Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr said in an October 10, 2023 video posted on his YouTube account that Jihad against the Zionist enemy brings glory and honor, even if the people carrying it out are not Shiite. He added: "We are also waiting for the fall of the brutal colonialist American entity, which is led by that senile old man Biden." Al-Sadr said he was not surprised that the "oppressive" Western countries support the "Zionist enemy."
Muqtada Al-Sadr: "It is not important whether the heroic Palestinian resistance fighters and mujahideen are Shiites or Sunnis. They do not even need to be Muslims for us to support them. Jihad against the Zionist enemy brings glory and honor.
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"I am not surprised by the position of the oppressive West, which supports the Zionist enemy. America, the most evil of all, and its lackeys like France that oppresses rebels, and Germany the promotes obscenity, have gotten us accustomed to their oppression, arrogance, violation of sanctities, and defiance of the Heavens.
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"Today, we are also waiting for the fall of the brutal colonialist American entity, which is led by that senile old man, Biden."