Thousands of pilgrims dressed in black made their way on foot towards a gold-domed shrine in northwestern Baghdad on Saturday, part of a weeklong procession to commemorate the death of a revered figure in Shia Islam. Most streets in the Iraqi capital were closed due to the large number of pilgrims descending on Baghdad from mainly southern and central provinces. Tents were set up along the route leading to the shrine of Imam Mussa Al-Kadhim, who died at the end of the eighth century. A high number of Iraqi security forces were deployed to protect the annual pilgrimage, expected to culminate Su…