In a virtual celebration of International Quds Day held by the Muslim Congress on May 22, Shiite Islamists loyal to Iran’s supreme religious leader said that America is controlled by Israel, accused Zionists of creating Islamic terrorist groups in the Middle East, and promised that the Jewish state will be annihilated in 20 years.
Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, was launched by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini just after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. It is held annually on the last Friday of Ramadan to express solidarity with Palestinians while pledging to “liberate” the Al Aqsa Mosque from Israel’s territorial control.
The hosting Muslim Congress is a Texas-based Shiite group that looks to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran’s ruling clerical establishment as its religious authority. Its members have made virulently anti-American and anti-Semitic statements during past Al Quds Day demonstrations. Observing a 2009 Muslim Congress rally, the Associated Press noted that one speaker “sounded like a spokesman for the Iranian government.”
At this year’s virtual Quds Day, the participants continued “Jerusalem is waiting for the blood of those who believe in Muhammad, Ali [Shiite Islam’s patron saint], and Fatimah [Ali’s daughter]…” Shiite American cleric Syed Abbas Ayleya said during the virtual celebration.
Ayleya is a Pakistani American who attended the Shiite Hawza seminary in Najaf, Iraq. He is a Muslim Congress board member and the founder of its legal project, Justice360°.
According to Ayleya, Khamenei possesses God’s mystical knowledge, and the ayatollah believes that “there will be no Zionism” and “no Zionist regime after 20 years.”
“We are guaranteed that Palestine will definitely be free,” Ayleya added.
Ayleya’s political activities and calls for “blood” are not limited to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Shiite cleric has supported terrorist groups that propped up the Syrian regime and massacred innocent civilians in the sectarian Syrian war.
On May 4, 2019, Ayleya led a demonstration in Seattle that called on the Pakistani government to release militants belonging to the jihadist Zaynabiyoun Brigade who fought in Syria and were arrested upon returning home to Pakistan.
According to Ayleya, those Pakistanis were arrested merely for defending the Shrine of Sayyida Zaynab , a Shiite mosque near Damascus marked as the final resting place of the daughter of Ali and the granddaughter of Muhammad.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) enlists, trains, and supervises Pakistani nationals fighting for the Zaynabiyoun Brigade in Syria and Iraq. The U.S. Treasury blacklisted the Zaynabiyoun Brigade in January 2019, while the U.S. State Department added IRGC to its Specially Designated Global Terrorist list three months later.
While Ayleya supports Iran-backed militias, another Quds Day speaker echoed Iranian regime talking points. Muslim Congress activist Mona Shahrebani said, “Takfiris [Salafis who call Shiites and others apostates], Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Boko Haram are Zionist puppets … adding that Zionism is “the clear enemy that creates terrorist groups.”
In the same sense, event moderator Nessrein Abu Shahba claimed that the world’s oppressive leaders were getting their directives from Zionist powers.
Zahra Ali, identified as a member of the Washington “al Quds Team,” said that Israel was carrying out a “genocide” by “” of Palestinians. She complained that Israel has killed American citizens who were advocating for peace, citing the case of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was accidentally killed in 2003 when she deliberately placed herself in the path of an Israeli military bulldozer during an operation to remove enemy safehouses and weapons-smuggling tunnels.
Yet another speaker, Canadian Shiite cleric Salim Yusufali, argued that America’s loyalty to Israel is clear. He explained that while America was financially suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration was planning to grant Israel $38 billion in military aid. (Broken down over 10 years, the $3.8 billion the U.S. contributes annually to its closest ally in the Middle East is considered a high-yield investment with numerous benefits to American taxpayers.)
Finally, adding to the chorus of extremist voices, a young female speaker identified only as sister Nuzaiba called upon Americans to support the radical Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, an international movement that seeks the destruction of Israel through economic and diplomatic isolation. Nuzaiba confirmed the boycott movement’s destructive objective when she called for “freedom for Palestine from the River to the Sea,” an anti-Semitic political slogan which fully rejects any compromise with Israel.
Although the coronavirus forced event organizers to stream this year’s Quds Day speeches online, the guest speakers were no less vitriolic than those featured at last year’s in-person protest. On May 31, 2019, the Muslim Congress organized a rally that was held in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Shiite population in the West. At this event, an unidentified speaker declared that terrorist groups such as “Hamas, Hezbollah, IRGC, and anybody else fighting against Israel have a God-given right to resist.” He also described Israel as a “cancer” and cited Ayatollah Khamenei’s prediction that it “will crumble in less than 25 years.”
