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Egyptian Political Activist Dr. Mamdouh Hamza: We Got Rid of Mubarak and Morsi in ...+

Egyptian Political Activist Dr. Mamdouh Hamza: We Got Rid of Mubarak and Morsi in Knockout Blows, But We Need to Beat Al-Sisi through Elections-

Egyptian political activist Dr. Mamdouh Hamza recently said that although both Hosni Mubarak and Mohamed Morsi had been removed from power by "knockout blows" supported by the army, President Al-Sisi had to be beaten through elections. "This president is leading Egypt to...

Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Habdan: Citizenship of Infidel Countries Only in Cases of ...+

Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Habdan: Citizenship of Infidel Countries Only in Cases of Life and Death-

Saudi scholar Sheikh Muhammad Al-Habdan, a member of the Muslim Scholars Association, was asked in an Ahwaz TV fatwa show whether a Muslim is allowed to accept the citizenship of an infidel country, "like an American or European citizenship." Sheikh Al-Habdan answered that this is haram, unless there is real necessity,...

Islamic Preacher Wajdi Akkari: Certain Emoticons Are Forbidden to Share on WhatsApp, ...+

Islamic Preacher Wajdi Akkari: Certain Emoticons Are Forbidden to Share on WhatsApp, But Okay to Google-

Saudi-based preacher Wajdi Akkari posted a video on the Internet in which he instructs followers as to which emoticons a Muslim is not allowed to share on WhatsApp. The Lebanese-born Sheikh Akkari said that the halo emoticon is haram, because the notion of angels in Islam is different than in Christianity. The...

Qatari Educational Software on Islamic Conquests in Europe+

Qatari Educational Software on Islamic Conquests in Europe-

Animated videos posted on the Internet teach children about Islamic conquests in Europe. The videos were produced as educational software for "Boys and Girls," the children's section of the Qatari government-owned Internet portal Islamweb.net. A large number of the portal's educational videos were posted on various YouTube accounts. One video discusses the...

Vienna Friday Sermon following New Year's Eve Sex Attacks in Cologne: We Must Not ...+

Vienna Friday Sermon following New Year's Eve Sex Attacks in Cologne: We Must Not Keep Silent about Sexual Harassment-

In a Friday sermon delivered at the Al-Shura Mosque, Vienna, on February 5, 2016, Sheikh Tarafa Baghajati related to the New Year's Eve sexual assaults on women and exhorted the congregation not to keep silent about sexual harassment. "No problem in the history of Mankind has ever been resolved by...

Saudi Family Therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby Gives Advice on Wife Beating, Says: Women's ...+

Saudi Family Therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby Gives Advice on Wife Beating, Says: Women's Desire for Equality Causes Marital Strife-

In an online video, Saudi family therapist Khaled Al-Saqaby imparted advice on marital strife. Beating one's wife, said Al-Saqaby, should be intended as a means of discipline, rather than to vent one's anger, and should be carried out not with a rod or a sharp object, but with a tooth-cleaning...

German-Egyptian Scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad Analyzes the Psychology of the Prophet ...+

German-Egyptian Scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad Analyzes the Psychology of the Prophet Muhammad - Archival-

In one of a series of online lectures, German-Egyptian scholar Hamed Abdel-Samad analyzes the personality of the Prophet Muhammad, whose biography, he says, is "held captive in a prison of unwarranted over-sanctification and glorification." Abdel-Samad, who suggests that "there can be no reform or cleansing of the...

Tensions Run High between Egyptian Nasserist and Saudi Analyst on TV Show following ...+

Tensions Run High between Egyptian Nasserist and Saudi Analyst on TV Show following Island Deal-

Tensions ran high during a TV debate on the recent Egyptian-Saudi deal to transfer the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi rule. Egyptian Nasserist Muhammad Sayyid Ahmad accused the Gulf rulers of being "treacherous and collaborating Arab reactionaries" who "prostrate themselves (in submission)." Ahmad, who is...

Egyptian TV Host Questions the Number of Jews Killed in the Holocaust: The Jews ...+

Egyptian TV Host Questions the Number of Jews Killed in the Holocaust: The Jews Exploited This Story-

Egyptian TV host Hazem Abu Al-Saoud raised doubts about the Holocaust in his Channel 2 show. Abu Al-Saoud said that the number of Jews in all of Europe at the time had been 6.5 million. "How is it possible that six out of 6.5 million were subject to the Holocaust?" he asked, adding that Russian Gypsies had been killed...

