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Originally Posted by Xaccers
Good job he wasn't executed on a religious holiday then wasn't it?  |
Well in all fairness the 9 days preceding the day of Eid Ul Adha are extremely important to Muslims worldwide, and the manner in which we are supposed to conduct ourselves over these days are even more so important than the rest of the year. There are quite a few people making the mistake that its ok because he was killed before dawn on the day of Eid Ul Adha, but infact its just as bad that he was killed in the day preceding it.
I think you need to be a muslim (or to have a deeper understanding of Islam) to truly understand and maybe appreciate the insensitivity of the timing and manner in which he was killed.
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Originally Posted by Gavin
I don't think anyone has said why the execution happened when it did, so I will. It happened during a very holy time for Muslims, when the insurgency and general mayhem would be at its relative quietest. It was taken as a national security action, rather than a judicial one. It made a lot of sense in regard to saving lives and quelling unrest, but people were going to complain regardless what happened.
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Could we see the link or are you on the Iraqi Security Advisory Panel?