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Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims pray at the Imam al-Kadhim shrine during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the death of the religious figure on May 13, 2015 in Baghdad. Pilgrims converge on the seventh Imam’s shrine in the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad to mark his death in 795 after he was believed to have been poisoned of the then-ruling Sunni ruler, Harun al-Rashid. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE