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Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Explains the Chant "Death to America"+

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Explains the Chant "Death to America"-

A day before the anniversary of the 1979 U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addressed the public and talked about the "trampling" of human values in the U.S., explaining the meaning of the Iranian chant "Death to America." Khamenei further said that Iran was a "glowing figure" in the Middle East, listing the...

Anti-U.S. Marches Organized by the Iranian Regime to Mark 37th Anniversary of U.S. ...+

Anti-U.S. Marches Organized by the Iranian Regime to Mark 37th Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover-

The Iranian regime's media outlets broadcast footage of the November 3 anti-American marches held throughout Iran, to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran. The crowds, responding to the organizers' calls, chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." Deputy IRGC Commander General...

Saudi-Born Singer Shams Bandar Rejects Traditional Political and Religious Notions: ...+

Saudi-Born Singer Shams Bandar Rejects Traditional Political and Religious Notions: Black-Eyed Virgins? God Did Not Open an Hotel in Paradise-

Saudi-born singer Shams Bandar, also known as "Shams the Kuwaiti," rejected the notion that the words "hur al-ayn" refers to the black-eyed virgins of Paradise, saying: "It is inconceivable that [God] would create man, pamper him, and make a paradise for him with...

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan: Russian Defense Minister Shoygu Sends Me ...+

Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan: Russian Defense Minister Shoygu Sends Me Official Reports and Asks for My Opinion-

Speaking at a convention of military attachés in Tehran, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said that his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu sends him official reports and asks him for his opinion on various regional matters. His statements were broadcast by Iranian TV's Channel 3 on...

Sydney Cleric Sheikh Youssef Hassan: The Hearts of Jews Are Harder Than Stones; ...+

Sydney Cleric Sheikh Youssef Hassan: The Hearts of Jews Are Harder Than Stones; Halloween is Haram-

Australian Sheikh Youssef Hassan, asked by a child whether it was permitted to celebrate Halloween, said that Halloween is haram, but that children may hand out chocolate and collect donations for the mosque. Speaking at the Quakers Hill Mosque in Sydney, Australia, Sheikh Hassan also said: "The Jewish heart is very...

Algerian Cleric Chemseddine Bouroubi Prohibits Sex Dolls: It's Fornication Even If ...+

Algerian Cleric Chemseddine Bouroubi Prohibits Sex Dolls: It's Fornication Even If They Are Not Human-

In his fatwa show on the Algerian Ennahar TV on October 8 and then again on October 20, Sheikh Chemseddine Bouroubi warned against a phenomenon apparently spreading in Algerian society: the purchase of sex dolls. Sheikh Bouroubi said that a Chinese company had begun to distribute these dolls in Algeria. He warned...

Egyptian BDS Activist Rami Shaath on the Actions that Led Orange to Leave Israel+

Egyptian BDS Activist Rami Shaath on the Actions that Led Orange to Leave Israel-

Rami Shaath, founding member of BDS Egypt, said that pressure exerted by the movement had led to the French Orange telecommunications corporation to take steps to cease its operations in Israel. Speaking on Masr Al-Arabia on July 15, Shaath said that the BDS movement in Egypt had demanded that Orange withdraw from Israel, warning that...

Senior Russian TV Host: The U.S. Establishment May Not Recognize the Elections ...+

Senior Russian TV Host: The U.S. Establishment May Not Recognize the Elections Results If Trump Wins-

Senior Russian TV host Dmitri Kisiliov said that the Democrats would be likely to falsify the elections results in Clinton's favor, but that in the event of a Trump win, they would blame the results on Putin. He was speaking on the Russia 1 federal TV channel on October 30....

Egyptian TV Host Ahmed Moussa: Obama, Clinton Are Rigging the Elections, Media ...+

Egyptian TV Host Ahmed Moussa: Obama, Clinton Are Rigging the Elections, Media Ignores Poor Trump-

Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa weighed in on the upcoming U.S. elections on his October 29 show on Sada Al-Balad TV. Moussa, who had just returned from the U.S., declared that the elections and the polls are being rigged by candidate Clinton and President Obama. The media, he added, fully supports Clinton, ignoring that...

TV Report on Tribal Retribution against Families of ISIS Members in Ramadi, Iraq+

TV Report on Tribal Retribution against Families of ISIS Members in Ramadi, Iraq-

According to a TV report aired on October 25, tribal retribution is being carried out against families of ISIS members in the city of Ramadi, Iraq. The graffiti written by ISIS on the walls of homes of people wanted by the organization has now been replaced by the slogans "Wanted by the tribe." "An eye for an eye," say the residents of...

