Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
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Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Muhsin al-Hakim at-Tabataba'i, also known as Shaheed al-Mehraab, was a senior Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar and the leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
Shaheed Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al Hakim
Imam Ali Shrine
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The Imam Ali Shrine, also known as the Mosque of Ali, is the mausoleum of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the first Shia Imam, and the fourth Sunni Rashid
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
…as "one of the main groups accused of carrying out sectarian killings". Al-Hakim was killed on 29 August 2003, when a car bomb exploded as he left the Shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf. The blast killed at least 84 others; some estimate that as many as 125 died in the bombing. Fifteen bodyguards of al-Hakim were among the…
The shrine in 2026
1883 Ottoman lithograph of the shrine.
The Shrine in 2005
Tiling work in the shrine