As it is in Jewish law, it is the Muslim practice to bury the body within one day of death.
Some 100 journalists and officials witnessed the interment, which took place at the cemetery in the Awja section of Tikrit.
A senior Sunni cleric in Tikrit, Yahya al-Atawi, quoted by the Reuters news service said that Saddam’s body was transferred by the U.S. military to Sunni Sheikh Ali al-Nida, the head of the former dictator’s Albu Nasir tribe.
The governor of the province of Salaheddin, north of the capital, also participated in the funeral attended by some 100 officials and journalists.
Saddam was defiant to the end, shouting encouragement to Palestinian Authority terrorists even as waited for the hangman. “G-d is great. The nation will be victorious, and Palestine is Arab,” he called out moments before the noose was slipped around his neck and the gallows trapdoor opened, sending him to his death.
Around the Muslim world, the festival of Eid al-Adha was celebrated with extra joy by the families of the thousands of Iraqis, Iranians and Kuwaitis who were slaughtered during the Iraqi dictator’s bloody 35-year reign.
“This is the best Eid gift for humanity,” said former Kuwaiti Information Minister Sa’ad bin Tafla al-Ajmi, who added that Saddam’s hanging was “the fair punishment for the one who executed our sons without trials.”
Reactions in Israel ranged from Jewish concern about security in the region in the wake of Saddam’s execution, to grief and outrage expressed by Israeli and Palestinian Authority Arabs.
Israeli Arab Knesset member Ahmed Tibi (Ta’al Ra’am) said the hanging was an act of “sadism,” adding, “Even dictators deserve to be treated humanely.”
Hamas official Mohammed Barghouti said that despite the differences between his deeply religious terror organization and the secular dictator, he condemned the hanging as well.
PA residents mourned the man who had sent thousands of dollars in stipends and support to families of suicide bombers who murdered Israeli citizens and terrorist “martyrs” who were killed in fighting with the IDF.
PA Arabs in Hebron protested the execution on Saturday, shouting slogans and brandishing posters of Saddam.
Some 100 journalists and officials witnessed the interment, which took place at the cemetery in the Awja section of Tikrit.
A senior Sunni cleric in Tikrit, Yahya al-Atawi, quoted by the Reuters news service said that Saddam’s body was transferred by the U.S. military to Sunni Sheikh Ali al-Nida, the head of the former dictator’s Albu Nasir tribe.
The governor of the province of Salaheddin, north of the capital, also participated in the funeral attended by some 100 officials and journalists.
Saddam was defiant to the end, shouting encouragement to Palestinian Authority terrorists even as waited for the hangman. “G-d is great. The nation will be victorious, and Palestine is Arab,” he called out moments before the noose was slipped around his neck and the gallows trapdoor opened, sending him to his death.
Around the Muslim world, the festival of Eid al-Adha was celebrated with extra joy by the families of the thousands of Iraqis, Iranians and Kuwaitis who were slaughtered during the Iraqi dictator’s bloody 35-year reign.
“This is the best Eid gift for humanity,” said former Kuwaiti Information Minister Sa’ad bin Tafla al-Ajmi, who added that Saddam’s hanging was “the fair punishment for the one who executed our sons without trials.”
Reactions in Israel ranged from Jewish concern about security in the region in the wake of Saddam’s execution, to grief and outrage expressed by Israeli and Palestinian Authority Arabs.
Israeli Arab Knesset member Ahmed Tibi (Ta’al Ra’am) said the hanging was an act of “sadism,” adding, “Even dictators deserve to be treated humanely.”
Hamas official Mohammed Barghouti said that despite the differences between his deeply religious terror organization and the secular dictator, he condemned the hanging as well.
PA residents mourned the man who had sent thousands of dollars in stipends and support to families of suicide bombers who murdered Israeli citizens and terrorist “martyrs” who were killed in fighting with the IDF.
PA Arabs in Hebron protested the execution on Saturday, shouting slogans and brandishing posters of Saddam.