Saudi Jihadi Leader Al-Muhaysini in Aleppo Salutes Mother and Wife of Suicide Bomber ...+

Saudi Jihadi Leader Al-Muhaysini in Aleppo Salutes Mother and Wife of Suicide Bomber before Sending Him to His Death-

In a video posted on the Internet on October 28, Saudi Jihadi cleric Abdallah Al-Muhaysini congratulated Saudi suicide bomber Yunis Al-Qir'awi, saying: "This hero is going to Paradise tonight, in order to marry the beautiful black-eyed virgins." Al-Muhaisiny saluted Al-Qir’awi’s mother and wife for...

Saudi Scholar Muhammad Al-Sallomi: Minorities Should Have Human Rights, Not Cultural ...+

Saudi Scholar Muhammad Al-Sallomi: Minorities Should Have Human Rights, Not Cultural or "Sovereign Rights"-

Saudi scholar Dr. Muhammad Al-Sallomi recently said that while minorities have "human rights," they must not have "sovereign rights," which, he said, refer to the national, ideological, and cultural security of a country. Is it conceivable that in Saudi Arabia, "the minorities would toy with the curricula, with...

French Woman Who Escaped from ISIS in Syria Recounts Her Ordeal+

French Woman Who Escaped from ISIS in Syria Recounts Her Ordeal-

In a recent TV report, Umm Maryam, a young French woman who went to Syria to join her husband in ISIS talked about her disillusionment and her ordeal. "All they want is money," she said, adding that ISIS did not give them zakkat, even though she was seven months pregnant. She recounted how, after her husband was killed in battle, she was forced to marry...

Advocates of Pharaonic Identity Clash with Supporter of Pan-Arabism, State: Israel ...+

Advocates of Pharaonic Identity Clash with Supporter of Pan-Arabism, State: Israel Our Historical Enemy, Betrayed the Pharaohs-

A TV debate, broadcast by the Egyptian LTC TV channel on October 2, pitted activist Samy Harak, who advocates a return to Pharaonic identity, against journalist Nur-Al-Huda Zaki, who made the claim for pan-Arabism. Harak complained about "the dissolution of our identity over the past sixty...

Saudi Writer Shtiwi Al-Ghithi: ISIS Shares Its Ideological Infrastructure with the ...+

Saudi Writer Shtiwi Al-Ghithi: ISIS Shares Its Ideological Infrastructure with the Religious Discourse Common in KSA and the Arab World-

Saudi writer and poet Shtiwi Al-Ghithi discussed the ideological roots of ISIS in an October 14 interview with the Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia TV. “Some of the things that ISIS is doing can be found in our heritage and in much of the religious discourse in Saudi Arabia and...

Putin's Press Secretary: If Assad Leaves, There Will Be New Terror Attacks in Europe+

Putin's Press Secretary: If Assad Leaves, There Will Be New Terror Attacks in Europe-

Putin's Press Secretary Dmitri Peskov, speaking in an October 22 interview on Russia 1 TV, said that Assad should stay in power in Syria and warned that otherwise, there would be "new waves of refugees" and "new truck [attacks] in Cannes." Following are excerpts Interviewer: I am probably expressing a seditious though when I...

Germany-Based ISIS-Sympathizer Malik Fndy Calls on Like-Minded Activists to Take to ...+

Germany-Based ISIS-Sympathizer Malik Fndy Calls on Like-Minded Activists to Take to the Media in Support of ISIS in Mosul-

Frankfurt-based Syrian activist Malik Fndy recently called upon ISIS supporters to support the organization in the media. "Know that the war is now being waged in the media," said Fndy, citing the Prophet Muhammad as saying: "Wage Jihad against the polytheists with your money, your lives, and your...

Saudi Deputy Economics Minister Al-Tuwaijri: Without Bold Reforms, We Would Have Gone ...+

Saudi Deputy Economics Minister Al-Tuwaijri: Without Bold Reforms, We Would Have Gone Bankrupt in Three to Four Years-

Interviewed on MBC TV on October 19, Saudi Deputy Minister of Economy and Planning Dr. Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri said that given Saudi Arabia's dwindling reserves and the instability in the oil market, "bankruptcy would have been inevitable" if it had not implemented "bold reforms." Host: "If the state...

