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Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an...
Gazans Slam Hamas Decision To Ban New Year Celebrations
On December 30, 2015, Hamas' police force announced a ban on holding New Year celebrations in restaurants, hotels and cafes in the Gaza Strip. Police spokesman Ayman al-Batniji explained that the ban was "meant to minimize as far as possible phenomena that contravene the heritage, customs, values and directives of Islam" and also to demonstrate solidarity...
PA Commemorates Perpetrators Of Stabbing Attacks
The Palestinian Authority (PA) regards stabbing attacks as part of the "National Awakening," a general term for the clashes and violent incidents that have been taking place since early October 2015. As a rule, the PA does not condemn these attacks but rather justifies and even glorifies them. Stabbers who were killed by Israeli security forces or civilians in the...
SUPPORT MEMRI TV TODAY - Top 50 MEMRI TV Clips Of 2015
The MEMRI TV Project: · Launched in 2004 · Has produced over 5,200 translated clips · The only project in the world translating Arab, Iranian, and South Asian television · Monitoring the 100 most important TV channels (including online) around the clock · Providing open-source broadcast content to Western...
Egyptian Political Scientist Amr Hamzawy: Egypt Needs A Frank Discussion About The...
Egyptian Political Scientist Amr Hamzawy: Egypt Needs A Frank Discussion About The 'Displacement' Of Egyptian Jews In The 1950s and 1960s
In his October 13, 2015 column in the Egyptian daily Al-Shuruq, Egyptian political scientist Amr Hamzawy wrote about the culture of the Jews of Egyptian extraction and their continued "love for the homeland that was." Clarifying that he was writing from a purely human...
UN Security Council Resolution 2254 On Syria: International Community Softens Its...
UN Security Council Resolution 2254 On Syria: International Community Softens Its Position On Assad Regime
IntroductionOn December 18, 2015, the UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2254, which included a "road map for a peace process in Syria, setting a timetable" for talks between the parties. This resolution, which stemmed from a Russian initiative, granted de-facto legal status to the statement...
Jordanian Journalist: Hatred Toward Christians Is The First Step On The Path To...
Jordanian Journalist: Hatred Toward Christians Is The First Step On The Path To Terrorism
On the occasion of Christmas, and in light of fatwas being circulated across the Muslim world that ban Muslims from greeting Christmas on their religious holidays,[1] Jordanian journalist and educator Zuleikha Abu Risha harshly condemned Muslim clerics that preach hatred of the other. In an article titled "Let's...
President Sisi, Egyptian Grand Mufti: Offering Christmas Greetings To Our Christian...
President Sisi, Egyptian Grand Mufti: Offering Christmas Greetings To Our Christian Brothers Is Part Of Our Religion
This year the Muslim holiday celebrating the Prophet Muhammad's birthday fell close to Christmas, and a number of Muslim political and religious leaders took the opportunity to send an ecumenical message. Egyptian President 'Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi extended Christmas greetings to the Copts; the...
Article By MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad: 'Kabul Calling'
Following is the full text of an article titled "Kabul Calling," by MEMRI South Asia Studies Project director Tufail Ahmad, that originally appeared in the December 20-26, 2015 issue of Open The Magazine."For a first-time visitor arriving in Kabul with the preconceived image of a country in ruins, it is perfect normalcy that greets you. It is the first day...
Prominent Saudi Journalist: Extremism, Takfir Are Everywhere In Saudi Arabia, And...
Prominent Saudi Journalist: Extremism, Takfir Are Everywhere In Saudi Arabia, And The Authorities Are Doing Little To Stop This
In a two-part article in the Saudi government daily Al-Watan, journalist Qenan Al-Ghamdi, the former editor of Al-Watan and of the government daily Al-Sharq, harshly criticized the extremism in Saudi Arabia, which he said is present in every mosque and school and is constantly being...
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Fatah Central Committee Member In Letter Of Condolences For Samir Quntar's Death: He...
Fatah Central Committee Member In Letter Of Condolences For Samir Quntar's Death: He Was A 'National Hero'; We Will Continue Struggle Until 'Arab And Palestinian Soil Is Purged'
On December 20, 2015, Fatah Central Committee member 'Abbas Zaki sent a letter of condolences to Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for the death of Druze Lebanese terrorist Samir Quntar, who was killed one day earlier in...
Syrian Oppositionist: The West Calls Syrian Rebels Terrorists – But They Are...
Syrian Oppositionist: The West Calls Syrian Rebels Terrorists – But They Are Victims Of ISIS And Assad Terrorism
In the wake of the the October 31, 2015 downing of a Russian airliner over the Sinai and the November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks, Fawaz Tello, a Syrian oppositionist residing in Berlin, wrote an article reiterating his condemnation of terrorism afflicting the West and other places, but at the same...
At Last Moment, Iran Refuses To Fulfill Its Obligations Under JCPOA, Demands That...
At Last Moment, Iran Refuses To Fulfill Its Obligations Under JCPOA, Demands That U.S. Lift Sanctions First, In Complete Contradiction To The Agreement
At the last moment, Iran is refusing to fulfill its obligations under the JCPOA. According to the agreement, it is now Iran's turn to meet specific obligations, and once the IAEA confirms it has done so, the West will take measures to ease or suspend some of the...
Will The West Ease The Sanctions Even Though Iran Is Not Meeting Its JCPOA...
Will The West Ease The Sanctions Even Though Iran Is Not Meeting Its JCPOA Obligations?
Introduction With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors' closure, on December 15, 2015, of Iran's PMD (Possible Military Dimensions) dossier, the JCPOA is now back on track for the implementation that began on Adoption Day, October 18, 2015. It is now Iran's turn to meet its JCPOA...
Egyptian Columnists: Egypt Needs To Fight ISIS In Libya – Unilaterally If Necessary
In the past few days, two columnists for the Egyptian daily Al-Watan have called for Egypt to launch a preemptive offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Libya, warning that ISIS's hold in Libya was likely to grow due to the military pressures on the organization in Syria and Iraq. They wrote that in light of the slow...
Palestinian Women On The Frontlines Of The Current Uprising
In the current wave of Palestinian violence, young Palestinian women have been visible on the frontlines of protests and of violent clashes with security forces, and have also been carrying out knife attacks. Their participation cuts across social sectors: they have been seen wearing hijabs and veils and with their heads and faces uncovered; in...
In Light Of Jordanians Joining Terrorist Organizations, Calls In Jordan To Reform...
In Light Of Jordanians Joining Terrorist Organizations, Calls In Jordan To Reform Curricula
Introduction An issue that concerns Jordanian society lately is the phenomenon of young Jordanians joining the terrorist organizations that are fighting in Syria and Iraq, especially the Islamic State (ISIS). In October, it was reported that the son of Jordanian MP Mazen Al-Dhalaein had carried out a suicide bombing in...
Donate Now To The MEMRI End-Of-Year Campaign – Help Us Continue Our Work
As you know, MEMRI’s 2015 End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign is underway, and we need your support to fully fund our projects for the remainder of the year. Around the clock – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year – MEMRI monitors issues vital to U.S. national security, publishing and disseminating reports to governments,...
MEMRI Scholar Writes In IndiaFacts About Oxford Professor Who Criticizes Indian...
MEMRI Scholar Writes In IndiaFacts About Oxford Professor Who Criticizes Indian Journalists Writing About Security Issues – But 'Thinks Of Jihadis More Like Cuddly Cows'
In an article published December 9, 2015 by the India Facts website, titled "It Is Time Faisal Devji Is Fired By The Oxford University," MEMRI South Asia Studies Project director Tufail Ahmad discusses a piece in The Hindu by Oxford University...
An Historical First For The Saudi Kingdom: Women Participate As Voters And...
An Historical First For The Saudi Kingdom: Women Participate As Voters And Candidates In Municipal Elections
Introduction On December 12, 2015, Saudi Arabia will, for the third time, hold municipal elections; for the first time, women will participate in the elections as both voters and candidates, within the confines of shari'a law, in accordance with a decision by the previous king, 'Abdallah bin 'Abd...
Power Struggle Between Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Ideological Camp And...
Power Struggle Between Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Ideological Camp And Rafsanjani's Pragmatic Camp Intensifies – Part I: Khamenei Blocks Iran's Implementation Of The JCPOA
Introduction In advance of the February 2016 elections in Iran for both the Majlis and the Assembly of Experts, and in light of Hashemi Rafsanjani's November 25, 2015 announcement that he will run for the Assembly of Experts, the...
The Sultan vs The Tsar: The 21st-Century Round – The Clash Of Imperial Ambitions...
The Sultan vs The Tsar: The 21st-Century Round – The Clash Of Imperial Ambitions For Regional Hegemony
Introduction On November 24, Turkish aircraft shot down a Russian SU-24 fighter jet over its violation of Turkish airspace for 17 seconds, at its southern border with Syria, causing the death of one of the pilots and of a marine from the Russian helicopter that came to the downed plane's rescue.[1] The...
Social Media As A Platform For Incitement - Part IV: Hashtag 'Stab' On Twitter,...
Social Media As A Platform For Incitement - Part IV: Hashtag 'Stab' On Twitter, Facebook
Social media are being used as a platform for spreading virulent incitement to carry out stabbing attacks in Israel. The messages are spread using various hashtags; especially prominent is the hashtag #stab in Arabic, which is used both on Twitter and Facebook. The following are examples of its use, from both...
Conspiracy Theories In Arab World Following Paris Attacks: Foreign Intelligence...
Conspiracy Theories In Arab World Following Paris Attacks: Foreign Intelligence Agencies Planned The Attacks; ISIS Only Carried Them Out
Like previous terror attacks in the West, the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris evoked many condemnations in the Arab press,[1] but also articles stating that the attacks were a Western conspiracy meant to achieve various goals of foreign and domestic policy. The articles...
The Prospects For JCPOA Implementation Following The Release Of IAEA Sec-Gen Amano's...
The Prospects For JCPOA Implementation Following The Release Of IAEA Sec-Gen Amano's Report On The PMD Of Iran's Nuclear Program
Introduction On December 2, 2015, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) secretary-general Yukiya Amano released his report on the Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) of Iran's nuclear program.[1] The report's findings, whatever they turned out to be, were not supposed to...
Reports In Lebanese, Saudi Media On Recent Launching Of Saudi-Iranian Dialogue
Reports from the recent weeks in the Arab media, and in particular the Lebanese media, indicate that the political forces in Lebanon are close to agreeing on the nomination of MP Suleiman Frangieh for president, after an 18-month period in which the country has been without a president. The reports also indicate that both Saudi Arabia...
Jordanian Newspaper Editor: Arab Countries Will Continue To Dream Of Canadian-Style...
Jordanian Newspaper Editor: Arab Countries Will Continue To Dream Of Canadian-Style Democracy, But Their Grim Reality Is Not Expected To Change
The recent appointment of Harjit Sajjan,an India-born Sikh, as Canada's new defense minister has attracted great interest in the Arab media. Jumana Ghanimat, editor of the Jordanian daily Al-Ghad, wrote that this interest emanates from the Arab yearning for true...
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From January through November of 2015, MEMRI published over 300 print media translations, over 70 analysis papers, and more than 450 translated TV clips, which have been viewed more than 15 million times. To carry out this extensive research and production, MEMRI has relied solely on the generosity of our donors. As critical events unfold in the Middle East,...
'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed: Extremist Islam Is Like Nazism; The Way To Eliminate It Is...
'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed: Extremist Islam Is Like Nazism; The Way To Eliminate It Is To Go After Its Ideology
In a November 22 article, prominent Saudi journalist 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, the former editor of the London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat and former director of Al-Arabiya TV, writes that terrorism cannot be eliminated by taking out its leaders, for new ones always emerge in their stead. Nor can it be...