Australian Islamist Leader Ismail Al-Wahwah Calls on Ankara Caliphate Conference ...+

Australian Islamist Leader Ismail Al-Wahwah Calls on Ankara Caliphate Conference Attendants to Lead 'the Armies of Jihad That Will Conquer Europe and America'-

Speaking on March 6 at a “caliphate conference” in Ankara, Turkey, Ismail Al-Wahwah, spokesman for the Australian chapter of Hizb ut-Tahrir, called upon attendants to lead “the armies of Jihad that will conquer Europe and America.” Wahwah warned the...

Fatah Spokesman Osama Qawasmeh: The West Sponsors Islamic Extremism; 9/11 Was No ...+

Fatah Spokesman Osama Qawasmeh: The West Sponsors Islamic Extremism; 9/11 Was No Coincidence-

In an interview, broadcast by the Palestinian Authority's official TV channel, Fatah spokesman Osama Qawasmeh talked about the situation in Syria, and said that "it was the [Americans] who worked to create Islamic extremism," adding that "they are indoctrinated with certain notions, and leaders created in the West and in...

Former Soviet Navy Commander: The Americans Only Respect the Powerful; As Submarine ...+

Former Soviet Navy Commander: The Americans Only Respect the Powerful; As Submarine Commander, I Saw UFOs-

In a Russia Today TV interview, Admiral Vladimir Chernavin, the last Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy and later of the Russian Navy, talked about Soviet-American relations, saying that the Americans "love power" and "refuse to recognize anyone who is not willing to use it." In the interview, which aired on...

Cuban Journalists Describe Obama's Conduct as "Pathetic," "Humiliating," But Visit a ...+

Cuban Journalists Describe Obama's Conduct as "Pathetic," "Humiliating," But Visit a "Great Victory" for Cuba-

Cuban journalists, asked by the Lebanese Mayadeen TV channel to sum up President Obama's visit to their country, were very critical of the U.S. president, accusing him of trying to stir up rebellion and "to pit the government and the people one against the other." Journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde said that the...

Saudi TV Host Nadine Al-Budair Takes to Task Apologists Who Claim Terrorists Have ...+

Saudi TV Host Nadine Al-Budair Takes to Task Apologists Who Claim Terrorists Have Nothing to Do with Islam and the Muslims: They Emerged from Our Schools and Universities-

Saudi journalist and TV host Nadine Al-Budair recently criticized the "hypocrites" who say that the terrorists "do not represent Islam or the Muslims." After the abominable Brussels bombings, it's time for us to feel shame and to stop acting as if...

Russian Journalist Maxim Shevchenko: We Support a Federation in Syria+

Russian Journalist Maxim Shevchenko: We Support a Federation in Syria-

In a recent TV interview, leading Russian journalist Maxim Shevchenko said that the Russian position on Syria was "quite clear. We support a federation." "This has been discussed at the highest level. Syria must become a federation," he said in the interview, which was posted on the Novaya Gazeta website on March 21, 2016. Following are...

Former Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority Dr. Fouad Bseiso: Global ...+

Former Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority Dr. Fouad Bseiso: Global Judaism Is a Virus, behind Financial Crisis, in Line with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion-

Senior Palestinian economist Dr. Fouad Bseiso, who served as the first governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority in 1994-2001 said in an interview with Al-Quds TV that global Judaism is responsible for the global financial crisis of 2008. Dr....

Deputy Syrian FM Faisal Mekdad Blames Britain and France for Brussels Attacks: Their ...+

Deputy Syrian FM Faisal Mekdad Blames Britain and France for Brussels Attacks: Their Policies Are No Different Than Those of ISIS-

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad recently said that France and Britain support terrorism and that they are "responsible for the blood that flowed in the streets of the European cities and continues to flow in the Arab Republic of Syria." Speaking on Mayadeen TV on April 5,...

Egypt Friday Sermon: Moshe Dayan Acknowledged that Stones and Trees Would Urge ...+

Egypt Friday Sermon: Moshe Dayan Acknowledged that Stones and Trees Would Urge Muslims to Kill Jews on Judgment Day-

During a Friday sermon delivered at Al-Huda Mosque in Port Said, Egyptian cleric Sheikh Mansour Riadh recounted an antisemitic hadith, according to which on Judgment Day, the trees and stones would tell the Muslims to come and kill the Jews hiding behind them. Riadh said that during the Egyptian-Israeli...

