Lebanese Writer: Hizbullah Is No Longer A Resistance Organization, But An Occupier...
Lebanese Writer: Hizbullah Is No Longer A Resistance Organization, But An Occupier And Target For Resistance
Tension between the Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, and Hizbullah is currently very high, as reflected in measures taken recently by the Gulf states against this organization in response to its military involvement in Arab countries such as Syria, Iraq and Yemen, including its designation as a terror...
Kuwaiti Writer: Arab, Muslim States Should Recognize Israel, Openly And Immediately
In an April 9, 2016 article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa, Kuwaiti media personality Yousuf 'Abd Al-Karim Al-Zinkawi called on all Arab and Muslim states to recognize Israel, openly and without delay, and stop calling it "the Zionist Entity" or "the Israeli occupation." He argued that, by sitting alongside Israel in UN...
The Islamic State: Although It Leads Global Unbelief, The U.S. Is An Enemy Like All...
The Islamic State: Although It Leads Global Unbelief, The U.S. Is An Enemy Like All Other Enemies
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.Recently the Islamic State (hereafter ISIS) published an article in its official newsletter Al-Naba[1] assailing the concept that the Muslims must prioritize...
Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Weekend Summary
The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an...
Former 'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Editor 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed On 'Iran's Cyber Crimes'
Following the March 24, 2016 indictment of seven Iranian hackers for attacks on U.S. financial institutions and on the Bowmen Avenue Dam near Rye Brook, New York, 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, former editor of the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, published an article on Arabnews.com. In the article, "Iran's Cyber...
At Release Of His Book, MEMRI Scholar Outlines A Case For Islamic Reformation, Says:...
At Release Of His Book, MEMRI Scholar Outlines A Case For Islamic Reformation, Says: 'By Funding Madrassas, The Indian State Is Funding Islam And Its Orthodoxies'
Given below is the text of the speech delivered by Tufail Ahmad, Director of the MEMRI South Asia Studies Project, on the occasion of the release of his book in New Delhi. The book, "Jihadist Threat to India – The Case for Islamic Reformation by...
Jordanian MP Whose Son Carried Out An ISIS Suicide Bombing Joins Fight Against...
Jordanian MP Whose Son Carried Out An ISIS Suicide Bombing Joins Fight Against Extremism
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.Muhammad Al-Dala'een, a 23-year-old medical student and the son of Jordanian MP Mazen Al-Dala'een, joined ISIS in July 2015[1] and carried out a suicide operation three months...
THE MEMRI SPRING 2016 CAMPAIGN – SUPPORT US TODAY
MEMRI is continuing to meet the challenge to homeland security, assisting Western authorities 24/7, particularly in light of the terror attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, Istanbul, and Brussels. So far this year, MEMRI has focused on two main directions: first, expanding our efforts in 2014 and 2015 in the war against the Islamic State (ISIS), with the Jihad...
PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas's Unprecedented Remarks Against Knifings Spark...
PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas's Unprecedented Remarks Against Knifings Spark Controversy Among Palestinians
On March 31, 2016, Palestinian President Mahmoud 'Abbas was interviewed by senior Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan on her show "Uvda" on Channel 2 of Israeli television. In the interview 'Abbas made relatively moderate statements and, most significantly, voiced opposition, for the first time, to the...
Marwan Barghouti: End Security Coordination With The Occupation, Strive For...
Marwan Barghouti: End Security Coordination With The Occupation, Strive For Comprehensive Intifada
In recent months, Fatah leader Marwan Al-Barghouti, who is serving five life-sentences in Israel for orchestrating terrorist attacks during the second intifada, was mentioned again as a potential candidate to succeed Mahmoud 'Abbas as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA). This occurs against the backdrop of...
Director General Of Russian Government-Funded Think Tank, Andrey Kortunov, Analyzes...
Director General Of Russian Government-Funded Think Tank, Andrey Kortunov, Analyzes Russia's Middle East Strategy After Withdrawal From Syria
On March 29, 2016, the Russian government-funded think tank Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) published an interview with its Director General Andrey Kortunov. In the interview, Kortunov asserts that Russia opposes moves to partition Syria. He suggests that a...
Russian Officials: Russia Is Ready To Militarily Answer NATO's Growing Potential In...
Russian Officials: Russia Is Ready To Militarily Answer NATO's Growing Potential In Europe
In recent days, tensions have risen between the U.S. and Russia over the U.S. decision to increase the budgets and activities of NATO forces in Eastern Europe. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has stated that Russia is ready to respond to NATO's growing potential in Europe. On March 25, 2016, he denounced the...
Power Struggle Between Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Ideological Camp And...
Power Struggle Between Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Ideological Camp And Rafsanjani's Pragmatic Camp Intensifies – Part III: Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Speaks Out Against Pragmatic Camp Leaders Rafsanjani, Rohani
In two speeches in as many weeks – one on March 30, 2016 marking a Shi'ite religious holiday and the other on March 20, marking Norooz, the Persian New Year – Iranian Supreme Leader...
Kuwaiti Writer To Muslims: Stop Cursing Jews And Christians In The Friday Sermons
In the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas, liberal Kuwaiti journalist Ahmad Al-Sarraf criticized imams who, in their Friday sermons in the mosques, curse their enemies, including the Jews and Christians. Al-Sarraf wondered why Muslims should yearn for Allah to help the mujahideen behead the Jews and Christians, when the Jews and Christians are...
Russian Liberal News Site: The Kremlin Sees Russian-Speaking Jews As 'A Political...
Russian Liberal News Site: The Kremlin Sees Russian-Speaking Jews As 'A Political Asset'
On February 24, 2016, the well-known Russian liberal website Gazeta.ru published an article about the Kremlin’s position toward the Russian Jewish community. It should be mentioned that, although one of Vladimir Lenin's first decisions as the new head of Soviet Russia was to grant Jews freedom of worship, in recognition...
Debate In Egypt: Is Lionel Messi's Donation Of His Shoes A Blessing – Or A...
Debate In Egypt: Is Lionel Messi's Donation Of His Shoes A Blessing – Or A Humiliation?
On March 26, 2016, international soccer superstar Lionel Messi, who is very popular in Egypt, was a guest on the Egyptian MBC Masr TV channel show Yes I Am Famous; it was his first appearance on Egyptian television and generated a great deal of interest in the country. Near the end of the program, the interviewer announced...
Book Review: India's First 'Jihadi Movement,' Led By Syed Ahmed Barelvi
Introduction This is a book review of Tehreek-e-Jihad Aur British Government – Ek Tahqeeqi Mutaleya ("The Movement of Jihad and the British Government – An Investigative Study"), written in Urdu by Khushtar Noorani and published by the Idara Fikr-e-Islami, Delhi. The 256-page book was published in 2014 and was priced at 250 rupees for...
Russia Boycotts U.S.-Hosted Nuclear Security Summit
Russia is boycotting the Fourth Nuclear Security Summit, March 31-April 1, 2016 in Washington D.C. The summit is discussing steps to minimize the use of highly enriched uranium, secure vulnerable materials, counter nuclear smuggling, and deter, detect, and disrupt nuclear terror attacks.[1] While Russia participated in the three previous summits – in 2010...
Russian State-Owned Media Outlet Reveals Which Russian Military Hardware Will Remain...
Russian State-Owned Media Outlet Reveals Which Russian Military Hardware Will Remain In Syria After Withdrawal
On March 20, 2016, the Russian state-owned media outlet Sputnik published an article entitled "Not Coming Home: What Russian Hardware Stays in Syria After Pullout and Why." The article lists the military hardware slated to remain in the Hmeymim Air Base in Syria, after the withdrawal started on March...
Prominent Egyptian Journalist-Politician Osama Al-Ghazali Harb Accuses Interior...
Prominent Egyptian Journalist-Politician Osama Al-Ghazali Harb Accuses Interior Ministry Of Covering Up Its Murder of Italian National Giulio Regeni
The murder of Italian national Giulio Regeni, a doctoral student at Cambridge University who was conducting field work in Egypt, has mushroomed into a major crisis between Egypt and the European Union. Regeni disappeared under mysterious circumstances on January 25,...
President Assad: Negotiating With Present Opposition Delegation Is Pointless; The...
President Assad: Negotiating With Present Opposition Delegation Is Pointless; The Way To End The Crisis Is Through Military Victory
On March 25, 2016, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, which is close to the Syrian regime and to Hizbullah, posted statements made by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the Arab and Islamic Assembly for Supporting the Resistance Option, held in Damascus on March 19-20. According to the...
Self-Criticism In The Arab World Following Brussels Attacks: Muslim Justification Of...
Self-Criticism In The Arab World Following Brussels Attacks: Muslim Justification Of The Attacks Is Unacceptable; We Must Recognize That Most Terrorism Is Carried Out By Muslims
Following the March 22, 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks that killed 35 and wounded over 300 others the Arab press featured numerous articles accusing the West and various opponents in the region of supporting terrorism.[1] ...
Pakistan's Execution Of Malik Mumtaz Qadri – The Ideology Of Blasphemy In Islam
IntroductionOn February 29, the Pakistani government executed Malik Mumtaz Qadri, an elite commando who assassinated Salman Taseer, the liberal governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, for advocating reforms in Pakistan's blasphemy laws. As soon as the report of Mumtaz Qadri's execution emerged, protests were organized by Islamic...
President Of Russian Government-Funded Think Tank Calls For A 'Reset' Of...
President Of Russian Government-Funded Think Tank Calls For A 'Reset' Of Russia–U.S. Relations
The Russian government-funded think tank Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) recently published on its website an article by Igor Ivanov, the think tank's president of and former minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004). In the article, titled "Russia-U.S. relations: The Limits...
Spain In The Crosshairs Of Islamism
Spain, or at least the Spain of Islamic conquest and primacy, Al-Andalus, looms large in the Islamist psyche, particularly so in the context of Islamist supremacists like Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. The Spanish speaking world today – Spain, Latin America and beyond – which has in many ways moved on from what seems a distant...
Palestinian Columnist: Israel, Not ISIS, Perpetrated Brussels And Paris Attacks As...
Palestinian Columnist: Israel, Not ISIS, Perpetrated Brussels And Paris Attacks As Revenge For Europe's Hostility Towards It
Muwaffaq Matar, a columnist for the Palestinian Authority (PA) daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, wrote that ISIS by itself lacks the power and ability to carry out massive attacks like those that occurred recently in Paris and Brussels, and that they were actually orchestrated by Israel, using ISIS...
'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Columnist: The Arab Spring Exposed The Failure Of All Shades Of...
'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat' Columnist: The Arab Spring Exposed The Failure Of All Shades Of Arab Opposition
In his column in the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, 'Uthman Al-Mirghani argued that the Arab Spring had exposed not only the failure of the Arab regimes, but also the various Arab oppositions' failure to constitute an alternative to the tyrannical regimes that had been brought down. He stated that...
Arab Press Reactions To The Brussels Attacks: Blaming The West, Enemies In The...
Arab Press Reactions To The Brussels Attacks: Blaming The West, Enemies In The Region For The Spread Of Global Terrorism
The March 22, 2016 terror attacks in Brussels triggered a wave of condemnation from all Arab and Islamic countries, which stressed their opposition to terrorism. However, the condemnations and articles in the Arab press also highlighted the attempts, on the part of every country and every...
Understanding Russian Political Ideology And Vision: A Call For Eurasia, From Lisbon...
Understanding Russian Political Ideology And Vision: A Call For Eurasia, From Lisbon To Vladivostok
Introduction In a landmark treatise titled "Russia's Foreign Policy: Historical Background," published March 3, 2016 in the Russian foreign affairs journal Russia in Global Affairs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov challenged the Western perspective on Russia with an analysis of Russian history....
Gulf Press Divided On Iranian Election Outcome: 'It Is Meaningless'; 'It Is A...
Gulf Press Divided On Iranian Election Outcome: 'It Is Meaningless'; 'It Is A Hopeful Sign'
Following the Iranian Majlis elections, whose outcome indicates gains for Iran's pragmatic camp, which advocates greater openness towards the West and the Sunni world, the Gulf press published differing analyses and assessments, ranging from skepticism that democratization can really occur in Iran to hope that the rise of...
Former IRGC General Close To Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'Bahrain Is A Province Of Iran...
Former IRGC General Close To Supreme Leader Khamenei: 'Bahrain Is A Province Of Iran That Should Be Annexed To [It]'
On March 17, 2016, the Iranian news agency Gam News reported that former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Gen. Saeed Qassemi, who is a member of the Ammar Headquarters think tank that advises Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said that Iran should annex Bahrain. He made the statements at...
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Attacks, Promises 'Dark Days' For...
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Brussels Attacks, Promises 'Dark Days' For 'Alliance Of Crusaders'
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ISIS: Jihad In Palestine Does Not Take Precedence Over Jihad Elsewhere
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. An article in the 22nd issue of the official Islamic State (ISIS) mouthpiece Al-Naba, titled "Beit Al-Maqdis[1] – First and Foremost an Issue of Shari'a Law,"[2] sets out the...
Iranian Majlis Member Fighting With IRGC In Syria
On March 17, 2016, an Iranian Facebook page devoted to news from the Syrian and Iraqi battlefronts[1] reported that Iranian Majlis member and cleric Ali Mohammad Bozorgvari is fighting in the ranks of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Syria and posted photos of him alongside IRGC officers and soldiers. The report stated: "The photos were taken...
Reports In Arab, Lebanese Media: Hizbullah Has Pulled Some Of Its Troops From Syria
Recently there has been a series of reports in the Lebanese and Arab press that Hizbullah has begun withdrawing its troops from Syria, reports which the organization has repeatedly denied. The reports come against the backdrop of several important developments that have occurred in the region in the last few weeks: the...
India's Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind To Supreme Court: 'Muslim Personal Law Flows From The...
India's Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind To Supreme Court: 'Muslim Personal Law Flows From The Holy Koran And Cannot Be Subjected To Any Scrutiny By The Supreme Court'
On February 5, 2016, the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH, or the Organization of Indian Islamic Scholars) attorney Ejaz Maqbool told the Supreme Court of India that since Muslim personal laws in India originate from the Koran, it cannot be questioned by the SC. The...
The ISIS-Related Attacks In Bangladesh – Organized Locally, Inspired By ISIS
Four ISIS jihadis were arrested by Bangladeshi officials in December2015 On February 12, 2016, Bangladesh's State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Md. Shahriar Alam, dismissed media reports that the Islamic State (ISIS) is gaining ground in Bangladesh, saying: "On the ground, in the investigations that we have carried out, we have as...
From The MEMRI Archives: Liberal Syrian Intellectual Georges Tarabishi: Without...
From The MEMRI Archives: Liberal Syrian Intellectual Georges Tarabishi: Without Secularism, There Can Be No Democracy
On March 16, 2016, the prominent liberal Syrian intellectual Georges Tarabishi passed away, at age 77. Tarabishi, who was born in Aleppo, was director of Radio Damascus (1963-4), editor of the Journal of Arab Studies (1972-84), and editor of the Al-Wahda journal (1984-9). In the late 1990s he...
Apple's Other Jihadi Encryption Problem
Introduction The current fight between the U.S. government and Apple, in which the FBI is seeking Apple's assistance in unlocking the phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook,[1] is just the most recent example highlighting jihadis' use of Apple devices and products. Among jihadi groups affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, and other...
Fatah Commemorates Female Terrorist Dalal Al-Mughrabi At Palestine Red Crescent...
Fatah Commemorates Female Terrorist Dalal Al-Mughrabi At Palestine Red Crescent Center In Ramallah
On March 12, 2016, the Fatah movement held a ceremony marking the 38th anniversary of the death of female terrorist Dalal Al-Mughrabi in Fatah's March 11, 1978 Coastal Road terror attack, in which 35 Israeli civilians, among them 13 children, were killed and 71 were wounded. She had been deputy commander of...
Columnist In PA Daily Praises Attacks In Israeli Cities, Slams U.S. For Condemning...
Columnist In PA Daily Praises Attacks In Israeli Cities, Slams U.S. For Condemning Them
On March 8, 2016, during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel, an American tourist was killed and 14 Israelis and tourists were wounded in three terrorist attacks that took place in Jaffa, Jerusalem and Petah Tikva. Rajab Abu Suraya, a columnist for the PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, praised the attacks in his March...
Congressional Legislation On Designated Terrorist Organization Hizbullah Aimed At...
Congressional Legislation On Designated Terrorist Organization Hizbullah Aimed At Removing Online Presence Of Its TV Network Al-Manar, Which Is Active On U.S. Social Media; Deadline Was Yesterday
"Due to the security situation, I should stay away from anything related to mobile phones or the internet. Thus, I don't have a direct relationship with Facebook. However, I am always up to date on all sorts of...
Iran Launches Long-Range Missiles Emblazoned With Slogan: 'Israel Should Be Wiped...
Iran Launches Long-Range Missiles Emblazoned With Slogan: 'Israel Should Be Wiped Off The Face Of The Earth'
On March 8-9, 2016, as part of their annual missile drill, which this year is named "Power of the Rule [of the Jurisprudent]" (Eqtedar-e Velayat), Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces launched long-range ballistic missiles, including Qadr-F and Qadr-H missiles, with ranges of 2,000 and 1,400...
Cartoons In Gulf Press Criticize Russia's Military Intervention In Syria
On March 14, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the following day Russia would begin withdrawing most its forces from Syria, stating that they had accomplished most of their objectives there. He added that some Russian forces would remain at the Hmeymim airbase in Latakia Rif and in the port of Tartus. Russia's military...
Russian President Putin: Russia Will Withdraw Most Of Its Military From Syria –...
Russian President Putin: Russia Will Withdraw Most Of Its Military From Syria – But Russian Activity At Tartus Naval Base And Hmeymim Airbase Will Continue As Before
Introduction On March 14, 2016, Russia announced that the next day, March 15, it would begin its withdrawal from Syria. In a MEMRI report published yesterday, Russian political analyst Sergey Karaganov, who is close to the Kremlin, stated that...
Incitement To Terrorism By Palestinian Civil Society Organizations That Receive...
Incitement To Terrorism By Palestinian Civil Society Organizations That Receive Foreign Funding
Introduction Some Palestinian civil society organizations operating in the West Bank that receive funding from Western countries, institutions, and foundations are openly expressing support for terrorism. They express this support with ceremonies exalting terrorists, with public displays of support for attacks and...
Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal To Obama: 'We Are Not Free Riders'
On March 14, 2016 the English-language Saudi daily Arab News published an article by Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief and former ambassador to the U.S., titled "Mr. Obama, We Are Not 'Free Riders.'" The article responds to statements made by U.S. President Barack Obama in a series of interviews with The Atlantic...
Russian Political Analyst Sergey Karaganov: The Escalation Of The Conflict Between...
Russian Political Analyst Sergey Karaganov: The Escalation Of The Conflict Between Russia And The West Has Brought The Nuclear Issue To The Fore
On February 13, 2016, the Russian foreign affairs journal Russia in Global Affairs published an article by Russian political analyst Sergey Karaganov, entitled "A Time of Trouble and A Time of Opportunity." In the article, Karaganov argues that Russia and the West are in...
Saudi Journalist: Iran – Not Israel – Is The Gulf States' No. 1 Enemy
On March 8, 2016, Saudi journalist Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh wrote in his column in the Saudi daily Al-Jazirah that today, Iran is the No. 1 enemy of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries, supplanting the historical enemy Israel. Any citizen of the Gulf who disagrees with this assessment, he added, is a traitor. Arguing that Iran is...
Russian State-Owned Media Outlet: 'Why American GDP Won't Matter In A War With...
Russian State-Owned Media Outlet: 'Why American GDP Won't Matter In A War With Russia'
On March 1, 2016, the Russian state-owned media outlet Sputnik published an article by Russian political scientist Ivan Zadorozhny titled "Why American GDP Won't Matter in a War with Russia." The article states that a U.S.-Russia war might happen in the foreseeable future, and that if it does, the U.S.'s apparent economic...
On International Women's Day, Palestinian 'Al-Quds' Daily Lionizes Terrorists As...
On International Women's Day, Palestinian 'Al-Quds' Daily Lionizes Terrorists As Paragons Of Palestinian Womanhood
On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Jerusalem-based Palestinian daily Al-Quds posted an article titled "Pioneers in Fighting, Struggle and Social Activism: Palestinian Women Took Part In Making History." The article features short biographies of 16 Palestinian women, several of...
Announcing The New MEMRI Spanish Website
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is pleased to announce the launch of its MEMRI Spanish website, at www2.memri.org/espanol/. Although MEMRI has been translating some of its key research into Spanish for years (see MEMRI Spanish on Facebook and Twitter), there remains a dearth of information in the Spanish-speaking world about events and conflicts in...
MPs In Gulf Countries Urge Recognition Of Ahwaz Province In Iran As Occupied Arab...
MPs In Gulf Countries Urge Recognition Of Ahwaz Province In Iran As Occupied Arab Country
In recent months, some Bahraini and Kuwaiti MPs have called on their governments and the international community to recognize the Iranian province of Ahwaz as an "occupied Arab country," and to provide aid to the Ahwaz Arab minority in its struggle for independence. Some even said that the Gulf countries were remiss in...
Mikhail Gorbachev: Russia Must Return To A Path Of Real Democracy
On February 29, 2016, Russian statesman Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, published in the Russian independent biweekly newspaper Novaya Gazeta[1] an article titled "I'm Certain: All Is Not Lost." In it, he stressed that Russia needs "a real democracy" in order to emerge from the "authoritarian trend" in Russia's internal...
Palestinian Authority President 'Abbas Sends Letter Of Condolence To Family Of...
Palestinian Authority President 'Abbas Sends Letter Of Condolence To Family Of Car-Ramming Terrorist
Following the March 4, 2016 killing of Amani Hosni Jawad Al-Sabatin after she carried out a car-ramming attack against a group of Israeli soldiers at Gush Etzion junction, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud 'Abbas sent a letter of condolence to her family in the town of Husan. In it, he praised Al-Sabatin...
Article In Iraqi Newspaper: Iraq Needs A Hitler To Stop The Jews Who Are Planning A...
Article In Iraqi Newspaper: Iraq Needs A Hitler To Stop The Jews Who Are Planning A Takeover Of Iraq
On March 6, 2016, the Iraqi daily Al-Zaman published an article titled "Iraq Needs Hitler" by Karim Al-Taee that quoted some of Hitler's statements about the Jews from Mein Kampf stating that they were correct also about the Jews today in Iraq. The article added that the Jews living in northern Iraq today...
Lebanon's Failure To Support Saudi Arabia In Struggle With Iran Sparks Crisis...
Lebanon's Failure To Support Saudi Arabia In Struggle With Iran Sparks Crisis Between Lebanon And Saudi-Led Gulf
IntroductionIn recent weeks, a deep crisis has developed in Lebanese-Saudi relations, to the extent that Saudi Arabia took punitive measures against Lebanon: halting a $4 billion aid package to the Lebanese security forces;[1] issuing a travel warning for this country, and taking a decision to...
Following MEMRI's Exclusive Publication Of ISIS Fighter's Letter To Al-Baghdadi,...
Following MEMRI's Exclusive Publication Of ISIS Fighter's Letter To Al-Baghdadi, ISIS Activists Protest Breach Of Security
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.MEMRI's exclusive publication of the letter by Gazan ISIS fighter Abu 'Abdallah Al-Muhajir, in which he complained to ISIS leader Abu Bakr...
Putin To The Federal Security Service: Russia's Enemies Abroad Plan To Intervene In...
Putin To The Federal Security Service: Russia's Enemies Abroad Plan To Intervene In Next Fall's Duma Election
On February 26, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a board meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB),[1] one of the successors of the Soviet-era KGB. The purpose of the meeting was to review the outcomes of the service’s work in 2015 and set its priorities for 2016. Putin – who,...
The Kamlesh Tiwari Blasphemy Case – Mass Protests, Rioting By Islamists In India's...
The Kamlesh Tiwari Blasphemy Case – Mass Protests, Rioting By Islamists In India's West Bengal State
In Bijnor town, Indian cleric offers 5.1 million rupees for anyone who beheads Kamlesh Tiwari On December 3, 2015 police in the northern Indian city of Lucknow arrested Kamlesh Tiwari, a man associated with the Hindu Mahasabha, a Hindu interest organization. Ajay Kumar, a senior police officer of...
Russian Analysts: Through Its Intervention In Syria, Russia Seeks To Reshape Its...
Russian Analysts: Through Its Intervention In Syria, Russia Seeks To Reshape Its Global Standing
Days before the Valdai Discussion Club's February 25-26, 2016 conference in Moscow,[1] titled "The Middle East: From Violence to Security," the Saudi London-based daily Al-Hayat published a report on leading Russian political analysts' views about Russia's Middle East policy. ...
Egyptian MP Ousted From Parliament In Normalization Controversy After Meeting With...
Egyptian MP Ousted From Parliament In Normalization Controversy After Meeting With Israeli Ambassador
In recent days, Egyptian politics have been roiled by a meeting between Egyptian MP and media figure Tawfiq Okasha and Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Haim Koren, as well as by reports of sports relations between the two countries. The controversy centers on the question of whether and to what degree Egypt ought to...
CaliphateCare: ISIS Medical Services Propaganda
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.Introduction The Islamic State (ISIS) invests considerable efforts in demonstrating that it provides proper services to the people living under its rule. Media material is released on a daily basis to show...
Jordanian Writer: The Arabs Lag Behind In All Areas – As The World Moves Forward
On January 6, 2016, Jordanian journalist, writer, and political analyst Jihad Al-Mansi wrote in the Jordanian daily Al-Ghad, under the title "Careful, The Car Is In Reverse!", about what he termed Arab society's position at the bottom of global rankings in science, culture, human and women's rights, and the war on corruption. He...
Interview With Russian Political Analyst Sergey Karaganov: The Four Reasons Why...
Interview With Russian Political Analyst Sergey Karaganov: The Four Reasons Why Russia Intervened In Syria
On February 15, 2016, the Russian weekly magazine The New Times published an interview with political analyst Sergey Karaganov, dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at Moscow's National Research University Higher School of Economics, about Russia's foreign policy and the current...
Exclusive: Letter By ISIS Fighter To Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Reveals ISIS-Sinai's Ties...
Exclusive: Letter By ISIS Fighter To Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Reveals ISIS-Sinai's Ties To Hamas
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. On February 24, 2016, a letter from an Islamic State (ISIS) fighter to ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was posted on social media. In it, the fighter...
In India, Barelvi Cleric Issues Fatwa Prohibiting Muslims From Wearing Ties: Muslims...
In India, Barelvi Cleric Issues Fatwa Prohibiting Muslims From Wearing Ties: Muslims Must Not 'Adopt The Symbols Of Non-Muslims'
The Barelvi school of Sunni Islam is known for approving syncretic practices such as singing, dancing, and music at Sufi shrines across South Asia. The term Barelvi refers to the town of Bareilly in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which is the international headquarters of the...
Kerry's Visit To Moscow: Much 'Humor' About Nothing
On March 23-24, 2016, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Moscow and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to reports, the meetings, which focused mainly on Syria and the Ukrainian crisis, were "relaxed," "friendly," and characterized by a "touch of humor."[1] During the meeting at the Kremlin, President...
From The MEMRI Archives: 'Jabal Tariq: A Continuation Of Deep-Rooted Islamic History...
From The MEMRI Archives: 'Jabal Tariq: A Continuation Of Deep-Rooted Islamic History And The Base Of Contact Between The Arabic Maghreb And Andalusia'
On August 8, 1997, the Saudi royal family inaugurated, in Gibraltar, Spain, a mosque that was constructed at the foot of the Gibraltar cliff. According to the King Khaled Military College magazine Al-Askariyya, the mosque was named after "the custodian of the two holy...
Indian Islamic Cleric: ISIS 'Was Brought Into Being By Jews, Christians, Western...
Indian Islamic Cleric: ISIS 'Was Brought Into Being By Jews, Christians, Western Powers, And Islam's Enemies'
In recent articles, Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, an internationally renowned Islamic cleric from India, has argued that the Islamic State (ISIS) was created by Jews, Christians, Western powers, and Islam's enemies. A lengthy piece titled "ISIS: You Are such [A Friend] Who Even Leaves Behind The...
Pakistani Urdu Daily: ISIS 'Is The Creation Of America And Europe'; It 'Threatens...
Pakistani Urdu Daily: ISIS 'Is The Creation Of America And Europe'; It 'Threatens The Muslims More Than The Infidels'; 'Such Organizations Have No Association With Islam'
A screen shot of the Roznama Ummat editorial Following the November 13, 2015 coordinated terror attacks in Paris, the leading Pakistani Urdu daily Roznama Ummat published, on November 20, an editorial titled "Daesh [the Islamic State, i.e....
Russian Sociologist Denis Sokolov: Chechen President Kadyrov Has Placed Himself In...
Russian Sociologist Denis Sokolov: Chechen President Kadyrov Has Placed Himself In The Best Position For A Possible War Of 'All Against All' In Russia
In an article published in the Russian daily Vedomosti on February 16, 2016, Russian sociologist Denis Sokolov, a senior researcher at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, analyses recent developments in Russia, focusing...
Egyptian Writer: There's No Point In Comparing Current Arab Wars With Wars That...
Egyptian Writer: There's No Point In Comparing Current Arab Wars With Wars That Brought About Renaissance In Europe
In an article in the London daily Al-Hayat, Egyptian intellectual Walid Mahmoud 'Abd Al-Nasser sought to disprove a common theory in the Arab world, according to which only a war like Europe's Hundred Years' War, that brought the continent out of the Middle Ages and into the scientific and...
Russian Oppositionist Leonid Gozman To Putin: 'Mr. President, You Must Resign!'
On February 15, 2016, Russian oppositionist politician Leonid Gozman, president of the neoliberal movement Union of Right Forces, published an open letter[1] calling upon Russian President Vladimir Putin to resign, saying that this is the only way to save Russia. In his letter, Gozman blames Putin for the deterioration of...
Following Imprisonment Of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert For Corruption,...
Following Imprisonment Of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert For Corruption, Arab Writers Praise Israel's Democracy And Rule Of Law
On February 15, 2016, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert began serving a 19-month prison sentence, following his conviction in a bribery scandal that took place when he was mayor of Jerusalem. In light of his imprisonment, the Arab press featured articles praising...
Prominent Saudi Journalist Al-Rashed: Europe Must Educate The Syrian Refugees To...
Prominent Saudi Journalist Al-Rashed: Europe Must Educate The Syrian Refugees To Prevent Them From Being Radicalized By Resident Extremist Muslims
In a January 17 article titled "Educating Europe’s Refugees as Important as Feeding Them," prominent Saudi journalist 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, the former editor of the London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat and former director of Al-Arabiya TV, addresses the...
Saudi Writer Asks How Muslims Would Act If Christian Terrorists Blew Themselves Up...
Saudi Writer Asks How Muslims Would Act If Christian Terrorists Blew Themselves Up In Their Midst
Liberal Saudi journalist Nadine Al-Budair, who lives in Qatar, penned an article in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai in which she wondered how Muslims would have acted if Christians had blown themselves up in their midst or tried to force their faith on them. She called on the Muslim world to be introspective and enact...
Russian Political Analyst: The Russian Business Elite Will Not Rebel Against Putin
In an article titled "Forget about Any Revolution Happening Today," Russian political analyst Vladislav Inozemtsev, director of the Moscow-based Center for Post-Industrial Studies, asks whether Russia's business elite is likely to come out against the policies of the regime and against its head, President Vladimir Putin. He argues...
Turkey Sabotages Geneva Talks, Slams Both U.S. And Russia; Turkey's Secular Media...
Turkey Sabotages Geneva Talks, Slams Both U.S. And Russia; Turkey's Secular Media Criticizes Erdogan
Angered by Washington and Moscow's support of the secular, moderate Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), as well as by advances by the army of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad around Aleppo and its cutting of all the supply lines to the Islamist rebels from Turkey, Turkish President Recep...
Iran's Urdu TV Channel Celebrates 37th Anniversary Of Iran's Islamic Revolution:...
Iran's Urdu TV Channel Celebrates 37th Anniversary Of Iran's Islamic Revolution: '[It] Marks The Domination Of The Faith Over Kufr'; 'Iranian Nation Even Now Considers America Its Biggest Enemy'; 'Death To America', 'Death To Israel'
On February 11, 2016, the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the Urdu-language service of the Iranian government-run television channel Sahar TV devoted its Andaz-e-Jahan...
In Recent Speech, Assad Expresses Confidence In Regime's Victory, Says Crisis Will...
In Recent Speech, Assad Expresses Confidence In Regime's Victory, Says Crisis Will Be Resolved Through War On Terror, Local Ceasefires
In a February 15, 2016 speech to representatives of Syria's Central Bar Association and affiliated regional councils, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad addressed the current crisis in Syria and the ways to resolve it. He presented his vision for resolving the crisis, which includes...
Power Struggle Between Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Ideological Camp And Rafsanjani's Pragmatic Camp Intensifies – Part II: Regime Aligns Against 'New Fitna' (Pragmatic Camp Led By Rafsanjani) And U.S.
In advance of the February 2016 elections in Iran for both the Majlis and the Assembly of Experts, and in light of Hashemi Rafsanjani's November 25, 2015 announcement that he will run for the Assembly of...
Russia Takes Countermeasures In Response To Washington's Plans To Increase Funding...
Russia Takes Countermeasures In Response To Washington's Plans To Increase Funding For Military Forces In Europe
On February 5, 2016, the Russian media outlet RBC Daily reported on military countermeasures that Russia is taking in response to America's increased funding for military forces in Europe and to the increased military exercises in NATO countries.[1] According to the article, these countermeasures...
Qatari Writer Criticizes Status Of Women In Qatar And Arab World: The Koran Grants A...
Qatari Writer Criticizes Status Of Women In Qatar And Arab World: The Koran Grants A Woman Rights That She Is Denied Due To Men's Desire To Control Her
Dr. Kaltham Jaber, a Qatari writer and a lecturer at the University of Qatar, penned two articles in the Qatari daily Al-Raya on the status of the Arab Muslim woman in Qatar and in the Arab and Muslim world at large. In her articles, Jaber claimed that...
Al-Arabiya Praises Bernie Sanders' Arabic-Language Campaign Poster
A recent tweet in Arabic from the Twitter account of U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders has drawn praise from the major Arabic-language news outlet Al-Arabiya. The account tweeted, in English, campaign posters with the slogan "Not Me – Us" and the text "America becomes a greater nation when we stand together and say no...
Posters Calling Obama 'A Killer' Seen On Moscow Streets
In February 2016, an anti-smoking advertisement appeared on a Moscow bus shelter that stated that "smoking kills more people than Obama." After photos of the advertisement (which had no attribution) went viral on Russian social networks, the Moscow municipality reported that it was the work of hooligans and that it had been removed. This is not the...
On Iran's Islamic Revolution Day, IRGC Officials Slam U.S.
On Iran's Islamic Revolution Day, marked every year on February 11, several high-ranking commanders of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which belongs to Iran's ideological camp, harshly attacked the U.S – "the Great Satan" and the symbol of "the global arrogance," in Islamic Revolution terminology. Stating that the U.S. is weak, they...
Russian Oppositionist Gennady Gudkov Criticizes The Kremlin's 'Castration' Of The...
Russian Oppositionist Gennady Gudkov Criticizes The Kremlin's 'Castration' Of The Duma
On February 3, 2016, Russian businessman and prominent oppositionist Gennady Gudkov wrote on his blog, which appears on the website of the independent Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, that the Kremlin has rendered the Duma (Russia's lower house of parliament) ineffectual. Gudkov, known for his vocal criticism of Russian...
Kuwaiti Columnist: Israel Has Outdone Us In Everything – We Must Learn From It
On February 1, 2016, Ahmad Al-Sarraf, wrote in his column in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas about Israel's advantages over the Arabs in a wide variety of fields – democracy, military, science and technology, human rights and freedom of worship, and economics. He called on the Arabs to look at the reasons for Israel's success and...
Saudi Daily Criticizes U.S. 'Soft-Power' Policy: Sometimes Use Military Force Is...
Saudi Daily Criticizes U.S. 'Soft-Power' Policy: Sometimes Use Military Force Is Necessary; Arab States Feel U.S. Has Turned Its Back On Them
In view of the escalated Russian military activity in Syria, and declarations by senior Saudi officials on the option of an imminent Saudi ground intervention in Syria, the editorialist for the official Saudi daily Al-Riyadh, Ayman Al-Hammad, published a caustic article...
Russian Magazine: Russia's Air Force In Syria Is Winning The Battle For Assad
Recently, the Russian campaign in Syria reached its 100th day. An article in Expert Online, the website of the influential Russian analytical magazine Expert, reviews the state of the Syria war, analyzing the activities on various fronts as well as the Russian involvement. The article, by journalist Pyetr Skorobogatyj, states that,...
The Marrakesh Declaration And A Critique Of It
Introduction On January 25-27, 2016, Muslim scholars and intellectuals from across the Muslim world convened in Marrakesh to discuss the protection of religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries. According to the website for the conference (Marrakeshdeclaration.org), it was held under the auspices of the Moroccan King and the Moroccan Ministry of Endowments...
Understanding The ISIS Media Apparatus: Distribution Networks And Practices
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. IntroductionFor all jihadi organizations, "media jihad" is an integral part of the war. The ability to communicate a clear and simple message to the widest possible audience...
The Songs Of The Islamic State, Part II – Encouraging 'Martyrdom' With The Promise...
The Songs Of The Islamic State, Part II – Encouraging 'Martyrdom' With The Promise Of A Marvelous Afterlife
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction The first report in this series highlighted the ISIS nasheeds (Islamic songs) – a major tool in conveying the group's messages and...
Hizbullah's International Drug Network Preoccupies Europe
Introduction On February 1, 2016, four Hizbullah foreign security operatives were arrested in France for running an international network that used millions in drug money to fund the organization's military activity in Syria. According to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) official, the Hizbullah division was "a revenue and weapons stream......
Hizbullah Faces Criticism In Lebanon For Besieging Madaya: Its Starvation Of Syrians...
Hizbullah Faces Criticism In Lebanon For Besieging Madaya: Its Starvation Of Syrians Recalls Past Crimes Of Mass Extermination In History
IntroductionFor the past seven months, the Syrian town of Madaya, northwest of Damascus, has been besieged by Hizbullah and forces of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The town's plight has made headlines lately because of numerous media reports that its residents...
'Alawi Sect Showing Signs Of Opposition To Assad Regime
Introduction In late November 2015, the "Upcoming Syria" movement was established in Istanbul. This is the first 'Alawi movement that opposes the Bashar Al-Assad regime in Syria. The movement's founders claim that for years, Assad tied the fate of the 'Alawi sect with his own in order to guarantee its loyalty, despite the fact that not all of its members...
Khamenei Capitulates To Pragmatic Camp, Accepts JCPOA Without The Preconditions He...
Khamenei Capitulates To Pragmatic Camp, Accepts JCPOA Without The Preconditions He Outlined In October 2015 Letter To President Rohani
Introduction According to the IAEA report released January 16, 2016, Iran has implemented its commitments under the JCPOA. This means that Iran has not refrained from meeting its obligations, despite Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's nine preconditions, which he set out in...
On Eve Of Geneva Talks: Syrian Regime Strong Thanks To Support Of Russia; Opposition...
On Eve Of Geneva Talks: Syrian Regime Strong Thanks To Support Of Russia; Opposition Divided, Weak And Bereft Of U.S. Backing
Introduction On January 29, 2016, some two years after the failure of the Geneva II conference, another round of indirect talks will take place in Geneva between the Assad regime and the Syrian opposition, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2254, which outlined a roadmap...
Revisiting American Al-Qaeda Spokesman And Leader Adam Gadahn's Influence On The...
Revisiting American Al-Qaeda Spokesman And Leader Adam Gadahn's Influence On The First Anniversary Of His Death
Introduction On May 20, 2015, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassified numerous documents found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and published them on a specially designated website.[1] The release garnered widespread media attention. Most of the media...
Local Ceasefire Agreements In Syria: Capitulation To Regime's Siege-And-Starvation...
Local Ceasefire Agreements In Syria: Capitulation To Regime's Siege-And-Starvation Strategy Under UN Sponsorship
Introduction For over two years, the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has been implementing a policy of siege and starvation in areas of Syria where it encountered harsh resistance by armed opposition forces. But the main victim of this policy has been the unarmed civilian population....
Debate In Lebanon Surrounding Saudi Establishment Of Islamic Anti-Terrorism...
Debate In Lebanon Surrounding Saudi Establishment Of Islamic Anti-Terrorism Alliance, Lebanon's Inclusion In It
Introduction At a press conference on December 15, 2015 at 3:00 a.m., Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman announced the establishment of the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism, which includes 35 Arab and Muslim countries. He said that the alliance, which will...
ISIS's Use Of Twitter, Other U.S. Social Media To Disseminate Images, Videos Of...
ISIS's Use Of Twitter, Other U.S. Social Media To Disseminate Images, Videos Of Islamic Religious Punishments – Beheading, Crucifixion, Stoning, Burning, Drowning, Throwing From Buildings – Free Speech?
WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT "[With regard to] the slaughter of that American [Nicholas Berg] under the slogan 'Allah Akhbar': You know, in schools today... six- and seven-year-old children are shown how...
Saudi-Iranian Tension Extends To Sports – Saudi Arabian Football Federation...
