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 Overview Of The Rising Tensions In Russian-Ukrainian Relations
Serious tensions arose this week in Russian-Ukrainian relations. On August 7, 2016, the Russian security service FSB reported that it had thwarted a terror attack in the Crimean Peninsula. According to the FSB, two groups of Ukrainian agents infiltrated into Crimean territory with the aim of launching terror attacks at tourist sites, to disrupt...
Indian Daily: Zionist Mossad, Hindu RSS Are Both 'Bent On Defaming Islam, Muslims,...
Indian Daily: Zionist Mossad, Hindu RSS Are Both 'Bent On Defaming Islam, Muslims, And Muslim Figures
A number of terror suspects have recently been arrested in India, especially in Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the state capital. These arrests, especially of Muslim youths radicalized to support the Islamic State (ISIS), were made by India's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS). For example, on July 24, in...
'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed: Terror Is Product Of Extremism In Media, Mosques And...
'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed: Terror Is Product Of Extremism In Media, Mosques And Schools
In an article published August 11, 2016 in the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, the daily's former editor 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed wrote that the atrocities committed by ISIS and others in the name of Islam are the product of extremist ideas that are spread in mosques, schools and the media. Mentioning the horrific...
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An Overview Of The Azerbaijan-Iran-Russia Trilateral Summit In Baku
On August 8, 2016, a first-ever trilateral summit between Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia convened in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku, at the initiative of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. It is worth noting that Putin included Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of Russia's defense industry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...
Officials In Lebanese, Gazan Terror Organizations Confirm: Iran Funds Our Activity
Arab media have recently published statements by officials in the Lebanese Hizbullah and the Gazan Hamas and Islamic Jihad organizations, and by their supporters, confirming what has long been known – namely that these Lebanese and Gazan terror organizations receive substantial financial and military assistance from...
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif: 'Occupied Kashmir Is Not An Internal Indian...
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif: 'Occupied Kashmir Is Not An Internal Indian Matter, But Rather That The Kashmir Issue Is The Foundational Pillar Of Our Foreign Policy'
On July 8, 2016, Burhan Wani, a commander of Pakistan-backed terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, was killed in Kashmir by Indian security forces. The Kashmiri militant appeared on the radar of Indian security agencies last year after he posted...
Russian Reactions To The Putin-Erdogan Meeting
On August 9, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met for the first time in St. Petersburg for the time, since the downing of the Russian jet in November 2015. However, despite the two leaders' intention to proceed rapidly towards economic and political normalization, the difference of views on major topics such as the...
Article In Palestinian Online Daily: The Claim That Jews Are The Descendants Of Apes...
Article In Palestinian Online Daily: The Claim That Jews Are The Descendants Of Apes And Pigs Is Foolish And Primitive
In his column in the Palestinian online daily Dunya Al-Watan (Alwatanvoice.com), Anwar Al-Waridi, a Palestinian poet and author living in Jordan, mocked Muslim clerics who scream about Jews being the descendants of apes and pigs,[1] while Jews control Arab land and have been defeating the Arabs...
Jordanian Writer: Graphic Images From War Zones Cause Psychological Damage To...
Jordanian Writer: Graphic Images From War Zones Cause Psychological Damage To Children
In his January 13, 2016 column in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour, Maher Abu Tair warned of the damage done to children's psyches by the graphic images broadcast by media, even in countries where there is no war or conflict. He wrote that exposing children to such images shapes their consciousness and terrorizes them, so...
At Putin-Erdogan Meeting, Putin Says: 'Regarding The Full Restoration Of Relations...
At Putin-Erdogan Meeting, Putin Says: 'Regarding The Full Restoration Of Relations – Do We Want It Or Not? Yes, We Want It And Will Do This'; Erdogan: 'Turkish-Russian Relations Are Not Limited To Trade And Economic Ties'
On August 9, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Konstantin Palace, 20 kilometers from St. Petersburg.[1] The meeting was described by...
Yarmouk TV Report on MEMRI: It Affects Public Opinion, We Should Have the Ability to ...+
Yarmouk TV Report on MEMRI: It Affects Public Opinion, We Should Have the Ability to Confront These Websites-
The Jordanian Yarmouk TV channel recently aired a report on MEMRI, in which it said that it publishes "fabrications and snippets of video excerpts and lectures... along with commentary about some of them." The report, which aired on August 1, called for think tanks to develop "the ability to confront these...
One Year After JCPOA: Iran-U.S. Relations According To Iranian Supreme Leader Ali...
One Year After JCPOA: Iran-U.S. Relations According To Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
To mark the first anniversary of Adoption Day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei released, on July 20 and 25, two collections, in English, of excerpts from his speeches in recent years about the U.S., its values, its attitude towards Iran, Islam, and...
Russian FM Lavrov On Putin-Erdogan Meeting; 'As For The Restoration Of Trust......
Russian FM Lavrov On Putin-Erdogan Meeting; 'As For The Restoration Of Trust... Much Will Depend On Our Cooperation In Settling The Syrian Crisis'
On August 9, 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan is set to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. At the talks, Putin and Erdogan are expected to discuss the lifting of Russia's embargo on Turkish goods, the resumption of chartered...
Barack Obama Vs. Vladimir Putin As Visualized By Pro-Kremlin Russian Cartoons
The following are cartoons on U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, appeared on the Pro-Kremlin media outlets Sharzh I Pero and Studiya 13, a project run by young pro-Kremlin Russian artists. The cartoons depict Obama as a loser, an alcoholic and an overall weak leader, whereas Putin is portrayed as a...
Al-Quds Intifada Summer Camps In Gaza Offer Training In Stabbing, Firearms, Tunnel...
Al-Quds Intifada Summer Camps In Gaza Offer Training In Stabbing, Firearms, Tunnel Combat
On July 16, 2016, Hamas's military wing, the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, launched its annual "Pioneers of Liberation" summer camps in Gaza. This year's camps were dedicated to the "Al-Quds Intifada" (i.e., Jerusalem Intifada), which is the Palestinian name for the wave of attacks against Israelis, especially in...
TV Report on the Weapons Trade in a Village in Pakistan: An AK-47 Goes for Less than ...+
TV Report on the Weapons Trade in a Village in Pakistan: An AK-47 Goes for Less than a Smartphone-
On July 29, France 24 TV aired a report on the illegal weapons production and trade in the village of Darra Adam Khel in Pakistan, "considered the largest black market for knockoff weapons in the region." Weapons workshop owners complained that the trade, which began during the Soviet-Afghanistan war and flourished as a...
Russia This Week – August 1 - 8, 2016
Russia This Week is a weekly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest Russia-related news and analysis from media in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Cartoon Of The Week Vk.com/13studiya, August 3, 2016. The dove of peace poops on U.S....
Little Girl Sings ISIS Song, Beheads Doll - Warning: Disturbing Images+
Little Girl Sings ISIS Song, Beheads Doll - Warning: Disturbing Images-
A video posted on an ISIS Telegram account on August 4, shows a young niqab-clad girl singing an ISIS song and brandishing a knife. Against the backdrop of lyrics such as "My sword has been sharpened to destroy you," she then saws the head off a doll and drops the head on the floor. Little Girl: "State of Islam, attack and defeat the...
Senior Saudi Cleric Saleh Al-Fawzan: Husbands Must Force Wives to Wear the Hijab ...+
Senior Saudi Cleric Saleh Al-Fawzan: Husbands Must Force Wives to Wear the Hijab (Archival)-
In response to a question posed to him, Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan, a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars, said that the hijab was one of the means created by Allah to prevent adultery and that "the husband must make his wife wear it." Sheikh Al-Fawzan said this during a religious ruling show posted on the Internet on...
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...
Editorial In Pakistani Daily: India Should 'Resolve The Issue [Of Kashmir] Together...
Editorial In Pakistani Daily: India Should 'Resolve The Issue [Of Kashmir] Together With Pakistan... Instead Of Firing Bullets On Kashmiri Muslims'
On July 8, 2016, Burhan Wani, a terrorist commander of the Pakistan-backed jihadist organization Hizbul Mujahideen, which operates from its base in Pakistani-occupied Kashmir, was killed by Indian security forces. Last year, Wani and a group of Kashmiri youths took up...
Leading Pakistani Cleric On Medina Attack: 'Conspiracies Are Being Readied For The...
Leading Pakistani Cleric On Medina Attack: 'Conspiracies Are Being Readied For The Destruction Of The Muslim Ummah; Turkey, Pakistan And Saudi Arabia Are Continuously Targeted'
On the evening of July 4, 2016, one day before Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, a suicide bomber carried out an attack outside the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The attack shocked the...
The Songs Of The Islamic State, Part III – Songs Of Derision For West Following...
The Songs Of The Islamic State, Part III – Songs Of Derision For West Following Brussels, Paris Attacks
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. Introduction Over the last few months, two media outlets supporting the Islamic State (ISIS) posted a series of nasheeds (religious songs)...
Egypt's Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel Aal: MPs Must Stand Out of Respect When ...+
Egypt's Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel Aal: MPs Must Stand Out of Respect When Talking about Army Personnel-
In response to a question by MP Muhammad Anwar Al-Sadat about pensions allocated to retired army personnel serving in senior civilian positions, Egypt's parliamentary speaker Ali Abdel Aal retorted that all MPs should stand up and bow their heads in respect when talking about the armed forces. The exchange,...
Youth Walks down Street in Verviers, Belgium, Cursing the Christians and Praying for ...+
Youth Walks down Street in Verviers, Belgium, Cursing the Christians and Praying for Their Annihilation-
In a short video posted on a Jihadi Telegram account on August 2, 2016, a youth is seen walking down a street in Verviers, Belgium, praying: "Oh Allah, annihilate the hateful Christians. Oh Allah, kill them all. Do not leave a single one of them." Youth: "Oh Allah, support Islam and the Muslims. "Oh...
Russian-Speaking ISIS Fighter Threatens Putin with Attacks in Russia+
Russian-Speaking ISIS Fighter Threatens Putin with Attacks in Russia-
In a video posted on the Internet on July 30, an ISIS fighter, speaking in Russian, said: "Oh Putin, we will come to Russia and kill you in your own homes, Allah willing." The translation is based on the Arabic subtitles. ISIS Fighter: "Oh Putin, we will come to Russia and kill you in your own homes, Allah willing. Oh my brothers, come to...
