Iraqis Wrestle Over What to Do With Koran Written in Saddam’s Blood
- Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:27pm by
Meredith Jessup
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In what the UK’s Guarian describes as a “ghoulish bid for piety,” Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered a 605-page copy of the Koran to be written using 27 liters of his own blood in the late 199s. But since the fall of Baghdad and Hussein’s execution, the disturbing artifact has remained out of sight, locked away in a mosque in Iraq’s capital city for the past three years as Iraqis debate over exactly what to do with it:
“What is in here is priceless, worth absolutely millions of dollars,” said Sheikh Ahmed al-Samarrai, head of Iraq’s Sunni Endowment fund, standing near the towering minarets of the west Baghdad mosque that Saddam named “the Mother of All Battles”. Behind him is the infamous Blood Qur’an, written in Saddam’s own blood.
According to the Guardian, there are two main opposing points of view: the government vs. the Sunnis themselves. The new Shia-led Iraqi government has been doing all it can to prohibit access to the relic, “sensitive to the re-emergence of any symbols that might lionise the remnants of the Ba’athist rank and file.” On the other side, Iraqi Sunnis who fear possible “divine disapproval” if they treat this particular volume of the Koran with the reverence of a holy book.
“It was wrong to do what he did, to write it in blood,” says Sheikh Samarrai. “It is haraam [forbidden].”
But in face of serious punishment, Samarrai has been acting as the document’s protector since the U.S.-led invasion arrived in 2003, hiding pages in his home and in the homes of his relatives:
“I knew this would be much sought after and we made the decision to protect it. But to see this now is not easy. There are three keys and none of them are held in the one place. I have one, the police chief in the area has another and there is a third in another part of Baghdad. There has to be a decision of a committee to let you in.”
The Guardian notes that a number of other Saddam-era relics have been dealt with, including the large Saddam statue that U.S. Marines toppled in April 2003.
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Comments (133)
Maverick_166
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:42pmI have a novel and interesting idea concerning what to do with the newfound holy book written in Sadam
Report Post »‘s blood… I think it should be summarily burned and the ashes spread over the executed despot’s grave.
javablanca
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:12pmTreat it as a bible written in Hitler‘s blood or a book of Tao written in Mao’s blood would be treated…
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:20pmDont you mean Little Red book by Mao
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:28amOr a cross made out of mummified satanists… I mean ********.
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:09pmwhat they are saying is “muslim blood” is sacred/holy——–NOT!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »three little PIGGIES went WEE WEE WEE all the way homey
13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:05pmWriting the Koran in your own blood, now that’s gangsta
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:47amislam is the reason the Sicilian mafia exists… If islam didn’t exist, Sicily wouldn’t need to be purged of muslims by Norman Knights..
The resulting culture on Sicily and southern Italy retained some of the evil attributes of the parasite culture islam…
Since islam is the original mafia, your comment is fitting…
Report Post »1911a1
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:05pmBurn IT !
Report Post »randy
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:01pmDIp it in Pigs blood, dry it out, and toss it on a bonfire.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:58pmWe could just do the right thing and give it to Michael Moore since he has carried a bromance torch for Saddam for so long. He could put it next to his limited edition poster of Saddam in a speedo.
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:58pmWhen the new ground zero buildings are built, take it to the top and tear each page out and make a paper airplane out of it and throw it off the building. Oh yeah, and aim them toward Mecca.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:58pmPut it in a museum?
I‘m not a moslem nor a fan of Sadaam’s but it is a curiosity.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 5:06amThat’s where it belongs. Maybe not right now, but it’s what should be done eventually. If everyone destroyed the writings / creations of dictators (from pharaohs to Hitler) we wouldn’t know half of what we do now.
People who want to destroy it shouldn’t be listening to Beck, because he’s constantly pointing to the past and telling them to research period material.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:59amAs I said above, yes, put it in a museum engulfed in images of those who lost their lives to Sadam’s evil. There are better, more instructive ways of sucking the power out of icons than burning them. In fact sometimes burning icons only makes them stronger.