Bahraini Foreign Minister: We Are Serious in Confronting Iran and Its Satellites in ...+

Bahraini Foreign Minister: We Are Serious in Confronting Iran and Its Satellites in the Region-

Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said in an interview with the Saudi Al-Arabiya TV that the goal behind the Gulf states' decision to cut ties with Iran and to designate Hizbullah a "terror organization" was to send Iran and its satellites in the region a message that "we are serious in confronting...

Saudi Author Said Al-Suraihi: The Ogre of ISIS Emerged from Our History Books+

Saudi Author Said Al-Suraihi: The Ogre of ISIS Emerged from Our History Books-

In a TV interview, Saudi author and literary critic Said Al-Suraihi said that ISIS emerged from the history books, which "link the spread of Islam to the sword, the battles, the killings, and the wars." "It does not tell us how model conduct can spread Islam among people," he said in the interview, which aired on Sky News Arabia on February...

Jabhat Al-Nusra-Affiliated Cleric Abdullah Al-Muhaysini to Hizbullah: We Will Return ...+

Jabhat Al-Nusra-Affiliated Cleric Abdullah Al-Muhaysini to Hizbullah: We Will Return Your Bodies in Plastic Coffins-

In a Friday sermon delivered on April 2, Jabhat Al-Nusra-affiliated Saudi cleric Abdullah Al-Muhaysini slammed the Al-Assad regime and Hizbullah, saying: "We need your plastic coffins in order to send the bodies of your allies back to you." He was speaking at the main mosque of the war-torn village of...

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Criticizes Top Political Rivals: Favoring Talks over ...+

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei Criticizes Top Political Rivals: Favoring Talks over Missiles Constitutes Treason-

In two recent public speeches, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in a pointed reference to a Tweet made by Expediency Council Chairman Rafsanjani, said that those who say that today is an era of talks, not of missiles, are committing treason. Khamenei rejected President Rouhani's call to instate an...

Sudan Liberation Movement Leader Minni Minnawi: Sudanese Government Brought ISIS into ...+

Sudan Liberation Movement Leader Minni Minnawi: Sudanese Government Brought ISIS into Darfur-

In a recent interview with the Turkish Anadolu Agency, Sudan Liberation Movement Leader Suleiman Arcua Minnawi, a.k.a. Minni Minnawi, said that the Sudanese government had brought ISIS into Darfur. "ISIS is present [in Darfur] under the auspices of the Sudanese government," he said, adding that it was "the Sudanese government...

Kuwaiti Activist Nasser Dashti: Islamic Conquests Constitute Colonialism; the Arab ...+

Kuwaiti Activist Nasser Dashti: Islamic Conquests Constitute Colonialism; the Arab Mentality Is Sectarian, Dictatorial, Tyrannical-

Kuwaiti activist Nasser Dashti, speaking on the Kuwaiti Al-Shahed TV channel, recently said: "On the cultural level, we are sectarian, dictatorial, and tyrannical. Sadly, that is the Arab mentality." On the practical level, he said, "our ruling system is democratic, we are liberal and...

Sheikh Raed Salah, Leader of Islamic Movement in Israel: This Land Will Vomit Israeli ...+

Sheikh Raed Salah, Leader of Islamic Movement in Israel: This Land Will Vomit Israeli Occupation Like the Sea Vomits Its Filth-

In a Friday sermon delivered on March 25 in Jatt, Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel and former mayor of Umm Al-Fahm, promised the congregation that “the Israeli occupation” will vanish just like the Roman and Persian empires and British and...

Jamal Muhaisen of the Fatah Central Committee: The U.S. Is No. 1 Enemy of the ...+

Jamal Muhaisen of the Fatah Central Committee: The U.S. Is No. 1 Enemy of the Palestinians and of the Arab and Islamic Nation-

Jamal Muhaisen, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, said in a March 23 interview with Palestine TV that the U.S. remains the main enemy of the Palestinian people and of the Arab and Islamic nations because of its support of Israel. Muhaisen added that just as the Palestinians are under...

Moroccan Islamist Preacher Hassan Kettani: Brussels Bombings Result From West's ...+

Moroccan Islamist Preacher Hassan Kettani: Brussels Bombings Result From West's Support Of Shi'ites Against Sunnis, Muslims' Sense Of Injustice-

In an interview with the Moroccan Howiyapress online magazine, Moroccan Islamist preacher Hassan Kettani said that the Brussels attacks were the result of the oppression of Sunnis in the Middle East. Sheikh Kettani said that the West "has given the Rafidite Shi'ites a free...

