadi and eleventh Shia Imam Hasan al-Askari are buried.
  Kadhimiya (north of Baghdad) is regarded as a holy city in Shia Islam.  Musa al-Kazim and his grandson, the ninth Shia Imam, Muhammad at-Taqi are both buried there, and their tombs are contained in the Al Kadhimiya Mosque. Shia go on an annual pilgrimage to this shrine in rajab
  Great Mosque of Kufa in Kufa, Iraq - contains the tombs of Muslim ibn Aqeel, Khadijah bint Ali, Hani ibn Urwa, and Al-Mukhtar. The mosque also contains many important sites relating to the prophets and Ali, including the place where he was fatally struck on the head while in Sujud.
caption: Mosque of Kufa in Iraq
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