Saudi-Iranian Tension Extends To Sports – Saudi Arabian Football Federation Announces: We Will Not Play In Iran
In light of the escalating tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran, as manifested by the torching of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and Saudi Arabia's subsequent severing of diplomatic relations with Iran,[1] Saudi soccer clubs have voiced apprehension about playing Iranian teams in Iran as part of the...
ISIS Campaign Targets Saudi Arabia, Calls For Attacks Against Saudi Monarchy,...
ISIS Campaign Targets Saudi Arabia, Calls For Attacks Against Saudi Monarchy, Shi'ites, And Polytheists
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). Introduction The Islamic State (ISIS) has exerted much effort in the last couple of weeks to attacking Saudi Arabia and its ruling and religious echelons in an extensive and well-coordinated...
Palestinian Journalists, Intellectuals Speak Out Against Children Participating In...
Palestinian Journalists, Intellectuals Speak Out Against Children Participating In Terrorist Attacks And Against Targeting Civilians
Introduction The Palestinian public and leadership widely support the ongoing violent events which PA officials have dubbed a "popular uprising" and Hamas calls an "intifada." The PA and Fatah do not condemn stabbing or even shooting attacks, and its officials and media...
Unprecedented Tension Between Saudi Arabia, Iran Following Execution Of Shi'ite...
Unprecedented Tension Between Saudi Arabia, Iran Following Execution Of Shi'ite Cleric Nimr Al-Nimr
On January 2, 2016, Saudi Arabia's interior ministry announced that the kingdom had executed 47 individuals,[1] Sunni and Shi'ite, on various charges, including carrying out terrorist operations and inciting to terrorism; espousing takfiri ideology; attacking the military and security apparatuses; killing...
UN Security Council Resolution 2254 On Syria: International Community Softens Its...
UN Security Council Resolution 2254 On Syria: International Community Softens Its Position On Assad Regime
IntroductionOn December 18, 2015, the UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2254, which included a "road map for a peace process in Syria, setting a timetable" for talks between the parties. This resolution, which stemmed from a Russian initiative, granted de-facto legal status to the statement...
Will The West Ease The Sanctions Even Though Iran Is Not Meeting Its JCPOA...
Will The West Ease The Sanctions Even Though Iran Is Not Meeting Its JCPOA Obligations?
Introduction With the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors' closure, on December 15, 2015, of Iran's PMD (Possible Military Dimensions) dossier, the JCPOA is now back on track for the implementation that began on Adoption Day, October 18, 2015. It is now Iran's turn to meet its JCPOA...
Palestinian Women On The Frontlines Of The Current Uprising
In the current wave of Palestinian violence, young Palestinian women have been visible on the frontlines of protests and of violent clashes with security forces, and have also been carrying out knife attacks. Their participation cuts across social sectors: they have been seen wearing hijabs and veils and with their heads and faces uncovered; in...
In Light Of Jordanians Joining Terrorist Organizations, Calls In Jordan To Reform...
In Light Of Jordanians Joining Terrorist Organizations, Calls In Jordan To Reform Curricula
Introduction An issue that concerns Jordanian society lately is the phenomenon of young Jordanians joining the terrorist organizations that are fighting in Syria and Iraq, especially the Islamic State (ISIS). In October, it was reported that the son of Jordanian MP Mazen Al-Dhalaein had carried out a suicide bombing in...
An Historical First For The Saudi Kingdom: Women Participate As Voters And...
An Historical First For The Saudi Kingdom: Women Participate As Voters And Candidates In Municipal Elections
Introduction On December 12, 2015, Saudi Arabia will, for the third time, hold municipal elections; for the first time, women will participate in the elections as both voters and candidates, within the confines of shari'a law, in accordance with a decision by the previous king, 'Abdallah bin 'Abd...
Power Struggle Between Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Ideological Camp And Rafsanjani's Pragmatic Camp Intensifies – Part I: Khamenei Blocks Iran's Implementation Of The JCPOA
Introduction In advance of the February 2016 elections in Iran for both the Majlis and the Assembly of Experts, and in light of Hashemi Rafsanjani's November 25, 2015 announcement that he will run for the Assembly of Experts, the...
The Sultan vs The Tsar: The 21st-Century Round – The Clash Of Imperial Ambitions...
The Sultan vs The Tsar: The 21st-Century Round – The Clash Of Imperial Ambitions For Regional Hegemony
Introduction On November 24, Turkish aircraft shot down a Russian SU-24 fighter jet over its violation of Turkish airspace for 17 seconds, at its southern border with Syria, causing the death of one of the pilots and of a marine from the Russian helicopter that came to the downed plane's rescue.[1] The...
The Prospects For JCPOA Implementation Following The Release Of IAEA Sec-Gen Amano's...
The Prospects For JCPOA Implementation Following The Release Of IAEA Sec-Gen Amano's Report On The PMD Of Iran's Nuclear Program
Introduction On December 2, 2015, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) secretary-general Yukiya Amano released his report on the Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) of Iran's nuclear program.[1] The report's findings, whatever they turned out to be, were not supposed to...
Fitna TV: The Shi'ite-Bashing Campaign On Salafi TV Channels And Social Media
Introduction The 2000s witnessed the escalation of Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in the Middle East, with virulent rhetoric fomenting on both sides of the sectarian divide. The anti-Shi'ite campaign has clearly been the more pervasive and acrimonious. The first decade of the 21st century witnessed the development of three major hubs of...
Delegitimizing ISIS On Islamic Grounds: Criticism Of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi By Muslim...
Delegitimizing ISIS On Islamic Grounds: Criticism Of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi By Muslim Scholars
The following is the executive summary of Prof. Ella Landau-Tasseron's paper. The full paper is available here. On September 19, 2014, a group of 126 Muslim scholars addressed an open letter to the ruler of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In it they severely criticize ISIS' policies and actions, claiming that they are...
Breaking Report: Challenging Khamenei, Rafsanjani Demands That Iran Fulfill Its...
Breaking Report: Challenging Khamenei, Rafsanjani Demands That Iran Fulfill Its Obligations Under The JCPOA, And Reveals: We Had Nuclear Option In Iran-Iraq War
On October 26, 2015, Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of Iran's Expediency Council and the political rival of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, gave a comprehensive interview to the website "Iranians' Nuclear Hope."[1] In the interview, he says that, during...
Egypt-Saudi Arabia Relations: Substantial Rifts Despite Shared Basic Interests
Introduction Since the ouster of Muhammad Mursi in July 2013, Saudi-Egyptian relations have been close and marked by common interests. Saudi Arabia backed the Egyptian military's ousting of Mursi and supported its claim that the ouster expressed the will of the people, in the face of international claims that it was a military...
Cracks In The Caliphate: Western ISIS Members Complain About Life In The Islamic...
Cracks In The Caliphate: Western ISIS Members Complain About Life In The Islamic State
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here.IntroductionIt is hard to gauge the full reality of life in the Islamic State. The dominant narrative, presented by ISIS, is carefully honed; the group meticulously controls what...
ISIS In Sinai Increases Military, Propaganda Pressure On Egypt
This report, offered as a complimentary sample from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM), reviews the activity of the Islamic State's (ISIS) Sinai Province. It discusses the importance of Sinai to ISIS; the increase in terror activity in the peninsula since the Sinai-based jihad group Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis officially joined ISIS; and...
Whither Turkey - Part II: In Advance Of New Elections On November 1, Turkish...
Whither Turkey - Part II: In Advance Of New Elections On November 1, Turkish President Erdogan Steps Up Repressive Measures; International Press Organizations Warn Of Danger To Press Freedom, Fair Elections In Turkey
IntroductionGoing against the Turkish national will, as it was reflected on June 7, 2015 in the results of the country's general elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice...
In Iraq, Public Debate Over Russian Involvement, Disappointment At U.S. Failure...
In Iraq, Public Debate Over Russian Involvement, Disappointment At U.S. Failure Against ISIS
IntroductionIn late September 2015, prior to his departure for New York to attend the UN General Assembly, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-'Abadi announced the establishment of a joint intelligence center in Baghdad for Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Russia. The intelligence center, he said, would focus on collecting intelligence...
Jihadis Shift To Using Secure Communication App Telegram's Channels Service
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In the last few weeks, a number of jihadis and terrorist organizations have announced that they are opening their own channels on the Berlin-based secure messaging app...
Debate In Saudi Arabia Following Saudi Clerics' Call For Jihad Against Russian...
Debate In Saudi Arabia Following Saudi Clerics' Call For Jihad Against Russian Forces In Syria
IntroductionRussia's increasing military involvement in Syria, which constitutes another lifeline for the Bashar Al-Assad regime, is of great concern to Saudi Arabia, which together with Turkey and Qatar is leading the battle against this regime. However, Saudi Arabia is taking a cautious approach on this matter, due to its...
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Letter Of Guidelines To President Rohani On JCPOA...
Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's Letter Of Guidelines To President Rohani On JCPOA Sets Nine Conditions Nullifying Original Agreement Announced July 14, 2015
On October 21, 2015, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei published a letter of guidelines to Iranian President Hassan Rohani on the execution of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The letter's publication coincides with the days of the Ashura that...
ISIS Campaign: Encouraging Palestinians To Carry Out Lone Wolf Attacks
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In recent days, several Islamic State (ISIS) media organs have released a series of videos aimed at Palestinians, as part of a campaign supporting the wave of Palestinian...
Russian Intervention Shatters Turkey's Neo-Ottomanist Dreams For Syria
Introduction Since the Arab Spring of 2011, Turkey's foreign policy has been focused on Syria and on the ousting of its 'Alawite President Bashar Assad, who Turkey hoped would be replaced by a like-minded Sunni ruler from the Muslim Brotherhood. During the 13 years of its rule, Turkey's government, led by the Justice and Development Party (AKP),...
'Abbas: We Will Continue The Popular Resistance; Israel Is Plotting To Change Status...
'Abbas: We Will Continue The Popular Resistance; Israel Is Plotting To Change Status Quo In Jerusalem; Israel Uses Terror, Executes Children
Like the first and second intifadas, the current wave of terrorism is being exploited by Palestinian organizations and leaders, including by Palestinian President Mahmoud 'Abbas, who attack Israel and accuse it of terror and crimes while making false claims and allegations....
The Iranian Majlis Has Not Approved The JCPOA But Iran's Amended Version Of It
On October 13, 2015 the Iranian Majlis approved, by a majority of 161-59 with 13 abstentions, not the JCPOA but rather an Iranian amended version it. Paragraph 3 of the Majlis decision states that "the government will monitor any non-performance by the other party [to the agreement] in the matter of failing to lift the sanctions, or...
