Saddam's Death?

Question

Who agrees with what happend to him? Do you think it was right or wrong? I persnally think we dont have the right to take anyone's life away.

Please note i dont agree with what he did too he had no right to ruin families and kill people.

But i think with what has happened brings us dwn to his level (thats to the people who think its right what happened)

daliaadel- true it is sad, he did wrong but like you say Allah swt knows best

Nasirah- i agree with you sister

Answer 1

I agree with a punishment, but hanging is taking it too far. And especially on Eid, they hanged him, that just went over the top. Yes he had no right to kill nearly have a million of people, but that doesn't mean the people had a right to hang him. To solve problems, they should hang Bush, he caused Iraq, Muslims, and the world more problems and chaos then Saddam or anyone else.... well excluding Hitler.... but he can be related to Bush...

Answer 2

I definitely believe in an eye for an eye. I think that he should have been tortured just like so many other people that died during his dictatorship. He got off easy.
I don't support the war, but I do believe that it was the right thing to do to remove him from power.
I would never take another life, unless it meant defending my own life or the life of someone that I love.
Just put yourself in the place of the loved ones that have had a family member killed or assaulted by someone like Saddam.
I have been in that position, and I can honestly say that I hope that the person that hurt my family member never gets out of prison to harm anyone ever again.

Answer 3

The right or wrong of it, I would hate to have to make that ultimate decision. All I can do is attempt to understand within the context of it all.
The evidence was sufficiently strong that Saddam would have never been allowed a life beyond a cage. The right, ah. In this world, governments do claim that right, and the Kurds who were murdered died because someone claimed the right to kill them.
Now, having said that. I am sickened by the thought of a man dying by execution. Equally, I am not sure if he could have been allowed to live, and certainly it was an Iraq court that demanded his death within 30 days of sentance. They apparently wanted to make sure he was not going to be round to cause trouble or to try wiggling his way out of it.
My personal feelings--I hate to see life wasted, and alive or dead, the man's life was completely awash. If I were in his position, I am not sure if I would want to exist in a cage until natural causes overcame me, or simply let it end as it did.
--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 4

ok well lets think bout it mayb he did deserve what he got which is what many people will say and islamically if you kill someone the penalty is death although 2 wrongs dont make a right. I dont believe in my heart that he should not have been killed the way he was killed and when my mother told me I was shocked.Saddam was doing more good in Iraq than the English or the American are doing now.But my heart is filled with sadness I dont believe what he did was right but then I dont believe what happened today was right either! From English muslimah

Answer 5

We are responsible to discipline & correct the wrongs. That's part of being an adult. I am glad for the sense of justice the familys of victims must feel. While I did not take his life, I support the taking of Saddams' life. How many innocent lifes did he claim? Yet he himself was not innocent. I see nothing wrong in freeing the world of a guilty & cruel dictator. He got what he deserved.

Answer 6

He chose to be the kind of man that he was. I don't beleive the outcome was unfair.
I pity his soul because right until the end he showed no remorse for the attrocities he committed in his life.
I only hope that (at least in his heart) he had the sense to ask his God for forgiveness before his demise

Answer 7

Who is the "we" you speak of. He was a monster and monsters usually meet the same fate as their victims, wouldn't you agree? Right or wrong is the wrong question here. As the Bible says, and many other religions, especially the Koran, "If youlive by the sword, you die by the sword." You eat meat? If you do, it's no different than killing a man, except, you don't eat him. I'm a vegetarian, and so, I disagree with taking of ALL LIFE! What do you kill???

Answer 8

I believe in death as punishment. It is both Just and Humane. I don't think the death of Saddam will instigate more violence because his supporters were't using car bombs as a means to free him. This viloence is a way of life in that realm. It wont get worse it will simply remain a way of life.

Answer 9

This man was a monster, and had no conscience when he murdered all those people. putting aside all this, he was a human being. to some extent I agree with what happened to him, but then I also know that we have the ten commandments and one of them says thou shalt not kill.God made no exceptions it says what it says. so I'm between a rock and a hard place on this one.

Answer 10

So do you want to know what we think about the death penalty, or do you want to know what we think about Saddam being executed?.
Do you not believe that there are varying degrees of "right" and "wrong"?
I think you need to put it in perspective. I disagree with the death penalty for civillian crimes, but for War crimes where the perpetrator has killed hundreds of thousands of people then I'm all for it.