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An average of 100 religious burials per day take place in this country's Valley of Peace. A religious group mostly found in this country uses phragmites ("frag-MY-teez") reeds to construct a building called a mudhif ("moo-deef"). A modern tradition in this country involves (0[1])men wearing chains and whip handles around their (0[1])necks as drums beat and celebrants symbolically (*) hurt (0[2])themselves. The (0[1])majority of Ahwaris or Marsh Arabs (10[1]0[3])live in this country, (0[3])where 25 million people travelled in 2023 (10[4])for (0[1])Arba'in. One city in (10[1])this country is the (10[1]0[3])burial site (0[1])of Ali ibn Abi Talib. This country is home to (10[1])the (10[2]0[1])Shia (0[1])pilgrimage cities of Najaf and Karbala. For 10 points, name this (0[1])country (10[1])whose (10[3]0[2])religious minority of (10[1]0[1])Sunni Kurds were persecuted by Saddam Hussein. ■END■ (0[1])

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