Blood Quran
مصحف الدم
A mushaf written by calligrapher Abbas Shakir Jouda in Saddam Hussein's blood between 1997 and 2000; a contested relic of a dictatorship.
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Overview
A Qur'an written by the calligrapher Abbas Shakur Judah, commissioned by Saddam Hussein in blood between 1997 and 2000; it remains a witness to a dictatorial era and a source of debate about how to treat it. 1
People and things also explored
Al-Madina Souq, Aleppo· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)
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islam.museum contributors. “Blood Quran”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mushaf-al-dam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.