Normandy Church Attackers Pledge Allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi+
Normandy Church Attackers Pledge Allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi-
On July 27, ISIS released a video showing the two Normandy church attackers pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Following are excerpts Abu Jaleel Al-Hanafi: "In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad, his family and his companions. Assalaam alaykum. Allah's blessings upon you. Ibn...
'Kufr' And The Language Of Hate
Recently, a series of high-profile comments by Western politicians on aspects of Islam have come under public scrutiny. These comments have been criticized because of their vague and sweeping nature and because of the likelihood that they will promote hatred or violence against Muslim minorities in the West while also complicating the work of combating terrorist groups like...
The Russian Media Studies Project - January-July 2016
Though MEMRI has dealt since its inception with the Arab and Muslim world, the concept on which it is based does not apply only to this arena. On the contrary: MEMRI's founding concept is that wherever there is conflict among nations, societies, cultures, or religions, gaining a deep understanding of this conflict depends on access to a wide array of primary...
Following ISIS Attacks, Arab Journalists Call To Acknowledge Existence Of Muslim...
Following ISIS Attacks, Arab Journalists Call To Acknowledge Existence Of Muslim Extremism; Reexamine Religious Texts
IntroductionThe large number of terrorist attacks carried out by ISIS in Western countries over the past year – including the July 14 truck attack in Nice, France (84 dead, some 100 wounded), the June 12 shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida (49 dead, over 50 wounded), the March 22,...
Turkish President Erdogan to Al-Jazeera: Nobody Can Teach Us a Lesson in Human Rights+
Turkish President Erdogan to Al-Jazeera: Nobody Can Teach Us a Lesson in Human Rights-
In an exclusive interview with the Al-Jazeera network on July 20, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that "Turkey currently hosts 3 million Syrians and Iraqis" and that "Nobody should try to teach us a lesson about [human rights]." He further said that France had "revealed their true face and their ideas regarding human...
Canada Friday Sermon: America Is Collapsing Because of Police Racism; the EU and ...+
Canada Friday Sermon: America Is Collapsing Because of Police Racism; the EU and Israel Will Come to an End-
In a Friday sermon delivered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 8, 2016, Sheikh Shaban Sherif Mady said that "the U.S. is collapsing now from the inside because of the racism of those policemen," and that "an American state is demanding to secede, after England seceded from the EU." "The US will break up,...
THE MEMRI 2016 SUMMER CAMPAIGN – PLEASE SUPPORT US
As a valued reader of MEMRI, you are familiar with our continuing efforts to monitor more media sources in more countries, research more subjects, translate into more languages, and expand our reach. So far in 2016, MEMRI has sent 464 emails and published 45 Inquiry and Analysis papers, 263 Special Dispatch reports, 36 Special Announcements, 26 Daily Briefs,...
The French-Language Media Entity Ansar At-Tawhid And Its Role In ISIS Terror...
The French-Language Media Entity Ansar At-Tawhid And Its Role In ISIS Terror Activity – Part II: Spreading ISIS's Message In French
By: S. Benjamin* The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and...
Saudi Media Campaign Supports Iranian Opposition, Demands Toppling Of Iranian Regime
In recent days, a massive Saudi media campaign in support of the Iranian opposition has been underway. The campaign was launched right after former Saudi intelligence minister and ambassador to the U.S. Emir Turki Al-Faisal attended the July 9, 2016 Paris conference of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an umbrella...
ISIS Supporters Express Joy Over Nice Truck Attack, Claim It Came In Retaliation For...
ISIS Supporters Express Joy Over Nice Truck Attack, Claim It Came In Retaliation For French And Coalition Airstrikes In Iraq, Syria
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click...
Nice Attacker Emulated Methods Previously Advocated By ISIS, AQAP, And Other...
Nice Attacker Emulated Methods Previously Advocated By ISIS, AQAP, And Other Jihadis, Who Called To Use Vehicles As Weapons To Run Over And 'Mow' People
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, ...
Jihadi Reactions To Nice Terror Attack: 'We Want Paris Before Rome'
The French-Language Media Entity Ansar At-Tawhid And Its Role In ISIS Terror Activity – Part I: Operational Aspects, Indications Of Influence On Larossi Abballa
By: S. Benjamin* ...
Threats Preceding Nice Attack
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. The July 14 attack in Nice, France was...
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...
Attack On Border Camp Draws Jordan Closer To Syrian Conflict; Official Syrian Press:...
Attack On Border Camp Draws Jordan Closer To Syrian Conflict; Official Syrian Press: Jordan Is Reaping What It Sowed
Reports In Arab Media On Russian Draft Constitution For Syria – Analysis And...
Reports In Arab Media On Russian Draft Constitution For Syria – Analysis And Reactions
Introduction On May 24, 2016, Elie Hanna, a journalist for the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, which is close to the Syrian regime, published excerpts of the draft of a "Russian constitution for Syria," which included what he called "substantial changes to the current constitution." The daily later reported that the draft was...
MEMRI President Yigal Carmon's Testimony To House Committee On Foreign Affairs, July...
MEMRI President Yigal Carmon's Testimony To House Committee On Foreign Affairs, July 6, 2016: Palestinian Authority Support For Imprisoned, Released, And Wounded Terrorists And Families Of 'Martyrs'
The following is written testimony submitted to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 6, 2016, by Yigal Carmon, President and Founder, The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Washington, D.C. Mr....
MEMRI Vice President Alberto Fernandez's Testimony To Senate Committee on Homeland...
MEMRI Vice President Alberto Fernandez's Testimony To Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, July 6, 2016 – ISIS Online: Countering Terrorist Radicalization And Recruitment On The Internet And Social Media
THE FOLLOWING IS WRITTEN TESTIMONY SUBMITTED TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, JULY 6, 2016 BY THE HONORABLE ALBERTO M. FERNANDEZ, VICE PRESIDENT,...
MEMRI Mourns The Passing Of Elie Wiesel – Holocaust Survivor, Nobel Laureate,...
MEMRI Mourns The Passing Of Elie Wiesel – Holocaust Survivor, Nobel Laureate, Renowned Author, Educator And MEMRI Board Member
MEMRI mourns the passing of Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, renowned author, Romanian-born educator, and MEMRI Board Member, whose singular voice sounded a clarion call to the world’s conscience to never forget the victims of the Holocaust and man’s...
In Numerous Speeches, Indian Islamist Brother Imran Preaches Global Islamism Among...
In Numerous Speeches, Indian Islamist Brother Imran Preaches Global Islamism Among Muslims, Teaches Hatred Of Ahmadi Muslims, Counters Indian Nationalism
Introduction Islamist preacher Br. Imran inculcates global Islamism among young Muslims, both in India and abroad. He is the president of the Islamic Research and Educational Foundation (IREF), an Islamist institution based in the southern Indian city of...
U.S. Legitimizes Iranian Presence And Activity In Iraq
In June 28, 2016 remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was asked whether Iran's influence in Iraq was "more helpful or more harmful." He replied: "Look, we have challenges with Iran as everybody knows, and we're working on those challenges. But I can tell you that Iran in Iraq has been, in certain ways, helpful,...
Both Before And After Lebanese Bank Bombing, Hizbullah Supporters Incited Against...
Both Before And After Lebanese Bank Bombing, Hizbullah Supporters Incited Against Banking Sector And Central Bank Governor, Threatened Further Escalation That Would Impact Country's Future
Introduction On June 12, 2016, shortly after 20:00, while Beirut residents were breaking their Ramadan fast, an eight-kilogram bomb went off outside the headquarters of BLOM Bank,[1] one of Lebanon's leading banks, wounding...
Parasites In The Lands Of The Infidels
The concepts of exile and refuge are ancient ones existing across many civilizations and cultures. The Ottoman Empire and other Muslim states provided refuge for newly stateless Sephardic Jews expelled from the Iberian Peninsula by the Catholic kings. The Ottomans even sheltered Lutheran Christians from Habsburg persecution. The U.S., from its beginning, has served as a...
Criticism, Resentment Of Hizbullah On The Rise Among Shi'ites In Lebanon Over...
Criticism, Resentment Of Hizbullah On The Rise Among Shi'ites In Lebanon Over Organization's Military Involvement In Syria
IntroductionOver the past two years, Lebanese Shi'ite voices have emerged every so often to criticize and express resentment against Hizbullah over its military involvement in Syria. Beginning in August 2012, anti-Hizbullah Lebanese Shi'ites implicitly criticized Hizbullah in the Lebanese...
Prior To Orlando Attack, ISIS Had Warned, On Social Media, Of Upcoming Attacks In...
Prior To Orlando Attack, ISIS Had Warned, On Social Media, Of Upcoming Attacks In U.S., And Emphasized: If You Stop Attacking Us, We'll Stop Attacking You
"Our brother Omar Mateen, may Allah accept him, has massacred the enemies of Allah – how many broken hearts of the bereft, the widows, and the orphans has Allah healed with this operation! … He waged jihad in his place [of residence, in the U.S.] and...
Saudi Shura Council Draws Fire For Rejecting Organ Donation Bill
IntroductionOn May 22, 2016, the Saudi government daily 'Okaz reported that the Shura Council had rejected a bill that, if passed, would allow Saudis to add an organ-donor designation to their drivers' licenses; the bill was rejected on the grounds that this issue is "religiously controversial." According to the newspaper, several Shura members...
Review Of Indian Islamic Cleric's Book On 'Essential Problems Of The Mobile Phone'...
Review Of Indian Islamic Cleric's Book On 'Essential Problems Of The Mobile Phone' Criticizing Muslim Girls For Using Them – Noting Prophet Muhammad Said 'Do Not Teach Women To Write' – And Adding That Hindus Should Not Be Greeted Via Them
Introduction The following is a review of an Urdu-language book on the Islamic shari'a practices required of Muslims with regard to mobile phones and social media such as...
The Jihadi Cycle On Content-Sharing Web Services 2009-2016 And The Case Of...
