In a lecture uploaded to his YouTube channel on July 12, 2024, Kuwaiti Islamic scholar and Muslim Brotherhood leader Tareq Al-Suwaidan discussed the hadiths, according to which the Prophet Muhammad assures the Muslims that they will fight the Jews at the end of times, and they will hide behind the rocks and trees and that the Muslims will conquer Istanbul and Rome. He said that the "action" on Western university campuses such as the Sorbonne and Harvard were led by Musim young men and women, who "mobilized" Western students.
Al-Suwaidan said that the October 7 attack has awakened the Islamic nation, just like the 1967 war did. He explained that "October 7 was a one-day victory followed by pain, destruction, and genocide but it will change history."
Tareq Al-Suwaidan, who openly promotes jihad, calling to "let the mujahideen do their work," urges Muslims to plan to "wipe out Israel," and in 2013 was fired from his position as director of the Saudi Al-Risala TV after announcing online that he is a Muslim Brotherhood leader, currently resides in Turkey. He spent several years as an Islamic leader in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was an unindicted co-conspirator in the case against Hamas terrorism funding by the Holy Land Foundation, and has been banned from entering several countries, including the United States and Belgium, for antisemitism and supporting terrorism.
Tareq Al-Suwaidan: "We hit rock bottom in 1967 when we lost Jerusalem.
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"I remember that in 1967, I walked into the mosque, and all the eyes of the people at the mosque turned to me. Do you know why? Because they saw a young man entering the mosque. You cannot even imagine what it was to see a young man entering a mosque. Everybody at the mosque was old, on the verge of death, This was the situation back then. At Kuwait University, we had only three women wearing the hijab in 1970. Not three percent. Three girls. This was the situation throughout the Islamic nation, but following 1967, we began our awakening.
"I was doing Islamic activity in America in the 1970's and 1980, The peak of the Islamic activity was back then, in America, and all the way to Australia. There is no place in this world, where there was no Islamic awakening following 1967.
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"What happened on October 7th? Some people who have no understanding – excuse me for being bold – think that October 7th was a catastrophe for us. Right? Isn't this what Mahmoud Abbas and his people say?
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"I swear by Allah, the magnitude of October 7 is no less than what happened in 1967. It has awakened the Islamic nation once again. True, there was a lot of pain in 1967 – defeat, humiliation, the loss of Jerusalem – but the outcome was very beneficial for the Islamic nation. October 7... Okay, it is a one-day victory, followed by pain, destruction, and genocide, but it will change history.
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"Allah has promised us that we would fight the Jews until they hide behind the rocks and trees and that we would be east to the river and they to its west. Also, there is another promise by Allah that is verified. The Prophet's companions did not doubt it, so beware of doubting it yourselves. The Prophet Muhammad said: 'Judgement Day will not come, before Allah allows you to conquer Constantinople and Rome.' We are talking about the real Rome, in Italy.
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"You have seen the action even in Western universities. Do you really think that all the action in Harvard, Sorbonne, and other universities is carried out by non-Muslim Americans?
It was all done by our [Muslim] boys and girls. They are the ones who have mobilized the [Westerners]."