"The report monitors the number and types of media material covering this topic and published by the monitored media platforms. It analyzes the content of the material, the way it tackles the topic, its degree of reliance on objective sources related to the story, as well as its way of addressing the religious aspect. The report also analyzes the dates on which the biggest number of stories were published and the reasons justifying such record numbers, as it dives into the relationship between the religious aspect, which is the research topic, as well as the “political deadlock” plaguing Iraq. Differently put, it monitors the exploitation, effect, and coverage of the issue, as well as the role that media outlets play in this regard. To find content about the topic, the following keywords were looked up: “Mahmoud Al-Sarkhi,” “Sarkhi,” “Ali al-Masoudi,” “Masudi,” “Demolition of Shiite shrines,” “Shiite shrines,” “Demolition of Shiite religious shrines,” “Shiite sites” “Demolition of Shiite religious shrines and sites,” “Sarkhi,” “Masoudi’s call,” “Al-Hussein Army,” “Babylon,” “Masoudi’s arrest,” and “Sarkhi’s headquarters.” The research is limited to the period in which the calls were issued, namely from April 8 to 28, 2022, about a week following the issuance of prison sentences against the offenders in the case at hand." (Monitoring metholodogy, page 6)