The Jihadi Cycle On Content-Sharing Web Services 2009-2016 And The Case Of Justpaste.it: Favored By ISIS, Al-Qaeda, And Other Jihadis For Posting Content And Sharing It On Twitter – Jihadis Move To Their Own Platforms (Manbar, Nashir, Alors.Ninja) But Then Return To Justpaste.it
Introduction Social media have long since become the primary means for jihadis and jihadi groups to disseminate content, recruit,...
PLO Executive Committee's Decision To End Security Coordination With Israel Sparks...
PLO Executive Committee's Decision To End Security Coordination With Israel Sparks Debate Within The Organization
Introduction The contacts with Israel, and especially the security coordination with it, are the topic of an ongoing internal debate within Palestinian political circles and among the Palestinian public. Calls for ending the security coordination and severing the ties with Israel are heard from...
A Self-Profile Of The Islamic State: The Creedal Document
In 2015, the Islamic State (ISIS) released a document titled "These Are Our Creeds and Ways." The document is a self-profile of the Islamic State, presenting the organization's basic theology and political ideology. It deals with topics that have occupied Muslim minds for generations, yet it also reflects modern and local conditions and phenomena. An...
The Jihadi Threat To Singapore – Routes, Expatriates, Neighbors
Introduction In recent years, Singapore has not been immune to the influence of global jihadism, especially with the self-radicalization of Muslim youths in favor of the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda. In March 2016, Singaporean Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam announcing a counter-terrorism strategy for Singapore, noted: "As many as 1,000...
Opportunity Or Necessity? The Islamic State's Cluster Video Strategy
Image from May 2016 ISIS video in support of ISIS Sinai Wilayah The social media phenomenon that is the Islamic State seems to have peaked in early 2015.[1] The sheer size and adaptability of the ISIS media operation is still impressive, but efforts by social media companies, law enforcement, and the results of Coalition air strikes have...
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
Recently the Islamic State (hereafter ISIS) published an article in its official newsletter Al-Naba [1]assailing the concept that the Muslims must...
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 In Sinai Increases Military, Propaganda Pressure On Egypt
By: R. Green* The deposing of Egyptian president Muhammad Mursi in July 2013 was a turning point for the Salafi-jihadi organizations operating in Sinai. Following his ouster, these organizations launched an all-out war against the Egyptian government and army, acting...
Egypt's Al-Azhar Opposes Ministry Of Religious Endowments Plan For Uniform Friday...
Egypt's Al-Azhar Opposes Ministry Of Religious Endowments Plan For Uniform Friday Sermon
Egypt's Ministry of Religious Endowments, which is headed by Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, recently called for uniform Friday sermons in ministry-funded mosques across the country, and to require preachers to deliver a sermon provided to them by the ministry. Minister Gomaa stressed that the uniform sermons initiative was part...
Russian Cartoons On The U.S. Elections
The following is an overview of cartoons on the U.S. elections, published in Russian pro-Kremlin media outlets. The main cartoons’ leitmotif is that both Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump are inadequate for the job of U.S. president. There is no shared monolithic view shared by Russian politicians and political commentators, but...
Bahraini Media: The U.S. Is Working With Iran To Bring Down Bahrain, Other Countries
In recent months, U.S.–Bahrain relations have been increasingly strained over the issue of the ongoing conflict between the Bahraini regime and the Shi'ite opposition in the country, which is led by the Al-Wefaq Society, the largest Shi'ite opposition body. Bahrain accuses the U.S. of supporting the opposition in both...
Articles In Arab Press: 'When Will They Finally Announce The Official Death Of The...
Articles In Arab Press: 'When Will They Finally Announce The Official Death Of The Arab League?'
The July 25, 2016 Arab League summit in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott, originally scheduled for two days, lasted a few hours, and only seven leaders showed up. Notably absent were two of the Arab world's most prominent leaders – Egyptian President 'Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi, and Saudi King Salman bin 'Abd...
Russia-NATO Update - July 2016
Russia-NATO Update is a new monthly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest news on Russia-NATO relations from the Russian and East European media. Cartoons Of the Month Vk.com/13studiya, July 21, 2016. Psychiatrist to NATO soldier: Stop, stop… Now tell me again: for an entire year you kept looking into a bear’s den and screaming into...
Hamas Official Criticizes Palestinian Elements: Stop Boasting About Future Wars; In...
Hamas Official Criticizes Palestinian Elements: Stop Boasting About Future Wars; In The Struggle With Israel, Resistance Operations Are Better Than All-Out War
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the 2014 Gaza War, Hamas's deputy foreign minister and former spokesman Ghazi Hamad wrote an article in the online Gazan daily Alwatanvoice.com, in which he criticized Palestinian elements that constantly talk of...
Russia This Week – July 25- August 1, 2016
Russia This Week is a weekly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest Russia-related news and analysis from media in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Cartoon Of The Week Vitaly, Vk.com/13studiya, July 28, 2016. U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a banner saying: Crimea is yours!...
Three Years Later: Egyptian President Al-Sisi's Supporters Express Disappointment,...
Three Years Later: Egyptian President Al-Sisi's Supporters Express Disappointment, Call His Regime Tyrannical
Following the ouster, in late June/early July 2013, of Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) regime in Egypt after mass protests and military intervention led by then-defense minister 'Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi, Al-Sisi himself became president. His regime, often called the June 30...
Putin Meets With Russia's Olympic Team Ahead Of Rio 2016: 'This Campaign That...
Putin Meets With Russia's Olympic Team Ahead Of Rio 2016: 'This Campaign That Targets Our Country's Athletes Includes The Use Of Notorious Double Standards'
On June 27, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Russia's Olympic Team. More than 100 Russian athletes took part in the meeting, both those who will compete in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which get under way on 5 August, and those who were...
Egyptian Columnist Muhammad Amin: U.S., Britain Behind Terror Attack In Nice
In his July 15, 2016 column in the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Yawm, in the wake of the Nice terror attack, Muhammad Amin wrote that terrorism is a creation of the U.S. and the U.K. and averred that the U.S. is using the Islamic State (ISIS) to fight proxy wars. Amin, who is also the newspaper's newly appointed Board of Trustees...
Iranian Basij Commander Naqdi Visits Quneitra, Syria
Senior Iranian officials recently explained that the presence of Iranian forces in Syria and Lebanon is part of Iran's operation on several of its fronts against Israel. The Iranian news agency Fars also revealed that the commander of Iran's Basij militia recently visited Quneitra, Syria, near the Israeli border.Additionally, the Kayhan daily attempted, in its...
Russian Senator Kosachev: 'The [New] Status Of Crimea... Has Every Chance To Be...
Russian Senator Kosachev: 'The [New] Status Of Crimea... Has Every Chance To Be Accepted By The International Community'
The Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee chair, Senator Konstantin Kosachev, tells the Russian media outlet Lenta.ru that the European countries are prepared to abandon sanctions against Russia, and their economic interests force them to seriously consider recognizing Crimea as...
Wives, Daughters Of Senior Hamas Officials In Gaza Undergo Official Self-Defense And...
Wives, Daughters Of Senior Hamas Officials In Gaza Undergo Official Self-Defense And Weapons Training
The Palestinian Safa news agency has reported that wives of senior Hamas officials have completed a course of self-defense training, including weapons training with handguns and Kalashnikov rifles. The course graduation ceremony took place July 24, 2016, in the Khan Yunis area. According to the report,...
Pakistani Writer: 'Muslim Women In India Had Sent... [Jewellery] As Gifts For The...
Pakistani Writer: 'Muslim Women In India Had Sent... [Jewellery] As Gifts For The Turks So They... Could Continue Their War And Jihad [Against Western Powers]'
Following the July 15-16 failed military coup in Turkey, Pakistani writer Abdul Qader Hassan wrote an article shedding light on the downfall of the Ottoman Caliphate in the early 1920s. In the piece, Hassan also noted that the Ottoman Caliph Sultan Suleiman...
Russian FM Lavrov On Accusations Against Russia Over DNC Email Hacking: I Don't Want...
Russian FM Lavrov On Accusations Against Russia Over DNC Email Hacking: I Don't Want To Use Four-Letter Words
During a photo-op prior to his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Laos on July 26, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov was asked to comment on accusations that Russia had hacked into emails of the Democratic Party. A video of the exchange was posted on the...
Former Palestinian Prisoner Affairs Minister Advocates Non-Violent Resistance:...
Former Palestinian Prisoner Affairs Minister Advocates Non-Violent Resistance: Attacks On Civilians, Like Murder Of Teen In Her Sleep, Play Into Israel's Hands
Following the release on July 1, 2016 of the Quartet report on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which called for the cessation of violence and advancement of the two-state solution, Ashraf al-'Ajrami, a former minister for prisoner affairs in the...
Russian Intellectual Fyodor Lukyanov: After The Attempted Coup In Turkey, 'The...
Russian Intellectual Fyodor Lukyanov: After The Attempted Coup In Turkey, 'The Kremlin Has Reason To Be Satisfied'
After the July 15 failed coup attempt in Turkey, Russian intellectual Fyodor Lukyanov[1] writes in an article, titled "People With Big Ambitions: What the Turkish Coup Means for Russia," that Moscow has grounds for satisfaction with the current situation. Lukyanov believes that Turkish president...
Russia This Week – July 18- 25, 2016
Russia This Week is a weekly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest Russia-related news and analysis from media in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Cartoons Of The Week Twitter.com/sharzhipero, July 22, 2016. Caption: More than 60% of the French population disapproves of [French President...
Russian Cartoons On Obama's Legacy
The following are cartoons published in pro-Kremlin media outlets on U.S. President Barack Obama’s legacy and future after the U.S. elections. The cartoons envision Obama inter alia working as a waiter at McDonald’s and as a pizza delivery, once his term of office as U.S. president expires. Obama’s Future After The U.S. Elections Twitter.com/13studiya, March 5,...
Articles In Syrian Government Press: The West, Which Supports Terror, Is Responsible...
Articles In Syrian Government Press: The West, Which Supports Terror, Is Responsible For Nice Attack
Following the July 14, 2016 terror attack in Nice, in which 84 people were killed, the Syrian government press published many articles that blamed Western leaders for the attack, since, according to the articles, these leaders support terror and fight the Assad regime that is confronting ISIS. The articles also...
'Al-Hayat' Editor-In-Chief: Brexit Decision Does Not Bode Well For Arab Refugees In...