The Muslim Congress’s sinister efforts to radicalize the Shiite American community, promote anti-Semitism, and support terrorist networks are detrimental to Muslim Americans and hinder their integration into American society. The U.S. is still waging a War on Terror, and those who glamorize terrorist groups and refer to America’s enemy as their “beloved leader” represent a fifth column that should be investigated as a national security threat.
Hesham Shehab is the Chicago Associate at the Counter-Islamist Grid, a project of the Middle East Forum. Anne-Christine Hoff is the Dallas Associate at the Counter-Islamist Grid.
mortimer says
Actually, Islam will be annihilated ‘after 20’ years as Muslims gradually discover that the Koran is a human-produced document that is filled with constant human interventions to ‘correct’ it. The idea that the Koran was ‘collected’ from human memories at an early stage is not demonstrated by any hard evidence. The most credible explanation is the Koran is a rather LATE composition put together by a team of redactionists who found bits and pieces of earlier documents from various writers which were quickly edited and thrown in with other bits and pieces to form a rather disjointed ‘book’ … really an anthology of poems, spiritualist medium ‘readings’ and warlord sermons. The Koran is one of the most disjointed and incoherent ‘books’ ever placed between two covers.
dorcas70 says
Ditto!
gravenimage says
Unfortunately, Islam is still growing–it is not collapsing.
Still, I hope it eventually does.
Tony Naim says
Mortimer, your words are of Gold. Absolutely true and accurate. Moreover, It does not matter who controls who, America, Israel and the rest of the free world are all travelers on the same boat when it comes to the growing threat of Islamic terrorism. There is no question, for the safety of humanity and to safeguard the free world, Islamic Sharia must be deconstructed, first and foremost by abolishing its parts that are most vicious, discriminatory and hateful.
mortimer says
Foolish talk. If anything, it is Israel that is attached by strings pulled by the US. The claim that the Israelis are in charge of American policy is rather absurd and even laughable.
Why do so many Muslim leaders talk such nonsense and do it so regularly? Aren’t Muslims ashamed to hear such ridiculous talk from their leaders?
gravenimage says
Israel and the United States are allies due to their shared values, not because either one is a puppet of the other.
Israel is a staunch ally of the US–our only real ally in the Middle East.
tedh754 says
Muslim Congress. With sheep?
gravenimage says
It took me a moment–but this is hilarious!
DH says
Islam would collapse if Israel collapsed. Islamists could go back to hating Christians and Zoorastrians but it just wouldn’t be the same.
gravenimage says
Oh, I doubt it would collapse. Islam was able to hate people just fine for all the centuries before Israel’s modern rebirth. But yes–Muslims would feel deprived without Israel to hate. Let’s make sure this doesn’t happen to the poor lads…
Wellington says
Demonstrating again how delusional, mendacious and just plain stupid is the Islamic faith.
The greatest curse to mankind over the longest period of time continues—“Islam” by name.
Brigitte from Germany says
https://www.change.org/p/andrew-m-cuomo-impeach-mayor-bill-de-blasio
Can you help NYC please?
gravenimage says
Good luck, Brigitte.
Clive Delmonte says
This latest “Muslim” tirade of HATE is just upside-down and inside-out logic. I pray this sickness will pass soon.
FYI says
What muslims don’t understand is that their islamic Arab god al lah is NOT the Biblical God YHWH..
Either..
1]allah is the same as YHWH{..as muslims wrongly think…and idiotically,pope francis}
OR
2]allah is NOT the same as YHWH
Jew or Christian,look at islam with respect to the Law of Moses..: this requires Wisdom,not just Knowledge.
{2 Chief commandments{law#1 Love God Deuteronomy 6:4-9,law#2 Love Others Leviticus 19:18}and the Exodus 20 Decalogue:these are the foundation laws for both Judaism AND Christianity}
Surely if allah is the same as YHWH,allah must conform to these laws?
law#1 {Deuteronomy 6:4-9}cannot be satisfied in islam since allah gives permission to violate the Exodus 20 Decalogue:see the koran’s teachings.
law#2 {Leviticus 19:18} cannot be satisfied due to islam’s Doctrine of Hate {al walaa wal baraa},its classification of Jews and Christians as “the WORST of created beings” and koran 5:51 where muslims are told NOT to be friends with infidels and its failure to regard humans as being made in the spiritual image of God{Genesis 1:27}
Thus,allah MISSED the “Whole of the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets”{Matthew 22:37-40}as conflated in these 2 laws.
For allah to be the same as YHWH,the law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets must be the same,right?
