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Saba Yemen
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Zionist settlers renew their storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Occupied Quds - Saba: On Wednesday, groups of Zionist Jewish settlers renewed their storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Quds, under the protection of Israeli forces. The Palestinian WAFA News Agency, citing eyewitnesses, reported that dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in groups, conducted provocative tours of its compound, and performed Talmudic rituals under the protection of Israeli forces. Israeli forces imposed strict restrictions on the entry of worshippers to Al-Aqsa and checked their IDs at the mosque gates. The Islamic Endowments Department in Quds stated that the so-called "Temple Groups" launched a petition to collect signatures, addressed to the Minister of National Security in the extremist Israeli government, Itamar Ben-Gvir. The petition includes provocative demands regarding Al-Aqsa Mosque during the so-called "Quds Day," on May 26. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Memri
17-04-2025
- General
- Memri
Once Again, Dearborn Michigan Celebrates International Quds Day – Established By Iran, Which Calls For Israel's Destruction – As It Has For The Past Two Decades; Following Last Year's Calls Of 'Death
International Quds (Jerusalem) Day was established by the father of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1979 as the last Friday of Ramadan.[1] Ostensibly a day of solidarity with Palestinians, Quds Day has been used by the Iranian Islamic regime to call on Palestinians to wage "armed resistance" against Israelis, and in doing so, to further the regime's goals – the destruction of Israel and the "export of the revolution" – that is, establishing Shi'ite-Iranian control in the region at the expense of the Sunni Arabs, in addition to spreading antisemitism and hatred of the Jews and Zionists. Increasingly over the past few years, Quds Day is being marked in the U.S. and other Western countries, where rallies are being held calling for Israel's annihilation, "globalizing" armed struggle, and espousing antisemitic conspiracy theories, as well as calls for "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." This year, in contrast to the preceding two decades,[2] pro-jihad elements and institutions in Dearborn, Michigan maintained a nearly complete blackout on information, announcements, posters, videos, and declarations in advance of and concerning Al-Quds day, which fell on March 28, 2025. Local media completely ignored it, except for one reporter at the Detroit Free Press who was also the only one to publish anything about the event in previous years. Nevertheless, MEMRI researchers were able to discover that the occasion was indeed being marked. For example, two posters promoted a March 28 Quds Day event at the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, one posted on X by this reporter on March 28 and another posted the same day by the Qudscommittee account on Instagram. To view a compilation video of Al-Quds Day 2025 events discovered by MEMRI, click here or below: MEMRI extensively covered Quds Day 2024 in Dearborn and the surrounding areas. That year, at an April 5 rally in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, participants chanted "Death To America!" and speakers called the U.S. "one of the rottenest countries" on earth, and Israel "ISIS," "Nazi," and "a cancer." It should be noted that the term "cancer" or "cancerous growth" for Israel was coined by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of Iran's Islamic Revolution, in 1979 or earlier. The event was held by the Al-Quds Committee Detroit. At the event, Michigan activist Tarek Bazzi stated that not only must "Genocide Joe" Biden go but so must the entire U.S. system. Quoting Malcolm X, he said: "We live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth." Bazzi added that "death to Israel" has become the "most logical chant shouted across the world today." Bazzi has been actively involved in every Quds Day event in the area since 2019. The Iran-educated Shi'ite Islamic scholar Sheikh Usama Abdulghani, another affiliate of the Hadi Institute, said at the event that the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini had established Quds Day because of his realization that Israel was a "cancer" and an "evil settler colonialist project." He said that "people of conscience" recognize that Israel is "ISIS," "Nazis," and "fascists." Abdulghani too has been involved in Quds Day events since 2019. Below are speeches and lectures by Dearborn Shi'ite Islamic scholar Usama Abdulghani in advance of and at the Dearborn Quds Day rally and alternative news media interviews with participants in a Detroit Quds Day rally. Dearborn Shi'ite Islamic Scholar Usama Abdulghani At Quds Day 2025 Event, Henry Ford Centennial Library, Dearborn, March 28 In his speech at the 2025 Quds Day event, Dearborn Islamic Shi'ite scholar Usama Abdulghani said that "the No. 1 cause of death of children on Planet Earth is Israel," and reiterated the Islamic Republic of Iran slogan that "Israel is a cancer." As he spoke, participants held up signs stating "Zionists are the real baby killers," "1948-now Holocaust in Palestine," "The Zionist entity has no right to exist!!" and "The ultimate victory – end