'Al-Hayat' Editor-In-Chief: Brexit Decision Does Not Bode Well For Arab Refugees In UK
Following the UK's Brexit referendum, in which the country voted to leave the European Union, Ghassan Charbel, editor-in-chief of the London-based daily Al-Hayat, wrote about a friend of his, an Iraqi refugee who had just received British citizenship and who voted in the referendum. His friend, he said, was happy to have found...
President Of Pro-Kremlin Think Tank RIAC: Clinton, The Policy Professional,...
President Of Pro-Kremlin Think Tank RIAC: Clinton, The Policy Professional, Preferable To Novice Trump
Igor Ivanov, the President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), and a former Russian Federation foreign affairs minister (1998–2004) attempted to prepare his readers for Hillary Clinton's expected victory (the article was obviously written before the polls narrowed Clinton's margin over Donald...
Hizbullah-Affiliated Lebanese Daily Attacks New U.S. Ambassador To Lebanon: She...
Hizbullah-Affiliated Lebanese Daily Attacks New U.S. Ambassador To Lebanon: She Speaks Insolently And Arrogantly, Brandishes A Big Stick Even Before Arriving In The Country
On July 18, 2016, about a week after new U.S. Ambassador to Beirut Elizabeth Richard arrived in the country, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, which is affiliated with Hizbullah, published an article by Sabah Ayub that harshly criticizing her and...
Article In Jordanian Daily: In 9/11 The U.S. – Which Works To Destroy The World...
Article In Jordanian Daily: In 9/11 The U.S. – Which Works To Destroy The World – Used Lethal Gas To Melt The Aircraft
In a June 15, 2016 article in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour, Jordanian lawyer Sufian Al-Shawa claimed that the U.S. has developed a special gas that melts people and objects, and that it utilized this gas in the 9/11 attacks and the 2003 Iraq War. According to Al-Shawa, the U.S. has also...
Editorial In Pakistani Urdu Daily On The Failed Coup In Turkey: 'In The Time To...
Editorial In Pakistani Urdu Daily On The Failed Coup In Turkey: 'In The Time To Come, Pakistan And Turkey Have The Capability To Become The Fortresses Of Islam'
Following the failed July 15-16, 2016 military coup in Turkey, an editorial in Pakistan's leading Urdu newspaper Roznama Ummat expressed the view that Turkey and Pakistan are important pillars of the Muslim world. Roznama Ummat, which is published from...
Kuwaiti Columnist Fahd Al-Bassam: Leave ISIS Be
On July 16, 2016, the Kuwaiti Al-Jarida daily published an article by columnist Fahd Al-Bassam under the provocative title "Leave ISIS Be." Al-Bassam is not at all an ISIS sympathizer: he argued rather that by fighting ISIS, Kuwait and the world were playing into its hands, and that the way to turn the tables on the organization was to recognize its state and to...
Gulf Officials Blast Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi: He Is The 'Mufti Of Suicide...
Gulf Officials Blast Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi: He Is The 'Mufti Of Suicide Attacks,' Should Be Prosecuted
In recent weeks, officials in the Gulf have lashed out at Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi, head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) and a prominent spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), for fatwas he issued in the past permitting suicide operations. The accusations came on the wake...
Russian Commentator On U.S. Elections: Clinton Is Better For Russia
Rotislav Ischenko, an analyst for 'Russia Today' had an interesting take on the American elections. While the Russian public prefers Trump because he is viewed as an antagonist of the American elite epitomized by Hillary Clinton, Ischenko is rooting for Clinton. Republicans, excluding George W. Bush, generally proved themselves more skillful...
The Turkish Coup Attempt In Arab, Iranian Cartoons
The failed coup attempt carried out in Turkey the night of July 15, 2016 by some Turkish army units was extensively covered in the Arab and Iranian media, and was also the topic of cartoons. Most of the cartoons emphasized the role played by Turkey's citizens in thwarting the coup and presented Turkey and Erdogan as victors. Below is a sampling of...
Russia This Week – July 11-17, 2016
Russia This Week is a weekly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest Russia-related news and analysis from media in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Cartoon Of The Week Twitter.com/sharzhipero, July 11, 2016NATO military official: Citizens of Russia, do not worry; All this is for your own...
Rise Of Military Tensions Between Russia And NATO
Introduction Military tension is rising between Russia and NATO. The recent NATO-Russia Council meeting, held on July 13, did not bring produce any serious development in terms of political dialogue.[1] The Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe, Dmitry Danilov, said that the meeting's goal was to reduce risks and mutual harm, since...
Russian Government Reactions To Meeting Of NATO-Russia Council
On July 13, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) met at the level of ambassadors in Brussels, days after the July 8-9 NATO summit in Warsaw.[1] The meeting focused on the Ukrainian crisis and on the implementation of the Minsk agreements. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that Russia's actions in Ukraine had undermined Euro-Atlantic security...
With Publication Of High School Finals Results, Palestinian Authority Press Notes...
With Publication Of High School Finals Results, Palestinian Authority Press Notes Deaths Of Students Who Carried Out Stabbing Attacks, Stresses: 'Dying As A Martyr Is The Path Of Excellence And Superiority'
The July 11, 2016 release of high school seniors' final exam results by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Education is being widely covered in the Palestinian media. As part of this coverage, on July...
Following The NATO Summit In Warsaw July 8-9 And Ahead Of The NATO-Russia Council...
Following The NATO Summit In Warsaw July 8-9 And Ahead Of The NATO-Russia Council Meeting On July 13 – An Interim Review
On July 8, 2016, the two-day NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland began. At the summit, NATO members agreed to deploy four multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, on a rotational basis. Furthermore, a multinational framework brigade in Romania will provide a...
Cartoons And Memes About NATO Summit In Warsaw In Russian Pro-Kremlin Media
On July 8, 2016, the two-day NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland began. The summit was an opportunity to define NATO's policy vis-à-vis Russia. In advance of the summit, a number of cartoons critical of this policy were published in pro-Kremlin media. Below is a review of cartoons on the NATO summit in Warsaw. A report on...
Reactions In Egypt To Israeli PM Netanyahu's Africa Visit – Egyptian MP: The Visit...
Reactions In Egypt To Israeli PM Netanyahu's Africa Visit – Egyptian MP: The Visit Threatens Egypt's National Security; 'Al-Masri Al-Yawm' Owner: Time For Cooperation With Israel
In early July 2016, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, and Ethiopia, and also met with the leaders of South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia. The visit, which began with a July 4 ceremony at...
Antisemitism – A Rising Theme For Iran's 2016 Qods Day
On July 1, 2016, the Iranian regime marked the 37th Qods (Jerusalem) Day, as it has since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, designated it on the last Friday in Ramadan. In addition to the regime's usual messages stressing the need for the annihilation of the State of Israel, this year antisemitic messages stood out...
Russia This Week – July 4-11, 2016
Russia This Week is a weekly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest Russia-related news and analysis from media in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Cartoons Of The Week Vitaly Podvitsky, Vk.com/13studiya, July 8, 2016 NATO expands eastward, drawing closer to the Russian border. Vitaly Podvitsky,...
ISIS Takes Responsibility For Downing Russian Attack Helicopter East Of Palmyra
On July 8, 2016, the Islamic State's (ISIS) Homs province published an official communiqué announcing that organization members managed to down a Russian attack helicopter east of Tadmur (Palmyra) and kill its crewmembers. According to the communiqué, the incident occurred at a time that ISIS fighters were conducting an attack in...
NATO July 8-9 Summit In Warsaw: Russian Envoy To NATO Grushko Calls NATO 'Military...
NATO July 8-9 Summit In Warsaw: Russian Envoy To NATO Grushko Calls NATO 'Military Methods' An Attempt To Create New Dividing Lines In Europe, Make European Countries Dependent On The U.S.
On July 8, 2016, the two-day NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland began. The summit is an opportunity to define NATO's policy vis-à-vis Russia. The previous day, July 7, at the Warsaw Summit Experts' Forum, NATO Secretary-General...
In Cartoons, Saudi Arabia, Iran Blame Each Other For Barring Iranians From Mecca...
In Cartoons, Saudi Arabia, Iran Blame Each Other For Barring Iranians From Mecca Pilgrimage
On May 30, 2016, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they had failed to reach an understanding on arrangements for Iranians to attend this year's Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca), and that consequently Iranians will not come to Saudi Arabia to participate in the rituals. The Iranians blamed the Saudis for the failure of the...
Arab Columnist: We Must Purge Our Sources Of Islamic Extremism Like Post-WWII...
Arab Columnist: We Must Purge Our Sources Of Islamic Extremism Like Post-WWII Germany Purged Its Sources Of Nazism
In his July 5, 2016 column for the London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, under the headline "Uprooting Extremism," Hussein Shobokshi called on the Muslim world to do what Germany did to combat Nazism after World War II, in order to purge itself of its own sources of extremism. Following are...
Russian Cartoons About Turkey's Apology To Russia For The Downing Of Russian Plane
On June 27, 2016, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the death of the pilot in the downing of the Russian Su-24 plane over the Syria–Turkey border in November 2015. The Kremlin website reported that in his letter, Erdogan said that Russia is Turkey's friend and strategic...
Pakistani Urdu Daily On Medina Attack: 'The Attempt To Target Masjid-e-Nabwi Can Be...
Pakistani Urdu Daily On Medina Attack: 'The Attempt To Target Masjid-e-Nabwi Can Be Clearly Described As Part Of The Plan On Which The Zionist State Of Israel Has Been Working'
On the evening on July 4, a suicide bomber targeted Masjid-e-Nabwi (the mosque of the Prophet Muhammad) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, killing four security guards and wounding several others. Masjid-e-Nabwi is the second holiest site in...
Pakistani Urdu Daily: 'The Attack In Dhaka Has Proved That The Islamic State Has...
Pakistani Urdu Daily: 'The Attack In Dhaka Has Proved That The Islamic State Has Succeeded In Establishing Its Roots In The [South Asia] Region'
On the night of July 1, 2016, jihadis laid an 11-hour siege to a café in the diplomatic zone of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and selectively killed 20 non-Muslim hostages, mostly Italian and Japanese nationals, after they failed to recite Koranic verses. Some of the...
