The memorial service for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Michigan included not only condemnation of US “terrorism'' but also praise for the prominent terrorist activist.
On Saturday, monument service A memorial service for the killing of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was held at the Hadi Youth Community Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The event that was live streaming YouTube featured fiery speeches by local religious leaders and activists praising Nasrallah and Iranian leadership while denouncing the United States.
Imam Usama Abdulghani, who led the memorial service, said that Nasrallah is now “happy” and that his martyrdom was “at the hands of the most evil and evil of Allah's creations” and that all He declared that it was a “retribution” from Allah for “jihad”. he worked
Teacher and activist Tarek Bazzi gave an impassioned speech, praising not only Nasrallah but also the Iranian revolutionaries who shaped Hezbollah's ideology. He praised Iran's former leader Ruhollah Khomeini and current supreme leader Ali Khamenei, calling Nasrallah “immaculate” and “perfect.”
Bazzi expressed his condolences to “the entire Islamic State” and said it has produced people as “pious” as Khomeini, the late Revolutionary Guards chief Qassem Soleimani and slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. He asked attendees if there were any other religions that were respected by Hezbollah and Iran, and named several key figures.
In a scathing attack on US policy, Mr Bazzi accused US institutions, particularly the White House, Congress and the Pentagon, of projecting their own “terrorism” onto “the soldiers and saints of the Lord of the Universe”.
The prayer was also noted by local Shiite poet Hassan Salamey, who called Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “our greatest leader” and said that Khamenei “will put the sword of Ali to your throat in Tel Aviv”. “You may be attacked,” he warned.
Dearborn, which has a large Muslim population, has long been the center of anti-Israel demonstrations, drawing attention to the rise in radicalism in the United States.
Videos that became popular in April showed Anti-Israel protests took place in Dearborn, where demonstrators were captured shouting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” during a rally for International Al-Quds Day. The video sparked national controversy and increased scrutiny of pro-Hezbollah activities in the United States.
The video showed activists condemning both Israel and the United States in the harshest terms, and Bazzi insisted the chant was only logical.
In response, Stephen Stalinsky, director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), said: said fox news The Dearborn rally has been held for more than 20 years and is a “hotbed of hatred” where “Hamas, Hezbollah, [and] It's Iran. ”
Nasrallah, who has served as Hezbollah's secretary general since 1992, was a founding member of the Iran-backed Shiite terrorist group. Nasrallah, who was revered by Hezbollah supporters for leading the group through the conflict with Israel, was killed in a precision airstrike on a bunker in Beirut on Saturday. Under his leadership, Hezbollah's terrorist capabilities grew up Significantly.
Israel remains in conflict with Hezbollah after the group launched an attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas on October 7, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking more than 240 hostages.
Hezbollah has actively sought to expand its influence beyond the Middle East, with its involvement in more than a dozen countries, including most of the major Western powers, members of the European Union, members of the Arab League, and international designated as a terrorist organization by the agency. Terrorist activities against the United States, France, Israel, and other targets.
Former President Donald Trump condemns Hezbollah states“Other than Al Qaeda, no terrorist group has more American blood in its veins.”
On Sunday, Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton called The United States called for the removal of “all Hezbollah leaders,” insisting that “Israel must prevail” against Tehran's main terror proxy in the region.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.