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:57pmSend it to me I’ll tear the pages out and wipe my ass with it.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:03pmDude its written in his blood you might get Sadamaroids or something worse.
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:24amYesssssss…. best zinger of the day…. Thank you!!!!!!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:56pmBurn history?
You need to have more respect for the people Saddam killed…he’s gone. That’s good enough. Now document it and preserve history as faithfully as possible.
Lock it away for a few decades. By then, this will all be ancient history and nobody will have a problem with it being treated as such, in a museum.
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:54pmI guess the same thing ”WE THE PEOPLE WOULD DO” with the progressive babel——FLUSH IT
Report Post »NO NO
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:54pmdamn!!! not enough copies…..this one‘s gonna sit next to Soro’s toilet of evil!! spooky doodie reading material :)
Report Post »Veritas
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:52pmDrench it in pig blood and when it has dried, defecate on it and then boil it in oil. If anything is left, BURN IT!! The blood of thousands that Saddam is responsible for killing is worth more than that piece of filth!!
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:52pmWe could break it up into pieces and put it in swag bags at the NPR hana-rama-quanz-mas party.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:51pmMerry Christmas Barry.
Report Post »ADDICTED TO TRUTH
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:37pmLOL! good one!
Report Post »levelhead53
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:42pmQuestion… This is supposed to be holy? – written with the blood of evil?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:40pmSend it to the White House or Homeland Security
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:30pmReminder of who Muslim terrorist are.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 2:44ambut obama would be more than happy to put it in reverence where the bust of Churchill once sat.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:38pmI know what to do with it
Report Post »give it to those freaks who just shot santa.
Col. HawK
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:34pmMaybe, give it back to the man that it belongs to, wherever he is?
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:40pmI think he is roasting on an open fire as we type lol
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:56pmWhich goes back to my first thought again .. BURN IT!
Report Post »Col. HawK
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:33pmI would have no idea what to do with it either!!
Report Post »ACCOUNTABLE
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:33pm“What is in here is priceless, worth absolutely millions of dollars,” said Sheikh Ahmed al-Samarrai
And that folks sums their intentions up in one sentence.
Report Post »GEETAR
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 1:11pmunder sharia law sadaam would have personally shot one of his countrymen for this very deed. just goes to show that sharia law only pertains to the peasents because the rich and powerful muslims like sadaam didnt seem to sweat it too much.perhaps the muslims should give the book to the highest muslim preast because they could use the blood coran for their blood religion.history will no doubt repeat itself anyway so they should keep the book as a relic of evil
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:32pmPut in on E-bay
Report Post »Capt_Spalding
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:44pmBrilliant.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 4:56amcovered in pig blood.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:52amCatB, I thought it was written in pig blood? Burn it, and every other copy of the Koran. Yes, I said it. Come and get me terrorists! I carry something with me just for you. I’ll give you a hint; the bullets are coated with pig fat!
Report Post »LibertyAdvocate
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:32pmUm, that’s just freaky. I say destroy it, and let the world be rid of Saddam Hussein .
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:18amI suggest drawing humorous images of Muhammed in it….using the blood of a rabbi……..ok, its late, and I just creeped myself out…..eww..
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:34amIf you allow the world to forget Saddam, you set the world up for the rise of another Saddam.
Come on, guys. I know you’re smarter than your basic instincts. You have to be. America depends on it.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:36amI’m with MrPresident. I envision a museum in honor of all who have died under totalitarian governments. Put it on display surrounded and smothered by images of the Kuwaiti and Kurdish victims of Sadam’s chemical warfare. Between each page add a page written by a family member who lost someone to Sadam’s violence and power. Let it be enlightened and thus beleaguered by his own history.
Report Post »eteme
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:30pmWay to go Sadman, only to add more creepy things to your legacy..What a baffon egotist move.
Report Post »muddybike
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:40pmBurn it
ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:47pmBurn it!!
Report Post »Dale
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:48pmmuddybike;
I think you’re asking for trouble.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:52pmreally sick I say, I agree burn it. Offer it up to the false god of the muslims and be done with it. That man was a very sick man in mind, body, and spirit!