One Day To The NATO Summit In Warsaw, Russian Reactions To UK Parliament's Report On...
One Day To The NATO Summit In Warsaw, Russian Reactions To UK Parliament's Report On British And NATO Relations With Russia
On July 5, 2016, the defense committee of the British House of Commons published a comprehensive report on UK and NATO’s relations with Russia, titled "Russia: Implications for UK Defense and Security."[1] The report stresses that the forthcoming NATO Summit in Warsaw should...
Russian Messages To The U.S. For The Fourth Of July
The following is a review of messages and statements on the occasion of the Fourth of July, the U.S.'s Independence Day, by Russian pro-Kremlin officials and media outlets: Statue of Liberty collapses into the sea, while planes resembling Russian Su-34 and Su-35 fly above it. A carrier called Democracy" is also about to sink. Twitter.com/sharzhipero, July 4,...
Al-Quds Day In Basra, Iraq: Iraqi Policemen Burn U.S. Flag, Chant 'Death To America'
On July 1, 2016, some Iraqi cities marked Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, which involved protests against Israel and the U.S. This day is marked each year in Iran and in other Shi'ite communities in the Middle East on the last Friday of Ramadan, and usually includes anti-Israel and anti-American chants. In the majority Shi'ite city of...
Two Days To NATO's Warsaw Summit, Pro-Kremlin Think Tank Valdai Club's Expert Warns:...
Two Days To NATO's Warsaw Summit, Pro-Kremlin Think Tank Valdai Club's Expert Warns: 'Western Support… To Anti-Russian Political Forces In Belarus, Armenia And Azerbaijan Would Lead To New Crises Like That In Ukraine'
In anticipation of the NATO summit in Warsaw, the program director of the Valdai Discussion Club's (a pro-Kremlin think tank) Foundation for Development and Support, Dmitry Suslov, wrote an article,...
Russian Opposition News Portal Ej.ru: As A Result Of Turkey's Apologies, 'Kremlin...
Russian Opposition News Portal Ej.ru: As A Result Of Turkey's Apologies, 'Kremlin Propagandists Will Tell Us...We Just Have To Suffer A Little More, And [The West] Will Swallow The Annexation Of Crimea'
On June 28, 2016, the opposition news portal Ej.ru published an article, titled "Back Alley Victory," by Russian journalist Aleksandr Goltz. The article states that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s letter...
Three Days Before NATO's Warsaw Summit, Russian Envoy To NATO Grushko: NATO...
Three Days Before NATO's Warsaw Summit, Russian Envoy To NATO Grushko: NATO Transformed 'Central And Eastern Europe Into An Arena Of Military Confrontation'
The website of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to NATO published an interview with the mission chief, Aleksander Grushko on the Brussels meeting of NATO defense ministers between June 14-15, 2016.[1] Grushko criticized the meeting for...
Bahraini Writer: The Establishment Of An Islamic Caliphate – An Illusion Born Out...
Bahraini Writer: The Establishment Of An Islamic Caliphate – An Illusion Born Out Of 'A Moral Vacuum'
In his March 1, 2016 column in the Bahraini daily Al-Wasat, titled "The Illusion of the Caliphate State," columnist Jamil Al-Mahari condemned those who dream of establishing an Islamic caliphate through terrorism and beheadings, calling them "the most extremist, reactionary and barbaric of people." He argued...
Four Days To NATO's Warsaw Summit, Putin Tells Meeting Of Russian Diplomats: 'Today,...
Four Days To NATO's Warsaw Summit, Putin Tells Meeting Of Russian Diplomats: 'Today, NATO Seems To Be Making A Show Of Its Anti-Russian Stance'
On June 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the eighth meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent envoys at the Russian Foreign Ministry. In his speech, Putin stressed that NATO' committed a grave mistake by deciding to expand eastward, instead of...
Russia This Week – June 27- July 4, 2016
Russia This Week is a weekly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest Russia-related news and analysis from media in Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. Cartoon Of The Week Vk.com/13studiya, June 27, 2016. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to emerge from the sewage and calls Kremlin. The answering...
Pakistan's Largest Urdu Daily Blames Istanbul Attacks On The West, Claims NATO...
Pakistan's Largest Urdu Daily Blames Istanbul Attacks On The West, Claims NATO Secretary-General Had Declared Islam As The Next Target After The Defeat Of Communism
Following the June 28 triple suicide bombing at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, which killed 41 and injured more than 200, Pakistan's largest Urdu-language daily Roznama Jang, published an editorial titled "Turkish Attacks: A Time of Alarm for the World...
In Jordan, Criticism And Protests Following Constitutional Amendments Expanding...
In Jordan, Criticism And Protests Following Constitutional Amendments Expanding King's Powers
IntroductionOn April 18, 2016, the Jordanian government passed amendments to the country's constitution that included an expansion of the king's powers to make appointments to top posts.[1] The amendments were ratified in a rush vote in both houses of parliament, and on May 4, a royal edict of approval was published.[2]...
The Murders In Bangladesh – The Role Of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, And Local Jihadis
Introduction Since early 2013, Bangladesh has attracted international media attention for the systematic killing of freethinkers and non-Muslims by Islamist forces in the country. In analyzing these killings, an important date to begin with is March 31, 2013 – the day a group of Islamist leaders submitted a list of 84 individuals to...
Anti-NATO Cartoons In Pro-Kremlin Russian Media
NATO's eastward enlargement and the recent deployment of NATO's ballistic missile defense system in Eastern Europe has been a featured topic of anti-NATO cartoons in pro-Kremlin media outlets.[1] The following is a sampling of such cartoons published in Russia's government-funded news agencies, Sputniknews.com and Ria.ru, and on the social media accounts of...
Post-JCPOA, The IRGC Is The Factor Stopping Iran From Integration Into The Western...
Post-JCPOA, The IRGC Is The Factor Stopping Iran From Integration Into The Western Economy
Introduction As in Egypt and Pakistan, the economy in Iran is controlled by the military elite – in this case, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is the linchpin of Khamenei's regime. The IRGC maintains control of the apparatuses of the Islamic Revolutionary regime militarily, and controls Iran's...
As Lebanon's Banks Begin To Implement U.S. Sanctions Against Hizbullah, Hizbullah...
As Lebanon's Banks Begin To Implement U.S. Sanctions Against Hizbullah, Hizbullah Criticizes Banking Sector, Warns Of Chaos In Lebanon And More 'Actions Against The American Takeover Plan'
Introduction The Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in December 2015, is aimed at curtailing the organization's funding of its domestic and international activities, and also at...
Cartoons In Gulf Press Criticize Syrian Regime's Massive Assault On Aleppo
Introduction On April 28, 2016, the Syrian army, along with Russian and Iranian forces, launched a crushing assault on the city of Aleppo that included massive airstrikes that lasted one week and inflicted hundreds of casualties. The assault came after some two months of a cessation of hostilities following an agreement between the...
Anti-Israel BDS Movement In India Targets Iran, Hewlett-Packard, Group-4S, Modi...
Anti-Israel BDS Movement In India Targets Iran, Hewlett-Packard, Group-4S, Modi Govt, CIA And Mossad For 'Jointly' Training ISIS
Introduction In recent years, an international BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaign against Israel, supposedly as an expression of support for the Palestinians, has been gaining ground, and has recently also expanded to India. The Indian People in Solidarity with...
The 'Quenelle+' Facebook Page – Popular Among Followers Of Antisemitic French...
The 'Quenelle+' Facebook Page – Popular Among Followers Of Antisemitic French Comedian Dieudonné
Introduction The controversial French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala has been prosecuted several times for antisemitic statements and incitement; in 2009 in Paris he was fined €10,000 for making such statements, and, most recently, in 2015, he was sentenced in Belgium to two months' imprisonment and fined...
Debate In Jordan On Syrian Refugees' Future In The Country – From Fear They'll Be...
Debate In Jordan On Syrian Refugees' Future In The Country – From Fear They'll Be Naturalized To Calls For Integrating Them Into Jordanian Society
Introduction Since the onset of the war in Syria, refugees have flocked to Jordan. Some have been housed in refugee camps, but the vast majority settled throughout the country, burdening its society and economy – the latter of which is based primarily on foreign...
Syria Regime Establishing Popular Armed Militias Modeled On Iranian Basij
After nearly six years of intense fighting in Syria, the regime army forces are severely depleted, due to the heavy losses they have suffered and also due to increasing draft dodging.[1] The regime has taken several measures to address this problem. In addition to bringing in forces from outside the country, especially from Iraq and...
Anti-U.S. Cartoons In Russia's Pro-Kremlin Media
Introduction Political cartoons can currently be found in only a few independent media outlets, such as Polit.ru and Svoboda.org, and in some pro-Kremlin websites and newspapers, such as RIA Novosti,[1] Sputnik International,[2] and Sharzh I Pero. The main motif in cartoons on pro-Kremlin websites is the latent Russia-U.S. political-military conflict, and...
In Syria, High Rate Of Draft Dodging Triggers Intensive Military Recruitment Efforts...
In Syria, High Rate Of Draft Dodging Triggers Intensive Military Recruitment Efforts By Syrian Regime
Introduction In recent months there have been increasing reports, particularly on Syrian oppositionist websites and also anti-Syrian regime Qatari and Saudi websites, on draft dodging in Syria. According to Syria's 2007 Service of the Flag law, anyone over the age of 18 but under 42 is obligated to do 24 months...
Arab Press Reports On U.S.-Russia Understandings Allowing Assad To Remain In Power...
Arab Press Reports On U.S.-Russia Understandings Allowing Assad To Remain In Power In Syria During Transitional Phase
According to many reports in the Arab press in recent days, alongside the indirect talks in Geneva between the Syrian regime and opposition that are being mediated by UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, the U.S. and Russia have been conducting separate secret talks to draw up understandings on...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Shiite Cleric Muhammad Baqir Al-Fali Berates Iraqi President Fuad Masum over His ...+
Shiite Cleric Muhammad Baqir Al-Fali Berates Iraqi President Fuad Masum over His Response to Karrada Bombing: May Allah Crush Your Head on Judgment Day!-
Shiite cleric Muhammad Baqir Al-Fali slammed Iraqi President Fuad Masum, PM Abadai, and FM Al-Jaafari over their alleged lackluster reaction to the July 3 Karrada bombing. In one of his Ramadhan lectures, delivered in Karbala, Al-Fali cursed President Masum and his...
Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Rationalizes Syrian Airstrikes on Civilian ...+
Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab Rationalizes Syrian Airstrikes on Civilian Populations: It’s Not Like Running over 80 People with a Truck in Nice-
During a Lebanese TV interview, former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahhab defended airstrikes by the Syrian forces on civilian-populated areas, saying: "The [Syrian] army wants to defend its land and to strike the militants. It attacks places where there are families....
Archival: Palestinian Politician and Former PFLP Plane Hijacker Leila Khaled, in ...+
Archival: Palestinian Politician and Former PFLP Plane Hijacker Leila Khaled, in South Africa for BDS Event, Calls for Armed Struggle: The 2014 War in Gaza Was a Holocaust-
Interviewed by the South African Broadcasting Corporation on February 9, 2015, Palestinian politician and former PFLP plane hijacker Leila Khaled described the 2014 war in Gaza as "a holocaust" and said that there is "only one choice for us –...
Turkish President Erdoǧan: The West Cannot Split Turkey or Subdue the Will of the ...+
Turkish President Erdoǧan: The West Cannot Split Turkey or Subdue the Will of the Turkish People-
In a TRT Arabia interview, aired on August 5, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan said that the West, which is "fueled by false reports and rumors" published in its media, "cannot subdue the will of the Turkish people, and cannot split Turkey up." Erdoǧan also said that although over 10,000 people had been detained...
BDS South Africa Video Marks Movement's 11th Anniversary+
BDS South Africa Video Marks Movement's 11th Anniversary-
On July 12, the BDS South Africa chapter posted a video on YouTube to mark the movement's 11th anniversary. Against the backdrop of images from Israeli Apartheid Week and other protests and news cuttings in South Africa, the video features a rap song, with lyrics such as "Israel, you should be ashamed - killing and maiming thousands of civilians in our name,"...
Professor Sheikha Al-Jassem during Debate on the Concept of Shame in Kuwaiti Society: ...+
Professor Sheikha Al-Jassem during Debate on the Concept of Shame in Kuwaiti Society: I Consider the Niqab a Violation of Human Rights-
Kuwaiti Lawyer Abd Al-Rahman Al-Tahous: There is a very important issue today. It may not be true of every household, but for one out of every 10 or 20 homes. The problem is that of girls who want to leave home and live on their own. The law allows them to do so, whereas... TV...
Iraqi MP Vian Dakhil: The Only Way to Save Kidnapped Yazidi Women Is to Buy Them from ...+
Iraqi MP Vian Dakhil: The Only Way to Save Kidnapped Yazidi Women Is to Buy Them from ISIS-
MP Vian Dakhil, the only Yazidi MP in the Iraqi parliament, said that since the Yazidi girls and women who were kidnapped by ISIS are scattered in various cities in Syria, the Iraqi liberating forces find it very difficult to reach them. The only solution, MP Dakhil said, is to buy them from "the filthy and terrorist...
Jabhat Fath Al-Sham Threatens Ethnic Cleansing in Aleppo+
Jabhat Fath Al-Sham Threatens Ethnic Cleansing in Aleppo-
Fighter: "In these glorious and blessed days, Aleppo is witnessing a great raid. At this stage, we are moving to capture the artillery school, Allah willing. We will call the capturing of this school the Ibrahim Al-Youssef Raid. He was a hero and an innovative man in the incidents of the 1980s. He was one of the comrades of 'Adnan 'Uqla, Allah's mercy upon him....
Russian Senator Ziyad Sabsabi in Aleppo: Russia Is Open to Dialogue and Cooperation ...+
Russian Senator Ziyad Sabsabi in Aleppo: Russia Is Open to Dialogue and Cooperation with Everybody Except for JN and ISIS-
In a Russia Today TV interview, Aleppo-born Ziyad Sabsabi, a Russian senator and deputy chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, said that Russia "draws the line at dealing with either of the two terrorist organizations: Jabhat Al-Nusra and ISIS. Apart from that, the door is open to...
Jihadist Abdallah Al-Muhaisni in Pep Talk before the Battle for Aleppo: Where Are the ...+
Jihadist Abdallah Al-Muhaisni in Pep Talk before the Battle for Aleppo: Where Are the People Who Want 72 Beautiful Wives from Among the Virgins of Paradise?-
In a pep talk to Jihadists prior to the battle for Aleppo, Saudi Jihadist Abdallah Al-Muhaisni, a Jaysh Al-Fath official, promised heavenly rewards for martyred fighters. "Where are the people who want 72 beautiful wives from among the virgins of Paradise?" he...
TV Host Takes Palestinian Activist to Task over Palestinian Snub of the Syrian ...+
TV Host Takes Palestinian Activist to Task over Palestinian Snub of the Syrian Revolution: The Number of People Who Fled Iraq and Syria in the Past Three Months Equals the Entire Palestinian Nakba-
During a July 24 interview on the Syrian opposition Orient News TV channel, host Dima Wannous asked her guest, Muhammad Masharqa, spokesman for the Free Palestinian-Syrian Assembly, why the Palestinian cause remained "the...
Islamic Faction in Libya Compensates Relatives of Victims Killed by Mistake in ...+
Islamic Faction in Libya Compensates Relatives of Victims Killed by Mistake in Battles with ISIS with the Equivalent of 100 Camels Each-
The Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna, Libya, paid compensation to families of people killed by mistake in clashes with ISIS, according to a report that aired on the Libyan Arraed TV channel on July 19. Each family of received a sum equivalent to 100 camels, paid by a Benghazi...
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim Jabouri: Militias Fighting ISIS Are Involved in ...+
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim Jabouri: Militias Fighting ISIS Are Involved in Terrorism in the Liberated Parts-
In an interview with the Kurdestani Iraqi TV channel NRT, Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Salim Jabouri said that some of the militias fighting ISIS in Iraq "felt that they had the right to consolidate and impose their presence after liberation, and that as a result, the security of those areas was undermined....
Iraqi VP Nouri Al-Maliki: Some People Contemplated a Military Coup in Iraq; Such a ...+
Iraqi VP Nouri Al-Maliki: Some People Contemplated a Military Coup in Iraq; Such a Coup Will Not Be Successful-
In a July 18 interview with the Iraqi Kurdistani TV channel NRT, Nouri Al-Maliki, the Vice President of Iraq, said that although in his assessment, some people were contemplating a Turkey-style military coup in Iraq, "they did not realize that in the new Iraq, a military coup would be difficult to carry out,...
Secular and Islamist Scholars Clash during Kuwaiti TV Debate on Arab Youth Engagement ...+
Secular and Islamist Scholars Clash during Kuwaiti TV Debate on Arab Youth Engagement with Terror Organizations; Nasser Dashti: Time to Remove Religion from Public Life-
During a TV debate dedicated to the engagement of Arab youth with ISIS and other terror organizations, liberal activists Nasser Dashti and Ayed Al-Manna clashed with Islamic sheikhs Abdallah Al-Hamdan and Khaled Al-Sultan. The latter compared the...
Jabhat Al-Nusra Leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani Establishes "Jabhat Fath Al-Sham"+
Jabhat Al-Nusra Leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani Establishes "Jabhat Fath Al-Sham"-
On July 28, 2016, a video recording of Jabhat Al-Nusra leader Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani was released on the Internet and aired on Al-Jazeera TV. In the video, Al-Joulani declared that his group has severed ties with Al-Qaeda and changed its name to Jabhat Fath Al-Sham (JFS). In the video, Al-Joulani who thanked Al-Qaeda leader Ayman...
French Muslim Mohamed Henni Threatens War against ISIS: Marseille Is Not Switzerland, ...+
French Muslim Mohamed Henni Threatens War against ISIS: Marseille Is Not Switzerland, We Will Fuck Your Mothers. Warning: Offensive Language-
In a video recently posted on his YouTube channel, Mohamed Henni from Marseille cursed ISIS in response to threats against his city. "Apparently, the French government can't protect us French people... We have Kalashnikov and rocket launchers. We will fuck your mothers, you...
Jordanian Friday Sermon by Sheikh Bashar Sharif: There Is No Difference Whatsoever ...+
Jordanian Friday Sermon by Sheikh Bashar Sharif: There Is No Difference Whatsoever between ISIS and Secular Arabs-
In a July 15 Friday sermon, Jordanian cleric Dr. Bashar Sharif said that there were two kinds of ISIS: the "pseudo-Muslim ISIS" and the "secular, 'enlightened' ISIS." In the sermon, which he delivered at the Umm Al-Ula Mosque in Amman’s Al-Rashid suburb, Dr. Sharif said that "the pseudo-Muslim ISIS...
PA President Abbas' Speech at Arab Summit: We Are Preparing to Sue British Government ...+
PA President Abbas' Speech at Arab Summit: We Are Preparing to Sue British Government for Balfour Declaration-
PA President Mahmoud Abbas' speech, delivered at the Arab League Summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on June 25, called for the Arab League's help in preparing a lawsuit against the British government for issuing and implementing the 1917 Balfour Declaration. The speech was read at the summit by PA Foreign...
Russian FM Lavrov on Accusations against Russia over DNC Email Hacking: I Don’t Want ...+
Russian FM Lavrov on Accusations against Russia over DNC Email Hacking: I Don’t Want to Use Four-Letter Words-
During a photo-op prior to his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Laos on July 26, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov was asked to comment on accusations that Russia had hacked into emails of the Democratic Party. "I don't want to use four-letter words," was Lavrov's response....
Palestinian-Jordanian Actor Ahmad Massad Raps following Syria Atrocities: Wake Up, ...+
Palestinian-Jordanian Actor Ahmad Massad Raps following Syria Atrocities: Wake Up, Arabs!-
In a video, titled "The Conflict of the Jungle," posted by Palestinian-Jordanian actor Ahmad Massad on July 22 on his social media accounts, he castigates Islamic extremism, saying that he was "sorry that the chivalry of an Arab person is measured by the number of heads he chops off". In his rap-like monologue, Massad says that...