FSA Militia Establishes Facility For Training Fighters Against Russian Army
On October 29, 2015, the Tahrir Homs ("Free Homs") militia, which operates in the area north of this city and is part of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) that is fighting the Syrian regime, announced that it has established a military training facility near Homs where its officers will instruct as many fighters as possible about the methods of...
Jordanian Journalist: France's Republican Values Do Not Apply To The Muslim World
'Abd Al-Hadi Raji Al-Majali, a regular columnist for the Jordanian daily Al-Rai, responded in a recent column to French President Francois Hollande's speech at the November 27, 2015 memorial for the victims of the Paris attacks. Al-Majali wrote that France and the West apply a double standard, since the values of the French...
Fitna TV: The Shi'ite-Bashing Campaign On Salafi TV Channels And Social Media
Introduction The 2000s witnessed the escalation of Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in the Middle East, with virulent rhetoric fomenting on both sides of the sectarian divide. The anti-Shi'ite campaign has clearly been the more pervasive and acrimonious. The first decade of the 21st century witnessed the development of three major hubs of...
Article In Kuwaiti Daily: 'Israel Is Not Our Enemy'
In an article titled "Israel Is Not Our Enemy" in the Kuwaiti government daily Al-Anba[1] , journalist Saleh Al-Shayeji called on the Arab countries to abandon "the delusion of the single [Arab] nation" and pursue their own individual interests. As part of this, he said, they must stop seeing Israel as an enemy just because of its conflict with the...
Statements By Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Indicate: IAEA's PMD...
Statements By Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Indicate: IAEA's PMD Report Is Being Written In Negotiation With Iran, Not Independently
In a November 25, 2015 interview on Iranian television, Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that he recently held talks with IAEA director-general Yukiya Amano on "closing the Possible Military Dimension (PMD) dossier", and the latter filled him...
Reports In Arab Media: Russia Expanding Military Involvement In Syria To Strengthen...
Reports In Arab Media: Russia Expanding Military Involvement In Syria To Strengthen Regime's Position In Political Process
For the past week, even before Turkey’s downing of the Russian plane, Syrian and pro-Syrian Lebanese media have been publishing articles estimating that Syria is facing a new stage in Russia's military involvement in the country, and that Russia is expected to escalate its participation in...
Delegitimizing ISIS On Islamic Grounds: Criticism Of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi By Muslim...
Delegitimizing ISIS On Islamic Grounds: Criticism Of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi By Muslim Scholars
The following is the executive summary of Prof. Ella Landau-Tasseron's paper. The full paper is available here. On September 19, 2014, a group of 126 Muslim scholars addressed an open letter to the ruler of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In it they severely criticize ISIS' policies and actions, claiming that...
In Wake Of Russian Plane And Paris Attacks, Official Egyptian Media Decries Double...
In Wake Of Russian Plane And Paris Attacks, Official Egyptian Media Decries Double Standards And Western 'Conspiracy': Egypt Not In Need Of Guardianship; Smiling U.K. Ambassador Acts Like A High Commissioner, But Soon He Will Be Crying
The crash of the Russian passenger airplane Metrojet flight 9628 in the Sinai Desert on October 31, 2015, has put Egypt on the defensive. A major plank of President 'Abd Al-Fattah...
Egyptian Sheikhs Lead Islamization Campaign in Africa: Jesus is the Slave of Allah ...+
Egyptian Sheikhs Lead Islamization Campaign in Africa: Jesus is the Slave of Allah and His Messenger-
Egyptian cleric Wahid Abd Al-Salam Bali has led several Islamization delegations in Africa in recent years. The delegations, consisting mostly of Egyptian preachers, have toured the Islamic nations of Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ghana, and preached Islam to mostly Christian rural communities. According to Sheikh...
Responses In Iran To ISIS Attacks In Paris
Following last weekend's attacks in Paris by the Islamic State (ISIS), Iranian regime spokesmen, for the most part, argued that French and American support for takfiri terrorism and for ISIS was to blame for the events, and that the French are now paying the price for their government's misguided policy in Syria and the Middle East. In line with his policy, according...
Morocco's High Council Of Ulema In Fatwa Following Paris Attacks: 'Terror Is...
Morocco's High Council Of Ulema In Fatwa Following Paris Attacks: 'Terror Is Forbidden In Islam; Only The Ruler May Declare Jihad'
The following report is from MEMRI's Counter-Radicalization Initiative. The day after the November 13, 2015 terror attacks in Paris, Morocco's High Council of Ulema issued a fatwa on the distinction between jihad for the sake of Allah, which is legitimate, and terror, which is...
In New ISIS Video, Fighters Promise New Attacks In France, U.S. With 'Explosive...
In New ISIS Video, Fighters Promise New Attacks In France, U.S. With 'Explosive Belts And Car Bombs' – And Vow To Blow Up White House
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.On November 19, 2015, the media office of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Dijalah province released a six-minute video in which two...
Debate In Arab World On Link Between Paris Attacks, France's Position In Syria Crisis
The November 13, 2015 Paris terror attacks by the Islamic State (ISIS) sparked a debate in the Arab world over the link between the attacks and France's position in the Syria crisis. The Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad hastened to leverage the attacks in order to harshly criticize France's relations with Saudi Arabia...
Editor Of Iraqi Daily: The Arabs And Muslims Must Acknowledge Their Direct...
Editor Of Iraqi Daily: The Arabs And Muslims Must Acknowledge Their Direct Responsibility For The Terror Sweeping The World
Following ISIS's November 13, 2015 terror attack in Paris, the executive editor of the Iraqi daily Al-Mada, 'Adnan Hussein, published a harsh article titled "This Is Our Terror, We Are Responsible," in which he stated that all Muslims, Sunnis and Shi'ite, bear direct responsibility for the...
From The MEMRI TV Archives - Most-Wanted Suspect In Paris Attacks Speaks From The...
From The MEMRI TV Archives - Most-Wanted Suspect In Paris Attacks Speaks From The Trenches In Syria In March 2014: 'It's Nice to See... The Blood Of The Infidels'
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. In a clip from March 2014, ISIS fighter in Syria Abdelhamid Abaaoud aka "Abu Omar Al-Belgiki,"...
Kuwaiti Liberal On Occasion Of International Tolerance Day: Tolerance In The Arab...
Kuwaiti Liberal On Occasion Of International Tolerance Day: Tolerance In The Arab World – Only After Implementing Democracy
In an article he published on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance (marked on November 16), Dr. Shamlan Yousef Al-'Issa, a political science lecturer at Kuwait University, wrote that tolerance will only prevail in Arab societies once they embrace democracy and...
'Al-Hayat' Editor: The World Must Launch World War Against Terror; Arab, Muslim...
'Al-Hayat' Editor: The World Must Launch World War Against Terror; Arab, Muslim World Must Examine Itself
In response to ISIS's November 13, 2015 terror attacks in Paris, Ghassan Charbel, the editor of the London-based Saudi daily Al- Hayat, wrote that these attacks are graver and more horrific than all the terror attacks the world has previously experienced, including 9/11, because of the intolerable ease with...
MEMRI Scholar On Indian Journalists Undermining India's Elected Government
In an essay titled "Decoding the Habits of the One-Eyed Intellectual," published November 5, 2015 by the India Facts website, MEMRI South Asia Studies Project director Tufail Ahmad castigates Indian journalists-intellectuals for raising the bogeyman of intolerance in order to undermine India's elected government. The following is his...
Pakistani Urdu Daily Warns: In Light Of 'Hindu-Zionist Alliance, Our Important...
Pakistani Urdu Daily Warns: In Light Of 'Hindu-Zionist Alliance, Our Important Political And Military Institutions Have To Remain Alert'
Pakistan's leading Islamist daily Roznama Ummat has alleged that extremist Hindu groups have taken over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and argued that that extremist Hindu organizations are forging close alliances with Zionist groups with the...
Jordanian Columnist In Response To Shooting At Police Training Facility, In Which...
Jordanian Columnist In Response To Shooting At Police Training Facility, In Which Two Americans Were Killed: A Horrific Crime That Demands Soul-Searching; A Result Of A Social-Cultural Crisis In Jordan
On November 9, 2015, Jordanian government spokesman Mohammed Al-Momani said that a Jordanian police captain, Anwar Abu Zaid, had opened fire at the Al-Muwaqqar police training facility east of Amman, killing five...
Cracks In The Caliphate: Western ISIS Members Complain About Life In The Islamic...
Cracks In The Caliphate: Western ISIS Members Complain About Life In The Islamic State
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.IntroductionIt is hard to gauge the full reality of life in the Islamic State. The dominant narrative, presented by ISIS, is carefully honed; the group meticulously controls what...
Egypt-Saudi Arabia Relations: Substantial Rifts Despite Shared Basic Interests
Introduction Since the ouster of Muhammad Mursi in July 2013, Saudi-Egyptian relations have been close and marked by common interests. Saudi Arabia backed the Egyptian military's ousting of Mursi and supported its claim that the ouster expressed the will of the people, in the face of international claims that it was a military...
Fatah Secretary In Jerusalem 'Adnan Ghaith: Arafat's Slogan 'Millions Of Martyrs...
Fatah Secretary In Jerusalem 'Adnan Ghaith: Arafat's Slogan 'Millions Of Martyrs Are Marching On Jerusalem' Still Guides Us Today
Fatah's secretary in Jerusalem,'Adnan Ghaith, dedicated his November 11, 2015 column in the Palestinian Authority (PA) daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida to marking the 11th anniversary of Yasser Arafat's death. He wrote that Arafat left the Palestinians a legacy regarding the struggle methods,...
Pro-Assad Press On Vienna Conference: Kerry Acted As A Mediator, Blocked Discussion...
Pro-Assad Press On Vienna Conference: Kerry Acted As A Mediator, Blocked Discussion Of Assad's Removal; Iranian FM Zarif Was Conference's Dominant Player
The October 30, 2015 Vienna conference dedicated to finding a solution to the Syria crisis was attended by 17 countries, including the US, Russia, Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and culminated in the issuing of a joint declaration. Following the conference, the...
IRGC-Affiliated Website: Some 30 IRGC Officers Killed On Syrian Front In The Past...
IRGC-Affiliated Website: Some 30 IRGC Officers Killed On Syrian Front In The Past Two Weeks
Officers in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as websites affiliated with it, have recently published data regarding the number of IRGC and Basij officers who were killed in the past two weeks while fighting in Syria. The death toll includes three generals, battalion commanders, captains and...
Jordanian Columnists Use First Lady Michelle Obama's Planned Visit To Jordan To...
Jordanian Columnists Use First Lady Michelle Obama's Planned Visit To Jordan To Spotlight Impediments To Women's Progress, Say 'Let Girls Learn' Initiative Misses The Mark
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama was scheduled to visit the Kingdom of Jordan in early November, in addition to Qatar, as part of a two-country Mideast trip aimed at encouraging girls' education, as part of her Let Girls Learn initiative.[1] The...
Iraqi Performance Art: "Poets' Militia" Relives Victims' Plight While Reciting ...+
Iraqi Performance Art: "Poets' Militia" Relives Victims' Plight While Reciting Anti-ISIS Poetry-
Iraqi poets have taken the saying that art imitates reality to a whole new level: the "Poets' Militia" travels from one place to another, reciting poetry from within a prisoners' cage, an ambulance, or a body bag. Wearing orange jumpsuits, the members of the "militia" aim to expose "the hideousness [of ISIS practices]...
Egyptian Cleric Wagdi Ghoneim on Arab Response to Paris Attacks: Why Don't You Shed ...+
Egyptian Cleric Wagdi Ghoneim on Arab Response to Paris Attacks: Why Don't You Shed Your Crocodile Tears over Muslims?-
Egyptian cleric Sheikh Wagdi Ghoneim recently criticized the Arab media coverage of the Paris attacks and its aftermath, calling it "disappointing stupidity, idiocy, and sloppiness," and asking: "Why should the entire planet be sad because Paris is sad?" Ghoneim, who is in exile in Turkey, further...
