Weekly Pilgrimages to El-Eskeriyain (Peace Be Upon Them)  

Tourism Department of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine continues to transport pilgrims to the holy shrines in Iraq every day.

Riyadh El-Hekeem, director of the department said that the current pilgrimages are made to El-Eskeriyain (Imam Al- El-Hadi and Imam El-Hasan El-Eskeri)(Peace Be Upon Them) in Samaraa City.

Due to the security and stability in Samarra, there are 17 pilgrimages made every week, and the number of pilgrims is approximately 3500. Many pilgrims are now coming from the Golf Countries, Iran, in addition to some other countries.

50 buses are sent on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 12000 Iraqi Dinars, which equals approximately $10

By: Ahmed El-Qadhi

Translated by: Mohammed Jasim 

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