Sha'ab, Baghdad
Sha'ab (Arabic: الشعب) is a neighborhood of Adhamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, It is subdivided into Sha'ab east (22nd), Sha'ab south (23rd), Sha'ab north (24th). The neighborhood is almost entirely Shia Muslim especially after the Shia militias takeover of the town in 2006 led by Mahdi Army known as the JAM which committed mass murders against Sunni families in order to create a Shia zone region in Baghdad .[1]
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[edit]- ^ "Baghdad: Ethnic Composition in 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-12-24.
33°24′54″N 44°24′34″E / 33.41500°N 44.40944°E
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