of Zionism!" The Iran-educated Abdulghani, who is affiliated with the Hadi Institute in Dearborn, has spoken at every Quds Day event since 2019. MEMRI has published many of his speeches and lectures, including one in October 2024 in which he expressed his esteem for Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and congratulated "our martyrs" – Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar and Hizbullah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine. The following is the transcript of his speech at the Quds Day 2025 event, as posted on X. To view the video of Abdulghani's speech, click here or below: Usama Abdulghani: "One person, not 50,000. If one person is killed, then it's like you've killed everyone on planet earth. Ayat of the Quran, Surah 5 verse number 32, Whoever slaughters someone without killing them for another person or corruption in the land, it is as if they have killed everyone. The Zionist might wonder: 'Why don't you back down? Is 50,000 shuhada [martyrs], is that enough?' How many children right now, the number one cause of death of children on planet earth is Israel! 15,000 babies! That's not enough! The real numbers are much more than this. "But you and I, we cannot watch while people are slaughtered. Why do you push back? Why do you push back? In Islam, we cannot allow ourselves to be oppressed, nor can we watch when anyone else is oppressed. It doesn't matter their religion, Shia, Sunni, Jew, Christian. No one, none of God's creations can be oppressed. The Quran says in Surah 2 verse number 279, 'You don't oppress anyone, you don't allow yourselves to be oppressed.' Silence enables bullies. Silence is a stance. That's why we have to speak up. "Last, why do the people overseas who are oppressed, who are under threat by this Zionist colony, why do they have the right, the God-given right to armed self-defense? Why is that okay? Brothers and sisters, Israel is a cancer. Left unchecked, a cancer will ravage the host body. Israel is an expansionist entity. Unchecked, Israel will not stop with Gaza, will not stop with Palestine, will not stop with the West Bank. Israel doesn't honor any treaties. Even if you're like [Syrian interim president and Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham leader Muhammad Al-] Joulani [i.e. Ahmed Al-Sharaa], even if you're on their side, they are taking Syria. They're coming after Lebanon. They're coming after Egypt. This doesn't stop unless you push back. So, what we say is that it's enough. We watched killings, rape, land theft, murder, slaughter... " In Advance Of Quds Day, Abdulghani Calls For Eliminating Israel, Calling It "A Goat To Be Slaughtered," And Says That The U.S.'s Crackdown On Protesters Is A Sign Of Weakness – March 18, 2025 Abdulghani said in his March 18, 2025 lecture at the Shiite Hadi Institute Youth Community Center in Dearborn that escalation by the "empire" in Israel and in the U.S., where people are "being disappeared for protesting," is a sign of weakness, not strength. Israel, he added, is now weaker than it has ever been, and, asking whether things can ever go back to the way they were before October 7, he added: "We're going to have to do something, we're going to have to finish the mission." He used the imagery of a goat kicking in its death throes as it is being slaughtered to explain the actual strength of Israel and America. He said: "The empire that we can see, both on Israel – they're provoking, they're starting – and also, even from our side over here, we see that the empire is doubling down. There are innocent people being disappeared for protesting. What you and I need to keep in mind is this iron fist of the empire is not a sign of strength. This is weakness. [...] "Israel is now weaker than they have ever been... [...] "Can things ever go back to how they were before October 7 [2023]? We're going to have to do something. We're going to have to finish the mission. When a goat is being slaughtered, a goat kicks its feet. That's not a sign that the goat is powerful." To view this clip on MEMRI TV, click here or below: Also In Advance Of Quds Day, Abdulghani Calls Out Wall Street Journal Op-Ed By MEMRI Executive Director Steven Stalinsky On "Dearborn, America's Jihad Capital," Stresses That This Quds Day, The Enemy Will Be Watching Our Protests – March 22, 2025 In a video posted on the Instagram account of Light of Guidance on March 22, 2025, Abdulghani called for increased attendance at the upcoming Quds Day rally in Dearborn, adding that "the enemy" would be observing it to see whether President Trump's policies had inhibited attendance. He also reminded his audience of the Wall Street Journal op-ed by MEMRI Executive Director Steven Stalinsky calling Dearborn "America's Jihad Capital." It should be noted that at last year's Quds Day rally in Dearborn, where Abdulghani spoke, a protester led the crowd in a chant of "Death to America!" This video was compiled from a speech delivered by Abdulghani at the Hadi Institute on March 18, 2025, with added graphics, including a screenshot of Stalinsky's Wall Street Journal piece and scenes of student anti-Israel protests on university campuses. