Baptism In Tigris River
3/18/04 -- Sheik Basaam Kaleel of Baghdad, 41,
baptizes Osama Omar of Baghdad, 11, left, on the
first day of the annual Golden Day of Baptism in Tigris River in Baghdad,
Iraq, on Thursday, March 18, 2004. Mandeans are a small pre-Christian sect
that view the John the Baptist as their savior. The religion combines some
aspects of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Gnosticism.
