In a March 23, 2010 op-ed titled "Obama's Norooz Persian New Year Message to the Movement or the Republic?" in the Persian online daily Rooz, Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad addresses U.S. President Barack Obama, asking him whether his Norooz message this year would be to the people of Iran, or to the regime. She explained to President Obama that there is nothing to send congratulations for, because "since the day of your unusual Norooz congratulatory message to the Islamic republic last year ...
Yesterday's visit to Damascus by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his joint press conference with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, his meetings with Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah and with leaders of the Palestinian factions, and his meetings planned for tomorrow in Tehran with senior Palestinian resistance officials all constitute clear and deliberate defiance vis-à-vis U.S. policy, and a declaration of the continuation of the policy of resistance against Israel and the ...
The following are selected postings from the MEMRI Urdu-Pashtu Media Blog from the week of February 15-22. In that time, the U.S. and coalition forces have been battling Taliban insurgents in Marja and throughout Afghanistan. The blog also follows other important regional developments. Please note that many items in this document are only fully available to members of the Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM), a fee-based service. For information on becoming a JTTM member, see http://www. ...
View the PDF Version As top U.S. universities are being scrutinized for their failure to address skyrocketing antisemitism on campuses, so are the ties between these universities and the chief financier of the designated terrorist organization Hamas – Qatar. 1 For years, Qatar has financed Hamas' military buildup and harbored its leaders, who live in Doha to this day. 2 Hamas' leaders are managing this war from Doha, and conveying their messages via Qatar's Al-Jazeera television channel, while ...
In a recent interview on the Saudi Iqra TV, aired in two parts on January 8 and 14, 2010, Sheikh Walid Othman Al-Rashoudi, head of Islamic Studies at the Riyadh Teachers' College, warned about Iranian influence in the Gulf States. He also said that "the American-Iranian alliance is one of the strongest alliances in the world" and that "the Iranian regime, which curses Israel, is the number one collaborator with Israel." To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memri. ...
Introduction Sayyed Ayad Jamal al-Din is unique among the post-invasion Iraqi politicians and clerics. Despite being a cleric, he advocates secular political culture, and although he spent 16 years in Iran to pursue theological studies, he rejects Khomeini's notion of wilayat al-faqih (the rule of the jurist) and is one of the harshest critics of Iran and of what he perceives as its interference in the Iraqi political system. Finally, while he is a Shi'ite as well as a Sayyed – meaning a ...
The Viva Palestina 3 humanitarian aid and solidarity convoy to Gaza, organized by British MP George Galloway, arrived at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza on January 5, 2010. 1 The convoy, 163 meters long and carrying 590 tons of humanitarian aid, departed from the U.K. on December 7, 2009, and made its way from Europe through Turkey, Syria, and Jordan. The organizers asked Egypt to permit the convoy to sail from the port of Aqaba in Jordan to the Sinai port of Nuweiba on the Red Sea, ...
Introduction Throughout December 2009, it was reported in the region's media that Egypt was constructing an underground steel barrier on its border with the Gaza Strip to stop smuggling via tunnels. 1 These reports led to an anti-Egypt campaign, led by Hamas, which harshly condemned the construction of the barrier and called for it to stop immediately. Hamas held protests that led to violent incidents between the Palestinians and Egyptians on the border, and increased the state of alert on the ...