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, click here or below: Usama Abdulghani: "Brothers and sisters, for the Day of Quds this year, it's different. The enemy is measuring the response. You and I remember last year, when the word that they put out was that Dearborn is the Jihad capital. "They're watching our protests this year. Is it going to be the case that Trump was able to put the fear of God in the believers, when the enemy is actually weaker, when the university students are not intimidated, when they're actually having emergency rallies already for Palestine. "Do we start to fail? What you and I need to keep in mind is this iron fist of the empire is not a sign of strength. This is weakness. This is not that the empire is so strong, we better back down, we better not show our faces. Israel is now weaker than they have ever been. Militarily, how is Israel? Can they bring up military reserves? What is their economy like? What is their world standing like? Can things ever go back to like how they were before October 7th? So inshallah brothers and sisters, tonight, the night of Qadr, because Allah can see your hearts, make that firm intention that in addition to worshipping, you're going to have that stance." TMJ News Network Interviews Quds Day Protestors In Detroit, March 28, 2025 At a Quds Day rally in Detroit on March 28, a reporter from TMJ News interviewed participants, as an unseen speaker gave a speech and led the crowd in a chant of "Free, free Palestine!" TMJ bills itself as an "independent media platform committed to uncovering truth" launched by "a group of dedicated professionals – writers, journalists, filmmakers, and creatives – who had enough. Enough of mainstream media twisting the truth. Enough of stories being misrepresented. Enough of the soft war narratives designed to confuse and pacify the masses." It describes itself as "exist[ing] to serve the people, hold power accountable, and provide an alternative to corporate-controlled news... Your movement to resist the occupation of the mind." Below are transcripts from the interviews: Detroit Rally Participant: "All People Of Conscience" Should "Show Up To This Protest, Show Your Support For The Resistance" – i.e. Hamas And Hizbullah Interviewer: "What brought you here today?" Rally Participant: "In the name of God, the All-Compassionate, the All-Merciful, I came in today for the Al-Quds protest. That's an international protest that Imam Khomeini started about several decades ago and happens the last Friday of every Ramadan, and I find it incumbent upon all Muslims throughout the world – non-Muslims, Christians, Jews, all people of conscience – to show up to this protest, show your support for the resistance as well." Interviewer: "Would you say that even after, you know, a year and a half of genocide has been going on, people have been protesting, some people might argue that, at this point, protesting is not helpful. What do you think about that? Would you say it is still important to come out here, even after one and a half years plus of killing and murder?" Participant: "Yeah definitely. With the fact that the violence and the oppression is increasing so much more, we have to resist even more so to show our support. And if you look at the global support for Palestine, it's much stronger now than it was ever before. I mean, you see protests in London, you see protests in New York, you see protests from the Atlantic all the way to the Pacific. And this seems like it's going to get only stronger." To view this video, click here or below: Detroit Rally Participant: Like "Sheikh Usama [Abdulghani] Said, I Definitely Think It [The Government Crackdown] Is A Major Sign Of The Weakening Of The Government" Interviewer: "What do you think of the recent incarcerations of the protestors and student activists? And what does that mean, you know, in terms of everything going on right now with the U.S. government making crackdowns on people?" Participant: "I definitely, just to echo what Sheikh Usama [Abdulghani] said, I definitely think it's a major sign of the weakening of the government and they're at their last straw. You know, they're just also trying every bit to keep everyone under their control..." Interviewer: "So it's like a fear tactic?" Participant: "100%. I don't think it's a sign of strength and I don't think it's for us to show fear and, kind of, give in. I think it's our time to step up to the plate. And if this is, if this is the little that we're going to suffer for the greater good, then that's what we have to go through." Interviewer: "And usually every year there's such a big turnout. Do you think this is a byproduct of, you know, the crackdown on the Muslim community here in Dearborn?" Participant: "I definitely think it could be, unfortunately. But, Glory be to Allah, I've always heard when it comes to the nearing of the zuhur [return of Imam Al-Mahdi], God is going to test us where he's going to filter and sift and filter and sift to really prove to ourselves and to Allah, the praised and exalted, who the true believers are. Who's really willing to put themselves at risk for the truth. And so this could be a symbol of it." To view this clip, click here or below:
Memri
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Russia-Based American Communist And Jihadi Supporter Jackson Hinkle At Houthi 'Quds Day' Rally In Yemen: I Am Honored To Be Here; The U.S. And Israel Fear Yemen More Than Anyone Else – They Are Waging War Against God
