Saddam scrubbed from list of descendants of the Prophet Mohammed

AFP ^ | 12/17/03

[TexKat]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The name of Saddam Hussein has been removed from the list of descendants of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, the head of the union of Ashrafs, who guard the genealogical tree, told AFP.

Al-Sherif Najeh Mohammed Hassan al-Faham al-Aaraji admitted that the ousted dictator had been able to cheat despite the great value and honour attached to the line which is guarded in Baghdad.

"Saddam had forced the origin experts to falsify his genealogical tree so that it went back to the Prophet," he said.

"We will inform all the experts, and particularly those who yielded to Saddam and agreed to falsify his genealogical tree. But the real trusted experts are very few in number and all refused."

Aaraji showed AFP a photo of Saddam's tree including a large book of origins which go back to the imams Hassan and Hussein, sons of the imam Ali bin Abi Taleb by his wife Fatima, a daughter of the Prophet.

The cancellation of Saddam's noble lineage was decided three days after his capture by US forces on Saturday night near Tikrit, in northern Iraq.

The Ashrafs' union was set up after the fall of the old regime on April 9 by the men who under Saddam were part of councils of the sayeds, or lords, descending from Hassan and Hussein.

The union has the backing of religious dignitaries from all Muslim traditions, including the hawza Shiite seminary in Najaf as well as the interim interior ministry, Aaraji said.

On Tuesday the union held its first congress "to build the new Iraq", attended by Sunni and Shiite ashrafs, representatives of the interim Governing Council and other Iraqi communities.

"The first committee of ashrafs was set up in Kufa (Iraq) in 830 in the era of the Abbasids," said Ahmad Khoder al-Abbasi, head of the Arab committee of origins.

It moved to Baghdad, which became a centre for similar committees from the Arab and Muslim world. In the 1800s, the Ottomans suspended its activities and in 1917 the British scrapped the union totally, Abbasi said.

[TexKat]

Not adescendant of Islam's Prophet Mohammed, not a martyr.

Just a bullying thug whose days are just about over.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

ping

[TexKat]

Ping-a-ling

[VOA]

At first, I thought this surely must be from "The Onion".

[RightWhale]

He now might be the only living Arab not a descendant.

[Grut]

The cancellation of Saddam's noble lineage was decided three days after his capture...

...which is a pretty good indication of how much his return was still feared, and that it no longer is. Bad news for Baathists.

[najida]

First Tarik Aziz changing his son's name and now this....

Sounds like Saddam is getting dissed in several directions.

[blackie]

The pro-terrorist democrats are sad ~ very sad!

[nothingnew]

Wow. That's almost as humiliating of having your teeth checked on film.

FMCDH

[Cicero]

He's also being kicked out of the Mayflower Descendents and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

[Kirkwood]

Gee, so it was all a lie? Who would have thought?

[mewzilla]

Nevermind.

[McGavin999]

I hope they get it on camera when he's told about it. :o)

[Tijeras_Slim]

Sons of Confederate Veterans declares Saddam a carpet bagging piece of Yankee trash.

[mylife]

Hey Saddam! How do ya like them apples?!
Neenerneenerneener!

[ALASKA]

I never thought there was much of a family resemblance.

[Constitution Day]

Sons of Confederate Veterans declares Saddam a carpet bagging piece of Yankee trash.

Hell, son, we BEEN knowin' that!
He must've took lessons from Cump Sherman or Beast Butler!

CD

[RS]

How dare you insult us Yankee Trash !

Where's my matches ? Which way to Atlanta ? Jane Fonda still living there... I'll get a 2fer !

[dighton]

The cancellation of Saddam's noble lineage was decided three days after his capture by US forces on Saturday night near Tikrit, in northern Iraq.

[TheSpottedOwl]

"Saddam had forced the origin experts to falsify his genealogical tree so that it went back to the Prophet," he said.

Bummer. Hey does this mean he can eat pork now?