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Najaf’s wax statues kindle meltdown for conservative Iraqi clerics

The exhibition of wax sculptures in a museum in Najaf, a conservative Shiite city, marks a major reformist development and a cultural breakthrough.

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A tableau of a council meeting with waxwork statues of famous Shiite Muslim religious clerics is on display at one of the main religious schools in Najaf, Iraq, April 26, 2012. — QASSEM ZEIN/AFP/Getty Images

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