16-07-2025
Speakers at Dearborn Shiite Event: Khamenei Is the Leader of the Free World; Zionists Are 'Not Human' Despite Their Flesh and Bones; They Can Clip Our Videos, but the Truth Is Out
During the June 29, 2025 Muharram commemoration at the Shiite Hadi Institute in Dearborn, Michigan, Hassan Salamey, a local lawyer and activist, recited a poem in which he said that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is the leader of the free world 'who made the demons run and scatter with shooting stars.' Ahmad Charara, listed as the key principal of the Hadi Institute in Dearborn, also recited a poem, declaring: 'We will never be silenced. If they have the nerve to say they will assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei […] To hell with your dirty and stained mouth!' Charara chanted 'Away with the humiliation!' along with a recording of assassinated Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
On July 1, Salamey recited another poem in which he said that Zionists are not humans regardless of their flesh and bones. Charara said: 'We are not scared. They can call us names, they can label us, they can try to clip our videos to make them look sinful, but the truth is out in the open.'
Both events featured lectures by local Islamic scholar Usama Abdulghani, described as the 'spiritual leader' of the Hadi Institute and the associated K–5 Hadi Montessori School. Charara also appears in fundraising videos for the Hadi Montessori School, and according to social media, he has visited south Lebanon in February 2025.