American pro-Kremlin social media influencer Jackson Hinkle spoke at the Iranian-international "Quds Day" event in Sanaa, Yemen, on March 28, 2025, which was broadcast live on Al-Masirah TV (Houthis-Yemen). Several foreign delegates attended the event, including Christopher Helali, the International Secretary of the American Communist Party, Irish politicians Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, members of the Independents 4 Change political alliance, Beirut-based British journalist Steven Sweeney - a correspondent for Russia Today (RT), and South African politician Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson on Nelson Mandela. Hinkle expressed his honor in being there, stating that he had never met a "more courageous people." Hinkle asserted that America and the "Zionist entity" fear Yemen more than any other nation and that both "the Zionist entity" and the United States are waging war against God. The crowd chanted the Houthi slogan: "Allah Akbar! Death to America! Death to Israel! Curses upon the Jews! Victory to Islam!" Jackson Hinkle: "Free, free Palestine!" Crowd: "Free, free Palestine!" Hinkle: "I am so honored to be here. [...] "I have never met a more courageous people. [...] "America and the Zionist entity fear Yemen more than anyone else, because the people of Yemen fear nobody but God. [...] "I understand that here today it is Quds Day, and I could think of nowhere else I would rather be than with the free people of Yemen. [...] "As the United States drops bombs on the people of Yemen and Gaza, we know that the U.S. and the Zionist entity are waging a war against God, and we know that anyone who wages a war against God will never be successful. [...] "Thank you for having me here. [...] "Inshallah, one day we will meet in a free Palestine." [...] Crowd: "Allah Akbar! Death to America! Death to Israel! Curses upon the Jews! Victory to Islam! We respond to your call, oh Al-Aqsa! We respond to your call, oh Al-Aqsa!"
Al Jazeera
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Iran police disperse pro-hijab protest amid security concerns
Tehran, Iran – In a first, Iranian authorities have dispersed a demonstration calling for stricter implementation of the country's dress code rules. On Friday evening, after state-organised Quds Day rallies in support of the Palestinian cause ended, police dispersed dozens who had been camping out in front of the parliament for weeks. The demonstrators, mostly women clad in full-body black chadors, had been there for nearly 50 days to decry what they view as loose enforcement of mandatory hijab, which signifies the abandonment of 'Islamic values' to them. Women and men in Iran are bound by a law passed shortly after the country's 1979 revolution to adhere to strict dress codes – including a veil covering hair for women – on pain of prison, flogging, or financial penalties. For decades, Iranian authorities have enforced the mandatory hijab through patrols by police and security forces. The country's so-called 'morality police', known as 'Gasht-e Ershad' or Islamic guidance patrol, would round up people on the streets for 'undermining public decency' and put them in vans to be 're-educated' at designated centres or be punished through the courts. That is what happened to 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in September 2022, who was arrested in Tehran for alleged non-compliance with hijab laws while out with her family. She died in police custody, her death triggering nationwide protests for months. Hundreds of protesters and dozens of security forces were killed in the unrest, with authorities saying the United States, Israel, and other rivals were behind the 'riots'. The hijab has since become an increasingly hot-button topic. Iranian authorities announced they would suspend the morality police in late 2022, but the force's white vans soon made a comeback to the streets of Tehran and other major cities. Many more women and men have been arrested or had cases opened against them for dress code-related offences. This has ranged from average Iranians on the streets to journalists and veteran actresses who appeared unveiled in public, and businesses or even taxi drivers whose customers were deemed to be violating the law. Faced with increasing hijab-related 'crimes', especially in Tehran, where many women go out without a headscarf, Iranian authorities have been trying to implement new legislation that would boost their authority to crack down on offenders. A new hijab bill that defines heavy punishments, especially ramped-up financial penalties, was passed by Iran's conservative-dominated parliament in September 2023, under the administration of late President Ebrahim Raisi. It was then discussed in top state bodies many times, before finally being backed in September 2024 by the Guardian Council, the 12-member constitutional watchdog that has to greenlight legislation before it can be implemented. But President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has pledged to pursue mandatory hijab through non-confrontational methods like 'education', said his government would be incapable of enforcing the 'impractical' bill. After much speculation, conservative parliament chief and former military commander Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf finally confirmed in March that the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) had ordered the bill's implementation halted. The council agreed that the bill 'could cause tensions in today's society' in the aftermath of the 2022-23 protests, Ghalibaf