Muslim Mob Attacks Copts in a Beni Suef Village in Egypt following Rumor about Church ...+
Muslim Mob Attacks Copts in a Beni Suef Village in Egypt following Rumor about Church Construction-
A video, which was posted on YouTube on July 22 and and which circulated on social media, shows a Muslim mob throwing stones at families in the village of Saft Al-Kharsa in the Beni Suef governorate. The video was shot from the balcony of one of the Coptic families. According to reports, the attacks followed the Friday...
Palestinian Professor of Islamic Law Mazen Sabbah in Support of Polygamy: Sometimes a ...+
Palestinian Professor of Islamic Law Mazen Sabbah in Support of Polygamy: Sometimes a Wife Cannot Make Her Husband Happy-
Palestinian Professor of Islamic Law Mazen Sabbah, talking about the need for polygamy, said that a woman may be "of outstanding beauty, yet unable to make her husband happy, in which case he may marry a second wife." When the TV host asked how the wife should conduct herself in order to avoid...
ISIS Video Celebrates Nice Attack, Threatens Further Attacks Across France, Including ...+
ISIS Video Celebrates Nice Attack, Threatens Further Attacks Across France, Including In Paris, Marseille, And Nice-
On July 20, 2016, the Ninawa province of the Islamic State (ISIS) released a video featuring two French-speaking ISIS fighters who praise last week's attack in Nice and threaten further ISIS retaliation in more French cities. The video, which is titled "Their Alliance and Our Terrorism," includes...
Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Muqtada Al-Sadr: We Must Not Seek the Help of Infidels and ...+
Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Muqtada Al-Sadr: We Must Not Seek the Help of Infidels and Foreigners in Liberating Mosul-
Iraqi Shi'ite political and militia leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, the head of the Sadrist Movement, said in an interview with Al-Sharqiya News TV that he did not intend protestors to physically assault MPs during his followers’ storming of the Iraqi parliament. “I wanted them to grab [the MPs] peacefully and...
Leading Russian Film Director Karen Shakhnazarov: Terror Attacks in Europe Are the ...+
Leading Russian Film Director Karen Shakhnazarov: Terror Attacks in Europe Are the Price of the American Military Presence in the Middle East-
In a special edition of Russia 1's flagship "Sunday Evening Talkshow" following the terror attack in Nice, leading Russian film director Karen Shakhnazarov said that the West, which had destroyed the notion of statehood in the Middle East, was now paying the price for its...
Leading Russian Military Expert Igor Korotchenko: NATO Bears the Moral Responsibility ...+
Leading Russian Military Expert Igor Korotchenko: NATO Bears the Moral Responsibility for Nice Terror Attack-
In a special edition of Russia 1's flagship "Sunday Evening Talk Show" following the terror attack in Nice, "National Security Magazine" Editor-in-Chief Col. (Ret.) Igor Korotchenko said that NATO bears the moral responsibility for the Nice attack. The program aired on July 16, 2016. Following are...
ISIS News Agency Releases Video of Germany Train Attacker Who Vows: I Will Make You ...+
ISIS News Agency Releases Video of Germany Train Attacker Who Vows: I Will Make You Forget the Horror of the Operation in France-
Muhammad Riyad: "In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. I am a soldier of the Caliphate. I am going to carry out a martyrdom operation in Germany. Oh infidels, the times when you came to our countries and killed our men, women, and children, are over, Allah willing. Nobody...
Following Nice Attack, Duma Vice-Speaker Sergey Zheleznyak Warns that If Western ...+
Following Nice Attack, Duma Vice-Speaker Sergey Zheleznyak Warns that If Western Priorities Do Not Change, There Will Be More Bloodshed in Europe-
In a special July 16 edition of Russia 1's flagship "Sunday Evening Talkshow" following the terror attack in Nice, Vice-Speaker of Duma Sergey Zheleznyak said that while the Western politicians harp upon the so-called "Russian threat," "bloodshed and butchery" by terrorists...
Hamas Spokesman Mushir Al-Masri following Failed Turkish Coup: We Are Willing to ...+
Hamas Spokesman Mushir Al-Masri following Failed Turkish Coup: We Are Willing to Sacrifice Our Blood on the Shores of Istanbul-
During a Hamas rally in Gaza celebrating the foiling of the attempted coup in Turkey, Hamas spokesman and MP Mushir Al-Masri declared that just like Turkish people shed their blood in the Mediterranean Sea, "we are willing to sacrifice our blood on the shores of Istanbul." The rally was...
Delaware Friday Sermon: Arqum Rashid Compares African Americans Killed in the U.S. to ...+
Delaware Friday Sermon: Arqum Rashid Compares African Americans Killed in the U.S. to Victims of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria-
In a Friday sermon delivered in the Islamic Society of Delaware in Wilmington on July 15, Arqum Rashid, a preacher and presenter for the satellite channel Huda TV, asked: "What is the difference between an innocent child that is killed by one of the soldiers of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria, an...
Teenagers Train for Jihad, Martyrdom at a Hamas Summer Camp in Gaza+
Teenagers Train for Jihad, Martyrdom at a Hamas Summer Camp in Gaza-
A July 17 Report posted on a pro-Hamas YouTube account shows the training of teenagers in an Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam summer camp in Gaza. Activities at the "Vanguards of Liberation" camp include military training, shooting practice, hand-to-hand combat, and religious studies. A masked instructor said that the studies include "lectures in which we incite...
Before Attack in Nice, ISIS Fighter Calls to Carry Out Lone-Wolf Attacks in France: ...+
Before Attack in Nice, ISIS Fighter Calls to Carry Out Lone-Wolf Attacks in France: Go Get a Truck-
A Message to France and to My Brothers ISIS Fighter: "Now, my brother, let us be honest with one another. Let me tell you the truth: There aren't many of us here, but there are enough of us for the infidels. Allah be praised, we are facing the beast. We are breaking its teeth, and we hope to chop off its head. But...
Dubai Family Consultant Dr. Khalifa Al-Makhrazi: Pokémon Go Is Prohibited, Spreads ...+
Dubai Family Consultant Dr. Khalifa Al-Makhrazi: Pokémon Go Is Prohibited, Spreads Darwinism-
Dr. Khlifa Al-Makhrazi, head of the Family Consultative Council in Dubai, speaking on Sky News Arabia TV, discussed the new Pokémon Go rage. Dr. Al-Makhrazi declared that playing this game is prohibited, in keeping with a recent fatwa by Al-Azhar and by "some jurisprudents." He further explained that Pokémon Go is...
Sudanese Cleric Muzammil Faqiri in Eid Al-Fitr Sermon: ISIS Is Merely Implementing ...+
Sudanese Cleric Muzammil Faqiri in Eid Al-Fitr Sermon: ISIS Is Merely Implementing Muslim Brotherhood Methodology-
Sudanese cleric Sheikh Muzammil Faqiri slammed the Muslim Brotherhood in a sermon delivered on Eid Al-Fitr. In the sermon, he said that ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and all the other Jihadi organizations had emerged from the Muslim Brotherhood and that "ISIS members are merely implementing the methodology devised by...
D.C.-Based Political Analyst Mohammad Oweis: Most U.S. Police "Got Used to Killing" ...+
D.C.-Based Political Analyst Mohammad Oweis: Most U.S. Police "Got Used to Killing" Serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria-
Interviewed on Russia Today TV, D.C.-based political analyst Mohammad Oweis said that he predicted that the "flaw in the American system," directed against Mexicans and blacks, would be turned against Muslims as well. "Most of the members in the police force are former...
ISIS Video, Titled "The Story Of Recruitment": Young Man from Al-Raqqah Turns to ...+
ISIS Video, Titled "The Story Of Recruitment": Young Man from Al-Raqqah Turns to Jihad after Witnessing Horrors of War-
On July 9, 2016, the information office of ISIS in Al-Raqqah province, Syria, published a 10-minute video titled "The Story of Recruitment." The video, which was also posted to the Al-Khilafa Telegram channel, targets young Syrians in ISIS-controlled areas, encouraging them to join the ranks of the...
Leading Sunni Iraqi Cleric Khaled Al-Mulla Criticizes ISIS Practices: The Times of ...+
Leading Sunni Iraqi Cleric Khaled Al-Mulla Criticizes ISIS Practices: The Times of Slavery Are Over-
Sunni Iraqi cleric Sheikh Khaled Al-Mulla, Head of the Iraqi Scholars Association, criticized the ISIS practice of taking Yazidi and Christian women captive, saying that the organization had "'hijacked' texts that were disputable to begin with" and that "the biggest mistake of the religious institution is not being...
Egyptian Author Muhammad Al-Mansi Qandil: The Israel Germ, Planted in the Arab Body ...+
Egyptian Author Muhammad Al-Mansi Qandil: The Israel Germ, Planted in the Arab Body in 1948, Is Responsible for the "Deformed" Arab Regimes-
Speaking on Mayadeen TV on June 21, Egyptian author Muhammad Al-Mansi Qandil said that "Israel is a germ that was planted in the Arab body in 1948" and that "ever since, the Arab body has been plagued with the Israel disease." That is why, he said, "all the [Arab] regimes that...
TV Report on Kurdish Museum Dedicated to ISIS Weaponry+
TV Report on Kurdish Museum Dedicated to ISIS Weaponry-
Sky News Arabia recently broadcast a report on a Kurdish museum exhibiting a variety of explosive devices "invented and perfected by the masterminds of ISIS." According to the report, which aired on July 7, the museum "serves as testimony to the dark times of the blood-soaked terror of ISIS." Following are excerpts Voice of reporter: In this hall,...
Rivals on Al-Jazeera TV Debate on Egypt-Israel Relations Exchange Accusations of High ...+
Rivals on Al-Jazeera TV Debate on Egypt-Israel Relations Exchange Accusations of High Treason-
In the wake of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's visit to Israel and President Al-Sisi's recent push for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a debate was held by the Al-Jazeera network on Egypt-Israel relations. Poet and activist Abdul Rahma Yusuf, the son of leading scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, called the...