Fmr. Hizbullah Leader Tufayli Criticizes Intervention in Syria: The Shiites Must ...+

Fmr. Hizbullah Leader Tufayli Criticizes Intervention in Syria: The Shiites Must Reach Understanding with All Sunnis "Without Exception," Confront West, Russia-

Former Hizbullah Leader Subhi Tufyli criticized the organization’s intervention in Syria in a series of Friday sermons, which he posted in September and October on his YouTube account. Jerusalem is in Palestine, not in Aleppo, Sanaa, or Baghdad, he said,...

Duma Defense Committee Chairman: Direct U.S.-Russian Confrontation Likely; Iskander ...+

Duma Defense Committee Chairman: Direct U.S.-Russian Confrontation Likely; Iskander Missiles Target European Missile Defense-

General Colonel (res.) Vladimir Shamanov, former Chief Commander of the Paratrooper Forces and the current chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the State Duma, said, in a first TV interview in this capacity, that there is a high probability of a direct confrontation between the...

Kuwaiti Activist Nasser Dashti: Syrian Crisis Proved Failure of Religious System – ...+

Kuwaiti Activist Nasser Dashti: Syrian Crisis Proved Failure of Religious System – Refugees Flee to Europe, Not Arab World-

Kuwaiti activist Nasser Dashti said that the secular system is better than the religious one "by light years." Speaking in a TV debate with Islamist Ali Abu Al-Hassan, who champions the establishment of an Islamic religious state, Dashti said that the refugees fleeing from Syria prefer to die...

TV Report on Yazidi Female Brigade Fighting ISIS+

TV Report on Yazidi Female Brigade Fighting ISIS-

A recent TV report takes a look at the "Sun Brigade," a unit composed of young Yazidi women determined to fight ISIS after escaping captivity or witnessing the atrocities committed by the organization against their families. According to the report, which aired on Alaan TV on October 9, the brigade consists of 140 female fighters, who want to join the Peshmerga forces...

Hamas TV Host Sheikh Wael Al-Zarad: Israel, the Jews Live on Blood and the Sight of ...+

Hamas TV Host Sheikh Wael Al-Zarad: Israel, the Jews Live on Blood and the Sight of Body Parts-

Speaking on the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV on September 15, Palestinian cleric Wael Al-Zarad said that it was their destiny to "chop off the hand of the occupation," describing it as a "small and vile gang" of Jews, who "came to our country like a cancer" and who "spread corruption throughout the land." Al-Zarad continued: "The...

Saudi Author Said Al-Suraihi: The Arab Regimes Have "Swept the Dirt under the Rug" ...+

Saudi Author Said Al-Suraihi: The Arab Regimes Have "Swept the Dirt under the Rug" Rather Than Address Our Sectarianism-

Saudi author Said Al-Suraihi, interviewed by the Al-Arabiya network, said that the crisis in the Arab world stemmed from the perseverance of tribal perceptions of the ruler as the sheikh or the surrogate of God, who cannot be taken to task. He accused the Arab regimes of keeping the sectarian...

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: U.S. Implements Scorched Earth Policy+

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: U.S. Implements Scorched Earth Policy-

Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said, during an October 13 press briefing, that there was a sense that the current U.S. administration was pursuing a "scorched earth" policy toward Russia. According to the official Foreign Ministry transcript, Zakharova added: "Hopefully, the new [U.S.]...

Houthi Leader Abd Al-Malik Al-Houthi Blames the U.S. for Saudi-Led Airstrike on ...+

Houthi Leader Abd Al-Malik Al-Houthi Blames the U.S. for Saudi-Led Airstrike on Sanaa: America Masterminded, Planned, and Supervised This Vile Crime-

Speaking on the Yemeni Al-Masirah TV channel on October 9, a day after a Saudi-led airstrike attacked a funeral ceremony in the capital of Sanaa, Abd Al-Malik Al-Houthi, Leader of "Ansar Allah" Movement, accused the U.S. of being "the mastermind behind it, the planner,...

Kuwaiti Researcher and TV Host Abdulaziz Al-Qattan: The CIA behind ISIS, the U.S. ...+

Kuwaiti Researcher and TV Host Abdulaziz Al-Qattan: The CIA behind ISIS, the U.S. Acts Like a Mafia-

Kuwaiti researcher and TV host Abdulaziz Al-Qattan accused the CIA and the Mossad of being behind an "international conspiracy against Syria," saying that what was happening there has "nothing to do with a revolution." The U.S., he said, was acting "like a mafia," selling weapons to some Arab regimes, while "playing...

