The following are excerpts from an address by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on Jaam-e Jam 2 TV on February 11, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://memritv.org/clip/en/1034.htm . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad : "The affront to the honor of the Prophet of Islam is in fact an affront to the worship of God, and to the seeking of truth and justice, and an affront to all the prophets of God. Obviously, all those who harm the honor of the prophet of Islam..." Crowd : "Death to Denmark. " ...
The following are excerpts from an address by Hamas leader Khaled Mash'al at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus. The address was delivered following the Friday sermon at the mosque, and was aired on Al-Jazeera TV on February 3, 2006. To view this clip, visit: http://memritv.org/clip/en/1024.htm . TO VIEW OTHER CLIPS ON HAMAS VISIT: http://memritv.org/clip/en/151.htm . "We Say to This West... By Allah, You Will Be Defeated" Khaled Mash'al: "We apologize to our Prophet Muhammad, but we say to him ...
In the aftermath of the November 9, 2005 terrorist bombings in Amman, Jordan, various articles appeared in the Arab media criticizing political justification of terrorism in Arab countries, which, they state, prevents the Arabs from taking anti-terrorism measures. One writer explained that the Amman bombings were unconnected in any way to the war in Iraq or to the Palestinian problem; another accused the Arab media of misrepresenting terrorism in the Arab countries and thus leading the Arab ...
The following are excerpts from a rally of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca, aired on Iran's Channel 1 and Al-'Alam TV, on January 9, 2006. The speaker addresses the crowd in front of a backdrop showing the World Trade Center and an American flag in flames. TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://memritv.org/clip/en/991.htm . Crowd : "Israel is the enemy of Allah." Man : "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off." Crowd : "May the hands of the infidels be chopped off." Man : "May the hands of the ...
Introduction On October 19, 2005, Saddam Hussein and seven of his co-defendants went on trial before the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal for crimes committed in July 1982 in the town of Dujail. The tribunal was established by the Iraqi Governing Council on December 10, 2003, to adjudicate crimes committed by Iraqis inside and outside Iraq, including in Iran and Kuwait, between July 1968, when the Ba'th Party came to power, and May 1, 2003, which coincided with the fall of the Saddam regime. The ...
Introduction The restrictions placed on intellectuals' freedom of expression in the Arab world and the death threats from Islamists are hampering the activities of reformist, secular, and moderate Arab intellectuals. Many of them have found asylum in Western countries, and are attempting to impact Arab and international public opinion from there. Some have stopped writing; others have been forced to request protection from the authorities. 1 Recently, several reformist intellectuals have faced ...
The widespread rioting in France sparked a wave of reactions in the Arab and Muslim world. Many columnists attributed the rioting to discrimination against and deprivation of the Arab and Muslim minority in France, while others blamed the immigrant communities, which, they claimed, were making no attempt to integrate into French society and thus improve their lot. The Union of French Islamic Organizations issued a fatwa stating that participation in the rioting was forbidden by Islam, while the ...
The widespread rioting in France sparked a wave of reactions in the Arab and Muslim world. Many columnists attributed the rioting to discrimination against and deprivation of the Arab and Muslim minority in France, while others blamed the immigrant communities, which, they claimed, were making no attempt to integrate into French society and thus improve their lot. The Union of French Islamic Organizations issued a fatwa stating that participation in the rioting was forbidden by Islam, while the ...
In advance of Iran's Jerusalem Day, which was established by Ayatollah Khomeini and is marked annually on the fourth Friday of the month of Ramadan, the "World without Zionism" conference was held in Tehran. At the conference, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to the representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, members of the Society for the Defense of the Palestinian Nation, and members of the Islamic Students Union, and an audience of hundreds of students. In his speech, he described ...