Imam Hussein holy shrine participates in the inauguration of gilding the Imam Ali holy shrine project

The Imam Hussein holy shrine participated in the ceremony of gilding the dome and two minarets of the Imam Ali holy shrine. The first golden brick laid out on Thursday Feb/21/2013 in a ceremony attended by the head of the Shiite entailment bureau Mr. Salih EL-Haidery, the Secretariat-General of the Imam Ali holy shrine, the Secretariat-General of the EL-Abbas holy shrine Sayed Ahmed EL-Safy and some other scholars and politicians. The deputy Secretariat-General of the Imam Ali holy shrine said in an interview that, “It is the time to refurbish what has been neglected before, and this is the time we would offer the best services possible for the pilgrims”. The gilding process achieved by Iraqi personnel, and this is the first time for the Imam Ali holy shrine to have its dome and two minarets regilded. The whole process would be done according to the best international qualities. The cost is about 15 million dollars, and the time of achieving it is 24 months.By: Mohammed Jassim