told state media, adding that the government and parliament are working on finding ways of enforcing it in the future. In the meantime, as authorities battle a budget crunch under sanctions pressure from United States President Donald Trump, they have launched new efforts to crack down on hijab offences. They have set up cameras in public spaces to identify and punish unveiled women, allowed people to report others – and their vehicles, which could be impounded – for hijab offences without providing evidence, and imposed heavy fines or shuttered violating businesses. The dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of women demonstrating in front of the parliament have been making headlines for weeks. Some local media called them 'super-revolutionaries' due to their religious zeal, and they have garnered praise and support from ultraconservative factions within the Iranian establishment. They, along with several hardline legislators in parliament, have been accusing the parliament chief and the president of complacency over the enforcement of the hijab bill. They have described mandatory hijab as a tenet of Iran's theocratic establishment that 'enemies' wish to trample. But Tehran Governor Hossein Khosh-Eghbal said on Saturday that the demonstrations were 'illegal' and warned that police would disperse any further protests held without permits. He did not mention why the demonstrations were tolerated for weeks, or comment on claims, including by conservative legislator Javad Nikbin, that the demonstrators were paid to be there and had been bused in. Police confirmed that many of the women had travelled from the holy Shia city of Qom, some 150km (90 miles) south of Tehran. They also broadcast a short video via state media that showed their officers trying to reason with the shouting protesters and explain why they must disperse by law before taking action. In a viral video filmed by one of the protesters and circulated online, the woman behind the camera can be heard screaming and saying 400 male and female officers descended on them, put them in vans and dropped them in different parts of Tehran to disperse them. The woman showed another chador-clad woman lying on the ground with a bloody face, claiming demonstrators were beaten. The state-run Fars news agency reported that police used 'physical means' to end the protests and left demonstrators on the outskirts of the city in the middle of the night. Police said the video was 'staged' in an attempt to influence public sentiment, and that the wounds were self-inflicted. Politicians with the Paydari (Steadfastness) Front, the ultraconservative faction whose presidential candidate Saeed Jalili was defeated in elections last year, have been lambasting the decision. Hamid Rasaei, a top hardline legislator with the faction, said whoever decided to disperse the protesters did it 'either out of foolishness or due to infiltration'.
The National
30-03-2025
- Business
- The National
'There will be bombing', Trump tells Iran if it fails to reach nuclear deal
President Donald Trump on Sunday said Iran would be bombed and face additional tariffs unless it agrees to a nuclear deal with the US. "If they don't make a deal, there will be bombing. And it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before', Mr Trump said in a telephone interview with NBC News. He added that no deal would also result in secondary tariffs "like I did four years ago." He said officials from the US and Iran were in discussions, but did not provide further details. In his first term in office, Mr Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers that placed strict limits on Tehran's nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Mr Trump also reimposed sweeping US sanctions on the country. Since then, Iran has far surpassed the uranium enrichment limits set out in the initial agreement. Tehran has so far rebuffed Mr Trump's warning to make a deal or face military consequences. Iran last week issued a response through Oman to a letter from Mr Trump, in which he urged Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. Mr Araghchi said he believed it was no longer possible to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and that attempting to do so would not serve Iran's interests. Mr Araghchi, who was among Iran's negotiators on the deal, said the agreement could not be revived in the same format because of advances in Tehran's nuclear development and increased US sanctions. However, he suggested the deal could serve as a base for a potential agreement in the future. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that the country rejected direct nuclear negotiations with the US, but he left open the possibility of indirect talks. It comes after weeks of seemingly mixed messages from within Iran. Videos from Quds Day demonstrations on Friday showed people instructing participants to shout only: 'Death to Israel.' Typically, 'Death to America' is also heard. Footage of an underground missile base unveiled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also showed its troops stepping on an Israeli flag painted on the ground. But there was no American flag, which is often also seen in such propaganda videos. Western powers have accused Iran of aiming to develop nuclear weapons by continuing to enrich uranium to higher levels. Tehran says its nuclear programme is only for civilian purposes.