Senior Hamas Official Al-Bardawil: Jews Kill Palestinian Children in Order to Knead ...+
Senior Hamas Official Al-Bardawil: Jews Kill Palestinian Children in Order to Knead Their Blood into Passover Bread-
In a November 26, 2015 interview on the Hamas Al-Aqsa TV channel, Salah Al-Bardawil, a Hamas leader in Gaza, said that the Jews had "ancient biblical beliefs, which instructed them to kill children and collect their blood, in order to knead it into the bread that is eaten on Passover." "This is the...
Friday Sermon in Tomblaine, France - Imam Nejdi Condemns Paris Bombings: We Are ...+
Friday Sermon in Tomblaine, France - Imam Nejdi Condemns Paris Bombings: We Are French Citizens in the Full Sense of the Word-
In a November 20 Friday sermon in the Assalam Mosque in Tomblaine, northeast France, Imam Amine Nejdi said: "We reject and condemn all manifestations of violence and terror," adding: "We, the Muslims of France, consider ourselves to be French citizens in the full sense of the word." The sermon...
London-Based Egyptian Preacher Hani Al-Sibai: I Foresee the Europeans Banishing the ...+
London-Based Egyptian Preacher Hani Al-Sibai: I Foresee the Europeans Banishing the Muslims; We Deserve Compensation Like the Jews-
In a November 20 Friday sermon, titled "The Fate of the Muslims after the Paris Incidents," London-based Egyptian preacher Hani Al-Sibai said that he foresaw the Muslims "being persecuted in the streets and alleys of Europe" and "loaded onto giant planes and thrown to perish in some...
Egyptian Intellectual Mamoun Fandy: The Europeans Might Do to the Muslims What Hitler ...+
Egyptian Intellectual Mamoun Fandy: The Europeans Might Do to the Muslims What Hitler Did to the Jews-
In a TV debate, Egyptian intellectual Dr. Mamoun Fendy compared the Arab and Islamic communities in Europe to the ghettoes of the Jews prior to WWII and presented an extreme position: "that it's possible that the Europeans will do to the Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews." The debate aired on Sky News Arabia on...
Kuwaiti Author Ibtihal Al-Khatib: ISIS Emerged from Our Heritage Books; If We Do Not ...+
Kuwaiti Author Ibtihal Al-Khatib: ISIS Emerged from Our Heritage Books; If We Do Not Reform Our Discourse We Will Become Extinct-
In a November 20 interview with Sky News Arabia, Kuwaiti academic and journalist Prof. Ibtihal Al-Khatib called for an urgent reexamination of the school curricula. Pointing out that ISIS emerged "from our schools, from our ideology, and from our books of heritage," she said: "Either we...
French Political Analyst Mohammed Chirani Kisses French ID, Vows to Wage Jihad ...+
French Political Analyst Mohammed Chirani Kisses French ID, Vows to Wage Jihad against Al-Baghdadi-
French political analyst Mohammed Chirani recently addressed ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, saying: "We will wage Jihad against you with the Quran." Speaking in Arabic and calling Al-Baghdadi "the leader of a terrorist group and a Satanic state," he said: "We will be lying in wait for you." Chirani kissed his ID card...
Former Deputy Interior Minister Bassiouni Challenges ISIS to Attack All Over Egypt, ...+
Former Deputy Interior Minister Bassiouni Challenges ISIS to Attack All Over Egypt, Not Just in Sinai-
In a November 25, 2015 interview on Egypt's Channel 1 TV, Magdy Bassiouni, former deputy minister of the interior, said that if ISIS were "real men," they would attack elsewhere in Egypt and not just in Al-Arish. "Why don't they demonstrate their skillfulness in the other 26 governorates of Egypt?" he...
MEMRI Scholar In Article Published By 'New Age Islam' Website: 'The Mumbai-Based...
MEMRI Scholar In Article Published By 'New Age Islam' Website: 'The Mumbai-Based Raza Academy Is A Soft Version Of Jihadism'
An article by MEMRI South Asian Studies Project director Tufail Ahmad, titled "The Mumbai-Based Raza Academy Is A Soft Version Of Jihadism" was published September 15, 2015 by Newageislam.com. The following is the article:[1] "Islamic Theocrats Are The Modern-Day Barbarians...
Article By MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad Criticizes Indian Secularism
On October 16, 2015, MEMRI South Asia Studies Project Director Tufail Ahmad published an article on the India Facts website criticizing Indian secularists, titled "Indian Secularism is Color Blind." Following is the full text of the article:[1] "People are angry at the murder of Muhammad Akhlaq in Dadri over allegations that he ate beef....
South Africa-Based Indian Barelvi Group: 'Whoever Performs A Prayer Of Forgiveness...
South Africa-Based Indian Barelvi Group: 'Whoever Performs A Prayer Of Forgiveness For A Dead Kafir [Infidel]... Or If Someone Calls A Dead Hindu A 'Bekanth Baashi' [Dweller Of Paradise]... [They] Are Themselves Kafirs'
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.The Barelvi movement in Islam originated from...
Article By MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad: Outlaw the Muslim Personal Law Board; Ensure...
Article By MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad: Outlaw the Muslim Personal Law Board; Ensure Five Constitutional Paths for Reform
Following is the full text of an article by MEMRI South Asia Studies Project director Tufail Ahmad, which was originally published on the New Age Islam website on October 1, 2015.[1] "On September 3, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, an anti-Koranic organization that rules over the...
Arab Media Criticizes Gloating Over Russian Plane Crash In Sinai
In the aftermath of the crash of Russian Metrojet flight 9268 in Sinai, Arab media reported on gloating responses on social media by various figures, mostly associated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the Salafi stream, who oppose Russia's military involvement in Syria. The gloating posts received much attention on social media, being...
Egyptian Journalists: Low Voter Turnout Is Verdict On Sisi, Sign Of Return To...
Egyptian Journalists: Low Voter Turnout Is Verdict On Sisi, Sign Of Return To Mubarak Era
The first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt, which was held in 14 of Egypt's 27 provinces on October 18-19, with runoff elections on October 28-29, failed to attract many voters to the polling stations. The low turnout, announced as 26.56% of eligible voters,[1] set off a flurry of commentary in the Egyptian...
Former 'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Editor Al-Rashed On U.S. Decision To Send Forces To...
Former 'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Editor Al-Rashed On U.S. Decision To Send Forces To Syria: What Can 50 Americans Do Against 30,000 ISIS Fighters, 100,000 Fighters Under Iranian Direction, And 30,000 Russian Troops?
In his November 2, 2015 column on the Al-Arabiya website, former editor of the London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat and former Al-Arabiya director 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed wrote about the recent U.S....
In Advance Of Syria Peace Talks In Vienna, Pro-Syria Lebanese Dailies Warn Of...
In Advance Of Syria Peace Talks In Vienna, Pro-Syria Lebanese Dailies Warn Of Wide-Ranging Ferocious Campaign In Region Unless Iran's Demands Are Met
In advance of the peace talks on the Syrian crisis that began today in Vienna, with the participation of 17 countries including the U.S., Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, the Lebanese dailies Al-Akhbar and Al-Safir, known for their support for...
Iranian Official: The World Knows Iran Is The Victorious Party In The Syrian Drama;...
Iranian Official: The World Knows Iran Is The Victorious Party In The Syrian Drama; Iran Will Continue Defending The Assad Regime
In an October 30, 2015 interview with the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, Hossein Sheikholislam, an advisor to Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, who is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said that Tehran would continue defending the Assad regime. He...
Calls For Calm On The Arab-Israeli Street
The recent wave of Palestinian violence, which the Palestinians present as a response to Israel's alleged intention of changing the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque,did not pass over Israeli Arabs. Arab cities and villages, as well as mixed cities, within the 1948 borders saw rallies and protests that in some cases deteriorated into violent clashes with security forces,...
Moroccan Group Petitions Ministers To Stop Public Incitement To Murder Jews
At a mass rally held in Casablanca, Morocco on October 25 in support of the Palestinian Intifada, children wearing shrouds spattered in red chanted slogans such as: "We will sacrifice our soul and our blood for you, Al-Aqsa" and "Millions of martyrs march to Jerusalem." The demonstration included men dressed as stereotypical Orthodox...
Saudi Writer Calls For Collaboration Between Jewish And Muslim Diasporas In Europe...
Saudi Writer Calls For Collaboration Between Jewish And Muslim Diasporas In Europe To Combat Attacks On Freedom Of Worship
Saudi columnist Hamad Al-Majed, who is also on the board of directors of the King 'Abdullah bin 'Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), wrote in his September 2, 2015 column in the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat about possible...
South Africa-Based Indian Barelvi Group Issues Anti-Shi'a Fatwa, Declares Them...
South Africa-Based Indian Barelvi Group Issues Anti-Shi'a Fatwa, Declares Them Apostates And Evil, Quotes Prophet Muhammad As Saying: 'Shortly There Will Appear A Group Of People Whose Name Will Be Synonymous With Evil'
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. The following is the text of a fatwa...
Social Media As A Platform For Incitement – Part III: Posting Pictures Of Small...
Social Media As A Platform For Incitement – Part III: Posting Pictures Of Small Children Wielding Knives As Praise, Encouragement For Terrorism
On the backdrop of the wave of terror attacks sweeping Israel, there have been many expressions of sympathy and praise for the attacks on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. As part of this, users have been posting photos of small children holding knives,...
Palestinian Authority: Complaints About Israeli Changes To Al-Aqsa Status Quo Refer...
Palestinian Authority: Complaints About Israeli Changes To Al-Aqsa Status Quo Refer To Changes Made Since The Year 2000, Not Today
In recent days there has been a change in the repeated allegations by the Palestinian Authority (PA) that Israel is trying to divide prayer times and locations at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound between Jews and Muslims – a claim that contributed to the recent surge in violence. It seems...
Turkey's Main Opposition Party CHP Accuses AKP Government Of Crimes Against...
Turkey's Main Opposition Party CHP Accuses AKP Government Of Crimes Against Humanity: Says 2013 Chemical Attack In Syria Was Carried Out By ISIS With Sarin Gas Supplied By Turkey; Turkish Government Closed Investigation Into This Affair, Released Suspects Into Syria
At an Istanbul press conference yesterday (October 21, 2015), two MPs from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Eren Erdem and Ali...
Egyptian Journalist Ibrahim 'Issa: Stabbing Israeli Civilians 'Is Not Resistance,...
Egyptian Journalist Ibrahim 'Issa: Stabbing Israeli Civilians 'Is Not Resistance, There Is No Nobility In It, And It Does Not Serve The Cause Of Liberation'
Egyptian newspapers and media have been largely supportive of the recent wave of Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem and other cities in Israel. A dissenting voice, however, is that of Ibrahim 'Issa, editor of the Egyptian newspapers Al-Dustour Al-Asly and Al-Maqal....
Syrian Opposition: 'Suicide Drones' Used For First Time Against Opposition Forces In...
Syrian Opposition: 'Suicide Drones' Used For First Time Against Opposition Forces In Syria
Several Syrian opposition websites reported in the last few days that booby-trapped 'suicide' drones were used for the first time against opposition forces in Syria, apparently by either the Russian forces or Shi'ite militias. The opposition website Syria Mubashir reported on October 19, 2015 that six small remote-controlled...
Kuwaiti Columnist: Israel Has The Right To Defend Itself Against Palestinian Knife...
