Death of a man or something more?

What can be said or done now? The deed has been done and the former Iraqi "dictator" as referred to by the Americans is no more. Yes, I am talking about Saddam Hussein the erstwhile ruler(I would not like to call him a dictator) of Iraq who was executed in his own home country at 6 a.m (Dubai time) today.



I never had any views over this issue really as I'm not interested in politics that much, until now. This sudden birth of opinion did not arise because of the execution which took place rather because of the day chosen for such an event. Today is the day where all Muslims rejoice and the the festival of sacrifice is celebrated with huge amount of enthusiasm and in good spirit. It is the day of Eid-ul-Adha in many parts of the world. This may not be of great concern for some people as they may say that today or tomorrow he had to be killed but this has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Muslims(Sunni sect especially). While many people were just about getting ready to offer their Eid prayers Saddam was hanged to death in a former military intelligence headquarters in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah.


I was ignorant of this event until the watchman of my building came to my house to wish us "Eid Mubarak" and during our conversation informed me about this. Without wasting a single moment I switched on the news channel which was as expected discussing about this event. The public view was asked and I witnessed a mixed reaction of joy and a sense of celebration, and of remorse and anger amongst the Shia and Sunni sects of the Muslim religion respectively. Do not for a second think that I am taking sides or any such thing. The basic idea of this post is that I wanted to give a thought on this whole issue. What was the reason that he was hanged today out of all the other days? Was it just a coincidence or a purposeful step? I am still not fully convinced on which side should I take or whom should I support. What are your views on this whole issue and what will be the outcome of this event?Peace??


P.S.- This post is not a political one but just a thought provoking one and must be treated so. Do not comment very critically against anybody and be as moderate as possible.

Eid-ul-Adha Greetings

Heyy Eid Mubarak everybody!!(especially the Mulla's haha). Hope you'll have the most amazing Eid ever!!

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Friendship

I just wanted a person whom I could go to whenever I felt low or needed some moral support. A person who could tell me on my face what I deserved to hear and not praise me unnecessarily. Someone who would be there with me not only during my good times but would also help me get through the bad phases of my life. I wanted a friend.

It's rare to find such people nowadays. People have become selfish and a general trend has arised where everybody thinks only about themselves. The most unlikely of people may prove to be the best of friends while the people you bank on the most may sometimes desert you when you need them the most. The people celebrating with you might not be your friends but the person who cries with you is your true friend. To sit and spend time with some people doesn't classify themselves as your friends. When you know that you have somebody to back you up even if you screw up you know that you have a friend. If you can speak openly to a person and feel good about it you know you have a friend. These are just a few of the innumerable ways of knowing whether you have friends or hypocrites calling themselves friends.

The reason that I am saying all this is that I've been thinking for quite sometime now about what is friendship all about? What are friends? Are they just people you meet often or hang out with or are they those people who will stick by your side no matter what it takes? To laugh and joke together cannot be termed as friendship as friendship is much deeper term which implies that people in this relation not only respect and care for each other but also have a supportive nature towards each other.

I too was once a person who did not know what friendship was and hence used to think that those who laughed and joked with me or whom I roamed about with were my friends. No doubt they were and still are my friends, but not for these reasons but for those reasons upon which actual friendship lies. I've learnt a lot in the past few years about friendship as people who were least likely (at least I thought so) of becoming my friends actually showed me what friendship really meant. I am yet to figure out the proper meaning of friendship as I know from experience that however easy it is to get people who will hang out with you, so much more difficult it is to get a friend.
Now, do you have friends?