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Mar 17, 2011
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Bahraini Ayatollah Issa Qasem's Friday Sermon: We will Sacrifice Our Blood, Our Necks, and Our Heads for the Sake of Our Religion

#2866 | 02:12
Source: Al-Alam Network (Iran)

Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon in Bahrain, delivered by Shiite Ayatollah Issa Qasem, The sermon aired on Al-Alam TV on March 18, 2011.
 

Crowds: We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

Issa Qasem: We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

Crowds: We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

We will bow our heads to none but Allah.
 

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Issa Qasem: We will sacrifice our blood, our necks, and our heads for the sake of our religion and our glory.
 

Crowds: Humiliation is out of the question.
 

Humiliation is out of the question.
 

Humiliation is out of the question.
 

[...]
 

Issa Qasem: We will continue to demand our rights and political reform, whatever the circumstances may be. There are those who tried to exert great pressure on us, but the people continues to chant: Humiliation is out of the question.
 

Crowds: Humiliation is out of the question.
 

Humiliation is out of the question.
 

Humiliation is out of the question.
 

Issa Qasem: The Bahraini army, which is armed to the teeth, is capable, all by itself, of crushing the people, of massacring them, and of spilling rivers of innocent blood.
 

Oh men, oh Arabs, oh Muslims, this cannot be recorded in history, among the acts of courage, glory, victory, and of honor. Victory, in this case, means defeat.
 

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