ms2004events

=2004=

On Janurary 19, 2004, over 100,000 people demonstrated on the streets of Bagdad. They were demanding an elected government. The people were said to be mostly Shia Muslims. They marched about 3 miles to the University of al-Mustansariyah, with a speech at the end by their leader [|Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani]. See the whole story [|here].
 * **Demonstration (January 19)**