Kuwaiti Columnist: Israel Has The Right To Defend Itself Against Palestinian Knife Terrorism
On October 18, 2015, Kuwaiti journalist 'Abdallah Al-Hadlaq published an unusual article in the official Kuwaiti daily Al-Watan harshly condemning the "Palestinian knife terrorism" and the "incitement" by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud 'Abbas. Israel, he stated, has the right to defend itself and also to kill the...
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, Iranian Officials Speak Out Against Iranian...
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, Iranian Officials Speak Out Against Iranian Approval Of JCPOA
On October 18, 2015, the day set as Adoption Day for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iranian leadership continues to come out with statements opposing Iran's approval of it. In the past few days, Iranian officials have clarified that Iran's Majlis, Supreme National Security Council, and Guardian Council...
Jordanian Writer: Arafat, The Knives Stabbed Into The Israelis' Heads Are The Fruit...
Jordanian Writer: Arafat, The Knives Stabbed Into The Israelis' Heads Are The Fruit Of Your Revolution
Against the backdrop of the current wave of Palestinian attacks on Israelis in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and other parts of Israel, Jordanian writer Abd Al-Hadi Raji Al-Majali wrote in the Jordanian government daily Al-Rai of his yearning for Yasser Arafat. He stated that Arafat's influence continued to this day in...
Article By MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad: Jihad Comes Close To Home
The following is the full text of an article by MEMRI South Asia Studies Project Director Tufail Ahmad titled "Jihad Comes Close to Home", which was published in Open the Magazine on October 9, 2015, on the subject of ISIS activity in the Indian Subcontinent and the threat it poses to India.[1] Mourners join blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider's funeral...
Senior Iranian Negotiators Salehi, Kamalvandi: On October 19 President Obama Will...
Senior Iranian Negotiators Salehi, Kamalvandi: On October 19 President Obama Will Announce Lifting Of American Sanctions
According to senior Iranian negotiators, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and an architect of the nuclear agreement (JCPOA), and Beherouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, on October 19, 2015 President Obama will announce that...
Social Media As A Platform For Palestinian Incitement – Part II: Video Tutorials,...
Social Media As A Platform For Palestinian Incitement – Part II: Video Tutorials, Tips For Achieving More 'Effective' Attacks
On the backdrop of the wave of terror attacks sweeping Israel, social media stand out as platforms for virulent incitement and calls for violence.[1] In addition to praising the attacks and urging further actions of the same sort, many social media users, writing under various hashtags...
Social Media As A Platform For Palestinian Incitement – Praise For Stabbing...
Social Media As A Platform For Palestinian Incitement – Praise For Stabbing Attackers, Threats Of Further Attacks
On the backdrop of the recent wave of Palestinian terrorism in Israel, several hashtags were launched on social media in Arabic, such as "The Intifada Has Started," "The Third Intifada," "The Jerusalem Intifada," "The Knife Intifada," "Poison the Knife before You Stab," and "Slaughtering the Jews."[1]...
Fatah Officials, Palestinian Social Media, Palestinian Authority Dailies Encourage...
Fatah Officials, Palestinian Social Media, Palestinian Authority Dailies Encourage Continued Violence
Fatah seems to be speaking in two voices regarding the violent events of the last few days, which have been described variously as "an intifada," a "popular awakening," the "Al-Aqsa Rage" events, etc. Alongside statements by PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas expressing a desire to avoid escalation and continue the security...
Iran Threatens Saudi Arabia: 'The IRGC... Will Take Vengeance' On The Al-Sa'ud...
Iran Threatens Saudi Arabia: 'The IRGC... Will Take Vengeance' On The Al-Sa'ud Regime; 'Our Responses Will Be... Harsh And Decisive'
In recent days, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the top echelons of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) dispatched threatening messages to Saudi Arabia's rulers in response to the hundreds of Iranians killed in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, which claimed the lives...
Palestinian Bar Association Awards Honorary Law Degree To Killer Of Two Israelis In...
Palestinian Bar Association Awards Honorary Law Degree To Killer Of Two Israelis In Jerusalem
The Palestinian Bar Association, whose heads are Fatah members and which receives funding from the European Union and the United Nations, announced yesterday that it would award an honorary law degree to Muhannad Al-Halabi, a Palestinian law student who was killed after he stabbed two Israelis to death in Jerusalem's Old...
Article By MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad: India's Thought Cops Are Angry With Modi
Following is the full text of an article by MEMRI South Asia Studies Project director Tufail Ahmad, which was originally published by the India Facts website on October 5, 2015.[1] "In the last week of September at Dadri not far from the Indian capital, an angry mob lynched to death Mohammad Akhlaq over allegations that a cow was...
Columnist In Palestinian Authority Daily: My Daughter Made Me Happy When She Said,...
Columnist In Palestinian Authority Daily: My Daughter Made Me Happy When She Said, 'I Want To Carry Out A Martyrdom Operation And Kill Some Israeli Soldiers'
On October 8, 2015, the Palestinian Authority (PA) daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida published an article by a Gazan Palestinian writer known by her pen name Sama Hassan. In it, she expressed her joy that her 15-year-old daughter was "avidly following the news about the...
Pakistani Urdu Magazine Traces Origins Of Cow Slaughter Among Muslims, Says:...
Pakistani Urdu Magazine Traces Origins Of Cow Slaughter Among Muslims, Says: Mohajirs Brought It To Pakistan And 'Cow Sacrifice Was Popularized By Islamic And Welfare Organizations'
In September 2015, a group of Pakistani liberal writers launched a new Urdu-language Marxist magazine aimed at Muslim youths. The magazine is called Fikr-e-Nau (New Thinking) and is edited by Shadab Murtaza and Tahir Mujtaba. On the cover...
Indian Scholar Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Examines Influence Of 14th Century Islamic...
Indian Scholar Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Examines Influence Of 14th Century Islamic Jurist Ibn Taymiyyah: 'Taymiyyah Propounded A Complete Islamic Theology Of Radicalism, Religious Exclusivism, Violent Extremism And Puritanical Fundamentalism'
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. In the years after the...
ISIS In New Video To Christians In Qaryatayn, Syria: Pay Jizya – Or You Will Be...
ISIS In New Video To Christians In Qaryatayn, Syria: Pay Jizya – Or You Will Be Executed And Your Wives Enslaved
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. On October 3, 2015, the information office of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Damascus Province posted a five-minute video titled "[Fight Those Who Do...
Russian Website Calls For Volunteers For Russia's Military Activity In Syria
A Russian website, Dobrovolec.org, has posted a call for volunteers to enlist for Russia's military activity in Syria. Dobrovolec was founded in the winter of 2014, during the Crimean crisis, and at that time called for volunteers to enlist for military activity in Ukraine. It describes itself as non-profit "military volunteer movement"...
Breaking Report: Challenging Khamenei, Rafsanjani Demands That Iran Fulfill Its...
Breaking Report: Challenging Khamenei, Rafsanjani Demands That Iran Fulfill Its Obligations Under The JCPOA, And Reveals: We Had Nuclear Option In Iran-Iraq War
On October 26, 2015, Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran's Expediency Council and the political rival of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, gave a comprehensive interview to the website "Iranians' Nuclear Hope."[1] In the interview, he says that, during...
ISIS In Sinai Increases Military, Propaganda Pressure On Egypt
This report, offered as a complimentary sample from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM), reviews the activity of the Islamic State's (ISIS) Sinai Province. It discusses the importance of Sinai to ISIS; the increase in terror activity in the peninsula since the Sinai-based jihad group Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis officially joined ISIS; and...
Whither Turkey - Part II: In Advance Of New Elections On November 1, Turkish...
Whither Turkey - Part II: In Advance Of New Elections On November 1, Turkish President Erdogan Steps Up Repressive Measures; International Press Organizations Warn Of Danger To Press Freedom, Fair Elections In Turkey
IntroductionGoing against the Turkish national will, as it was reflected on June 7, 2015 in the results of the country's general elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice...
In Iraq, Public Debate Over Russian Involvement, Disappointment At U.S. Failure...
In Iraq, Public Debate Over Russian Involvement, Disappointment At U.S. Failure Against ISIS
IntroductionIn late September 2015, prior to his departure for New York to attend the UN General Assembly, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-'Abadi announced the establishment of a joint intelligence center in Baghdad for Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Russia. The intelligence center, he said, would focus on collecting intelligence...
Jihadis Shift To Using Secure Communication App Telegram's Channels Service
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In the last few weeks, a number of jihadis and terrorist organizations have announced that they are opening their own channels on the Berlin-based secure messaging app...
Debate In Saudi Arabia Following Saudi Clerics' Call For Jihad Against Russian...
Debate In Saudi Arabia Following Saudi Clerics' Call For Jihad Against Russian Forces In Syria
IntroductionRussia's increasing military involvement in Syria, which constitutes another lifeline for the Bashar Al-Assad regime, is of great concern to Saudi Arabia, which together with Turkey and Qatar is leading the battle against this regime. However, Saudi Arabia is taking a cautious approach on this matter, due to its...
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Letter Of Guidelines To President Rohani On JCPOA...
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Letter Of Guidelines To President Rohani On JCPOA Sets Nine Conditions Nullifying Original Agreement Announced July 14, 2015
On October 21, 2015, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei published a letter of guidelines to Iranian President Hassan Rohani on the execution of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The letter's publication coincides with the days of the Ashura that...
ISIS Campaign: Encouraging Palestinians To Carry Out Lone Wolf Attacks
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In recent days, several Islamic State (ISIS) media organs have released a series of videos aimed at Palestinians, as part of a campaign supporting the wave of Palestinian...
Russian Intervention Shatters Turkey's Neo-Ottomanist Dreams For Syria
Introduction Since the Arab Spring of 2011, Turkey's foreign policy has been focused on Syria and on the ousting of its 'Alawite President Bashar Assad, who Turkey hoped would be replaced by a like-minded Sunni ruler from the Muslim Brotherhood. During the 13 years of its rule, Turkey's government, led by the Justice and Development Party (AKP),...
'Abbas: We Will Continue The Popular Resistance; Israel Is Plotting To Change Status...
'Abbas: We Will Continue The Popular Resistance; Israel Is Plotting To Change Status Quo In Jerusalem; Israel Uses Terror, Executes Children
Like the first and second intifadas, the current wave of terrorism is being exploited by Palestinian organizations and leaders, including by Palestinian President Mahmoud 'Abbas, who attack Israel and accuse it of terror and crimes while making false claims and allegations....
The Iranian Majlis Has Not Approved The JCPOA But Iran's Amended Version Of It
On October 13, 2015 the Iranian Majlis approved, by a majority of 161-59 with 13 abstentions, not the JCPOA but rather an Iranian amended version it. Paragraph 3 of the Majlis decision states that "the government will monitor any non-performance by the other party [to the agreement] in the matter of failing to lift the sanctions, or...
Iran At The Crossroads: Between Russia And The U.S.
According to recently published reports, for example a report by Ibrahim Al-Amin, board chairman of the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, in the past four months Iran has held intensive contacts with Russia to coordinate the parameters of Russia's intervention in Syria.[1] According to Al-Amin, it was agreed that Moscow would focus on controlling Syrian...
The Islamic State (ISIS) Establishes 'Media Points' In Syria, Iraq, Libya To...
The Islamic State (ISIS) Establishes 'Media Points' In Syria, Iraq, Libya To Indoctrinate Caliphate Citizens And Enhance Its Cyber Activities On The Ground: A One-Year Review
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction The "media points" of the Islamic State (ISIS) are cyber information booths in...
Efforts In Syria To Stop The Spread Of Marriages Of Underage Girls
Introduction One serious result of the war that has been raging in Syria for over four years is the exploitation of underage girls, including being married off by their families. While such marriages were taking place in Syria before the war – in 2010, the Syrian parliament had even held a workshop in conjunction with the United Nations on the...