Iran At The Crossroads: Between Russia And The U.S.
According to recently published reports, for example a report by Ibrahim Al-Amin, board chairman of the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, in the past four months Iran has held intensive contacts with Russia to coordinate the parameters of Russia's intervention in Syria.[1] According to Al-Amin, it was agreed that Moscow would focus on controlling Syrian...
The Islamic State (ISIS) Establishes 'Media Points' In Syria, Iraq, Libya To...
The Islamic State (ISIS) Establishes 'Media Points' In Syria, Iraq, Libya To Indoctrinate Caliphate Citizens And Enhance Its Cyber Activities On The Ground: A One-Year Review
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction The "media points" of the Islamic State (ISIS) are cyber information booths in...
Efforts In Syria To Stop The Spread Of Marriages Of Underage Girls
Introduction One serious result of the war that has been raging in Syria for over four years is the exploitation of underage girls, including being married off by their families. While such marriages were taking place in Syria before the war – in 2010, the Syrian parliament had even held a workshop in conjunction with the United Nations on the...
Whither Turkey? – Part I: Following June 7 Loss In General Election, President...
Whither Turkey? – Part I: Following June 7 Loss In General Election, President Erdogan Entangles Turkey In War In Order To Reemerge In New Elections Set For November 1
Introduction During the fierce election campaign prior to Turkey's June 7, 2015 general election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who under the Turkish constitution is sworn to impartiality, violated that oath by holding daily campaign rallies for...
The Islamic State's Frantic Response To The Wave Of Refugees Fleeing Syria
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction In response to the refugee crisis involving the migration to Europe of hundreds of thousands of people from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries, the Islamic State (ISIS)...
Arab Liberals' Perspectives On The Arab Spring (3) — Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal...
Arab Liberals' Perspectives On The Arab Spring (3) — Former Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Liberalism In Times Of Sectarianism
Introduction Iraqi politician and Shi'ite religious scholar Ayad Jamal Al-Din has emerged as a leading liberal voice in Arab media and politics, following the ousting of Saddam Hussein and his Baath regime. He espouses the separation of religion and state, advocates adherence to human and...
Iranian Officials Reveal That Secret Negotiations With U.S. Began In 2011 – Only...
Iranian Officials Reveal That Secret Negotiations With U.S. Began In 2011 – Only After U.S. Complied With Tehran's Precondition To Recognize In Advance Iran's Nuclear Status
Introduction American administration spokesmen have explained the nuclear agreement with Iran as both leveraging the opportunity created by the election of a pragmatic Iranian president, Hassan Rohani in June 2013, and as vital because the...
Media Affiliated With Assad Regime Confirm Reports Of Russian Military Involvement...
Media Affiliated With Assad Regime Confirm Reports Of Russian Military Involvement In Syria
Introduction In the past three weeks, there have been numerous media reports in the non-Arabic media stating that Russia, the Syria regime's main ally alongside Iran, has decided to step up its military involvement in Syria and participate in fighting alongside the forces of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad;...
Hacking In The Name Of The Islamic State (ISIS)
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Table Of Contents Introduction I. Table: Hacks By ISIS And Pro-ISIS Elements: A Chronology II. ISIS Hacking Activity III. Hacking Activity By ISIS Supporters And Pro-ISIS Hacker Groups IV. The Islamic State...
Sex Slavery In The Islamic State – Practices, Social Media Discourse, And...
Sex Slavery In The Islamic State – Practices, Social Media Discourse, And Justifications; Jabhat Al-Nusra: ISIS Is Taking Our Women As Sex Slaves Too
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Sex slavery has been a contentious topic in the Islamic State (ISIS) narrative since the...
Turkey Finally Opens Air Bases To U.S., Joins Fight Against ISIS – But It's All...
Turkey Finally Opens Air Bases To U.S., Joins Fight Against ISIS – But It's All About Fighting The Kurds
Introduction Following the June 15, 2015 takeover of the Syrian border down of Tel Abyad by the Kurdish People's Defense Units (PYG), with U.S. air support, from the Islamic State (ISIS), Turkey has massed its military assets along its border with Syria. On June 27, 2015, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
The Songs Of The Islamic State – A Major Tool For Reinforcing Its Narrative,...
The Songs Of The Islamic State – A Major Tool For Reinforcing Its Narrative, Spreading Its Message, Recruiting Supporters
Introduction Alongside its military successes, the Islamic State (ISIS) has made considerable achievements in the media and propaganda domain. Its members and supporters utilize social media and online forums to further their various goals, such as recruiting fighters and funds, spreading the...
'Selfie' – Satirical Saudi TV Show Sends Shockwaves Through The Kingdom
During Ramadan, the Arab MBC channel is airing Selfie, a satirical comedy TV show starring well-known Saudi actor-comedian Nasser Al-Qasabi and other Saudi comedians. The liberal Saudi journalist Khalaf Al-Harbi,[1] a writer for the satirical-comedy Saudi TV show Tash Ma Tash ("No Big Deal") – which also stars Al-Qasabi[2] – is the...
Turkey's AKP Gov't Appears To Support Its Jihadi Neighbors To The South – But...
Turkey's AKP Gov't Appears To Support Its Jihadi Neighbors To The South – But Orders Turkish Military To Syrian Border To Stop Kurdish Advance On ISIS; Says West Is Plotting Against Turkey, Muslim Middle East
Introduction Following the June 15, 2015 capture by Kurdish forces, with U.S. and coalition assistance, of the Syrian border town of Tel Abyad from the Islamic State (ISIS), ISIS fighters fled the area. The...
Israel-Hamas Talks: Hudna In Exchange For Lifting Of Blockade
Introduction Along with Hamas's preparations for the next conflict with Israel, that include producing rockets and excavation of cross-border attack tunnels, Hamas's leaders are conducting comprehensive negotiations with Israel, via European and Arab mediation, to achieve a hudna that will last several years in exchange for Israel's removal of the...
Michel Aoun Calls On Lebanese Christians To Protest Against Its Leaders'...
Michel Aoun Calls On Lebanese Christians To Protest Against Its Leaders' Marginalization: Wily Lebanese Politicians Are Taking Over Christians' Rights
Introduction In recent weeks, tensions in the intra-Lebanese political arena have escalated to the point of a possible confrontation between Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun and the Al-Mustaqbal stream; this confrontation is expected to involve the pro-Aoun...
Saudi Columnists: Saudi Minors' Involvement In ISIS Requires A Reexamination Of Our...
Saudi Columnists: Saudi Minors' Involvement In ISIS Requires A Reexamination Of Our Culture
Introduction A terror cell arrested recently in Saudi Arabia includes two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old, the Saudi Interior Ministry has revealed. The cell carried out the May 22, 2015 bombing of the Shi'ite mosque in Al-Qudaih in eastern Saab, in which 22 were killed and dozens wounded, and planned several other attacks in...
U.S. Secretary Of State Kerry: 'We Have Absolute Knowledge' About 'Certain Military...
U.S. Secretary Of State Kerry: 'We Have Absolute Knowledge' About 'Certain Military Activities' The Iranians 'Were Engaged In'; Iran Rejects Outright U.S. Terms For Future Inspection – For Example, Inspection Of Military Sites
Introduction In a June 16, 2015 statement, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry officially acknowledged that the U.S. is aware of the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.[1] Kerry...
Massacre And Media: ISIS And The Case Of The Sunni Arab Shaitat Tribe
Introduction Since it burst on the scene as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the organization now known as the Islamic State, or ISIS, has cut a wide and bloody swath through the Middle East, especially in Syria and Iraq. Many of its most notorious, high-profile actions involve ethnic and religious groups that ISIS has declared fair game: numerous massacres of...
In Special 'Terrorism And Islam' Issue, Indian Urdu Weekly Accuses Hollywood Of...
In Special 'Terrorism And Islam' Issue, Indian Urdu Weekly Accuses Hollywood Of Facilitating U.S. Foreign Policy, Justifies Killings Of Jews On Muhammad's Orders, Says Jihadi Terrorism Is Caused By American Imperialism
The following report is a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction India's leading Urdu-language...
Encryption Technology Embraced By ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Other Jihadis Reaches New Level...
Encryption Technology Embraced By ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Other Jihadis Reaches New Level With Increased Dependence On Apps, Software – Kik, Surespot, Telegram, Wickr, Detekt, TOR: Part IV – February-June 2015
"The administration firmly supports the development and robust adoption of strong encryption. The President himself has acknowledged that it can be a strong tool to secure commerce and trade, safeguard private...
Nuclear Negotiations At An Impasse: Leader Khamenei Rejects Agreement Reached On...
Nuclear Negotiations At An Impasse: Leader Khamenei Rejects Agreement Reached On Token Inspection Of Military Sites And Questioning Of Scientists; U.S. Willing To Close IAEA Dossier On Iranian PMD, To Settle For Inspecting Declared Nuclear Sites Only, And To Rely On Intelligence; EU Objects
Introduction This past week, members of Iran's nuclear negotiating team revealed details about the Iran-U.S. nuclear...
Rising Tensions Between Jordan, Palestinian Authority
Two recent events aggravated the existing political disputes and tensions between Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA). On May 22, 2015 worshippers disrupted a Friday sermon delivered at Al-Aqsa mosque by Jordanian chief qadi Ahmad Hulail, who was visiting the mosque at the head of a high-level Jordanian delegation. Also in late May, the Arab media...
Dictatorship In Erdogan's Turkey – Part II: The Domestic Scene On The Eve Of...
Dictatorship In Erdogan's Turkey – Part II: The Domestic Scene On The Eve Of Crucial General Elections
Introduction The 12-year rule of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) is becoming defined by pan-Islamism in domestic and foreign policy, an authoritarian single-man/single-party rule, Turkey's transformation into a police state, mass arrests, curbs on press freedom, elimination of the judiciary's...
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....
Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah Threatens to Attack Israel's Nuclear, ...+
Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah Threatens to Attack Israel's Nuclear, Petrochemical, and Biological Facilities in a Future War-
In a March 21 interview with Al-Mayadeen TV, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said that if Israel attacked Lebanon's cities and infrastructure, Hizbullah would wage an "all-out war that will know no boundaries or red lines," including the bombing of "petrochemical...
Video Celebrating Brussels Attacks by Pro-ISIS Media Agency Al-Battar+
Video Celebrating Brussels Attacks by Pro-ISIS Media Agency Al-Battar-
Video Celebrating Brussels Attacks by Pro-ISIS Media Agency Al-Battar ...
