Making Muslims Happy
It’s not as easy as you think. You’d think that Muslims would be delighted to hear that one of the greatest killers of their numbers–a true nasty piece of work–had been executed…by other Muslims!
Arab 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 hanging which followed his conviction for crimes against humanity against Iraqi Shi’ites.
“His execution on the day of Eid … is an insult to all Muslims,” said Jordanian pilgrim Nidal Mohammad Salah. “What happened is not good because as a head of state, he should not be executed.”
Point of fact, Nidal: he wasn’t a head of state. He was lucky he got to keep his head at all. I would have thought that every day he continued to draw breath was an insult to all Muslims. He killed his own people–Shia, Sunni, and Kurd; he killed Iranians; he killed Kuwaitis (and probably a few Saudis when he briefly crossed the border in 1991). On the plus side (as far as you’re concerned) he killed Israelis and Americans–but, really, does that make up for him being the biggest butcher of Muslims? Turn that frown upside-down, Nidal.