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Hundreds of residents in Iraq's Najaf province rallied and called for a new law that would "strengthen the sanctity" of the city of Najaf, where the Imam Ali Shrine, Shiite seminaries and authorities — most notably top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani — are based.
The heavy presence of clerics’ black and white turbans made it obvious the city’s conservatives were spearheading the April 7 demonstration. The protesters' anger was evident by their expressions and the slogans they chanted.
