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Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
Moe
09/25/00 at 21:07:38
http://www.arabia.com/article/0,1690,Life29541,00.html

Saddam commissioned the work in 1997 to thank God for having escaped
unharmed from a life full of dangers

September 24, 2000, BAGHDAD (AFP English)  - Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein has taken delivery of a copy of the Quran he ordered written in
his own blood to thank God for escaping unharmed from his long political
career, Iraqi newspapers reported Sunday.  The special-edition Quran, the
Muslim holy book, took three years to finish and was handed over to Saddam
during a ceremony Saturday at the Dar Al Nasser presidential palace in
Baghdad, papers said.

The Iraqi leader commissioned the work in 1997 for his 60th birthday to
thank God for having escaped unharmed from "a life full of dangers, during
which I will have lost a lot of blood."

The press gave no indication how much blood Saddam provided for the team
of Iraqi religious leaders and calligraphers to complete the work.

However, Ezzat Ibrahim, vice president of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command
Council, told papers: "You can imagine the quantity of blood required for
the holy book, which comprises 6,666 verses and 336,000 words!"

Saddam, head of the ruling Baath party since his accession to power in
1979, has projected a more religious image since the 1991 Gulf War,
promoting steps to develop Islam in Iraq, such as building mosques and
banning alcohol in restaurants and hotels.
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
Muslim4evva
09/25/00 at 21:12:16
Assalamu 3alaikum,

The Holy Qur'an written with Saddam's blood!

Talk about oxymoronic!  

The pure words of Allah being written by the filthy blood of Saddam.  7asbunallaahu wa ni3mal wakeel.
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
jannah
09/25/00 at 21:18:58
slm,
That's pretty disgusting I must say. I wonder if he's actually *read* it.

This part is interesting:
[quote]
Saddam, head of the ruling Baath party since his accession to power in
1979, has projected a more religious image since the 1991 Gulf War,
promoting steps to develop Islam in Iraq, such as building mosques and
banning alcohol in restaurants and hotels. [/quote]

but it's probably propoganda to prevent the poor illiterate masses from one day rising up and getting rid of him like they should
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
se7en
09/25/00 at 23:49:44
salaam,

just a side note... there are not 6,666 verses in the Qur'an.  Imagine how scary that is for a Christian to read, who believes that "666" is the sign of the devil.  I wonder what kinda slick missionary came up with that number. I think the actual number is like 6,236.
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
Asim
09/25/00 at 23:24:01
Assalaamu alaikum,

has taken delivery of a copy of the Quran he ordered written in
his own blood to thank God for escaping unharmed from his long political
career,


Thank God ??? !!? By writing the Quran in blood?! This person is crazy! Quran is not a hunting prize that one can put up on the wall! It is meant to be implemented.
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
Arsalan
09/26/00 at 00:20:09
Assalamu alaikum,

Guys, guys, let's look at the bright side here!

At last we have a Qur'an now which nobody will dispute about touching with or without wudoo!  Because surely, there is no need to make wudoo to touch the blood of Saddam!

One may be required to make ghusl afterwards though!

[Sarcasm ... do I have to say these things?]
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
proudtobemuslim
09/26/00 at 00:45:46
slm
[quote]
I think the actual number is like 6,236.
[/quote]

hehe that IS the exact number of Ayahs!
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
tree
09/26/00 at 05:39:50
Asalaamu alaikum

yeah, but how true is this story?  

tree
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
tree
09/26/00 at 10:12:43
salam

ok, so i just came across this...apparently the pictures are of the actual Qur'an that was commissioned.  Freaky :o

tree

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_941000/941490.stm[/url]
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
se7en
09/26/00 at 22:34:24
as salaamu alaykum wa rahmatAllahi wa barakatuh,

proudtobemuslim, heh, actually I'm pretty sure that number is accurate, cuz I went through the Quran and added the ayaat up myself.  I was so tired of hearing different numbers from different sources I thought, hey I have a Quran, I can do math...kinda... so hey...

:)


Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
Arsalan
09/26/00 at 23:59:30
Assalamu alaikum,

Sheikha, did you look at the pictures on the bbc web page?
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
proudtobemuslim
09/27/00 at 07:29:58
slm

I saw the pictures but didn't notice 'blood'... i guess the writing was too small to discern, if it was ink or blood.

Wassalam-u-Alaikum
Re: Saddam receives Quran written in own blood
kiwi25
09/27/00 at 21:55:14
assalamu alaikum,
the point is lets please not go hysterical and insane to do such an act.
NS


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