Iraqi Official Hamid Al-Husseini: The Goal of the Resistance is to Preserve the Current Regimes; The Factions in Palestine Are Under the Command of Qasem Soleimani
Hamid Al-Husseini, Secretary-General of the Union of the Iraqi Radio and TV Networks, said in a TV interview that "the goal of the resistance is to preserve the current governments and regimes," so long as those regimes have "popular legitimacy." He further said that "it's no secret that the factions in Palestine are now under the command of the leader of the resistance, Qasem Soleimani." Al-Hussein said that they are "awaiting the zero hour" for the liberation of Palestine and that "the Israelis will be looking for a way to flee Palestine." "Israel will cease to exist in less than 25 years," he said in the interview, which aired on Afaq TV on December 18.
As there are no salient ideological differences between Russia and the U.S., Russian FM Lavrov believes that the anti-Russian hysteria in the U.S. stems to a large extent from frustration by Democrats over losing the White House and by Republicans over losing their party to Donald Trump.
Sheikh Mustafa Umar in Orange County California: People Convert to Islam Despite the Double Standards that Blame Islam and the Muslims Whenever There Is a Terrorist Incident - Archival
In 2016, Sheikh Mustafa Umar, Director of Education and Outreach at the Islamic Institute of Orange County, California, talked about the hypocrisy prevalent in attitudes toward Muslims and Islam in the West, saying that Catholics and Catholicism, Jews and Judaism, and Buddhists and Buddhism are... not held to the same standards. Sheikh Umar said that some people accept Islam right after a terrorist attack, despite the "anti-Islamic propaganda," mentioning a friend of his who converted to Islam on September 11, 2001. This sermon was posted on the Islamic Institute of Orange County YouTube channel on March 25, 2016. On January 20, 2018, Sheikh Umar published an opinion piece in The New York Times, titled "Islam Teaches Us That Life Is a Test. So Is This President."
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Following VP Pence's visit to Jordan, former Jordanian minister Saleh Al-Qallab slammed Trump's Jerusalem announcements, said Israel will eventually disappear like previous occupiers of Palestine ow.ly/17u630hZUTG
Russia's arms sales and its no-questions-asked policy towards African leaders have fueled its comeback in Africa. Russia also shields problematic regimes in the UNSC
Senior Palestinian Cleric in Lebanon, Bassam Al-Kayed: European Jews Committed the Worst Sins; TV Host: MLK Said Jews Were Shedders of Blood, Slayers of Prophets
Sheikh Bassam Al-Kayed, head of the Palestinian Islamic Scholars Association in Lebanon, said in a recent interview that “the Jews in Europe committed the worst sins.” “Everybody hated them,” he added. “They were the epitome of evil.” According to Sheikh Al-Kayed, the Europeans created a country for the Jews in order... to get rid of them and to create “a wedge in the middle of the nation.” These remarks came in response to a question about Christian support for the Jews despite their alleged hatred of them. The host, Saad Iskandarani, cited several antisemitic quotes from Martin Luther’s treatise On the Jews and Their Lies, which he erroneously attributed to Martin Luther King. The interview aired on the Lebanese Al-Quds TV on November 3, 2017.
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Moroccan Author Abdelilah Belkziz: The Jihadi Groups Were Born from the Womb of Our Society, the West Only Uses Them
Moroccan author and researcher Abdelilah Belkziz said that contrary to the "common narrative" that the Jihadi movements were created by America and the West, these Jihadi groups are a "local product," created by our educational system and political culture, "which is based on exclusion and on the suppression of liberties." Belkziz, who serves as secretary-general of the Moroccan-Arab Forum, called for an "reexamination of our political, social, cultural, economic, existential, and educational circumstances." He was speaking on Sky News Arabia on December 29, 2017.
Egyptian Columnist Salah Diab, aka Newton: we need visionary leaders, like Sadat, who will leverage Trump's announcement as an opening shot for peace with Israel and among all Middle East countries ow.ly/NLV830hYtgy
Hamas Leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar Recounts Numerous Cases of Jewish Expulsion from Europe to Demonstrate Trump’s "Hypocrisy"
Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar said in a recent address at the Gaza seat of the Palestinian parliament that "Trump's forefathers" expelled the Jews from numerous countries in Europe in medieval times because they corrupted everything through usury and extortion. Al-Zahhar said that Trump "wants to win the votes of the Jews and his political position is motivated primarily by his corruption in the recent elections." His address, delivered on January 3, was broadcast by Al-Aqsa TV.
Iraqi Politician Sheikh Jalal Al-Din Al-Saghir: Khamenei Is Our Source of Authority, We Are Committed to the Iraqi Constitution because He Authorized ItIraqi Politician Sheikh Jalal Al-Din Al-Saghir: We Are Committed to the Iraqi Constitution because Khamenei Authorized It
Sheikh Jalal Al-Din Al-Saghir, a member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, said that "the [Islamic] Supreme Council believes in the authority of Sayyid Khamenei, and believes him to be the supreme religious source of authority of the Shi'a." The council's commitment to the Iraqi constitution is "not because the constitution has priority in matters of jurisprudence, but because the Jurisprudent [Khamenei] authorized us to work with this constitution," he said. Sheikh Al-Saghir was speaking on the Iraqi Al-Nujaba TV on January 6.
Profile Of German Jihadi Denis Cuspert, A Key ISIS Media Operative, Recently Killed In Syria ow.ly/o5Bu30hXjkl
MEMRI Scholar Tufail Ahmad Drafts 'The Muslim Family Reforms Bill, 2018' To Address Religious And Legal Issues Affecting Muslim Families In India ow.ly/QR7k30hXgaL
Palestinian journalist analyzes why only a small number of Palestinians are demonstrating against trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ow.ly/IZ1630hXeLd
Russia condemns Buzzfeed report on financial transactions by Russian diplomats as violation of Vienna Convention. Experts are gloomy about Russia after the elections. Russia blames the U.S. for Turkish incursion in Syria. Kremlin continues to view Navalny as a threat although he has been kept off the ballot.
Palestinian Activists in Bethlehem Burn Posters of VP Pence to Protest His Visit
A group of Palestinian activists in Bethlehem staged a demonstration to protest the visit of U.S. Vice President Michael Pence. The activists chanted slogans such as "Palestine is free" and "America is the head of the serpent." Children stepped on Pence posters, which were later set on fire. One activist said that "the United States will be burned by the fire it ignited." Footage of the sermon was posted online by the Lebanese U-News agency on January 22.
Egyptian Historian Bassam El Shammaa: The Jews Killed and Tortured Germans in a "Counter Holocaust"
In a TV interview, Egyptian historian and Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa downplayed the Holocaust, saying that the figure of six million Jews killed was "disputed among historians" and that "at the time, there weren't six million Jews in the world." "How come nobody talks about the 'counter Holocaust'? he asked, claiming that after Hitler's defeat, "the Jews in Europe captured the Germans, put them in camps, and started to kill them." The interview aired on the Egyptian Mehwar TV channel on December 17, 2017.
A Lebanese film was banned from the Ramallah film festival after the Palestinian BDS movement accused its director, Ziad Doueiri, of normalization with Israel ow.ly/uaEJ30hW08W