Whither Turkey? – Part I: Following June 7 Loss In General Election, President...
Whither Turkey? – Part I: Following June 7 Loss In General Election, President Erdogan Entangles Turkey In War In Order To Reemerge In New Elections Set For November 1
Introduction During the fierce election campaign prior to Turkey's June 7, 2015 general election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who under the Turkish constitution is sworn to impartiality, violated that oath by holding daily campaign rallies for...
The Islamic State's Frantic Response To The Wave Of Refugees Fleeing Syria
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In response to the refugee crisis involving the migration to Europe of hundreds of thousands of people from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries, the Islamic State (ISIS)...
Arab Liberals' Perspectives On The Arab Spring (3) — Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal...
Arab Liberals' Perspectives On The Arab Spring (3) — Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Liberalism In Times Of Sectarianism
Introduction Iraqi politician and Shi'ite religious scholar Ayad Jamal Al-Din has emerged as a leading liberal voice in Arab media and politics, following the ousting of Saddam Hussein and his Baath regime. He espouses the separation of religion and state, advocates adherence to human and...
Iranian Officials Reveal That Secret Negotiations With U.S. Began In 2011 – Only...
Iranian Officials Reveal That Secret Negotiations With U.S. Began In 2011 – Only After U.S. Complied With Tehran's Precondition To Recognize In Advance Iran's Nuclear Status
Introduction American administration spokesmen have explained the nuclear agreement with Iran as both leveraging the opportunity created by the election of a pragmatic Iranian president, Hassan Rohani in June 2013, and as vital because the...
Media Affiliated With Assad Regime Confirm Reports Of Russian Military Involvement...
Media Affiliated With Assad Regime Confirm Reports Of Russian Military Involvement In Syria
Introduction In the past three weeks, there have been numerous media reports in the non-Arabic media stating that Russia, the Syria regime's main ally alongside Iran, has decided to step up its military involvement in Syria and participate in fighting alongside the forces of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad;...
Hacking In The Name Of The Islamic State (ISIS)
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Table Of Contents Introduction I. Table: Hacks By ISIS And Pro-ISIS Elements: A Chronology II. ISIS Hacking Activity III. Hacking Activity By ISIS Supporters And Pro-ISIS Hacker Groups IV. The Islamic State...
Sex Slavery In The Islamic State – Practices, Social Media Discourse, And...
Sex Slavery In The Islamic State – Practices, Social Media Discourse, And Justifications; Jabhat Al-Nusra: ISIS Is Taking Our Women As Sex Slaves Too
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Sex slavery has been a contentious topic in the Islamic State (ISIS) narrative since the...
Turkey Finally Opens Air Bases To U.S., Joins Fight Against ISIS – But It's All...
Turkey Finally Opens Air Bases To U.S., Joins Fight Against ISIS – But It's All About Fighting The Kurds
Introduction Following the June 15, 2015 takeover of the Syrian border down of Tel Abyad by the Kurdish People's Defense Units (PYG), with U.S. air support, from the Islamic State (ISIS), Turkey has massed its military assets along its border with Syria. On June 27, 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
The Songs Of The Islamic State – A Major Tool For Reinforcing Its Narrative,...
The Songs Of The Islamic State – A Major Tool For Reinforcing Its Narrative, Spreading Its Message, Recruiting Supporters
Introduction Alongside its military successes, the Islamic State (ISIS) has made considerable achievements in the media and propaganda domain. Its members and supporters utilize social media and online forums to further their various goals, such as recruiting fighters and funds, spreading the...
'Selfie' – Satirical Saudi TV Show Sends Shockwaves Through The Kingdom
During Ramadan, the Arab MBC channel is airing Selfie, a satirical comedy TV show starring well-known Saudi actor-comedian Nasser Al-Qasabi and other Saudi comedians. The liberal Saudi journalist Khalaf Al-Harbi,[1] a writer for the satirical-comedy Saudi TV show Tash Ma Tash ("No Big Deal") – which also stars Al-Qasabi[2] – is the...
Turkey's AKP Gov't Appears To Support Its Jihadi Neighbors To The South – But...
Turkey's AKP Gov't Appears To Support Its Jihadi Neighbors To The South – But Orders Turkish Military To Syrian Border To Stop Kurdish Advance On ISIS; Says West Is Plotting Against Turkey, Muslim Middle East
Introduction Following the June 15, 2015 capture by Kurdish forces, with U.S. and coalition assistance, of the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad from the Islamic State (ISIS), ISIS fighters fled the area. The...
Israel-Hamas Talks: Hudna In Exchange For Lifting Of Blockade
Introduction Along with Hamas's preparations for the next conflict with Israel, that include producing rockets and excavation of cross-border attack tunnels, Hamas's leaders are conducting comprehensive negotiations with Israel, via European and Arab mediation, to achieve a hudna that will last several years in exchange for Israel's removal of the...
Michel Aoun Calls On Lebanese Christians To Protest Against Its Leaders'...
Michel Aoun Calls On Lebanese Christians To Protest Against Its Leaders' Marginalization: Wily Lebanese Politicians Are Taking Over Christians' Rights
Introduction In recent weeks, tensions in the intra-Lebanese political arena have escalated to the point of a possible confrontation between Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun and the Al-Mustaqbal stream; this confrontation is expected to involve the pro-Aoun...
Saudi Columnists: Saudi Minors' Involvement In ISIS Requires A Reexamination Of Our...
Saudi Columnists: Saudi Minors' Involvement In ISIS Requires A Reexamination Of Our Culture
Introduction A terror cell arrested recently in Saudi Arabia includes two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old, the Saudi Interior Ministry has revealed. The cell carried out the May 22, 2015 bombing of the Shi'ite mosque in Al-Qudaih in eastern Saab, in which 22 were killed and dozens wounded, and planned several other attacks in...
U.S. Secretary Of State Kerry: 'We Have Absolute Knowledge' About 'Certain Military...
U.S. Secretary Of State Kerry: 'We Have Absolute Knowledge' About 'Certain Military Activities' The Iranians 'Were Engaged In'; Iran Rejects Outright U.S. Terms For Future Inspection – For Example, Inspection Of Military Sites
Introduction In a June 16, 2015 statement, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry officially acknowledged that the U.S. is aware of the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.[1] Kerry...
Massacre And Media: ISIS And The Case Of The Sunni Arab Shaitat Tribe
Introduction Since it burst on the scene as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the organization now known as the Islamic State, or ISIS, has cut a wide and bloody swath through the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq. Many of its most notorious, high-profile actions involve ethnic and religious groups that ISIS has declared fair game: numerous massacres of...
In Special 'Terrorism And Islam' Issue, Indian Urdu Weekly Accuses Hollywood Of...
In Special 'Terrorism And Islam' Issue, Indian Urdu Weekly Accuses Hollywood Of Facilitating U.S. Foreign Policy, Justifies Killings Of Jews On Muhammad's Orders, Says Jihadi Terrorism Is Caused By American Imperialism
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction India's leading Urdu-language...
Encryption Technology Embraced By ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Other Jihadis Reaches New Level...
Encryption Technology Embraced By ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Other Jihadis Reaches New Level With Increased Dependence On Apps, Software – Kik, Surespot, Telegram, Wickr, Detekt, TOR: Part IV – February-June 2015
"The administration firmly supports the development and robust adoption of strong encryption. The President himself has acknowledged that it can be a strong tool to secure commerce and trade, safeguard private...
Nuclear Negotiations At An Impasse: Leader Khamenei Rejects Agreement Reached On...
Nuclear Negotiations At An Impasse: Leader Khamenei Rejects Agreement Reached On Token Inspection Of Military Sites And Questioning Of Scientists; U.S. Willing To Close IAEA Dossier On Iranian PMD, To Settle For Inspecting Declared Nuclear Sites Only, And To Rely On Intelligence; EU Objects
Introduction This past week, members of Iran's nuclear negotiating team revealed details about the Iran-U.S. nuclear...
Rising Tensions Between Jordan, Palestinian Authority
Two recent events aggravated the existing political disputes and tensions between Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA). On May 22, 2015 worshippers disrupted a Friday sermon delivered at Al-Aqsa mosque by Jordanian chief qadi Ahmad Hulail, who was visiting the mosque at the head of a high-level Jordanian delegation. Also in late May, the Arab media...
Dictatorship In Erdogan's Turkey – Part II: The Domestic Scene On The Eve Of...
Dictatorship In Erdogan's Turkey – Part II: The Domestic Scene On The Eve Of Crucial General Elections
Introduction The 12-year rule of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) is becoming defined by pan-Islamism in domestic and foreign policy, an authoritarian single-man/single-party rule, Turkey's transformation into a police state, mass arrests, curbs on press freedom, elimination of the judiciary's...
The Power Struggle In Iran – Part XVII: Rafsanjani Lays Claim To Iranian...
The Power Struggle In Iran – Part XVII: Rafsanjani Lays Claim To Iranian Leadership – Despite His Loss In 2015 Assembly Of Experts Election
Introduction In recent months, the leader of Iran's pragmatic stream, Expediency Council head Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has passed a major milestone in his struggle against the ideological stream in Iran, which is led by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Following...
Distress Signals By Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah And Pro-Hizbullah Media Reflect...
Distress Signals By Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah And Pro-Hizbullah Media Reflect Growing Sense Of Existential Danger, Crisis Of Confidence Between Hizbullah And Its Supporters
Introduction Recent statements by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah regarding the existential danger faced by his organization and the resistance axis in the war against ISIS, and regarding the possible need for a general mobilization...
As Twitter Removes Some ISIS Accounts, Al-Qaeda's Branch In Syria Jabhat Al-Nusra...
As Twitter Removes Some ISIS Accounts, Al-Qaeda's Branch In Syria Jabhat Al-Nusra (JN) Thrives, Tweeting Jihad And Martyrdom To Over 200,000 Followers
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction Over the past four years, beginning in 2011, MEMRI has published more than a dozen research...
Iranian Attempt To Break The Saudi Sea Blockade On Yemen Could Lead To Violent...
Iranian Attempt To Break The Saudi Sea Blockade On Yemen Could Lead To Violent Confrontation
Introduction The Iranian ship Nejat ("Rescue"), which Iran says is bringing humanitarian aid, is set to arrive at the Yemeni port of Al-Hudaydah on May 21, 2015. Aboard it are Iranian representatives, including Majlis member Dr. Mohammed Sadeghi, who fought with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Iraq...
Christians In Lebanon, Fearing ISIS And Jabhat Al-Nusra, Seek To Arm Themselves,...
Christians In Lebanon, Fearing ISIS And Jabhat Al-Nusra, Seek To Arm Themselves, Gain Protection Of International Community And Hizbullah
Introduction As jihadist organizations gain power in the Middle East, including in Lebanon, and especially after large areas of Syria and Iraq have fallen under the control of the Islamic State (ISIS), which is attempting to impose radical Islam there, the Christian and Druze...
Wanted: Western Professionals To Join The Islamic State (ISIS)
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In his first public address after being declared Caliph in late June 2014, Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi called on professionals to immigrate to the territories under his...
Massacre Of Ismaili Muslims In Karachi Indicates Islamic State's (ISIS's) Rise In...
Massacre Of Ismaili Muslims In Karachi Indicates Islamic State's (ISIS's) Rise In Pakistan; South Asia's Shi'ites Could Face Serious Danger
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction On May 13, Sunni jihadis intercepted a bus carrying Ismaili Muslims in the Safoora Goth area of the Pakistani...
Iran Tightens Its Grip On Syria Using Syrian And Foreign Forces
Introduction As the fighting in Syria enters the fifth year, it is evident to all that what is happening is not a local civil rebellion against a tyrannical regime, but a war in which both the Syrian regime and the Syrian opposition are being actively supported by numerous regional and international forces. The most prominent foreign element involved...
