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Shiite religious leaders gather before prayer at the Howza of Ayotollah Shirazi in the Iraqi area of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2003. A Howza is like a seminary where men come to study. In this Shiite Howza, the philosophy of Ayotollah Shirazi is taught. As with all Shiite, advocacy of non-violence is the pre-eminent rule. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiite settled in Syria after the Gulf War and their uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991.

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Shiite religious leaders gather before prayer at the Howza of Ayotollah Shirazi in the Iraqi area of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2003. A Howza is like a seminary where men come to study. In this Shiite Howza, the philosophy of Ayotollah Shirazi is taught. As with all Shiite, advocacy of non-violence is the pre-eminent rule. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiite settled in Syria after the Gulf War and their uprising against Saddam Hussein in 1991.
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