Turkey's Alawite elders embark on religious journey
ISTANBUL - A group of 100 Alawite elders embarked Monday on a religious journey to Najaf and Karbala, Iraqi cities revered by Shi'a muslims, and an Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in Saudia Arabia as part of a reconciliation project between Turkey's Sunni and Alawite communities.
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