Syrian Opposition Figure Ata Kamel Ata: Kurds Are Hereditarily Stupid; They Should Be ...+

Syrian Opposition Figure Ata Kamel Ata: Kurds Are Hereditarily Stupid; They Should Be Driven Out of Northern Syria-

Dr. Ata Kamel Ata, secretary-general of the Syrian opposition's Liberal Democrats Movement, recently said that the Kurds were "a bunch of barbaric and backward human groups," who were "hereditarily stupid." Speaking on Orient Radio on March 19, two days after the declaration of an autonomous Kurdish...

British Islamist "Abu Haleema" on Day of Brussels Attacks: Do Not Grieve for the ...+

British Islamist "Abu Haleema" on Day of Brussels Attacks: Do Not Grieve for the Infidels-

In a video titled "Do Not Grieve for Them," posted on the Internet on the day of the Brussels terror attacks, a British Islamist going by the name "Abu Haleema" said that the sympathy of the Muslims should lie with the victims of airstrikes in Syria and Iraq and not with the "infidels." "When 20,000 Muslims died in Syria -...

Abdel-Bari Atwan: European Leaders Encouraged Muslims to Join ISIS; British "Experts" ...+

Abdel-Bari Atwan: European Leaders Encouraged Muslims to Join ISIS; British "Experts" Know Nothing about ISIS-

Interviewed in the wake of the Brussels attacks, "Al-Rai Al-Youm" editor-in-chief Abdel-Bari Atwan said that "it's only natural that some people will sympathize with [ISIS]" following the coalition's airstrikes and that Western leaders "indirectly encouraged Muslims from Britain, France, Belgium, and Italy to...

Russian Ambassador to Lebanon: Withdrawing Our Troops from Syria Encouraged the ...+

Russian Ambassador to Lebanon: Withdrawing Our Troops from Syria Encouraged the Opposition to Come to the Negotiating Table-

In a recent interview, Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said: "With the decision [to withdraw Russian forces from Syria], we encouraged the other side, more than in the past, to come to the negotiating table. The good intentions of the Russians have become absolutely clear." The...

Belgian Imams Refuse to Pray for Souls of Non-Muslim Victims of Brussels Attacks+

Belgian Imams Refuse to Pray for Souls of Non-Muslim Victims of Brussels Attacks-

According to the UAE-based Al-Ghad Al-Arabi TV channel, the council of Belgian imams rejected a recent initiative to pray for the souls of the victims of the Brussels terror attacks on the grounds that praying for non-Muslims ran counter to Islamic law. In the report, which aired on March 26, Sheikh Abdelhadi Sewif, Chief Imam of the...

European Imams Condemn Brussels Attacks, Recall: We Ruled Al-Andalus Benevolently, ...+

European Imams Condemn Brussels Attacks, Recall: We Ruled Al-Andalus Benevolently, Saved Jews from Nazis-

In several sermons delivered on March 25, European Imams condemned the Brussels terror attacks. Speaking at the Al-Muhajirin Mosque in Bonn, Sheikh Dr. Khaled Hanafi, head of the Council of Imams in Germany and Dean of the Europäisches Institut für Humanwissenschaften, said that the attacks were being used to...

Palestinian President Abbas: I Will Not Allow Armed Intifada; Arab Spring Resulted ...+

Palestinian President Abbas: I Will Not Allow Armed Intifada; Arab Spring Resulted from the Constructive Anarchy Plan-

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a recent TV interview: "I will not accept and will not allow an armed Intifada." Speaking on the Kuwaiti Scope TV channel, Abbas said: "I am against military operations, and I speak loud and clear against this. I insist upon not allowing anyone to shoot." On...

ISIS Celebrates Brussels Attacks, Belgian Members Vow to Drink Infidels’ Blood, Paint ...+

ISIS Celebrates Brussels Attacks, Belgian Members Vow to Drink Infidels’ Blood, Paint White House Black-

ISIS has released several videos celebrating the Brussels attacks, most of them featuring Belgian ISIS members who threaten more attacks. One member addressed Westerners, vowing to drink their blood and to turn the White House into a "black house." Another member referred to the Belgian government as “the...

Propaganda Video by Egyptian Ministry of Defense: They Live in Honor and Die in ...+

Propaganda Video by Egyptian Ministry of Defense: They Live in Honor and Die in Dignity-

The Egyptian Ministry of Defense released a video titled “The Egyptian Army,” which sings the praises of the country’s military and the spirit of sacrifice of its members. The video was published on the ministry’s website and social media accounts on March 24, 2016....