Posted on 12/30/2006 11:55:38 AM PST by indcons
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Pilgrims in Mecca expressed outrage on Saturday that Iraqi authorities had chosen to execute former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on a major religious holiday, saying it was an insult to Muslims.
Sunni Arabs at the haj were shocked at Saddam's death which followed his conviction for crimes against humanity against Iraqi Shi'ites.
Nawaf al-Harbi, a Saudi national speaking outside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, said Saddam's hanging during the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, was an insult to Muslims.
"I don't want to believe it. Saddam cannot die. Is this the good news we get on our Eid?" he said.
"His execution on the day of Eid ... is an insult to all Muslims," added Jordanian pilgrim Nidal Mohammad Salah.
An execution at the start of Eid is highly symbolic. The feast marks the sacrifice the prophet Abraham was prepared to make when God ordered him to kill his son and many Shi'ites could regard Saddam's death as a gift from God. Such symbolism could further anger Sunnis, resentful of new Shi'ite power in Iraq.
Security was already heightened for this haj season because of sectarian strife between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq and elsewhere in the region.
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Yes. And if you barbarians don't straighten up soon, it'll be the turn of other muslims despots next.
Best news yet!
What a juicy target...
Oh shut up....and go blow yourself up...
*sigh*.
He killed 1.2 million muslims you f'n idiots and your mourning his passing. If someone dropped a bomb on mecca during your haj it wouldn't kill as many muslims as Sadaam did. But.........
What? Muslims are outraged? Ya don't say.... Who would ever expect that?
Is there anything, any little thing at all, that they don't perceive as "an insult to all Muslims"? I am so sick of Muslim whining.
Oh, please! Everything's an insult to Muslims these days!
I for one intend to send a box of Kleenex to the Arab mourners.
Who's with me?
HAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! The Barbarians are OUTRAGED!! Tough Toenails, Muzzies.
Don't see them stopping their killing on Christian or other sacred holidays.
Same song and dance. It was before dawn, before the holiday, which starts tomorrow according to my clock.
The favorite sport of muslims: "outrage"
OUTRAGE!
What else would you expect from followers of the religion of perpetual outrage?
Moos sure do spend a lot of time being outraged. Ho hum.
Don't believe it! According to FOX reporter - there are a FEW who are upset over the execution, but even more who are happy that he's dead.
Not unusual that Reuters would not mention those who were happy about Saddam's death.
"Saddam cannot die."
Think of it this way: They just lengthened his neck.
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