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Hamas Leader Praises Oct 7 Atrocities as a ‘Victory’, Calls Muslims to Join ‘Jihad of the Swords’

Updated: January 15, 2024 at 1:15 pm EST  See Comments

The current chairman of Hamas’ so-called political bureau has called on Muslims around the world to “build on” the Oct. 7 murderous terror attacks on Israel, which he called a “victory,” by sending their money to Hamas to wage “financial jihad.”

Ismail Haniyeh, the de facto leader of the group, regarded by the United States and the European Union as a terrorist organization, spoke at a meeting of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. That’s a group of Islamic theologians that acts as the supreme authority of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization, according to The Daily Signal. 

Haniyeh lives in Doha, Qatar where the meeting was held. According to a translation of his address by the Middle East Media Research Institute, the Hamas leader tried to get the attention of Muslims worldwide when he referred to the group’s current war with Israel, telling them, “There is verbal Jihad, which is Jihad by the tongue, but indeed, the time has come for Jihad of the swords. This is the battle for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and not the battle of the Palestinian people, or Gaza, or the people in Gaza.”

“The people of Gaza constitute our frontline trench for defense, as

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