Memri Latest Reports en-us <![CDATA[President Mubarak Appoints Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb as the New Al-Azhar Sheikh; In a 2002 Interview from MEMRI Archives, Dr. Al-Tayyeb Said: 'We Condemned the September 11 Attacks – But Since Then Our Feelings Have Changed']]>No. 2868 - March 19, 2010]]><![CDATA[Former Palestinian Plane Hijacker Leila Khaled: 'The Ultimate Goal of the Struggle is the Establishment of a Palestinian State Within the 1967 Borders, Including Jerusalem…But This is Just One Stage'; 'We Have the Right to Return To... All [of] Palestine'; 'If You Use Force, the Enemy Withdraws']]>No. 2867 - March 19, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 21: March 11-18, 2010]]>No. 2866 - March 19, 2010]]><![CDATA[Mus'ab Hassan Yousuf, Son of West Bank Hamas Leader: God of Islam Suffers from a Split Personality; Muhammad Was a False Prophet]]>No. 2865 - March 18, 2010]]><![CDATA[Palestinian Authority Attacks Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi for Calling to Stone President 'Abbas]]>No. 597 - March 18, 2010]]><![CDATA[Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV Placed Under Sanctions By U.S. Treasury Department]]>No. 107 - March 18, 2010]]><![CDATA[Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV Children's Puppet Show: 'We Must Rise Against the Zionist Criminals, the Enemies of Allah, and Liberate Jerusalem and All the Holy Places']]>No. 2864 - March 17, 2010]]><![CDATA[Qatari Liberal and Former Dean of Islamic Law at the University of Qatar: Arab Liberals, Secularists Are Facing Jihad]]>No. 2863 - March 17, 2010]]><![CDATA[Veneration for Dalal Al-Mughrabi on Palestinian Authority TV, in PA Dailies, and on Israeli Arab Websites]]>No. 2862 - March 17, 2010]]><![CDATA[Editor of Qatari Daily: The Palestinian Authority Is Robbing and Conspiring against Its Own People]]>No. 2861 - March 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Children's Cartoon on Hamas' Al-Aqsa Incites to Hatred]]>No. 2860 - March 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Article on Liberal Arab Website: Israel's Better for Us than Bin Laden]]>No. 2859 - March 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[On Al-Aqsa TV, Hamas Deputy Minister of Religious Endowments Calls for Jews to be Annihilated, Saying They Are Bacteria, Not Human Beings; Following President Obama's Election, Said in Friday Sermon: We Must 'First Check if His Heart is Black or White']]>No. 2858 - March 15, 2010]]><![CDATA[Sheikh Tantawi's Response to Obama's Cairo Speech]]>No. 2857 - March 15, 2010]]><![CDATA['A Very Important Letter from Sheikh Khalid b. Usama b. Ladin' to 'Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran' Regarding 'A Demand for the Release of My Family Imprisoned In Iran']]>No. 2856 - March 15, 2010]]><![CDATA[Al-Arabiya TV Director: Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Should Continue Even without Settlement Freeze]]>No. 2855 - March 12, 2010]]><![CDATA[Hamas Sermon in Gaza on Al-Aqsa TV: Rome Will Be Conquered by Islam]]>No. 2854 - March 12, 2010]]><![CDATA[Behind the Scenes of Arab Politics: Arab Sources on Renewing of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations]]>No. 596 - March 12, 2010]]><![CDATA[Renowned Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass, On Egyptian TV: 'The Jews Went to America and Took Control of its Economy… They Have a Plan… They Control the Entire World']]>No. 2853 - March 11, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 20: March 4-11, 2010]]>No. 2852 - March 11, 2010]]><![CDATA[Revival of Cinema Sparks Debate in Saudi Arabia]]>No. 595 - March 11, 2010]]><![CDATA[Expatriate Libyan ICC Member Dr. Hadi Shalouf: Colonialism Better than Arab Regimes]]>No. 2851 - March 10, 2010]]><![CDATA[In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, Conflict Escalates over Child Bride Marriages]]>No. 594 - March 10, 2010]]><![CDATA[After Weekend's Fighting between Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami and Taliban in Afghanistan's Baghlan Province, Editorial in Pakistan Daily Notes: 'The Defection of... Commanders and Fighters of the Hizb-e-Islami to the Karzai Government is... the First Concrete Success of Kabul's Extension of an Olive Branch to Militants']]>No. 2850 - March 9, 2010]]><![CDATA[Editor of Saudi Daily: Iran Must Pay the