Yemeni cleric Sheikh Abd Al-Majid Al-Zindani said the migration of birds from Europe to the Arab world, from the U.S. to South America, and from Russia to its south was an indication that these countries would become uninhabitable in 15-20 years. Interviewed on the Yemeni Suhail TV channel, Al-Zindani said that in 2013, there had been a consensus among scientists "that the next Ice Age would begin [in those countries] in 2014." "We are ready to come to an understanding about these problems... but this must not be through military occupation," he said. The interview aired on June 6, 2016.
Sheikh Abd Al-Majid Al-Zindani: "I am going to speak about something that I know very well. Europe and the US are afraid. Their scientific institutes are speaking about this. I watched a film about bird migration. According to this film, there are birds that are now migrating from Europe to the Arab world from the United States and South America and from Russia to countries to the south. They say that this is a warning... They say that this is the work of nature but who created these migrating birds? Who guided them where to migrate? They say that these birds are declaring that the countries will become uninhabitable in 15-20 years. Where will the peoples of these countries go? They will come to us and do you think they will ask for permissions?"
Host: "But sheikh, do you think that in 15 years the climate will change to such an extent or will it take longer than that?"
Sheikh Abd Al-Majid Al-Zindani: "Climate change has been studied for 500 years - first in Europe then in America and in Australia. They disagreed on when this will start. There were different approaches and serious disputes until 2000 when the gap between the estimates of the various scientists began to narrow. It kept growing narrower until 2013 when all the scientists, the scientific institutes, and the leaders agreed that the next Ice Age would begin in 2014. And indeed, it began in 2014. They announced this. It has started. Shouldn't this motivate us to think and to reach an understanding with them? We do not want them to die. Our peoples seek the wellbeing of the entire world. We are ready to come to an understanding about these problems and about how to act in a right way but this must not be through military occupation. They draw up publicized plans according to which the military occupation will take place in 2015. This is what we are seeing."