Egyptian TV Hosts Argue On Air about Who Should Be Held Accountable for Brussels ...+
Egyptian TV Hosts Argue On Air about Who Should Be Held Accountable for Brussels Attacks: Islam or the West-
Two Egyptian TV hosts recently clashed live on air over the question who should be held accountable for the Brussels terrorist attacks. Rania Al-Badawi said that the West was responsible for the rise of ISIS and Al-Qaeda, while Amr Adeeb countered that this ideology stemmed from within Islam itself. "I know you...
Yazidi Teen Who Escaped from ISIS Captivity Recounts Her Harrowing Experiences+
Yazidi Teen Who Escaped from ISIS Captivity Recounts Her Harrowing Experiences-
Interviewed on the German Deutsche Welle TV, a Yazidi teenager recounted how she and her family had been captured when ISIS attacked her village near Sinjar, Iraq. Pervin - not her real name - who was 15 years old at the time, said that the men, including her father, had been killed by ISIS and that over 5,000 Yazidi girls had been housed...
Egyptian Researcher of Islamic Studies Criticizes Reform in Al-Azhar Curricula: ...+
Egyptian Researcher of Islamic Studies Criticizes Reform in Al-Azhar Curricula: Professors Still Teach that Women May Breastfeed Co-Workers-
Ahmad Abdou Maher, an Egyptian researcher of Islamic studies, recently criticized the reform taking place in the Al-Azhar curricula, saying that controversial material has been "put aside, but not removed." Material dealing with killing, enslavement, sectarianism, and immoral...
Top IRGC Officials on Recent Ballistic Missile Launch: Our Missiles Are Ready for ...+
Top IRGC Officials on Recent Ballistic Missile Launch: Our Missiles Are Ready for Launching against Any Target-
Following Iran's test launch of long-range ballistic missiles on March 8-9, top IRGC officials made statements on the Iranian state media. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said on IRINN TV that they would continue to develop their missile program. "If today, we delay and are remiss...
Kuwaiti Professor of Philosophy Sheikha Al-Jassem: People Who Believe that the Quran ...+
Kuwaiti Professor of Philosophy Sheikha Al-Jassem: People Who Believe that the Quran Is Above the Constitution Are Betraying Kuwait-
In a TV interview, Dr. Sheikha Al-Jassem, a professor of philosophy at Kuwait University, made a plea for keeping religion separate from politics and said that "anyone who believes that the Quran, or the shari'a, or the interpretations of these religious texts are above the constitution...
Hamas Clerics Al-Zarad and Al-Astal: The Jews Are the "Enemies of Mankind" Who ...+
Hamas Clerics Al-Zarad and Al-Astal: The Jews Are the "Enemies of Mankind" Who "Wallow in the Shedding of Blood"-
In a TV program that aired on the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV channel on February 25, 2016, Hamas clerics Yunis Al-Astal and Wael Al-Zard discussed the traits of the Jews. Zard asked what makes the Jews "wallow in such an inhumane way in the shedding of blood," and Al-Astal, who called the Jews the "enemies of...
Pro-ISIS Jamaican Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faisal: We Must Adopt the Bullet, Not the ...+
Pro-ISIS Jamaican Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faisal: We Must Adopt the Bullet, Not the Ballot; All Homosexuals Must Be Killed-
In a sermon disseminated via social media, Jamaican Sheikh Abdullah Al-Faisal, who spent four years in a U.K. prison for murder and inciting hatred before being deported, called to hang former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, saying that doing so would convey the message that "the way forward is not...
Western Sahara TV Station Airs Rare Footage of the Army of the Polisario Front+
Western Sahara TV Station Airs Rare Footage of the Army of the Polisario Front-
Rasd TV aired rare footage of the army of the Polisario Front. The footage was posted on the channel’s YouTube account on March 21. Rasd TV is the Sahrawi state-owned TV channel, headquartered in refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria. The broadcasts are in Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, and Spanish. ...
Indian-Palestinian BDS Activist Nasser Barakat: The Creation of Israel Was a ...+
Indian-Palestinian BDS Activist Nasser Barakat: The Creation of Israel Was a Conspiracy, Like 9/11-
Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine, an Indian BDS forum, held a two-day convention in New Delhi on August 22-23, 2015. Among the speakers at the convention was Nasser Barakat, a Palestinian-Indian activist and former spokesmen of the General Union of Palestinian Students in India. He said that Israel was created...
Moroccan Researcher Sanaa El Aji Calls to Criminalize Incitement in Mosques against ...+
Moroccan Researcher Sanaa El Aji Calls to Criminalize Incitement in Mosques against Minorities-
Moroccan researcher and writer Sanaa El Aji called for criminalization of prayers against non-Muslims and of accusations of heresy and said that "courageous initiatives" must be taken to protect the rights of religious minorities, as well as human rights in general. In the interview, which aired on the Abu Dhabi-based Sky...
Al-Aqsa Mosque Address: King Abdallah, "Traitor of Jordan," Fights "So-Called ...+
Al-Aqsa Mosque Address: King Abdallah, "Traitor of Jordan," Fights "So-Called Terrorists" Instead of Sending His Army to Humiliate the Jews-
In an Al-Aqsa Mosque address that was posted on the Internet on March 19, Sheikh Ali Abu Ahmad referred to King Abdallah as "the Traitor of Jordan," and lambasted the Hashemite Kingdom for its plan to install cameras in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Sheikh Abu Ahmad claimed that the...
Egyptian Student Deported from the U.S. following Facebook Threats against Donald ...+
Egyptian Student Deported from the U.S. following Facebook Threats against Donald Trump: America Is the Most Racist Country in the World-
Emadeldin Elsayed, the Egyptian aviation student who left the U.S. after his visa was revoked following his Facebook post threatening to kill Donald Trump, was interviewed upon his return to Egypt by CBC TV. In the March 13, 2016 interview, Elsayed said that he would not return to...
MEMRI TV Weekly Highlights: March 11-17, 2016+
MEMRI TV Weekly Highlights: March 11-17, 2016-
This is a compilation of video-clips uploaded to the MEMRI TV website between March 11-17, 2016....
Egyptian Intellectuals Debate the Plight of Liberals in Egypt: There Would Be No ...+
Egyptian Intellectuals Debate the Plight of Liberals in Egypt: There Would Be No Progress in the World without Blasphemy-
In a recent TV debate, Egyptian intellectuals discussed the plight of liberalism in Egypt. Khaled Muntaser, criticizing Egypt's law against blasphemy, said that "there would have been no progress in the world without the so-called blasphemy," bringing Galileo and Darwin as examples. Maher Samuel...
British Hostage John Cantlie Mocks Obama in New Video, Says Americans "Bankrupt of ...+
British Hostage John Cantlie Mocks Obama in New Video, Says Americans "Bankrupt of Intelligence"-
In an ISIS video posted on the Internet on March 19, 2016, British photojournalist John Cantlie, held hostage by ISIS for over three years, showed the wreckage of what he said was a "50 dollar media kiosk" in Mosul, Iraq, and said: "If this is what Obama meant when he talked about degrading and ultimately destroying ISIS,...
Shiite Militia Leader Issues Death Threats to U.S. Consul-General in Basrah, Who ...+
Shiite Militia Leader Issues Death Threats to U.S. Consul-General in Basrah, Who Visited Wounded PMU Members-
On March 12, U.S. Consul-General in Basrah Steve Walker visited Iraqis at the Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital who had been wounded in the fight against ISIS . A statement by the consulate (http://basrah.usconsulate.gov/pr031216.html) quoted CG Walker as saying: "Da'esh is losing, thanks to the courage and tenacity...
Kurdish President Barzani: The Unity of Iraq Has Failed; The Kurdish People Should ...+
Kurdish President Barzani: The Unity of Iraq Has Failed; The Kurdish People Should Decide about Statehood in Referendum-
President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Al-Barzani said, in an interview with the Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabia TV, that the decision whether to declare an independent Kurdish state lies with the Kurdish people and should be determined in a referendum. President Barzani added that the Kurds have...
Saudi Cleric Awadh Al-Qarni: The Mossad Placed Me on Its Hit List, and So Did ISIS ...+
Saudi Cleric Awadh Al-Qarni: The Mossad Placed Me on Its Hit List, and So Did ISIS and the Shiites-
In an interview with the Saudi Al-Majd TV channel, Saudi cleric Awadh Al-Qarni discussed the recent Twitter campaign against him by Arab liberals. Sheikh Al-Qarni said that the liberals were upset because he had revealed Israel's plan to assassinate him, quoting the former head of the Israeli Mossad, who allegedly said...
Iranian Workers Demonstrate against Iranian Spending on the War in Syria+
Iranian Workers Demonstrate against Iranian Spending on the War in Syria-
In a recent rally held in Isfahan, Iranian workers and pensioners protested against the Iranian regime's spending on the war in Syria, chanting: "The regime] has emptied [the pockets] of the people and made everyone miserable and "Get out of Syria, and think about [the Iranian people] instead." Footage from the rally was broadcast by the Syrian...
"Al-Aqsa, We Are Coming" - Al-Qaeda Public Event at Mukalla, Hadramout+
"Al-Aqsa, We Are Coming" - Al-Qaeda Public Event at Mukalla, Hadramout-
"Al-Aqsa, We Are Coming" - Al-Qaeda Public Event at Mukalla, Hadramout Following are excerpts An exhibit featuring a "body" in shrouds, seen by teen-aged boys. Scenes of visitors looking at pamphlets and computer programs […] A memorial for Al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama Bin Laden. […] Spekaer: My dear brothers, we are here ...
ISIS Suicide Bombers Threaten "to Raid" Moscow+
ISIS Suicide Bombers Threaten "to Raid" Moscow-
ISIS Suicide Bombers Threaten "to Raid" Moscow in a video posted on he Internet on March 10, 2016 Following are excerpts: Voice over: The lions of the armed infiltration assaults still long for Paradise. They are ready to pounce on their prey and to tear it into scattered body parts, to be devoured by beasts and scattered by the winds, Allah...
Egyptian Screenwriter Mohamed El Adl: The Religious Movement Is Stronger Than ...+
Egyptian Screenwriter Mohamed El Adl: The Religious Movement Is Stronger Than Al-Sisi, Egypt Becoming a Religious State-
In an interview with the Egyptian ON TV channel, screenwriter and film producer Mohamed El Adl criticized the recent arrests of liberal scholars in Egypt on blasphemy charges. El Adl said that the Islamic movement is stronger than President Al-Sisi and that despite the president’s repeated...
PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Abu Ahmad Fuad: Iranian Aid "Will Lead to the ...+
PFLP Deputy Secretary-General Abu Ahmad Fuad: Iranian Aid "Will Lead to the Escalation of the Intifada. This Is What We Want"-
In a recent TV interview, Abu Ahmad Fuad, deputy secretary-general of the PFLP, praised the Iranian aid pledged to families of Palestinian "martyrdom-seekers," saying: "These capabilities and this aid will lead to the escalation of the Intifada...This is what we want." The interview aired on...
Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Warns against Turkish Interference in Syria: ...+
Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Warns against Turkish Interference in Syria: Cities in Turkey, Israel, and the Gulf Will Be Shelled-
Former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahhab, in a February 26 interview with the Lebanese Al-Jadeed/New TV channel, threatened that "if Turkey interferes in areas controlled by the Syrian army, it will be shelled" and said that he had conveyed a message to the French that "we will target...
Louis Farrakhan in Iran: America Is a Sinking Ship; Despite Its Filth, I Feel at Home ...+
Louis Farrakhan in Iran: America Is a Sinking Ship; Despite Its Filth, I Feel at Home There-
During a recent visit to Iran, Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, called America a "sinking ship," but said that he was at home there "in spite of her filth." "The black people of America are in the mud of civilization," Farrakhan said in the interview, posted on the Nation of Islam website on March 6, "and I’ve...
Russian Muslim Designer Celebrates Syria Ceasefire with a New Collection+
Russian Muslim Designer Celebrates Syria Ceasefire with a New Collection-
A Russian Muslim designer celebrated the ceasefire in Syria by designing a collection focusing on Russian-Syrian relations. In a Russia Today TV report, aired on March 1, the designer displayed her wares, which are based on the Syrian and Russian flags. A previous collection, presented by Russia Today TV in December 2015, includes garments...
Hamas TV Host Abu Jleidan Encourages Suicide Bombings: Our Enemies Have Nuclear ...+
Hamas TV Host Abu Jleidan Encourages Suicide Bombings: Our Enemies Have Nuclear Bombs, But We Have the Invincible Human Bomb-
Hamas TV host Sheikh Moussa Abu Jleidan said in the February 11 episode of his show that he was optimistic about the future of the Islamic nation, because it managed to produce "an entire generation of people who covet death as much as our enemies covet life." Sheikh Abu Jleidan said that when...
ISIS Features: Elderly Man Carries Out a Suicide Bombing in Iraq+
ISIS Features: Elderly Man Carries Out a Suicide Bombing in Iraq-
ISIS Features: Elderly Man Carries Out a Suicide Bombing in Iraq Following are excerpts "The martyrdom-seeker Sheikh Abu Omar Al-Mar'awi. May Allah accept him as a martyr." Sheikh Abu Omar Al-Mar'awi: It was my brother who gave me advice about the Americans. He used to point at the Hummers and at the tanks and say: This is your way to...
Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Al-Zoghbi and TV Host in a Tirade: 99% of Shiites Born Out ...+
Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Al-Zoghbi and TV Host in a Tirade: 99% of Shiites Born Out of Fornication, as Proven by Post-Speicher Massacre DNA Tests-
Egyptian Islamic Sheikh Muhammad Al-Zoghbi was provoked into an anti-Shiite tirade by a caller who asked whether 'Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad, "used to breastfeed teenage boys." Sheikh Zoghbi referred to the caller as a "filthy dog" and added that Shiites believed...
British Islamist 'Abu Haleema': I'd Rather Have Trump Who Tells Us He Hates Us Than a ...+
British Islamist 'Abu Haleema': I'd Rather Have Trump Who Tells Us He Hates Us Than a Snake Like Obama-
A British Islamist, who goes by the name "Abu Haleema," posted a video dedicated to Donald Trump on the Internet in December. In the video, Abu Haleema said that he would rather have a Trump who openly tells the Muslims that he hates them than an Obama, "a snake who hides it." In a March 7 video, Abu Haleema was...
Palestinian Cleric Known for Jihadi and Antisemitic Discourse Speaks out against the ...+
Palestinian Cleric Known for Jihadi and Antisemitic Discourse Speaks out against the Culture of Death-
Palestinian cleric Imad Hamtu participated in a Palestine TV panel dedicated to the alleged rise in suicide cases in Hamas-controlled Gaza. On the show, which aired on February 14, 2016, Sheikh Hamatu called to change the “death for the sake of Allah is our loftiest aspiration” motto. "Why can't our loftiest...
MEMRI TV Highlights: March 4-10, 2016+
MEMRI TV Highlights: March 4-10, 2016-
This is a compilation of video-clips uploaded to the MEMRI TV website between March 4-10, 2016....
Egyptian TV Host Compares Al-Sisi to Hitler; Colleagues: She's Fat like a Sumo ...+
Egyptian TV Host Compares Al-Sisi to Hitler; Colleagues: She's Fat like a Sumo Champion, Elephant Seal-
Egyptian TV host Azza Elhennawy directed harsh criticism at Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on the March 6 episode of her Al-Qahera TV talk show. Elhennway said that Al-Sisi has not been doing any work, and she compared his rhetoric to that of Hitler. In response, various Egyptian TV hosts went on the...
Egyptian TV Host Al-Ghiety to Clinton: Old Bag, You Are the Cause for What Happened ...+
Egyptian TV Host Al-Ghiety to Clinton: Old Bag, You Are the Cause for What Happened in Syria, Iraq, and Libya-
Egyptian TV host Mohamed Al-Ghiety lashed at U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on his Tahrir TV talk show. In response to the former secretary of state’s defense of the U.S. involvement in the Qadhafi ouster, Al-Ghiety referred to Clinton as an “old bag,” and accused the U.S. of being the...
Qatari Educational Software Teaches Hatred of Jews: They Killed Many Prophets, We ...+
Qatari Educational Software Teaches Hatred of Jews: They Killed Many Prophets, We will Fight and Vanquish Them-
Animated videos posted on the Internet encourage children to hate Jews. 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...
Egyptian Author Sayyid Al-Qemany Dares Islamists to Kill Him, States: Al-Azhar Is a ...+
Egyptian Author Sayyid Al-Qemany Dares Islamists to Kill Him, States: Al-Azhar Is a Dinosaur That Should Be Pushed Back into Its Lair; I Will Dedicate the Little Time I Have Left to Fight Al-Azhar-
In a long lecture at the offices of the Egyptian Secular Party, author Sayyid Al-Qemany blasted Al-Azhar, which he called a "dinosaur" and a "living fossil." The defiant Al-Qemany, who was speaking against the backdrop of...
Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles from Underground Silo+
Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles from Underground Silo-
Footage posted on an IRGC-affiliated website on March 8-9 shows the launching of long-range ballistic missiles from Iran's underground missile silos. The missile maneuver was intended, according to the report, to "give the world a look at the might of [IRGC's] city of missiles" and "to make the enemies of Iran tremble." Transcript is pending...
French Music Video Mocks Zionist Jews, Claims: Hollande Is Paid in Shekels+
French Music Video Mocks Zionist Jews, Claims: Hollande Is Paid in Shekels-
A music video recently posted on the Internet presents a parody of French Zionist Jewry, with lyrics such as "I will wear a "Charlie [Hebdo]" badge" and "I won't do the boycott anymore." The video, which includes in its lyrics references to the Israeli settlements, the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and pro-Israeli French personalities, has been...
PA TV on Jaffa Stabbing: "Martyr" Killed One U.S. Tourist, Wounded 12 "Settlers"+
PA TV on Jaffa Stabbing: "Martyr" Killed One U.S. Tourist, Wounded 12 "Settlers"-
The official Palestinian Authority TV channel reporting on the March 8 Jaffa stabbing attack, said that the "martyr" had carried out "a complex operation in which 12 settlers were wounded" and that "one of them, according to Hebrew sources, was an American tourist, who was killed." Voice over: "In Jaffa, a young man was martyred by...
Egyptian MP: The Egyptian People Hate Israel, No Place for Normalization of ...+
Egyptian MP: The Egyptian People Hate Israel, No Place for Normalization of Relations; Researcher: Israel Is a Regular Country-
In the wake of the controversy aroused in Egypt by the meeting between MP Tawfiq Okasha and the Israeli ambassador, Egyptian MP Mahmoud Badr, founder of the Tamarod Movement, which was active in the ousting of former president Morsi, argued that politicians and intellectuals who visit "the...
Selfie with Bodies of ISIS Terrorists Sparks Controversy in Tunisia, Criticism of ...+
Selfie with Bodies of ISIS Terrorists Sparks Controversy in Tunisia, Criticism of Al-Jazeera TV and Qatar-
A selfie of Tunisian soldiers posing with the dead bodies of ISIS terrorists, posted online on March 7, following the lethal Ben Gardane clashes, sparked controversy in the Tunisian media. Tunisian reporter Fatime Triki, who works for the Qatari Al-Jazeera network, criticized the Tunisian soldiers. "What kind of...
Saudi Singer Challenges Russia: You Are No Match for Saudi Arabia, Putin Has Brought ...+
Saudi Singer Challenges Russia: You Are No Match for Saudi Arabia, Putin Has Brought Trouble upon You-
Saudi singer Zaid bin Glaighim posted a song called "O Russia" on the Internet. He challenged Putin over his involvement in the Syria war, warning Russia: You are no match for Saudi Arabia. In the video, posted on February 22, 2016, Bin Glaighim claimed that Putin had brought Russia to Syria "under the supervision of...
Iranian Majlis Member Nader Qazipour: The Majlis Is No Place for Women or Donkeys+
Iranian Majlis Member Nader Qazipour: The Majlis Is No Place for Women or Donkeys-
Against the backdrop of the Iranian elections, held on February 26, 2016, Iranian Majlis member Nader Qazipour said that the Majlis is "no place for children or donkeys" and that it is "no place for women. It is a place where only men belong." The address was posted on the Internet on March 1. Nader Qazipour: "It was not easy for...
Qatari Educational Software to Girls: Not Wearing Hijab Defies Allah, Brings You ...+
Qatari Educational Software to Girls: Not Wearing Hijab Defies Allah, Brings You Closer to Satan-
An animated video called "Salma and the Hijab," posted on the Internet, aims at educating girls about proper Islamic attire. The video was produced as educational software for "Boys and Girls," the children's section of the Qatari government-owned Internet portal Islamweb.net, which includes many educational videos. A...