Fanatical lovers who write letters to their beloved in blood, have been heard of. But Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, took this practice to a new level. In the late 1990s, he commissioned a calligrapher to make a copy of the Qur’an, using his own blood as ink. For the project, Saddam donated 7 gallons (27 liters) of blood over the course of two years – the time it took for the book to be completed. The book still exists, and no one knows what to do with it.

For now, Saddam’s blood-inscribed Qur’an is being kept behind locked doors in Baghdad. The unusual book is both sacred and profane, so officials are quite unsure as to how to deal with it. Islamic clerics are confused over the decision to either destroy the book or preserve it as a reminder of the dictator’s brutality. It is most likely that Saddam was quite aware of the controversy his project would spew, given the taboos in Islamic culture over human bodily fluids, but he went ahead with it anyway. His intentions were clear – he had said that the book was his tribute to God because his son had survived an assassination attempt. In the words of one Iraqi citizen, “On one flank had been the government, doing all it could to prevent access".

The Shia-led regime is highly sensitive to the re-emergence of any symbols that might lionize the remnants of the Ba’athist rank and file, which still orchestrates bombings and assassinations every few days. And then there are the Sunnis themselves, who are fearful of government retribution if they open the doors and of divine disapproval if they treat this particularly gruesome volume of the Qur’an with the reverence of a "holy book".

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/the-blood-quran-a-holy-book-written-with-the-blood-of-saddam-hussein.html

Is that blood or red ink? *ignoramus*

suhhanallah

BeingAkorede: Suhhanallah

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Which one be Suhhanallah

Weired

Rubbish

Pls wat is quran? Was it another name for dictionary in afghanistan? or a detail book on how to get 72 virgin in heaven?

Have they tested the HIV status of the book?

Subhanallah... SMH

...creepy

Ladies and gentlemen, let us behave with decorum.

Thank you.

That's Saddam for you!

eagle,eye:
Which one be Suhhanallah

. Subhanallah= glorified, purified be Allah

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wen pple are seeking 4 blood donors 2 spare dia lives.....dis one is using his blood as ink.....smh

Auzubillaahi minal shaidanir rajin! Ya Allah send us not to the company of wrong doers n pour out on us patience n steadfastness n make us die as muslim men who bow to ur will! Ya Allah mak us not a trial for those who practice oppression and deliver us by ur mercy from does who reject faith! We Seek refuge frm u! Those of u abusng ones religion! U need prayers! May God 4give u, I think joblessness s d major cause of such tins! Subhanallah! May Allah guide us all!

Always doing weird things.

interesting!

Madam speaker: wen pple are seeking 4 blood donors 2 spare dia lives.....dis one is using his blood as ink.....smh

are u into politics?

Allah is ever PURE and Quran remain ever UNDILUTED.

ISLAMBAD.

mehn dis real cute, thinkin of usin my urine to write....................................

Any1 dat reads such Quaran wil recieve 7 folds of hussein's brutality

Dats a typical example of a dictator....a brain wave, does something unimaginabe and wird

an so what? muslims and this their low key mentality.