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Qalqilya: Palestinian Mosque Speaker Calls for Caliphate to Unite Armies and Control Strategic Straits

dailymotion.com · October 8, 2026

CSPII Commentary: In Qalqilya, a sermon addressing the question, "What do Muslims need to lead the world and break free from the West?" It called on Muslims to control strategic straits—such as Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, Gibraltar, Suez, and the Bosphorus—for political and military purposes, and urged them to work day and night to establish the Islamic Caliphate, a prospect "the infidels would not welcome".

Saudi Arabian Preacher Prays for Humiliation of Polytheists and Defeat of Atheists and Shiites

khutabaa-com.translate.goog · October 7, 2026

CSPII Commentary: In an Arabic sermon defending Saudi Arabia as the “land of monotheism,” Ahmad bin Ibrahim al-Ubaid prays: “O God, strengthen Islam and Muslims; humiliate polytheism and the polytheists; forsake the tyrants, atheists, Magians and Rafida, and all other enemies of the creed and religion”. “Rafida” is a sectarian slur for Shi’a Muslims, while “Magians” historically denotes Zoroastrians but is often used polemically for Iranians or Shi’a; the sermon is directed chiefly against Persian/Iranian enemies.

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