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WATCH: Iranian poet to Khamenei: ‘We will make the lives of the Jews miserable’
Iranian poet Nader Javadi performed in the presence of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a video that was uploaded to Khamenei’s website on February 26, 2019. He recited: “We will liberate the Al-Baqi ...
International Union of Muslim Scholars urges imams to preach armed jihad against Israel
On April 1, 2019, the International Union of Muslim Clerics (IUMS) proclaimed Friday, April 5, 2019 as a “Day of Support for Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and Gaza,” and urged Muslim preachers worldwide to devote their...
Iraqi officials: Restoration of citizenship does not extend to Iraqi Jews living in Israel
Gen. Fadhi Alwan Kazem, head of the Citizenship Department in Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, said in a March 17 debate about citizenship for persecuted minorities that aired on Al-Iraqiya TV (Iraq) that Jews are...
Deputy foreign minister: Syria has right to employ armed struggle to free Golan
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said in a March 22, 2019 interview on Mayadeen TV (Lebanon) that the Trump administration is acting against the basic interests of the American people and imposing coercive...
Brazilian politician slams Gulf states for supporting US embassy move to Jerusalem
Professor Jamal Harfoush, who is running for the Brazilian Federal Chamber of Deputies, uploaded a video to the Internet on Dec. 18, 2017, in which he harshly criticized Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states...
Friday sermon in Sudan: ‘The Jews are behind New Zealand [mosque] massacre’
Sudanese cleric Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri said in a Friday sermon that aired on Sudan TV on March 15 that the perpetrator of the mosque attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, was working for the Jews,...
Syrian scholar: Al-Aqsa in Koran is not in Jerusalem
Syrian scholar Firas Al-Sawwah said in a March 3 interview on Al-Hurra TV (U.S.) that the Al-Aqsa Mosque that was mentioned in the Koran was not in Jerusalem, and that the caliph Abd Al-Malik...
WATCH: Houston Islamic Center celebrates 40th anniversary of Iranian Revolution
On Feb. 20,the Islamic Education Center of Houston uploaded to YouTube a video of a Feb. 17 ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Morteza Kazemian, a 10th-grader, said that the United...
Al-Qaeda figure warns Arab countries over normalization with Israel
On March 11, Al-Malahem, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, released a video featuring the group’s senior commander, Khaled Batarfi, condemning Arab and Gulf governments, and accusing them of hastening to...
Palestinian journalist: ‘One day someone angry will drop a nuclear bomb’ on Israel
In a video that was uploaded to Maan News Agency’s YouTube channel on Jan. 16, 2019, Palestinian journalist Dr. Nasser Al-Laham said Israel has become so arrogant that one day, someone angry will drop...