[Reader-list] What to do with a Quran written in Saddam's blood

Wed Dec 22 18:01:47 IST 2010

Javed,

Agreed that this was done over a period of two years. How would a
calligrapher do his work with a substance that starts coagulating
immediately when it comes in contact with the atmosphere? I do not mean to
offend any sentiment here. If only you could throw some light. I am
ignorant, as it has been deduced earlier.

anupam

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anupam ji
> These days anything can be fake, including your science book, but it
> would be foolish to assume that Saddam was so superhuman that he
> produced 27 litres of blood IN ONE GO (and his calligraphist equaly
> virtuoso that he wrote down 114 pages in one sitting). Please read the
> report a bit deeper:
>
> "The Koran, which is currently stored behind three vaulted doors, was
> created over the course of two years as Saddam attended regular
> appointments with a nurse and an Islamic calligrapher."
>
> Even if he gave one litre of blood every month, he could give about 27
> litres over 2 years. Nevertheless, it all seems rather grisely. It is
> the religious fervour that has to be "appreciated".
>
> Javed
>
> On 12/22/10, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Grisly legacy might just be fake Javed.
> >
> > The piece says: "The fate of the macabre project is now being considered
> as
> > the country debates what should become of the dictator’s final relics.
> > Enlarge   Dilemma: The fate of a Koran written using 27 litres of Saddam
> > Hussein's blood is uncertain. It is currently stored behind three vaulted
> > doors in Iraq."
> >
> >
> > "On the average, an adult human male who weighs 70 kg. has a blood volume
> of
> > about 5 liters, or a little more than 5 quarts." says my science text
> book.
> > For your reference: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/LanNaLee.shtml
> >
> > Thanks Anupam
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Very interesting are some visitor;s comments at the end:
> >> -------------------
> >> A grisly legacy: What is to become of the Koran written in Saddam
> >> Hussein's blood?
> >> By Sara Nelson
> >>
> >> Iraq’s government is unsure what to do with Saddam’s ghoulish legacy –
> >> a Koran written using his blood.
> >>
> >> The 114-chapter book, which required 27 litres of his blood, has been
> >> under lock and key for almost eight years.
> >>
> >> The fate of the macabre project is now being considered as the country
> >> debates what should become of the dictator’s final relics.
> >> Enlarge   Dilemma: The fate of a Koran written using 27 litres of
> >> Saddam Hussein's blood is uncertain. It is currently stored behind
> >> three vaulted doors in Iraq
> >>
> >> ‘What is in here is priceless, worth absolutely millions of dollars,’
> >> Sheikh Ahmed al-Samarrai, head of Iraq’s Sunni Endowment fund, told
> >> The Guardian.
> >>
> >> Despite his opposition to the very existence of the document (he
> >> describes it as ‘haraam’ or forbidden), Sheikh Sammarrai has protected
> >> the blood-soaked pages since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
> >>
> >> He said: ‘I knew this would be much sought after and we made the
> >> decision to protect it. But to see this now is not easy.
> >> Saddam with the Koran written in his own blood
> >>
> >> Brought to book: Saddam takes delivery of a copy of the Koran in 2000,
> >> in Baghdad. Iraqi newspapers reported that he ordered the holy book to
> >> be scribed in his own blood as thanks for his long political career
> >>
> >> '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.’
> >> 'This [book] is very destructive for the psyche of the Iraqi
> >> population. This is a clear reminder of the consequences of
> >> totalitarianism. I am for removing it' - Ahmed Chalabi, President of
> >> the Governing Council of Iraq
> >>
> >> 'We should keep this as a document for the brutality of Saddam,
> >> because he should not have done this' - Ali al-Moussawi, spokesman for
> >> the prime minister, Nour al-Maliki
> >>
> >> The Koran, which is currently stored behind three vaulted doors, was
> >> created over the course of two years as Saddam attended regular
> >> appointments with a nurse and an Islamic calligrapher.
> >>
> >> The tyrant took on the project after deciding to re-embrace his
> >> religion after his elder son Uday survived an assassination attempt.
> >>
> >> Abbas Shakir Joody al-Baghdadi was the calligrapher commissioned by
> >> Saddam himself.
> >>
> >> Understandably, al-Baghdadi is reluctant to be associated with the
> grisly
> >> work.
> >>
> >> Speaking from his new home in the U.S., he said: ‘I don’t like to talk
> >> about this now. It was a painful part of my life that I want to forget
> >> about.’
> >>
> >> A towering statue of Saddam was pulled to the ground in 2003 in a
> >> symbolic act against his oppressive regime.
> >>
> >> Working together in the heart of Baghdad, U.S. marines helped crowds
> >> of Iraqi men bring down the imposing monument on the day the city's
> >> population celebrated its liberation.
> >>
> >> The scenes were reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall, brought
> >> down by citizens of another oppressed city.
> >>
> >> But the fate of the blood Koran remains uncertain, as a debate within
> >> Iraq rages over whether everything from the brutal regime should be
> >> removed.
> >>
> >> Ahmed Chalabi, who is President of the Governing Council of Iraq, says
> >> anything connected to him must go.
> >>
> >> He said: ‘This is very destructive for the psyche of the Iraqi
> population.
> >>
> >> 'This is a clear reminder of the consequences of totalitarianism and
> >> idealising a person that embodies evil.
> >>
> >> 'They have brought nothing to Iraq. They are not worth celebrating.
> >>
> >> 'They have nothing aesthetic to offer. I am for removing them.’
> >>
> >> Meanwhile, Ali al-Moussawi, a spokesman for the prime minister, Nour
> >> al-Maliki, said: 'We should keep this as a document for the brutality
> >> of Saddam, because he should not have done this.
> >>
> >> 'It says a lot about him. It should never be put in a museum though,
> >> because no Iraqi wants to see it.
> >>
> >> 'Maybe in the future it could be sent to a private museum, like
> >> memorabilia from the Hitler and Stalin regimes.'
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Anyone got a spare match?????????
> >>
> >> - jim, Wirral,UK, 21/12/2010 13:33
> >>
> >> Burn the effin' thing.
> >>
> >> - kevin webb, accrington lancs, 21/12/2010 13:30
> >>
> >> Put it on Ebay
> >>
> >> - Eddie John, Some place nice, 21/12/2010 13:11
> >>
> >> The words are the words of Mohammed because there is no God....Burn it.
> >>
> >> - Atheist, UK, 21/12/2010 12:56
> >>
> >> Pleaseeeeeeeee don't burn it...give to me instead !!!....... so that i
> >> can pay off my mortgage out of it proceeds........(struggling without
> >> a job for long time)
> >>
> >> - jj, birmingham, 21/12/2010 12:54
> >>
> >> The western people were fed to their bones by the American government
> >> pro-zionist propaganda which was peddled by the media that Saddam was
> >> "evil". He was not. He was merely trying to defend the interest of
> >> Iraq. The fact is that the devil is America.
> >>
> >> - Nevermind, London, 21/12/2010 12:44
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340271/A-grisly-legacy-What-Saddam-Hussein-s-Blood-Koran.html
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