As Saudi-Turkish-Qatari Relations Improve, Possibility Of 'Decisive Storm'-Type...
As Saudi-Turkish-Qatari Relations Improve, Possibility Of 'Decisive Storm'-Type Operation In Syria Emerges
Operation "Decisive Storm" in Yemen, and the reports of warming Saudi-Turkish relations that preceded it, sparked hopes among opponents of the Assad regime in Syria that a similar operation could be carried out in that country. These hopes were in line with reports in Western and Arab media about the possibility...
Iran's Support For The Houthi Rebellion In Yemen: 'Without Iran There Would Be No...
Iran's Support For The Houthi Rebellion In Yemen: 'Without Iran There Would Be No War In Syria And Ansar Allah Would Have Never Emerged'
Introduction In the past two months, U.S. administration spokesmen have released statements denying or questioning Iranian intervention in Yemen and Iran's export of its Islamic Revolution to the country. On March 23, 2015, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said,...
Urdu Daily Publishes 43-Part Series On Islam's Blasphemy Laws – 'Martyrs Of The...
Urdu Daily Publishes 43-Part Series On Islam's Blasphemy Laws – 'Martyrs Of The Prophet's Honor'
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. A page from Roznama Ummat Introduction On January 7, 2015, jihadi brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi attacked the offices of the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo...
The Issue Of Race In The Discourse Of The Islamic State (ISIS) And Its Supporters
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction One issue often discussed by English-speaking fighters and supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS) on social media is race. They emphasize that Islam treats all Muslims as...
Hamas Prepares For Next Military Confrontation With Israel
Introduction Since the last military conflict in Gaza, in July-August 2014, Hamas has been working to restore and build up its strength in advance of the next conflict with Israel – renewing its excavation of tunnels and manufacture of rockets, building up its weapons stores , conducting military training exercises, and establishing army camps. Senior...
Iranian Regime Continues Its Lies And Fabrications About Supreme Leader Khamenei's...
Iranian Regime Continues Its Lies And Fabrications About Supreme Leader Khamenei's Nonexistent Fatwa Banning Nuclear Weapons
In President Obama's announcement of the joint statement following the conclusion of the negotiations in Lausanne, he again mentioned the nonexistent fatwa, stating as fact that Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons.[1] This assertion by the...
Tehran vs The Awakening Sunni Arab Camp: Significance And Implications
Introduction The March 26, 2015 attack by the Saudi-led coalition on the strongholds of Iran's proxy in Yemen, the Houthi, sent shockwaves through Tehran. The rousing of the Sunni Arab camp, and the formation of a fighting coalition, as well as the backing of the entire Arab League – all within the short space of a few weeks – took the...
Tehran Has Not Backed Down On Any Part Of Its Initial Negotiating Positions; The...
Tehran Has Not Backed Down On Any Part Of Its Initial Negotiating Positions; The March 31, 2015 Deadline Means Nothing To It
In light of their November 2014 failure to bridge the gaps and arrive at an agreement, Iran and the P5+1 group together decided to extend the validity of the November 24, 2014 Geneva Joint Plan of Action by an additional six months, to June 2015. Following this agreement, the U.S. planned a...
Lebanese Elements Furious Over Hizbullah's Activity In Golan, Shebaa Farms, Critical...
Lebanese Elements Furious Over Hizbullah's Activity In Golan, Shebaa Farms, Critical Of Nasrallah's Statements About Uniting Lebanese, Syrian Resistance Fronts
Introduction Senior Lebanese politicians from the Lebanese March 14 Forces, chief among them former Lebanese prime minister Sa'd Al-Hariri, as well as press columnists and writers affiliated with this stream, have recently renewed their criticism against...
The Power Struggle In Iran – Part XV: Clash Over Demand To Release Green Movement...
The Power Struggle In Iran – Part XV: Clash Over Demand To Release Green Movement Leaders
Introduction The power struggle in the top echelons of the Iranian regime between the ideological camp, led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and the pragmatic camp, led by Expediency Council head Hashemi Rafsanjani and President Hassan Rohani, has become even more acute in recent months. This shift follows President Rohani's...
Tehran Threatens Saudi Arabia; Khamenei: Iran Will Answer Saudi Arabia 'A Blow With...
Tehran Threatens Saudi Arabia; Khamenei: Iran Will Answer Saudi Arabia 'A Blow With A Blow'
Following Saudi Arabia's continued rejection of Iran's demand in recent months to stop bringing down oil prices with its high production levels,[1] in the latter half of January 2015 Iranian spokesmen, particularly Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stepped up their threats to respond to Saudi Arabia by means of "a blow with...
Al-Qaeda's Embrace Of Encryption Technology Part III – July 2014-January 2015:...
Al-Qaeda's Embrace Of Encryption Technology Part III – July 2014-January 2015: Islamic State (ISIS) And Other Jihadis Continue To Develop Their Cyber And Encryption Capabilities; Post-Snowden Fears Lead Them To Test New, More Secure Technologies And Social Media
Table Of Contents Government Officials Warn Of Jihadi Use Of Encryption; U.S. Tech Giants Add Encryption Technology Expected To Be Heavily Used By Jihadis...
In Palestinian Authority, Outrage Follows PA Daily's Publication Of Muhammad Cartoon
Introduction On February 1, 2015, the Palestinian daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida published a cartoon by illustrator Mohammad Sabaaneh of a man with a heart-shaped shoulder bag standing in an aura of light atop the Earth and scattering droplets of light. The cartoon is titled "Our Master Muhammad" in Arabic and "Prophet Muhammad" in...
Tunisia: The Rise of The Secular Camp, Part II: After Lack Of Consensus, Leading...
Tunisia: The Rise of The Secular Camp, Part II: After Lack Of Consensus, Leading Party Nidaa Tounes Includes Ennahda In New Proposed Government
Introduction On January 5, 2015, recently elected President of the Tunisian Republic Beji Caid Essebsi handed the letter of appointment to Habib Essid to form the next government in compliance with the provisions of Tunisia's Constitution. Essid has been officially appointed...
The Rise of The Secular Camp In Tunisia
On December 31, 2014, Beji Caid Essebsi, aka BCE, was sworn in as Tunisia's president, after winning 55.68% of the vote to interim president Moncef Marzouki's 44.32%.[1] Essebsi, leader of the progressive and secular party Nidaa Tounes ("Call for Tunisia"), was directly elected by a plurality system and, in accordance with the Consitution, will serve a five-year term. Nidaa...
Growing Radicalization In India And The Threat Of Lone Wolf Attacks
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Muslim youths were questioned in India's Jharkhand state for wearing ISIS T-shirts (image courtesy: Hindustantimes.com) Introduction Over the past year, India has witnessed signs of...
Following Killing Of Hizbullah Operative Jihad Mughniyah, New Information Comes To...
Following Killing Of Hizbullah Operative Jihad Mughniyah, New Information Comes To Light Regarding Hizbullah, Iranian Activity In Syrian Golan On Israeli Border
Introduction The death of six Hizbullah operatives in a January 18, 2015 airstrike in the Syrian Golan, including two senior organization members – Muhammad Ahmad 'Issa, known as Abu 'Issa, and Jihad Mughniyah, the son of 'Imad Mughniyah,...
Michigan Activist Lina Allan Lambasts People who Prohibit Stabbing of Jews by ...+
Michigan Activist Lina Allan Lambasts People who Prohibit Stabbing of Jews by Palestinians: It's Like Defending Animal Rights at Best-
ina Allan, a Palestinian-Jordanian activist who lives in Michigan, published a video in which she attempted to rebut the position of people who prohibit the stabbing of Jews by Palestinians. Allan called on these people to not talk about something they don't understand and to "go back...
Egyptian Researcher Ahmad Abdou Maher: ISIS Implements Islamic Heritage Taught by ...+
Egyptian Researcher Ahmad Abdou Maher: ISIS Implements Islamic Heritage Taught by Al-Azhar-
Ahmad Abdou Maher, an Egyptian researcher of Islamic studies, criticized the Egyptian school curricula in a December 21 interview on Al-Hayat TV. Maher complained that Egyptian history books glorify Islamic heritage and are “full of wars, blood, and slaughter.” Maher stated that “ISIS is a loyal and bona fide...
Former Lebanese Minister of Culture Professor Ghassan Salamé on Middle East Crises: ...+
Former Lebanese Minister of Culture Professor Ghassan Salamé on Middle East Crises: With Defeat Unlikely and Victory Impossible, We Must Brace Ourselves for Compromises-
Former Lebanese Minister of Culture Prof. Ghassen Salamé, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, recently talked about the various conflicts in the Middle East and called for the need for compromise. In a situation in which "defeat is...
Gaza ENT Doctor Challenges Einstein's Relativity Theory, States: People in Gaza Have ...+
Gaza ENT Doctor Challenges Einstein's Relativity Theory, States: People in Gaza Have the Benefit of Humanity at Heart-
In a recent interview, Gaza ENT doctor Muhammad Yahya Barzaq said that he had written a book refuting Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. "Had Einstein deigned to read the discoveries of Christian Doppler, we would never have had something called the Einstein Theory," he said. Barzaq further said...
NJ Imam Mohamed Moussa: U.S. Muslims Should Serve in Police, Military, FBI, CIA, ...+
NJ Imam Mohamed Moussa: U.S. Muslims Should Serve in Police, Military, FBI, CIA, Rather than Wait for Their Country to Serve Them-
In a Friday sermon delivered at the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center in New Jersey, Sheikh Mohamed Moussa encouraged American Muslims to serve in law enforcement positions. "This is your country, and you are required to serve it," he said. "Join the police. Why not? Join the FBI. If...
Iraqi Shiite Militia Sniper at Work: I’ve Fought the Americans and Jews, Killed 173 ...+
Iraqi Shiite Militia Sniper at Work: I’ve Fought the Americans and Jews, Killed 173 ISIS Terrorists-
In a video-clip posted on the Internet on December 25, an Iraqi sniper with the PMU Shiite Militia says that he has fought in many wars, including against the Americans and the Jews. Since May, "I have killed 173 [ISIS terrorists]," he says, as he aims at his target. Following are excerpts: "Abu Tahseen": My...
Syrian Minister of Religious Endowment Slams Saudis: Their Mother Is America and ...+
Syrian Minister of Religious Endowment Slams Saudis: Their Mother Is America and Terrorism Their Offspring-
Syrian Minister of Religious Endowment Mohammed Abdul-Sattar Al Sayed criticized the Saudis during a sermon marking the day of birth of the Prophet Muhammad. "America is their mother, and terrorism is their offspring," said Abdul-Satter Al-Sayed in the sermon, delivered at the Akram Mosque in Damascus on...
Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid: Treachery Courses through the Veins of the Jews ...+
Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid: Treachery Courses through the Veins of the Jews Like Blood-
In a TV interview, Saudi cleric Sheikh Muhammad Al-Munajid said: "Treachery courses through the veins [of the Jews] like blood." He further said that the Jews were arrogant people, who had implemented the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Following are excerpts from the interview, which aired on the Saudi Al-Majd TV channel...
Iranian Nuclear Chief Salehi Elaborates on Iran's Heavy Water Supply and Production ...+
Iranian Nuclear Chief Salehi Elaborates on Iran's Heavy Water Supply and Production and the JCPOA-
In a recent TV interview, Ali-Akbar Salehi, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization, elaborated on his country's production of heavy water. He said that Iran opposes the West's insistence that Iran ship abroad part of its heavy-water supply prior to the implementation of the JCPOA. Salehi claimed that this demand...
