The ceremony was no ordinary after-school activity. Prayer flags and banners were plastered across walls at east Baghdad's Mustansiriya University last spring to commemorate the birth of Hassan al Askari, a Shiite imam. Devout activists urged students to join a celebration at the school stadium after class. Hamid Duleimi, a 22-year-old physics major, tried to slip off campus, but he didn't get far. An AK-47-toting guard halted him at the school gate. "If this was a celebration for Saddam's birthday," the guard said, "would you be leaving so soon ?" The guard demanded to see Duleimi's jensiya—his national ID. "To be asked for my jensiya means they want to know my sect," says the light-bearded Sunni. He flashed his school ID instead and shuffled off, promising to bring his jensiya the following day.
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机译：典礼不是普通的课余活动。去年春天，在巴格达东部的Mustansiriya大学的墙上悬挂着祷告旗和横幅，以纪念什叶派伊玛目Hassan al Askari的诞辰。虔诚的活动家们敦促学生下课后参加学校体育馆的庆祝活动。哈米德·杜莱米（Hamid Duleimi）是一名22岁的物理学专业学生，他试图从校园溜走，但他没有走远。一名AK-47巡逻警卫在学校门口将他拦下。警卫说：“如果这是为了庆祝萨达姆（Saddam）的生日，那么你会这么快离开吗？”警卫要求看到杜蕾米的国民身份证。逊色的逊尼派说：“被问到我的詹妮亚意味着他们想了解我的教派。”他改为出示学校证件，然后洗牌，保证第二天带上他的詹西娅。
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