Following are excerpts from an address by Hamas MP and cleric Yunis Al-Astal, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on April 11, 2008. Yunis Al-Astal: Allah has chosen you for Himself and for His religion, so that you will serve as the engine pulling this nation to the phase of succession, security, and consolidation of power, and even to conquests thorough da'wa and military conquests of the capitals of the entire world. Very soon, Allah willing, Rome will be conquered, just like Constantinople was, as ...
Following are excerpts from an address delivered by Palestinian MP Fathi Hammad, Director of Al-Aqsa TV, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on January 22, 2008. Fathi Hammad: The wounded men have sacrificed themselves in defense of the honor of the Arab and Islamic nation, and in defense of the holy places. They have sacrificed parts of their bodies in order to stop the advance of the Jews, who want to uproot you. As you know, the Israeli flag has a star between two blue lines. They want to establish ...
In recent articles in the Arab print and electronic press, Egyptian liberal authors wrote that it is up to the Arabs to take steps to advance peace with Israel. On January 7, 2008 in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat , prominent Egyptian intellectual Dr. Mamoun Fandy proposed that the Arabs use President Bush's visit to the Middle East to demonstrate that they are serious about resolving the conflict. On December 5, 2007 in the liberal Arab e-journal Elaph, Egyptian author and researcher Kamal ...
Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Ahmad Bahr, Speaker of Palestinian Legislative Council, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on August 21, 2007: Ahmad Bahr: Jerusalem, which was first conquered by Omar and then liberated by Saladin, was lost by the Muslims, who strayed from the path of Allah. This was the reason that the brothers of apes and pigs had the audacity to defile and occupy it, and then to burn its pulpit, in complete disregard of everyone. [...] The liberation of ...
Following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Yunis Al-Astal, a Palestinian MP Representing Hamas, which aired on Al-Rafidein TV on June 17, 2007: Yunis Al-Astal: The most exalted form of Jihad is fighting for the sake of Allah, which means sacrificing one's soul by fighting the enemies head-on, even if it leads to martyrdom. Martyrdom means life next to Allah. [...] When Jihad becomes an individual duty, it applies to women too, because women do not differ from men, when it comes to ...
Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon delivered at a Khartoum mosque by Sheik Muhammad Tannoun, which aired on Sudan TV on May 25, 2007: Sheik Muhammad Tannoun: In 1948, Palestine was lost – that blessed land, the land of the Muslims. Its inhabitants were dispersed and killed. By whom? By the most despicable creatures on the face of the earth – the offspring of apes and pigs. [...] So far, nobody has made an effort to study why Muslim lands in different places were lost. We always blame ...
Following are excerpts from a TV debate on the state of the youth in the Arab world, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on May 8, 2007. Ahmad Al-Shater, Chairman of the Arab Students Union: The youth I refer to is the fighting youth in Palestine, the youth that commits martyrdom every day in defense of the land of Iraq - the land of deep-rootedness, the cradle of literacy. It is the youth that defeated that empire, that great Zionist lie in South Lebanon. It is the Arab youth that is fighting in ...