AdvertisementIn Iraq's Sacred City Of Najaf, Clerics Call On Shiites To FightJuly 03, 2014Alice FordhamfacebookEmailIraqi Shiite volunteers with the Labayk ya Hussein Brigade take part in a training session in the holy city of Najaf in late June. Clerics in the city called for Shiites to step forward and fight the Sunni group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (which now calls itself simply the Islamic State). (AFP/Getty Images)