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  • Area Muslims react to Saddam’s death(Baton Rouge, LA)

    12/31/2006 8:01:39 AM PST · by Ellesu · 61 replies · 1,518+ views
    2theadvocate.com ^ | 12/31/06 | MARK F. BONNER
    Muslims gathered for prayer in Baton Rouge said Saturday morning that they are upset deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s execution was carried out on a holy day. At the New Islamic Center of Baton Rouge at 235 E. Airport Ave., a congregation of a few hundred knelt and faced toward Mecca in prayer as Eid al-Adha, the most important feast of the Muslim calendar, got under way. Also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, it commemorates the Prophet Abraham’s willingness to forfeit all things to God, including the life of his son, Ishmael. “An execution on this holy day sends...