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Originally Posted by Xaccers
His embracing of religion was simply to get anti-western support from neighbouring countries.
No muslim would have a koran written in human blood for starters.
I don't recal anything in the koran saying punishments can't be given out on certain days either.
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Whether he embraced religion in fear of dying or to ge anti western support is your opinion as you have no evidence of what his motives were for doing so. Only he will know himself. You are right in what you say about the lack of dignity saddam offered his captives and the inhuman manner in which they were killed. He was also pretty unislamic in the manner in which he ruled his country.
However he was killed in the month of Hajj which is one of the holiest months in the Islamic calender. Forget about him being killed before the day of Eid ul Adha, the 9 days leading up to this day are extremely religious and virtuous. There are certain things we as muslims are forbidden from doing in these days and traditionally in many islamic countries its a month when prisoners are pardoned and forgiven (not saying that this should have happened to sadam). Additionally for one muslim to prevent another from taking his shadah (Oath to Allah) at time of his death is one of the worst things that can be done.
Like Ive said before Im not looking for excuses for Saddam, and I totally agree that if hanging is the punishemnet imposed for his crimes then thats fair enough. From a muslim perspective and from talking to many muslims personally (who are all anti saddam) although Saddam deserved to die, it his his captives that lost dignity and credibility in this whole execution process. I think its hard for non muslims to easily see why many muslims feel this way. I would say, judging by the reaction from the other Islamic states in the middle east, most would share these sentiments.
As for what BBKIing posted earlier about american - allied influence he is spot on. Anyone that says that this was Iraqi justice without external influence is, in my opinion, pretty niave. I also agree that executing him for the death of 148 shiites has the added bonus that it prevents disclosure of embarrasing information in further trials in regards with everything else he was accused of doing.