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On January 7, 2024, a memorial service was held at the Ahlulbayt Youth Collective in Windsor, Ontario, honoring the “martyrs murdered by Israel in Lebanon,” including Hamas deputy leader Saleh Al-Arouri and various Hizbullah officials. During the service, teen boys saluted posters of these "martyrs" while the song "Salute, Commander" played in the background. The lyrics of the song feature children pledging to be soldiers of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. For more about the song, see MEMRITV clips nos. 10868, 9959, and 9719.
The video footage was posted on Windsor4Palestine’s Instagram account. It is notable that the mosque and associated Islamic school hosted a similar memorial for Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on September 29 and several Hezbollah “martyrs” on June 22. Additionally, in 2022, Firas Al-Najim of CD4HR shared a photo of himself with Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens at a 2018 event at the mosque, where he wore a scarf featuring Khamenei’s image.
Crowd: "Salute, commander! Salute from the brave generation that has been left behind. Salute, commander! Seyyed Ali [Khamenei] is calling on his children, his soldiers, who were born in the 2010s. Salute, commander! We pledge to you, oh ship of salvation, to fight the tyrants, oh Hidden Imam! We are the soldiers of the Leader, oh, you are our life. We pledge to remain resistance fighters and to keep awaiting you. We pledge to remain loyal to the blood of the martyrs and to the sun of Khamenei. We are loyal to You, oh Mahdi."
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Man 1: "We gathered today for loved ones who paid a price in this battle and in this war, the war of Good versus Evil.
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"We hear from the evil side that this is not our fight to fight. They are wrong – this is the best time and the best fight."
Man 2: "Who among us has not read about Yemen, where the sea has been set on fire, the straits have been closed, the ships have been destroyed, and the boats have been sunk."
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