Sacrificial lamb?
I was discussing the execution of Saddam Hussein with a group of Moroccan students the other day. Personally, I feel as though the repercussions of choosing Eid al-Adha as the day of Saddam’s execution are twofold: 1) It will spark further sectarian violence and 2) It will allow the decision to be pinned more easily on the United States. I also feel as though it was wrong to execute someone on a day during which “no blood should be shed.”
One student raised her hand and said, “I just see it as the first sacrifice of the day.”
And they say free speech is dead in Morocco…
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