From Saddam's perspective, this offering was meant to symbolize the blood he and his family had been spared from shedding. For many Islamic scholars, however, it is a source of fierce debate (via The Guardian). On one hand, the book's apparent use of blood makes the entire thing an "unclean" object. On the other hand, it is still a Qur'an, and thus theoretically cannot be destroyed as other blood-based objects might be under Islam (via NBC). Despite this, there are proponents for its destruction due to the book's capacity for religious and political disruption, while others want to avoid the issues of destroying a Qur'an and preserve it.
There is also the question of how valid the claims surrounding the text even are. Since Saddam is unlikely to have contributed the amount needed without serious health complications, it is theorized that the text is supplemented by (or entirely composed of) either ink or the blood of prisoners (via Medium). The controversial text was once on display under Saddam, but now remains hidden behind three doors underneath his self-congratulatory Umm al-Qura Mosque (via Amusing Planet). Since the location of Saddam's remains are currently unknown, the book elicits conflicting feelings from his former subjects as one of his last biological and ideological traces.
