Shiite Scholars Deplore Saddam Hanging, notes Sobhy Mujahid, IOL Correspondent

Article image "All developments in Iraq, including Saddam's execution, are taking place by a US green light", Gabbori said
Iraqi Shiite religious authorities (Marjaiyas) have condemned as "un-Islamic" the way ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed on the first day of `Eid Al-Adha, slamming the secret filming of the grisly hanging.

"Choosing the first day of `Eid Al-Adha to execute Saddam was in violation of the rules banning executions during religious occasions," Sheikh Hussein al-Moayed told IslamOnline.net on Friday, January 5.

"It also clashed with the manners that any Muslim should abide by."

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