Adhamiya is a wealthy and very exclusive area of baghdad,its inhabitants and mostly sunni but nevertheless it is considered a mixed area as many people have the inclination to move here to enjoy the scenic beauty that this area possesses,saddams main palace is also located here,as is the mosque of imam abu hanifa,a reknowned scholar and the founder of one of sunni islams four schools of thought,the hanafi school of thought,he is known to be buried here.
Sunni Muslim residents of Adhamiyah recall Jihad and myth of fallen insurgents at Baghdad shrine.
Every Friday the burial place of some one hundred Iraqis, Syrians and a few Arab fighters turns into a reunion for the Sunni Muslim residents of Adhamiyah to mourn their loved ones and recount the stories of the dead, which are slowly becoming legends in this northern district of the capital.
He walks over to the tomb of his friend Ali Safa, 33, who was killed with two other Adhamiyah natives buried nearby when US and Iraqi forces stormed the mosque in November in search for weapons and suspected insurgents provoking a riot.
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