Word: karbala
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...Perry: Street Fighting in Karbala...
...Perry: Street Fighting in Karbala...
...history," whispered one aghast cleric in Tehran. Black-clad mourners filled Qom's Chaharmardan Street as they proceeded toward Shirazi's home. In his will, the cleric asked to be buried temporarily in Qom until it was possible to be removed permanently to the holy Iraqi city of Karbala, where he spent his early years. The security forces descended on the procession and spirited the corpse away to a waiting minibus. With neither the presence of his family nor their permission, they buried Shirazi at the Hazrat Massoumeh Shrine in Qom. Still reeling from the sight of the cleric...