How to make a religious martyr

Here is one good way.

"The life of Saddam Hussein was brought to an end at dawn this morning, between 0530 and 0545 local time, just as the call to prayer was sounding across Baghdad. " (from the news this morning)

Today is Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, the day to celebrate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son’s life to god.
The sacrifice of the sheep to commemorate the event is typically perform at morning prayer time.


I let you put two and two together.

As an aside I do disagree with capital punishment.