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New Quds Force commander vows to bring about rule of ‘Hidden Imam’
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Esamil Ghaani, the new commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, pledged on Monday to “continue the path” of his predecessor Qassem Soleimani and “bring about the global rule...
US Islamic scholar: Hadith about Muslims killing Jews ‘predictive,’ not anti-Semitic
The Islamic hadith stating that at the “End of Days” the Jews will hide behind rocks and trees, which will call out to Muslims to come and kill them, is not anti-Semitic and is merely predictive,...
Jordan conducts military maneuvers simulating war with Israel
The Jordanian Army conducted a series of military maneuvers this week simulating an attempted invasion of the kingdom, but which also appeared to be a message to Israel.
The maneuvers, which took place on Nov....
Muslim Brotherhood founder was a Jew, says retired Egyptian general
Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna was secretly a Jew, retired Egyptian General Fouad Fayoud said last month on Egyptian television.
Speaking on Egypt’s Channel 1 on Oct. 27, Fayoud said al-Banna had lived in a...
Rouhani warns rioting will not be tolerated, says Iran forced to cut fuel subsidies
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani issued a warning to protesters this week, saying during a government meeting that Iran would not tolerate rioting, and has monitoring systems and cameras that enable it to identify cars...
Former Jordanian foreign minister calls for review of peace treaty with Israel
Jordan’s former foreign minister said last week that without a two-state solution Jordan’s national security is at risk, requiring a reexamination of its 1994 peace treaty with Israel.
In an interview with the Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka TV that...
Iranian schoolgirls mark 1979 takeover of US embassy
Iranian schoolgirls demonstrated in Sistan and Baluchestan provinces on the anniversary on Tuesday of the 1979 takeover by Iranian students of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
In a report on the demonstrations aired by Iran’s...
Khamenei reprensentative says US embassy in Baghdad is source of ‘all strife in Iraq’
The main source of the “lack of security, the backwardness, the disputes and the plundering of property in Iraq” is the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, said Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s representative in Qom...
Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a television interview this week that northern Syria is more suitable for Arabs than Kurds because it is “a desert region.”
In an 80-minute interview broadcast on Oct....
ISIS supporters on leader’s death: ‘Jihad is not founded on men’
Islamic State supporters expressed skepticism following the Oct. 27 media reports that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in Syria by U.S. Special Forces, stressing the need to rely only on official...