Saturday, August 27, 2011

The largest Muslim cemetery

One of the most memorable photos of the week were pictures of the famous cemetery of Wadi al-Salam (Valley of Peace) in the Iraqi Al-Najaf - Iraqi Shiite religious center. The largest Muslim cemetery and one of the largest cemeteries in the world covers an area of ​​six square kilometers. Here buried five million people! Among them - several prophets, including the first Shiite Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib.



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