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At an International Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn, Michigan, held on April 5, 2024 and streamed live on Dearborn.org on Facebook, protesters chanted: "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!"
Michigan activist Tarek Bazzi, who is affiliated with the Hadi Institute, said that it is not "Genocide Joe" that has to go, referring to President Biden, but it is the entire system of the United States "that has to go." He Quoted Malcolm X, saying: "We live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth." Bazzi added that "death to Israel" has become the "most logical chant shouted across the world today."
Michigan Imam Usama Abdulghani, who is also affiliated with the Hadi Institute, said that the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini established the International Al-Quds Day because he realized that Israel was a "cancer" and an "evil settler colonialist project." He said that the "people of conscience" recognize that Israel is ISIS, Nazis, and fascists. At the end of the rally, Tarek Bazzi encouraged a young child to lead the chant: "Free Palestine! From the River to the Sea Palestine will be free!"
Tarek Bazzi: "We have been asked in the past: 'Why are our protests on the International Al-Quds Day are so anti-America? Why don't we just focus more on Israel and not talk so much about America?' Gaza has shown the entire world why these protests are so anti-America. Because it's the United States government that provides the funds for all of the atrocities that we just heard about.
"Because it's the United States government that provides the funds for all of the atrocities that we just heard about.
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"This is why Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America."
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Man: "Death to America!"
Crowd: "Death to America!"
Man: "Death to America!"
Crowd: "Death to America!"
Man: "Death to America!"
Crowd: "Death to America!"
Bazzi: "Malcom X said, and I quote: 'We live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this Earth.'
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"It's not Genocide Joe that has to go, it is the entire system that has to go. Any system that would allow such atrocities and devilry to happen and would support it – such a system does not deserve to exist on God's earth.
So when these fools ask us if Israel has the right to exist... The chant 'Death to Israel' has become the most logical chant shouted across the world today."
Man: "Death to Israel!"
Crowd: "Death to Israel!"
Man: "Death to Israel!"
Crowd: "Death to Israel!"
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Imam Usama Abdulghani: "Imam Khomeini recognized that Israel is an evil settler colonialist project. He realized it was a cancer, and he established this day.
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"Israel before this, brothers and sisters, was a sacred cow. Nobody could criticize Israel. Everybody was terrified of being antisemitic. Everybody was afraid of them, but now the people of conscience very openly will criticize Israel. They recognize Israel for what it is. Israel is ISIS, they are Nazis, they are fascists, they are racists. The people of the world now know this."
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Bazzi: "Do you want to say 'Free Palestine?'"
Child: "Free, free Palestine!"
Crowd: "Free, free Palestine!"
Child: "From the River to the Sea..."
Crowd: "From the River to the Sea..."
Child: "Palestine will be free!"
Crowd: "Palestine will be free!"
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