A worshipper reads from the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
A worshipper reads from the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Men read from the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Men read from the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Worshippers recite the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Worshippers recite the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
A worshipper reads the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
A worshipper reads the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
A woman reads the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
A woman reads the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
A worshipper reads the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital. AFP
A worshipper reads the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital. AFP
Two men sit on a podium reading aloud from the Quran before fellow worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital. AFP
Two men sit on a podium reading aloud from the Quran before fellow worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital. AFP
Women worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Women worshippers at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad, during the month of Ramadan. AFP
Worshippers gather at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad. AFP
Worshippers gather at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Iraq's capital Baghdad. AFP

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The mosque is located near the central shrine city of Najaf, about 160 kilometres south of Baghdad

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