Demonstration Tuesday In Karbala Ap

Juan Cole 10/23/2003

Demonstration Tuesday in Karbala

AP reports that a demonstration was held by followers of Muqtada al-Sadr in Karbala on Tuesday to protest the closing of the al-Mukhayyam Mosque and the arrest of numerous followers of Muqtada there.

On Wednesday the Shiite party, al-Da`wa, issued a statement condemning the recent violence in Karbala and urging that differences be resolved peacefully. (al-Sharq al-Awsat).

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page