Price for Rejecting Saudi Arabia's Overtures of Friendship]]>No. 2849 - March 9, 2010]]><![CDATA[Debate on Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV: The Language of Martyrdom Is the Marseillaise of Our Nation; the Road to Life Passes through Death]]>No. 2848 - March 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[Adam Gadahn Praises Nidal Hasan, Calls for More Lone Wolf Attacks]]>No. 2847 - March 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[Arab Attacks on U.S. Congress' Anti-Incitement Bill Targeting Arab Satellite Channels]]>No. 593 - March 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[Egyptian Cleric Wagdi Ghneim on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV: 'We Pray to Allah That We Be Terrorists, If Terror Means Jihad']]>No. 2845 - March 7, 2010]]><![CDATA[Libyan Leader Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi Calls for Jihad against 'Infidel, Sinful' Switzerland: Boycott Swiss Products, Airplanes, Ships, and Embassies]]>No. 2844 - March 7, 2010]]><![CDATA[Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Gives Broad-Ranging Interview to BBC Arabic on His Support of Mayrtdom Attacks, His Condemnation of the U.S. Military Base in Qatar, His Position on Shi'ites, His Relations with the Egyptian Government, and More]]>No. 2843 - March 7, 2010]]><![CDATA[Kuwaiti Author Ibtihal Al-Khatib: Like Israel, Hizbullah Should Investigate Its Conduct in the War]]>No. 2842 - March 7, 2010]]><![CDATA[Assad-Ahmadinejad-Nasrallah Summit Seen By Arab Resistance Media as 'War Council' in Anticipation of War Breaking Out 'Within a Few Months']]>No. 2846 - March 5, 2010]]><![CDATA[Taliban's New Video of Hakimullah Mehsud Fails to Conclusively Establish that He is Alive; Mehsud Says: 'This War is Not a War between the Taliban and America; This War is a War between the Muslim Ummah and Infidels; This is [Their] Crusade']]>No. 2841 - March 5, 2010]]><![CDATA[Syrian Presidential Advisor: Israel is Using Death Squads against Its Opponents Worldwide]]>No. 2840 - March 5, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 19: February 25-March 4, 2010]]>No. 2839 - March 4, 2010]]><![CDATA[Saudi Cleric Muhammad Musa Al-Sharif Defends the Marrying Off of Under-Age Girls in Saudi Arabia: Atheists, Christians, and Fornicators Are Responsible for Human Rights Treaties]]>No. 2838 - March 4, 2010]]><![CDATA[Two Conflicting Views of Saudi-Iranian Struggle for Hegemony in Arab World]]>No. 2837 - March 4, 2010]]><![CDATA[Behind the Scenes of Virtual Jihad IV–Jihadi Media: A Global Production of Local News]]>No. 592 - March 3, 2010]]><![CDATA[In Speeches and Meetings in Pakistani Towns, Clerics and Jamaat-e-Islami Leaders Justify Martyrdom, Say: Jihad in the Path of Allah is the Only Way for Islam's Domination Over the World; 'There are 486 Verses in the Koran that are Called Jihadi Verses'; 'An Islamic Living is Incomplete Without the Craving for Jihad']]>No. 2836 - March 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Syrian Daily Al-Watan: France Has Turned Towards Syria, Away from Israel]]>No. 2835 - March 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Saddamists with Blood on Their Hands Should Be Killed; Iraq Should Destabilize Countries that Destabilize Its Own Security]]>No. 2834 - March 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Expressions of Solidarity with Egyptian Copts in Wake of Nag Hammadi Christmas Murders]]>No. 2833 - March 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Egyptian Clerics Debate Permissibility of Using Facebook and Other Websites; Columnist Diana Mukkaled Responds: 'Social Networking Sites and Blogs Have Helped to Break Down Barriers and Produce Innovations']]>No. 2832 - March 1, 2010]]><![CDATA[In New Video, CIA Khost Bomber Humam Al-Balawi Recounts His Life as a Double Agent]]>No. 2831 - March 1, 2010]]><![CDATA[Glorification of Martyrdom on Lebanon's Al-Quds TV Children's Show: All Palestinians Suckle the Use of the Gun with Their Mother's Milk]]>No. 2830 - February 26, 2010]]><![CDATA[At Damascus Summit, Ahmadinejad and Assad Attack U.S. and Israel; Ahmadinejad: Israel's Elimination is Near; Assad: The Resistance Is Winning]]>No. 2829 - February 26, 2010]]><![CDATA[Senior Al-Qaeda Commander Abu Yahya Al-Libi Calls To Strike U.S. On Its Own Soil]]>No. 2828 - February 26, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 18: February 18-25, 2010]]>No. 2827 - February 25, 2010]]><![CDATA[Iranian President Ahmadinejad Repeatedly Calls for Eliminating Israel]]>No. 2826 - February 25, 2010]]><![CDATA[Article in Syrian Government Daily: Israel's End Is Near]]>No. 2825 - February 25, 2010]]><![CDATA[Prominent Saudi Cleric: Supporters of Gender Mixing Should Be Killed]]>No. 2824 - February 24, 2010]]><![CDATA[Former IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei Discusses His Aspirations to Run for the Egyptian Presidency, States: The Middle East Peace Process Is a Joke]]>No. 2823 - February 24, 2010]]><![CDATA[Report in Indian Website about the Haqqani Network of the Taliban in Afghanistan: "The Haqqani Network has More Than 12,000 Well-Trained Fighters, Including a Good Number of Suicide Bombers"; Reveals Next Generation of Haqqani Network Commanders]]>No. 2822 - February 24, 2010]]><![CDATA[Syrian Daily Challenges Egypt's Status in Arab World]]>No. 591 - February 24, 2010]]><![CDATA[Recent Posts from the MEMRI Urdu-Pashtu Media Blog]]>No. 2821 - February 23, 2010]]><![CDATA[Iranian Website: Iranian Nuclear Bomb Spells Death to Israel]]>No. 2820 - February 23, 2010]]><![CDATA[Hamas Responds to Goldstone Report – On PA's Behalf; Issues Apology for Harming Israeli Civilians, then Denies and Renounces Doing So]]>No. 590 - February 23, 2010]]><![CDATA[Popular Al-Jazeera TV Host Faisal Al-Qassem on Satan's Recipe for Corrupting Arab and Muslim Society]]>No. 2819 - February 22, 2010]]><![CDATA[Editors of Arab Dailies Assess: A War between Iran and the West Is Imminent]]>No. 2818 - February 22, 2010]]><![CDATA[In Article Titled "Where is U.S. Public Diplomacy?" Pakistani Diplomat Shamshad Ahmad Laments Deepening Gulf in U.S.-Pakistan Relationship, Says: "U.S. Image-Building is Now Left to the Pentagon – With Very Little Left to Non-Military Institutions for Articulating America's 'Ideas and Ideals' Overseas and Advancing Its Foreign Policy Goals"]]>No. 2817 - February 21, 2010]]><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: We Have Many More Martyrdom-Seekers; Future Attacks Will Be Modeled on Those of Abdulmutallab, Nidal Hasan]]>No. 2816 - February 19, 2010]]><![CDATA[Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradawi and Qatar's Education City – Hosting American University Students from Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Northwestern, Texas A&M, Virginia Commonwealth, Cornell & Others]]>No. 589 - February 19, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 17: February 12-18, 2010]]>No. 2815 - February 18, 2010]]><![CDATA[Saudi Princess 'Adelah bint 'Abdallah Advocates Changing Saudi Laws, Improving Women's Status]]>No. 2814 - February 18, 2010]]><![CDATA['Honor Killings' of Women in Palestinian Society]]>No. 588 - February 18, 2010]]><![CDATA[British Islamist Anjem Choudary: Freedom and Democracy Are Idols That Must Be Destroyed and Replaced with Obedience to Allah]]>No. 2813 - February 17, 2010]]><![CDATA[In Iraq, Election Campaign Is In Full Swing]]>No. 587 - February 17, 2010]]><![CDATA[2008 Letter by Taliban Shadow Governor of Helmand Province Reveals Cooperation Between Pakistani Intelligence and Taliban]]>No. 2812 - February 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Debate in Saudi Press over Ban on Celebrating Valentine's Day]]>No. 2811 - February 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Child Preacher Delivers a Speech on Children's Love of Martyrdom on Egyptian TV: "My Mother Has Presented Me as a Gift to Allah This Year"]]>No. 2810 - February 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Saudi Writer: The Myth of the Jews Controlling the World Is Just a Cover for the Arab Failure]]>No. 2809 - February 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Article in Syrian Government Daily Supports Holocaust Denial]]>No. 2808 - February 16, 2010]]><![CDATA[Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Iraqi Political Process Made Possible Solely by U.S.; Iraq Better Off with U.S.