Egyptian President Al-Sisi Congratulates Christians on Christmas: We Are All ...+
Egyptian President Al-Sisi Congratulates Christians on Christmas: We Are All Egyptians, What Divides Us Destroys Us-
In a December 22 speech at Al-Azhar University, on the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, Egyptian President Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi addressed an audience of Al-Azhar clerics, calling them to teach respect for others from the mosque pulpits. President Al-Sisi congratulated the Christians on Christmas,...
AQAP Leader Qassem Al-Rimi: We Must Focus On Fighting The U.S.+
AQAP Leader Qassem Al-Rimi: We Must Focus On Fighting The U.S.-
On December 18, 2015, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula [AQAP] released a new video produced by its media company, Al-Malahim, featuring a lecture by its leader Qassem Al-Rimi. Following are excerpts: Qassem Al-Rimi: Allah said: "Fight the leaders of disbelief – for surely their oaths are nothing to them – so they may desist." […] Who...
Saudi Anthropologist Saad Al-Sowayan: We Must Accept Change or Become Extinct+
Saudi Anthropologist Saad Al-Sowayan: We Must Accept Change or Become Extinct-
In a Saudi TV interview, anthropologist Saad Al-Sowayan called to "accept change, rather than fight it," or else "become extinct." Stating that "our necks are sore from constantly looking back to the past," Al-Sowayan added, "If we encounter a problem, we must not look for the solution in the books of our ancient forefathers." The...
Saudi Imam Abdullah Al-Suwailem: Women Should Stay at Home, Living under Wing of ...+
Saudi Imam Abdullah Al-Suwailem: Women Should Stay at Home, Living under Wing of Husband or Son-
During an Islamic-theme reality show on the Saudi Bedaya TV channel, Abdullah Al-Suwailem said that women should not go out to work. "Why does a woman need money?" he asked. "A woman's real life is to live under the wing of her husband and her son." Al-Suwailem went on to say: "It's enough for her to know how to read and...
Ex-Wife Justifies Al-Quntar's Assassination: Murderers Should Be Killed+
Ex-Wife Justifies Al-Quntar's Assassination: Murderers Should Be Killed-
On December 21, 2015, Al-Arabiya network aired a short statement by Kifah Kayyal, divorced Palestinian wife of recently assassinated terrorist Samir Al-Quntar. Kayyal criticized Al-Quntar and Hizbuallh for fighting Syrian rebels and said that he deserved no solidarity. "A murderer should be killed," she concluded. Following is an...
Tunisian Minority Rights Activist Yamina Thabet Fights to Legalize Homosexuality ...+
Tunisian Minority Rights Activist Yamina Thabet Fights to Legalize Homosexuality Following Imprisonment of Gays-
During a TV debate on the legalization of homosexuality in Tunisia, Yamina Thabet, head of the Tunisian Minority Rights Group, called to abolish Article 230 in the Tunisian penal code that criminalized homosexuality. The debate followed the December 10 sentencing of six students from a university in...
Algerian Army Marching Drill: Kill, Slaughter, and Skin the Jews+
Algerian Army Marching Drill: Kill, Slaughter, and Skin the Jews-
In a marching drill of the Algerian National Gendarmerie, the soldiers chant: "Turn your guns towards the Jews... in order to kill them... slaughter them... and skin them." The video was posted on the Internet on November 1 to mark Algeria's Revolution Day, but the post did not state when the video was filmed. Commander: "Let's go, men, let's...
Moroccan Online Magazine: The Rothschilds Assassinated Six U.S. Presidents+
Moroccan Online Magazine: The Rothschilds Assassinated Six U.S. Presidents-
A Moroccan online magazine called "Lamha" ("Brief Insights") posted a video on the Rothschild family, in which it said that the family "was responsible for the killing of six [U.S.] presidents... as well as the Russian Czar, and many Congress members and bank owners." The magazine, which claims on its website to focus on "cultural and...
Saudi Shura Council Member Al-Buleihi: Arab Culture Immersed in Violence and Hatred ...+
Saudi Shura Council Member Al-Buleihi: Arab Culture Immersed in Violence and Hatred of the Other-
In a recent TV interview, Saudi Shura Council member Ibrahim Al-Buleihi said: "We produce this kind of people [who carried out the Paris attacks and 9/11], this kind of hostility." "We are immersed in this violence, because we are immersed in the hatred of the other," he said in the interview, which aired on December 5 on...
UAE Cleric: Women Not Allowed to Watch Wrestling, Better Off Watching Cooking Shows+
UAE Cleric: Women Not Allowed to Watch Wrestling, Better Off Watching Cooking Shows-
During a talk show, Jordanian-born UAE cleric Sheikh Waseem Youssef told a caller that it was "prohibited" for women to watch wrestling shows. "You'd be better off watching cooking shows," he told her. Following is an excerpts from the show, broadcast on Abu Dhabi TV and posted on the Internet on December 16, 2015. Female...
Saudi Author Turki Al-Hamad: ISIS Reaps What We Have Sown+
Saudi Author Turki Al-Hamad: ISIS Reaps What We Have Sown-
In a TV interview, Saudi author Turki Al-Hamad said that there was a need for "a real revolution in our education" and for the "humanization of religion," because "our religion has been hijacked by many and has been made savage." He further said that "ISIS is an organization that only reaps what has previously been sown." Al-Hamad was speaking on Sky News...
ISIS Shows Pictures of Rome in Video Showcasing Its Tank Force+
ISIS Shows Pictures of Rome in Video Showcasing Its Tank Force-
Following are excerpts from a video posted on the Internet on December 12, 2015. Voiceover: They have made a determined decision to instate the shari'a of their Lord, and to wage Jihad against their enemy, as the promises of their Prophet echoes in the skies: a Caliphate in the path of the prophets. These are the monotheists who were tortured,...
Egyptian Cleric Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny Explains Enslavement of People Captured in Jihad: ...+
Egyptian Cleric Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny Explains Enslavement of People Captured in Jihad: They All Become Booty (Archival)-
In a lecture, Egyptian cleric Abu Ishaq Al-Heweny explained how the enslavement of people in countries conquered by Jihad is carried out. "In every war there is a winner and a loser," he said. "According to the rules of Islam, all the people in the [conquered] country become booty," and are "divided...
Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Exalts Palestinian Terror Attacks, Carried Out by "the ...+
Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Exalts Palestinian Terror Attacks, Carried Out by "the Noblest of People"-
In a December 10 address in Kuala Lampur, Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al praised Palestinians attacking with knives and cars in the West Bank and Jerusalem, glorifying their martyrdom and saying: "By God, they are the most exalted and the noblest of people." Mash'al further said: "After the knives used by the people of...
Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Secularism Should Be Imposed in Iraq by Force+
Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Secularism Should Be Imposed in Iraq by Force-
In a December 4 Al-Arabiya TV interview, former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din said that he wished that "an Iraqi Ataturk would emerge and impose [secular] law by force." He further said that America, after toppling Saddam, "turned on its heels, and left," thus repeating the mistake it made after defeating Germany in WWI. "That's how they...
Indian Cleric Calls for Beheading of Hindu Leader over Blasphemy Allegation+
Indian Cleric Calls for Beheading of Hindu Leader over Blasphemy Allegation-
On December 10, an unidentified Indian cleric declared that 5.1 million rupees would be given to anyone who beheaded Hindu leader Kamlesh Tiwari, who had allegedly called the Prophet Muhammad the world's first homosexual. The cleric was speaking at one of the many protest rallies held in India following Tiwari's alleged remarks. Tiwari...
Jabhat Al-Nusra Leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani: Participating in Riyadh Talks ...+
Jabhat Al-Nusra Leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani: Participating in Riyadh Talks Constitutes High Treason-
In an interview with the Syrian opposition Orient News TV, Jabhat Al-Nusra Leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani said about the Riyadh conference on Syria, which concluded December 10, 2015: "[It] constitutes high treason against the youth who shed their blood and sacrificed their lives." He rejected the demand for his...
Jordanian Intellectual Fehmi Jadaane: ISIS Is Not That Different Ideologically from ...+
Jordanian Intellectual Fehmi Jadaane: ISIS Is Not That Different Ideologically from the Muslim Brotherhood-
In a TV interview, Jordanian intellectual Fehmi Jadaane said that: "When we transform religion, with its moral, spiritual, and aesthetic essence, into a domestic and external political conflict, we usher Islam into the world of war and destruction." Jadaane further said that ISIS "is not that different from...
Russia Today TV 10th Anniversary Clip: In 2035, Obama, Kerry Forgotten Old Timers, ...+
Russia Today TV 10th Anniversary Clip: In 2035, Obama, Kerry Forgotten Old Timers, Snowden President-
In a video released by Russia Today TV to mark the channel's 10th anniversary, Obama and Kerry are shown in 2035, lamenting the "new era of transparency," under US President Edward Snowden. "No one is afraid of us anymore," says Kerry. The video ends with the message: "RT. By this time, we'll be 30 years on...
Hizbullah Iraq Forces Fighting in Syria: Death to the Sunni Mercenaries of the Jews ...+
Hizbullah Iraq Forces Fighting in Syria: Death to the Sunni Mercenaries of the Jews and Americans-
Following are excerpts from videos of a Friday sermon at Khaled Ibn Al-Walid Mosque Al-Eis, Syria, posted on the Internet on December 1 and 5, 2015. Sheikh Akram Al-Kabi, Al-Nujaba leader: My brothers, heroes of the Shi'a, repeat after me three times: No to America! Al-Nujba militia members: No to America! No to...
The Levant Front Jihadi Faction Stages Mock Execution of ISIS Prisoners; Preaches ...+
The Levant Front Jihadi Faction Stages Mock Execution of ISIS Prisoners; Preaches Islam Instead of Killing Them-
On December 8, the Levant Front Jihadi faction fighting in Syria released a video showing a mock ISIS-style execution of ISIS prisoners. The prisoners, in orange jump suits, are led in line at gun point, but at the last moment, the executioners remove their ski masks and leave the prisoners to a sheikh,...
Lebanese Researcher Rafiq Nasrallah: Paris Attack a Possible Conspiracy; Like in ...+
Lebanese Researcher Rafiq Nasrallah: Paris Attack a Possible Conspiracy; Like in 9/11, We Didn't See a Single Body-
Rafiq Nasrallah, Director of the Lebanese International Center for Media and Research, recently said: "If we wanted to think according to the logic of conspiracy theories, we could say that there are many question marks about... what happened in France." Speaking on the Lebanese NBN TV channel on...
French-Tunisian Imam Chalghoumi: European Politicians Have Deserted the Moderate ...+
French-Tunisian Imam Chalghoumi: European Politicians Have Deserted the Moderate Muslims-
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, French-Tunisian Imam Sheikh Hassen Chalghoumi accused politicians of deserting the enlightened European Muslim youth, who "find themselves face to face with this small deviant group." "We hoped, following the [Toulouse 2012] Merah terrorist attack, to witness more resolve and to see many...
Islamic State's Cyber Caliphate Releases Hit List of U.S. Military Personnel+
Islamic State's Cyber Caliphate Releases Hit List of U.S. Military Personnel-
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Egyptian Cleric Khaled Elgendy Rejoices at Night Club Arson Attack that Left 16 Dead: ...+
Egyptian Cleric Khaled Elgendy Rejoices at Night Club Arson Attack that Left 16 Dead: They Attracted Allah's Wrath-
Egyptian cleric Khaled Elgendy recently said that an arson attack on a Cairo night club, which left at least 16 people dead, was "something to be happy about." With regard to the December 4 petrol bombing of the night club, allegedly due to a dispute between the owners and disgruntled former employees,...
Egyptian Novelist Youssef Ziedan: The Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Not Sacred to the Muslims or ...+
Egyptian Novelist Youssef Ziedan: The Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Not Sacred to the Muslims or the Jews-
In a recent TV interview, Egyptian novelist and scholar Youssef Ziedan said that the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine is not the Al-Aqsa Mosque referred to in the Quran. Citing ancient scholars, Ziedan said that the Al-Haram Mosque and Al-Aqsa Mosque were "on the road from Mecca to Ta'if." "Neither we nor the [Jews] have anything...
Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Bashar Al-Assad Deserves a Thousand Nobel Prizes+
Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Bashar Al-Assad Deserves a Thousand Nobel Prizes-
In a TV interview, former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din expressed his support of Syrian President Al-Assad, saying that "Bashar Al-Assad deserves a thousand Nobel Prizes" and that "If there was one man left on this planet supporting Bashar Al-Assad, it would be me." Jamal Al-din explained that it was necessary to support "political and...
Egyptian TV Host on California Terror Attack: Americans Should Stick Obama on an ...+
Egyptian TV Host on California Terror Attack: Americans Should Stick Obama on an Impalement Rod-
Egyptian TV host Ahmed Moussa said, in response to the December 2 San Bernardino terror attack, that he suspected that U.S. President Obama was "connected to the terrorists who carried out the attack," and added: "They should take Obama and stick him on an impalement rod. This is what they would do in a respectful...
Viewer Discretion Advised: Children Execute Captives in New ISIS Video (Short, Open ...+
Viewer Discretion Advised: Children Execute Captives in New ISIS Video (Short, Open Version)-
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Viewer Discretion Advised: Children Execute Captives in New ISIS Video+
Viewer Discretion Advised: Children Execute Captives in New ISIS Video-
ISIS Libya Video Features Foreign Fighters Praising Paris Attackers, Vowing To Target ...+
ISIS Libya Video Features Foreign Fighters Praising Paris Attackers, Vowing To Target U.S. Cities, Moscow-
In a video released by the media bureau of ISIS in Barqah, Libya, and titled "From Barqah to Baris," two foreign fighters praised the November 13 attacks in Paris and vowed that Washington, New York, and Moscow would be next. One of the fighters, identified as Abu Muqatil Al-Muhajir, said in English: "France was...
TV Report on Christian Militia Fighting in Syria+
TV Report on Christian Militia Fighting in Syria-
On November 9, 2015, the Lebanese OTV channel recently reported on a Christian militia fighting in Syria. The report aired footage of their military drills and training, and said that after graduating from St. Boutros Academy, they would be deployed in accordance with their training. Transcript is pending. ...
Yemeni Cleric: The Jews, the Most Despicable of Allah's Creatures, Are the Enemies of ...+
Yemeni Cleric: The Jews, the Most Despicable of Allah's Creatures, Are the Enemies of Mankind and Peace-
In a sermon posted on the Internet on October 24, Yemeni cleric Sheikh Ahmad Bin Anis said that the nation of Islam had been taken over by the Jews - "the most despicable, base, vile, and wretched of all the creatures of Allah." Calling the Jews "the brothers of apes and pigs," Bin Anis said that they were the...
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov: The West Created ISIS, America the Cause of All ...+
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov: The West Created ISIS, America the Cause of All Terror Attacks Worldwide-
In a recent TV interview, President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov said that the West created, armed, and trained ISIS and that the Paris attacks were "merely an attempt to create artificial turmoil, in order to carry out certain plans." Kadyrov further said: "the US is the cause of all the terrorist...
Israeli Islamic Movement Leader Kamal Khatib on Paris Attacks: The West Leads to ...+
Israeli Islamic Movement Leader Kamal Khatib on Paris Attacks: The West Leads to Religious Wars-
In a November 27 Friday sermon, Sheikh Kamal Khatib, Deputy Leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, said that the West was behind religious wars in the world today. On the Paris attacks he said: "What happened in Paris is not [proper] Muslim conduct, but still... 120 dead?! What are 120 dead compared to the 40,000...
Archival: British Hostage John Cantlie Interviews Top French ISIS Recruiter Salim ...+
Archival: British Hostage John Cantlie Interviews Top French ISIS Recruiter Salim Benghalem in ISIS Video-
In a video titled "Inside Halab" and posted on the Internet on February 9, 2015, British hostage John Cantlie interviews top French ISIS recruiter Salim Benghalem, whose trial in absentia is due to begin the first week of December in Paris. In the video, Benghalem praises the perpetrators of the January 2015...
Egyptian Cleric Talaat Zahran: France behind Paris Bombings for Fear Muslims Were ...+
Egyptian Cleric Talaat Zahran: France behind Paris Bombings for Fear Muslims Were Taking Over the Country-
In a recent Friday sermon, Egyptian cleric Sheikh Talaat Zahran, a professor of humanities at Alexandria University, said: "When France saw that there were six million Muslims on its land... they began to fear that the Muslims would storm their democratic system, and would take over power and become ministers....
ISIS in New Video: US Soldiers Scarred by Their Defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan+
ISIS in New Video: US Soldiers Scarred by Their Defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan-
Former Egyptian Ambassador: The U.S. and NATO Finance ISIS+
Former Egyptian Ambassador: The U.S. and NATO Finance ISIS-
In a recent Egyptian TV show, former Egyptian ambassadors espoused various conspiracy theories. Rakha Ahmed Hassan, a member of Egypt's foreign affairs committee, who served as the country's ambassador to Germany, said that America, NATO, and Arab countries finance the ISIS fighters in Syria. Mohamed El Shazly, former ambassador to Denmark, said that a...
Moroccan Cleric Abdellah Nhari: Terror in the West Is Fabricated to Prevent ...+
Moroccan Cleric Abdellah Nhari: Terror in the West Is Fabricated to Prevent Anti-Government Intifada-
In a monologue posted on the Internet on November 18, 2015, Moroccan cleric Abdellah Nhari said that "the terrorism we are witnessing today is fabricated and its trademark is "made in ZSC – Zionist, Safavid, Crusader." "An Arab Spring was on the verge of breaking out in Europe, and they had to produce terrorism in...
Former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Hayden Urges U.S. and Its Allies "Not to Make Common ...+
Former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Hayden Urges U.S. and Its Allies "Not to Make Common Cause with Assad"-
In a November 17 interview with Al-Jazeera TV, former CIA and NSA director General Michael Hayden said that he strongly urged the U.S. and allied governments "not to make common cause with Assad, because we do not share the same objectives or the same values." If the Assad regime does not go, he said, "it will be...
Palestinian Cleric Issam Amira: The Paris Attacks Were Carried Out by Western ...+
Palestinian Cleric Issam Amira: The Paris Attacks Were Carried Out by Western Intelligence-
In a Friday sermon delivered in Jerusalem on November 20, Palestinian cleric Issam Amira said that the Paris attacks had been planned and carried out by the intelligence agency of a Western country "in order to pin the blame on Islam." Amira prayed to Allah to "deal with America" and with its European and Russian allies and to...
Egyptian Journalist: The West Is Plotting Sykes-Picot II to Establish the Jewish ...+
Egyptian Journalist: The West Is Plotting Sykes-Picot II to Establish the Jewish State-
Interviewed on the Egyptian Assema TV channel on November 10, 2015, Samia Zein Al-Abideen, Editor-in-Chief of the Al-Messa daily, said that there was a conspiracy under way against Egypt and that the U.S. was plotting with five European countries to establish a Jewish state through "Sykes-Picot II." Following are excerpts: TV...
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman Insinuates: Arab Regimes behind ...+
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman Insinuates: Arab Regimes behind ISIS; Criticizes Int'l Community-
In a November 18 address, Yemeni Nobel peace prize laureate Tawakkol Karman said that the terror attacks in Paris and elsewhere represent those who finance and run them: "despotic regimes and clandestine regional and global players." Speaking at the Council of Europe's World Forum for Democracy in...
Footage: Russia Destroys Hundreds of Oil Trucks in Syria+
Footage: Russia Destroys Hundreds of Oil Trucks in Syria-
Russia military footage aired on Russia Today TV on November 18 shows the bombing of a convoy of oil trucks. According to the report, Russian air force destroyed the trucks, which belonged to "armed terrorist groups" in Syria....
In New Video, ISIS Threatens to Blow Up White House, Carry Out More Attacks in France+
In New Video, ISIS Threatens to Blow Up White House, Carry Out More Attacks in France-
In a video posted on the Internet on November 19, ISIS threatens to blow up the White House and to carry out more attacks in France. “Allah willing, we shall roast them with explosive belts and car bombs,” an ISIS fighter declares." Following are excerpts from the video, which was produced by ISIS’s Dijlah...
TV Host Ibrahim Issa Slams Egyptian Media for Adopting Conspiracy Theories: The Paris ...+
TV Host Ibrahim Issa Slams Egyptian Media for Adopting Conspiracy Theories: The Paris Bombers Were Not Buddhists-
In the November 16 episodes of his show on Al-Khaera Wal-Nas TV, Egyptian journalist Ibrahim Issa discussed the reactions of the Egyptian media and politicians to the Paris terror attacks. Issa criticized the common claim that ISIS “has nothing to do with Islam” as well as the conspiracy theories that...
Egyptian TV Host: ISIS Is Israeli-British-American Made, Al-Baghdadi a Jew+
Egyptian TV Host: ISIS Is Israeli-British-American Made, Al-Baghdadi a Jew-
Egyptian TV host Iman Izz Al-Din said, in the November 15 episode of her Al-Hayat TV show “The Key of Life,” that ISIS is Israeli-British-American made and stands for Israeli Secret Intelligence Service. While commenting on the Paris terror attacks, Izz Al-Din said that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi is a Jew called Simon Elliot, who is...
Video by Iranian Leader Khamenei's Office: U.S. and Its Allies Were Behind Paris ...+
Video by Iranian Leader Khamenei's Office: U.S. and Its Allies Were Behind Paris Attacks-
A video posted November 17, 2015 on an IRGC-affiliated Facebook page, titled "Who Was Behind the Paris Attacks" and produced by the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, claimed that the real culprits behind the attacks were the U.S. and its allies, who, it said, had created ISIS and provided it with arms and training in...
ISIS Video: We Will Strike America in Its Heart, Washington, as We Struck the Heart ...+
ISIS Video: We Will Strike America in Its Heart, Washington, as We Struck the Heart of France – Paris-
A video posted on the Internet on November 16 by the information bureau of the Islamic State in Salah Al-Din Province, Iraq, features three speakers who praise the perpetrators of the Paris attacks and vow that ISIS will continue to strike France, as well as elsewhere in Europe, and will also strike America in its...
Lebanese Politician: Statues of Al-Assad, "Leader of War on Terrorism", Should Be ...+
Lebanese Politician: Statues of Al-Assad, "Leader of War on Terrorism", Should Be Erected in Paris and Berlin-
In a recent TV interview, Dr. Yahya Ghaddar, secretary-general of the Arab-Islamic Gathering to Support the Choice of Resistance, said that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad "leads the war on terrorism" and that "they should erect statues of him in Paris, in Berlin, and in all European capitals." In the...
Russian Ambassador to Lebanon: Putin and I Believe the USSR Collapse Was a ...+
Russian Ambassador to Lebanon: Putin and I Believe the USSR Collapse Was a Catastrophe-
In a November 13 interview with the Iranian Al-Alam TV, Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said: "We in the Soviet Union - this is President Putin's view, as well as my own - consider the dissolution of the Soviet Union to have been a catastrophe." Following are excerpts: Ambassador Alexander Zasypkin: A...
French Friday Sermon on Day of Paris Attacks: Our Children Can Become Rulers of ...+
French Friday Sermon on Day of Paris Attacks: Our Children Can Become Rulers of France through Legal Means-
In a Friday sermon delivered at Aicha Mosque in Montpellier, France, on the day of the Paris attacks, Imam Mohamed Khattabi said: "We dream of seeing our children become ministers and dignitaries, and even presidents. Why not? We want them to rule France one day, to rule Belgium, Germany, and Britain... You will...
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