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The Great Mosque of Kufa

Kufa

One of the oldest and most revered mosques of Islam, in Kufa close to Najaf, beside the shrine of Muslim ibn Aqil.

The Great Mosque of Kufa stands a short way from Najaf and is one of the oldest and most revered mosques of Islam, bound up with the life of Imam Ali. It holds many stations of prayer, and beside it lie the shrines of Muslim ibn Aqil and Hani ibn Urwa.

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