-Sponsored Democracy]]>No. 2807 - February 15, 2010]]><![CDATA[Article on Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan's Ideological Founder and South Asia's Foremost Islamist Poet, Explores the Meanings of Momin ('Faithful'), Jihad, and Martyrdom; Quotes Iqbal's Poetry: 'If He Is an Infidel, He Trusts the Sword; If He Is a Momin, a Soldier Fights Sans Sword']]>No. 2806 - February 15, 2010]]><![CDATA[In Al-Jazeera TV Debate on Obama's First Year, Former U.S. Senate Candidate Muhammad Said Al-Bourini, Says Obama 'Brought Zionist Jews Into His Administration... to Monitor Them Closely'; 'He Wanted There To Be Division Among U.S. Jewry – So That They Would Join Him and J-Street, and Confront... AIPAC']]>No. 2805 - February 14, 2010]]><![CDATA[Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Head Ali-Akbar Salehi: Attacking Iran's Nuclear Facilities Will Spell the End of Israel]]>No. 2804 - February 12, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 16: February 4–February 11, 2010]]>No. 2803 - February 11, 2010]]><![CDATA[Article in Syrian Gov't Daily: If Resistance Is Attacked, Iran Will Target American Interests]]>No. 2802 - February 11, 2010]]><![CDATA[In New Video, Uighur Jihadists Claim Attacks in China]]>No. 2801 - February 11, 2010]]><![CDATA[Egyptian Researcher Sa'id Okasha Rejects Al-Faraeen TV's Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial]]>No. 2800 - February 10, 2010]]><![CDATA[Resistance Conference in Beirut Declares Resistance's Victory, U.S. Policy's Defeat in Region]]>No. 586 - February 10, 2010]]><![CDATA[Annual Report of Pakistani NGO Aurat Foundation Notes 13 Percent Increase in Violence Against Women; Its Representative Rabeea Hadi Says: '1,384 Daughters of Pakistan Were Murdered, 928 Were Raped, 683 Committed Suicide and 604 Were Killed in The Name of 'Honor' In 2009']]>No. 2799 - February 9, 2010]]><![CDATA[Developments in Iran's Nuclear Program – The Double Deception]]>No. 585 - February 9, 2010]]><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula Deputy Commander Sheikh Abu Sufyan Al-Azdi Calls On Muslims To Respond To 'Crusader Aggression' and To Strike At U.S. Interests in Peninsula]]>No. 2798 - February 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[Criticism in Egypt over Meeting between Editor of Government Monthly and Former Israeli Ambassador]]>No. 2797 - February 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[PA Minister of Religious Endowments Mahmoud Al-Habbash: 'Nobody Has the Right to Declare the End of Jihad']]>No. 2796 - February 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[Iraqi Elections in Turmoil – A Synopsis]]>No. 584 - February 8, 2010]]><![CDATA[Saudi Cleric Walid Al-Rashoudi: Iran Is a 'Paper Tiger';]]>No. 2795 - February 7, 2010]]><![CDATA[In Run-Up to Islamic Revolution Day 2010, Iranian Regime Steps Up Oversight, Censorship on Media, Citizens]]>No. 2794 - February 5, 2010]]><![CDATA[An 'Awakening' in Yemen? Tareq Al-Fadhli, Leader in South Yemen Secessionist Movement and Former Bin Laden Associate, Hoists U.S. Flag in Overture to America]]>No. 2793 - February 5, 2010]]><![CDATA[Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Weekly Digest No. 15: January 28-February 4, 2010]]>No. 2792 - February 4, 2010]]><![CDATA[Online Jihadists Discuss Targets in U.S. - Including Government Buildings Like White House, CIA HQ]]>No. 2791 - February 4, 2010]]><![CDATA[Shi'ite Iraqi Liberal: The CIA Officers Killed in Afghanistan Are the Real Martyrs]]>No. 2790 - February 4, 2010]]><![CDATA[Saudi Journalist: Choose Struggle by Peaceful Means]]>No. 2789 - February 3, 2010]]><![CDATA[Urdu-Language Pakistani Weekly Magazine Calls Prophet Muhammad, His Companions, Islamic Caliphs, Angels 'Jihadist,' Says: 'Of All The Prophets of Allah, Muhammad... Waged More Jihad Than Any Other']]>No. 2788 - February 3, 2010]]><![CDATA[Anwar Al-'Awlaki Acknowledges Ties with Christmas Day Bomber Abdulmutallab, Expresses Support for Christmas Day Plot [updated with full interview]]]>No. 2786 - February 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Arab Newspapers Debate Haiti Aid Efforts]]>No. 2785 - February 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Official Palestinian Authority Friday Sermon on PA TV: 'The Jews Are the Enemies of Allah… Our Mutual Enmity With Them is a Matter of Faith More Than an Issue Pertaining To Occupation and Land'; 'The Prophet Muhammad Said: You Will Fight the Jews, and You Will Kill Them'; 'This Land Will Only Be Liberated Through Jihad]]>No. 2784 - February 2, 2010]]><![CDATA[Saudi Columnist: There Are Hundreds of Al-Qaeda in Iran]]>No. 2783 - February 1, 2010]]>