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The protests over the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein are continuing in India, as Muslims world over celebrated Eid-ul-Zuha. The latest to join are Muslims in Madhya Pradesh, who came out in huge numbers to condemn the execution. After offering special prayers, they took to streets to register their anger against the execution, accusing U.S. President George W. Bush of murdering the Iraqi leader. The protesters raised anti-U.S. slogans and burnt an effigy of Bush. "Whatever America has done is against humanity. The world is up against U.S. and people, irrespective of their community or religion, have condemned the execution. We have burnt the effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush to register our protest," said Khalid Gani, one of the protesters. In Bijnor, protestors carried protest placards and shouted anti-US slogans. They also burnt the effigies of Bush. "We condemn the inhuman act carried out by US President George W Bush and Americans. A large number of Muslims are condemning the execution. Almighty God will very soon destroy America and will give a more brutal punishment to Bush," said Tahir Hussein, a local Muslim leader. Muslims across the country have been holding protests and demonstrations since Saturday, the day Saddam was executed. Bush, who branded Saddam a tyrant and a threat to global security, hailed the execution as a "milestone" on Iraq's path to democracy. Saddam Hussein was hanged for crimes against humanity at dawn on December 30. The former Iraqi president, ousted in April 2003 by a US-led invasion, was convicted in November for the killings of 148 Shi'ite villagers from Dujail after a failed assassination bid in 1982. An appeals court upheld the death penalty on Tuesday and the government rushed through the procedures to hang him by the end of the year and before the Eid al-Adha holiday that starts on Saturday, coinciding with the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca.
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