Saudi Writer and Women's Rights Activist Hala Al-Dosari: The Saudi Legal System Uses ...+

Saudi Writer and Women's Rights Activist Hala Al-Dosari: The Saudi Legal System Uses 7th-Century Mentality to Deal with People in the 21st Century-

Speaking on BBC Arabic, Saudi writer and women’s rights activist Hala Al-Dosari said that women in Saudi Arabia face more legal restrictions than in any other country and that: "The problem of the [Saudi] legal system is that it deals with the lives of people living in...

Iraqi Shi'ite Militia Leader Qais Khazali: 'Liberation of Mosul Will Be in Vengeance ...+

Iraqi Shi'ite Militia Leader Qais Khazali: 'Liberation of Mosul Will Be in Vengeance against the Slayers of Hussein'-

Qais Khazali, Secretary-General of the Iraqi Shiite "Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq" militia, vowed that the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) would participate in the battle to liberate Mosul "in vengeance against the slayers of Hussein." Speaking on the Iraqi Al-Ahd TV channel on October 7, Khazali said that the...

Turkish Opposition Leader in Exile Fethullah Gülen Compares Erdoğan to Hitler and ...+

Turkish Opposition Leader in Exile Fethullah Gülen Compares Erdoğan to Hitler and Saddam-

Turkish opposition leader Fethullah Gülen, interviewed by the Al-Arabiya network on August 18, said that the policy of President Erdoğan after the failed coup was "to eradicate any voice of opposition." "Once you have silenced all the voices of opposition, the masses become easy prey for deception and blind obedience," he...

Islamic Researcher Muhammad Al-Tawbah: Jews, West behind Islamophobia, Gay Rights+

Islamic Researcher Muhammad Al-Tawbah: Jews, West behind Islamophobia, Gay Rights-

Islamic researcher Muhammad Al-Tawbah said, in a recent TV interview, that the Jews, whose "interests are threatened" by the presence of the Muslim immigrants in Europe, "have a great interest in causing aversion of Muslims and in banning a Muslim from owning a newspaper, for example." Speaking on the Saudi Al-Majd TV channel on August...

Detroit Friday Sermon on U.S. Military Aid Package to Israel: The Pro-Israel Lobby ...+

Detroit Friday Sermon on U.S. Military Aid Package to Israel: The Pro-Israel Lobby Uses the United States as a Cash Cow-

In a Friday sermon in Detroit, Michigan, Iraqi-born Shiite Imam Hassan Qazwini said that the U.S. administration was "bowing to the pro-Israeli lobby," which was using the United States as a "cash cow" or a "farm." In the sermon, which was delivered at the Az-Zahraa Islamic Center and posted on...

Syrian MP Fares Shehabi: The Golan Heights Must Be Part of Any Solution to the War in ...+

Syrian MP Fares Shehabi: The Golan Heights Must Be Part of Any Solution to the War in Syria-

In a recent TV interview, Syrian MP Fares Shehabi said: "Allah willing, all the areas occupied from Syria, including the Golan Heights, will be part of the settlement." Speaking on the Lebanese Mayadeen TV channel on October 2, Shehabi said: You want Syria to become secure, stable, and democratic once again, with elections and...

Egyptian Historian Ahmad Sarhan: The Egyptians, Not Columbus, Discovered America - ...+

Egyptian Historian Ahmad Sarhan: The Egyptians, Not Columbus, Discovered America - Archival-

In an Egyptian TV interview, historian and film director Dr. Ahmad Sarhan claimed that "the genes of the native Americans are a 95% match with the people of the south of Upper Egypt," who had inhabited the continent before the expeditions by the "Irish" Christopher Columbus. The indigenous people had been exterminated "in...

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb Exhorts Muslims in the West to Speak Out against the ...+

Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb Exhorts Muslims in the West to Speak Out against the "Evil" of Terrorism, Says: The Terrorists Derive Their Ideas from Islam-

Interviewed by the Al-Arabiya network on September 23, Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb called for Muslims in the West to play a constructive role in the societies in which they live and to the show the West "that we are not victims of immigration." "Muslims and...

Birmingham Imam Al-Thabati Criticizes World Leaders for Attending Peres Funeral, ...+

Birmingham Imam Al-Thabati Criticizes World Leaders for Attending Peres Funeral, Adds: Music One of Satan’s Biggest Weapons-

In a video posted on October 1 on the YouTube channel of Green Lane Mosque in Birmingham, England, Abu Usamah At-Thahabi, an imam at the mosque, criticized Obama and other world leaders for attending the funeral of Shimon Peres in "occupied Palestine." "Obama wore the Jewish hat, and he...