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:53pmA true book of the dead…
by ink and word… evil
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 10:56pmMy first thought also .. Burn it.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:28pmlol!!!…….guess the Muslims have a problem, considering in their minds, you are never supposed to desecrate, damage or destroy a Koran……guess they will have to keep Mr. Creepys personal copy around and pretend it doesn‘t give’em the willies…….now that is funny!
Report Post »nhall729
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:35pmOk, I’m starting to think invading Iraq may have been a good idea :-8
Report Post »That is really creepy, I had no idea!
nhall729
Posted on December 20, 2010 at 11:39pmSTOP before you burn it! I think I’ve seen this movie before. Unless you burn it on a full moon of a winter solstice near the resting place of one of the 12 apostles, burning the book will bring Saddam back from the dead.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:02amBurn it in view of the public !!!
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 12:32amGuys, you do not destroy historical artifacts. If we destroy the reminders of the bad parts of history to remember the good parts only, we‘ll be doomed to repeat the bad parts because we won’t remember what can go wrong and how it can go wrong.
It belongs in a museum or some type of archive. No one should ever be allowed to forget the tactics of a brutal dictator, lest they be repeated.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 2:36amBurn It?
Don’t do that.
I’m not trying to defend the muslim faith or try to equate the muslim faith with the christian faith, but what if they burned the Bible written in the blood of, say, George Bush?
I don’t think Americans would be too happy about that. Saddam was a bad man, in some, if not most people’s judgement, however, so was Bush.
Let’s not even go there. That’s not what we as Americans are about.
We’re better than that. This isn’t about being PC or trying not to offend people. This is just not right.
BurntHills
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 2:43amstick that Hussein blood koran with all the Hitler and Stalin and Mao and Mussolini stuff that is left over. someday all of chavez and armenijhad and obama’s vile crap will be able to join it.
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 2:55amBurn it
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 5:49amIt is a definite health hazard…burn it!
Report Post »BigMG
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:34amAlthough Mister President is correct in theory, the whole ‘lest history repeat itself’ arguement hasn’t held up very well lately. Just sayin’ …
Report Post »We ought to let the Iraqi people have a choice, before the next dictator takes over that is.
My own personal thoughts would be to present it to the president of Iran (ach-me-whack-job) and see what he does with it.
tower7femacamp
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:49amTake it and place a piece of raw bacon between each page .
Report Post »sedition
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 7:26amRecycle it and make a Christmas card for Soros out of it!
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:36amGive my buddy Terry Jones a call, he has some great ideas for you!
Report Post »George
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 8:56am@Nhall729:
Sure, burn it on a solstice, but say these words while the flames consume the pages:
“Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! See this, this is my BOOMSTICK! It’s a 12 gauge double-barrelled Remington, S-Mart’s top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That’s right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It retails for about $109.95. It’s got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel and a hair trigger. Shop smart, shop S-Mart…YA GOT THAT!!!
There! That will solve this problem. Done!
Report Post »Stevsea
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:05amAgreed, Burn it!
Report Post »Border Ruffian
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:17amI’d do the same thing with it is as I would do with sinister mace, drop a duece on it and set it a blaze!
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:37ami agree burn it
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 9:39amBlow it up with a 100 megaton bomb.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 11:13amWhile we’re burning symbols of idolatry, lets go ahead and burn every cross we can find, and every effigy of the real God in the form of corruptible man that is the Image of Jesus Christ. Every Buddha Statue, lets burn every golden calf erected in idolatry.
Destroy all the idols. Including images of christ and the Crucifix.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. (Exodus 20:4-6)
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 2:32pmthere is a landfill nearby…
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 6:54pmDon’t burn it- it’s an artifact. I would definitely DNA test it against the body of Saddam though.
Report Post »patriot308
Posted on December 21, 2010 at 7:18pmEasy… Put a false cover on it…. label it “Bible” and give to the dems. They will burn it; problem solved.
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