Russian Military Expert Igor Korotchenko: The Anglo-Saxon Breed Understands Nothing ...+
Russian Military Expert Igor Korotchenko: The Anglo-Saxon Breed Understands Nothing but Force-
Col. [Ret.] Igor Korotchenko, the editor-in-chief of "National Security Magazine," said that Russia needs to declare the entire post-Soviet area as "the zone of its special and exclusive interests" and to "bare our teeth at the Americans and at NATO, because this Anglo-Saxon breed understands nothing but force." He was...
Head of Jordanian Ulema Association Abdul Rahman Al-Kilani: Since the Word 'Dhimmis' ...+
Head of Jordanian Ulema Association Abdul Rahman Al-Kilani: Since the Word 'Dhimmis' Offends Non-Muslims, We Should Say 'Citizens' Instead-
In a TV interview, Abdul Rahman Al-Kilani, head of the Jordanian Ulema Association, said: "If the term [dhimmi] offends or hurts our non-Muslim brothers. let's exchange it and use the modern term 'citizenship,' which reflects the relations between all individuals in society,...
Former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Prince Turki Al-Faisal at MEK Rally: I Want to ...+
Former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Prince Turki Al-Faisal at MEK Rally: I Want to Topple the Iranian Regime-
Speaking at a "Free Iran" rally in Paris on July 9, Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former ambassador to the U.S. and former chief of intelligence, said that the "legitimate struggle" of the Iranian people against the regime would "achieve its goal sooner rather than later." In response to chants from the...
Senior Russian Ruling Party Politician Yarovaya Following NATO Summit: The U.S. Is ...+
Senior Russian Ruling Party Politician Yarovaya Following NATO Summit: The U.S. Is Capable Only of Plundering and Lying-
Irina Yarovaya, Chair of Duma's Security and Anti-Corruption Committee, said, following the Warsaw NATO summit, that the U.S. is an "aggressor state" and that "the only thing that the U.S. is capable of doing is to plunder, to lie, and to lead the international community to wantonness." Yarovaya was...
Friday Sermon in Saarbrücken, Germany: Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam+
Friday Sermon in Saarbrücken, Germany: Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam-
In a Friday sermon delivered in Saarbrücken, Germany, the preacher said that "the dominion of the nation of the Prophet Muhammad will encompass the Earth in its entirety" and that just as Constantinople had been conquered, "Rome will be conquered, as the Prophet Muhammad said." The sermon was delivered on June 24 at Burbach Mosque. Imam:...
British Journalist Held Captive by ISIS John Cantlie Criticizes U.S. for Airstrikes ...+
British Journalist Held Captive by ISIS John Cantlie Criticizes U.S. for Airstrikes on Mosul University, Residential and Commercial Areas-
In a video released on July 12 by the ISIS news agency 'Amaq, British journalist John Cantlie, held hostage by ISIS since 2012, is filmed showing the aftermath of coalition airstrikes on Mosul University and a residential area. "You have to ask yourself why the coalition decided to...
Iraqi Author Rashid Khayoun: Islamic Scholars Have Massacred the Quran+
Iraqi Author Rashid Khayoun: Islamic Scholars Have Massacred the Quran-
Iraqi author Rashid Khayoun said in a TV interview that Muslims tend to disregard the pain of the nations raided during the Islamic conquests. Khayoun said he blamed Islamic jurisprudents for “doing away with 70 verses that dealt with peace, with love, and with minding one’s own business.” The jurisprudents abrogated all these verses for the...
Qods Day Demonstrations in the U.S. and Canada: Activists Link Palestine and Racial ...+
Qods Day Demonstrations in the U.S. and Canada: Activists Link Palestine and Racial Tensions in the U.S., Call to "Liberate" Haifa and Tel Aviv-
In demonstrations held on Qods (Jerusalem) Day on July 1, 2016 in various cities across the U.S. and Canada, activists drew a parallel between Palestinian rights and racial tensions in the U.S. Speaking in Chicago, Hatem Abdayyeh, a member of the U.S. Palestinian Community...
Palestinian Cleric Imad Hamatu: Muslims Are Not Terrorists; Americans Killed Millions ...+
Palestinian Cleric Imad Hamatu: Muslims Are Not Terrorists; Americans Killed Millions of Indians, Africans, and Japanese; Only 1,284 Killed in the Prophet Muhammad's Raids-
In an address broadcast on the Palestinian Authority TV channel on June 23, Palestinian cleric Sheikh Imad Hamatu said that while the Americans had killed 27 million Indians when they entered America, over 40 million Africans whom they carried off...
Palestinian-American Activist Osama Abu Irshaid: Israel Responsible for Crisis in ...+
Palestinian-American Activist Osama Abu Irshaid: Israel Responsible for Crisis in Syria and Coup in Egypt-
Speaking at the 14th annual MAS-ICNA convention, held in Chicago, Palestinian-American activist Osama Abu Irshaid said: "Remember that Israel was not created just to take and swallow Palestine. It was created to divide and to weaken that part of the world." Abu Irshaid further said that "the reason Syria is still...
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sabah Shibbar Discusses the Rules for Dealing with POWs in Islam ...+
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sabah Shibbar Discusses the Rules for Dealing with POWs in Islam - Archival-
In one of a series of lectures about Jihad, Iraqi Shiite cleric Sabah Shabr said that during battle, taking prisoners was forbidden. They should either convert to Islam or be killed, he said. If, however, someone is taken captive after the fighting is over, they can be pardoned, ransomed, or enslaved, said Shabr, dealing...
ISIS Shoots Down Russian Military Helicopter East of Palmyra, Syria+
ISIS Shoots Down Russian Military Helicopter East of Palmyra, Syria-
Footage showing the moment that a Russian military helicopter was hit by ISIS fire over Syria was posted on the Internet on July 9, 2016. According to media reports, the helicopter was downed east of Palmyra, and the two pilots were killed. The footage was posted by 'Amaq, the official ISIS news agency....
Senior Russian TV Host Dmitri Kisiliov on Brexit: Jo Cox Was a Sacrificial Offering; ...+
Senior Russian TV Host Dmitri Kisiliov on Brexit: Jo Cox Was a Sacrificial Offering; Cameron Spilled Blood-
Speaking about Brexit on a federal Russian TV channel, senior TV host Dmitri Kisiliov said that "even the sacrificial offering - the killing of pro-EU MP Jo Cox - did not help" keep Britain in the EU. He said that British PM David Cameron "played too many games with the EU," "tore the country apart," and "even...
Former British MP George Galloway: Zionism Is the Other Side of the Coin of ...+
Former British MP George Galloway: Zionism Is the Other Side of the Coin of Antisemitism; MEMRI Harvested Material against Ken Livingstone to Be Held against Him in the Event of a Trial-
Former British MP George Galloway recently said that while he had "no time for quibbling" over the exact number of people who perished in the Holocaust, "Zionism is the other side of the coin of anti-Semitism." Speaking on his weekly...
Russian Senator Olga Kovitidi: Nobody Will Be Able to Beat Us When It Comes to a ...+
Russian Senator Olga Kovitidi: Nobody Will Be Able to Beat Us When It Comes to a Ground Offensive-
Olga Kovitidi, the Russian senator representing Crimea and a member of the Federation Council's Defense and Security Committee, said that the current arms race and the upcoming NATO budget increase are not accidental. However, thanks to the Russian federal budgeting program, adopted in 2012 to develop the country's...
Former Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Muzhir Numan Al-Duri: Massacres in Saddam's Days? ...+
Former Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Muzhir Numan Al-Duri: Massacres in Saddam's Days? Where?-
During a June 20 TV show on the Egyptian TEN TV channel, a heated exchange developed between former Iraqi ambassador to Moscow Muzhir Numan Al-Duri and the interviewer over the human rights record of the Saddam regime. "Massacres? Where?" asked Al-Duri, a Ba'thist, who insisted that the chemical weapons used against the Kurds...
Friday Sermon in Cincinnati, Ohio: Women Must Stay at Home to Serve Their Husbands+
Friday Sermon in Cincinnati, Ohio: Women Must Stay at Home to Serve Their Husbands-
In a Friday sermon delivered at the Assunnah Mosque in Cincinnati, Ohio, the preacher said that Islam honored women by requiring them to stay at home to serve their husband and raise their children, and cited a hadith by the Prophet Muhammad that permitted wife-beating. The sermon was posted on the Internet on May 6,...
IRGC Deputy Commander Salami on Qods Day: Over 100,000 Missiles in Lebanon Alone Are ...+
IRGC Deputy Commander Salami on Qods Day: Over 100,000 Missiles in Lebanon Alone Are Ready to Strike at the Heart of Israel; Today, More than Ever, Its Annihilation Is Imminent-
Speaking at a sermon in Tehran prior to the Friday prayers marking Qods Day, on July 1, 2016, IRGC Deputy Commander Hossein Salami said that the ground is ready today for the annihilation of the Zionist regime, elaborating that over 100,000...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader in Lebanon Mahfouz Munawwar: Holocaust Blown Out of ...+
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader in Lebanon Mahfouz Munawwar: Holocaust Blown Out of Proportion; Its Goal Was to Spur Jews to Leave for Palestine-
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader in Lebanon Mahfouz Munawwar said in a recent interview that "the massacres carried out against some of the Jews in Poland were not massacres for the sake of massacre" and that they had been "blown out of proportion." They were part of a...
Swiss-Based Yemeni Writer Elham Manea Justifies Women Leading Prayers: A Mosque ...+
Swiss-Based Yemeni Writer Elham Manea Justifies Women Leading Prayers: A Mosque without Women Reflects a Society in Which Women Are Invisible-
Interviewed on Deutsche Welle TV on June 27, Swiss-based Yemeni writer and political activist Elham Manea explained why a woman had led the prayers and she had delivered the Friday sermon in late May at the House of Religions in Bern. "The time has come for the mosque to mirror...
Lebanese Women Bear Arms to Defend Town of Al-Qaa after Suicide Bombings+
Lebanese Women Bear Arms to Defend Town of Al-Qaa after Suicide Bombings-
Several TV channels reported on Lebanese women who took up arms after the Christian town of Al-Qaa was targeted by a wave of suicide bombings on June 27. A 70-year-old woman holding an AK-47, interviewed by the Lebanese LDC TV channel, declared that the people of Al-Qaa would remain steadfast. This compilation also includes footage broadcast by...
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