al-Kazimiyya

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al-Kazimiyya shrine

Al-Kazimiyya ( Arabic الكاظمية, DMG al-Kāẓimiyya ; also al-Kadhimiya ) is an old Iraqi city and today a suburb of Baghdad , about five kilometers northeast of the city center. Today it is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. The city is sacred to the Shiites because Mūsā al-Kāzim , the seventh Shiite imam , was buried there together with his grandson Muhammad at-Taqi , the ninth Shiite imam. Her tomb, the al-Kazimiyya Mosque , with its minarets and two golden domes, is a symbol of the city and the destination of Shiite pilgrims. The city was named after Musa al-Kazim.

On December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was killed at the Camp Justice military base ( Arabic سجن العدالة, DMG Siǧn al-ʿAdāla , formerly Camp Banzai ) executed in al-Kazimiyya . On January 15, 2007, the death sentences of Barzan Ibrahim at-Tikriti and Awad al-Bandar were carried out at the same location .

In 2004, parallel attacks took place in al-Kazimiyya and Kerbala, in which around 170 people were murdered. Between 2004 and 2009, a number of anti-Shiite bomb attacks killed 247 people and injured numerous others.

Coordinates: 33 ° 23 '  N , 44 ° 20'  E