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Najaf: shrine of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

The Hazrat-e Masumeh shrine in Qom, Iran, features a large golden dome, ornate blue-tiled minarets, and an arched courtyard with visitors walking below.

Battle of Karbala, oil on canvas by Abbas Al-Musavi, shows Imam al-Husayn on horseback in a dramatic, crowded scene commemorating his martyrdom, with expressive figures and vivid colors.

Mausoleum of Öljeitü

Ruhollah Khomeini

Children dressed in white and orange costumes with colorful wings perform as angels during an Ashura passion play on a sandy hillside near Kashan, Iran, with onlookers and red flags in the background.

Muslims at a taʿziyyah, a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn, in Jaipur, India.

World map using color-coded regions to show the predominant religions in each area during the early 1980s. Christianity, Islam (Sunni and Shi'i), Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese and Japanese religions, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Sikhism, indigenous religions, Judaism, nonreligious populations, and uninhabited areas are all represented by different colors and symbols, with a legend explaining each. The map highlights religious majorities by region, such as Christianity in th

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Media added.	Adam Zeidan	Jan 28, 2020
	Article thoroughly revised and updated.	Adam Zeidan Andrew J. Newman	Sep 05, 2019
	Added cross-references.	Noah Tesch	Nov 10, 2017
	Article thoroughly revised.	Virginia Gorlinski	Oct 23, 2007