But they are NOT:the koran and islam does NOT conform to the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets.
allah MISSED the importance of the 2 chief commandments of YHWH{defined as ‘The Whole law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these 2 commandments”Matthew 22:40}which cannot be satisfied in islam.
allah MISSED the point of the Decalogue{see the koran :it permits the breaking of God’s laws..k2:191 murder of infidels permitted,koran 48:20 stealing from infidels allowed etc}
This defeats the purpose of the Torah and YHWH giving these laws in the first place.
allah MISSED the Golden Rule{Matthew 7 v 12 defined as being the MEANING of the Law of Moses}
allah MISSED the key role given to the Jews
{“It is from the Jews that salvation comes” John 4 v 22}
allah MISSED the Holy Spirit{=the source of prophecy}but then in koran 5:116 we see allah gets Christian Theology completely wrong{he sees MARY in the Trinity ..and so the Holy Spirit is missing}
allah MISSED the idea that humans are made in the spiritual image of God{Genesis 1:27}
allah has a Doctrine of HATE{al walaa wal baraa} which is at odds with YHWH’s Doctrine of LOVE{as seen in the 2 chief commandments and the Golden Rule which are found in Judaism and Christianity but not in islam}
It is pretty obvious that allah is NOT the YHWH of the Bible.
allah the “BEST of deceivers” koran 3:54,the god who CURSES Jews and Christians.
And YHWH’s prophecies for Israel are bad news for those who wish to destroy Israel…
Joel 3 etc
E T says
There is no end to all these manic Muslims.
gravenimage says
Muslim Congress: America is Israel’s Puppet, Jewish State will be Annihilated after 20 Years
……………..
Pious Muslims are incapable of grasping the idea of mutually beneficial relations and respect for other democracies–as they see it, if America is not the slave of Muslims, it must ergo be the slave of Jews.
And interesting–20 years is just far enough away that they don’t have to provide any proof of this actually happening. Just as, well, since they’ve got nothing.
Ren says
Muslim Congress: «America is Israel’s Puppet, Jewish State will be Annihilated after 20 Years.»
Israel has been thriving for 70 years now and looking forward to many many more years.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, Ren!
OLD GUY says
When your mind is full of nothing but hate its hard for them to see the truth. Muslim/islamic leaders have hated Israel and the west from birth, their childhood education is based on killing and war against these nations. Islam is nothing short of a world wide Muslim dictatorship using ‘Religion” as a base to gain followers that will support their deadly ideology of power.
R Russell says
Jesus is coming soon. That’s the Jesus in the Bible, not the Muslim one.
FYI says
That’s the Parousia.
The ‘jesus’ of the koran is an Arabic speaking muslim{definitely NOT Jewish}
Here he is,the dawah folk insist this is ‘jesus’..in their holey book.
“He spake!Lo! I am the slave of allah.he hath given me the scripture and hath appointed me a prophet”
Koran 19 v 30
Note that this is not actually an adult speaking:it is in a crib and we know it is an infant from the previous line and the context “How can we talk to one who is in the cradle?” {koran 19:29}.And note he has ‘the scripture’..
allah claims he gave the Gospel to Jesus
{“WE bestowed on him the Gospel” koran 5:46}
But Jesus NEVER had the Gospel and was NEVER involved in its writing down.
allah claims MARY{yes,MARY} is in the Trinity alongside Jesus and allah
{koran 5:116}
But MARY is not in the Trinity.
Was Jesus a muslim?
muslims love to say ‘Jesus was a muslim’.
Nonsense
John 4 v 22{“we JEWS know whom we worship”}
Jesus was Jewish.
Did Jesus speak Arabic?
Ridiculous.Aramaic isn’t Arabic.
Did Jesus have the Gospel?
Of course not :it came AFTER the time of Jesus.
allah insists he can only be understood through Arabic yet claims he gave the Torah to Moses {koran 2:87}which is in…HEBREW:why was it not revealed in Arabic then?
It is obvious the author of the koran is telling fibs and claiming he wrote something he could not possibly have written.
The holey koran is completely bogus.
The funny thing is that allah CONFIRMS the Bible{koran 3:3} and tells muhammed to consult those who know the Bible{koran 10:94} and if the ‘scholars’ of islam had followed allah’s advice they would surely have spotted the ERRORS in the koran:Jesus did not have the Gospel,Jesus is Jewish,Mary is not in the Trinity.
The reason why the koran is full of errors is due to the ABSENCE of the Holy Spirit whereas the Bible shows the PRESENCE of the Holy Spirit.
Humans wrote both books but the koran’s author{s} did not have access to the HS.
islamic ‘scholars’ cannot see that.It is as if they are looking into a hole and don’t know how to explain what a hole is.
curious george says
Give the guy credit; he extended AOC’s prognostication by eight years. “The world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.”
gravenimage says
🙂
tgusa says
We are going to annihilate you, but not today, in twenty years. Yeah, that’s it, in twenty years, you just wait and see!