Iranian media and pundits have been sharing a music video of Houston-area Muslim children...
Iranian state-sponsored media and government leaders have been sharing a video of Houston-area children singing a new popular Iranian religious song which includes references to the Iranian supreme leader — and mentions being a soldier and martyr.Iranian state-sponsored media and pundits have been sharing a video of Houston-area children singing a popular new religious song that includes references to Iran’s supreme leader — and mentions soldiers and martyrdom.
“The commander that they are giving their salutation to is the Twelfth Imam,” Contractor said. The Twelfth Imam in Shia Islam is a messiah, a holy figure whose adherents believe will return to earth to liberate God’s people. In Houston, members of the Shia Muslim community approached the Islamic Education Center in Houston to see if they could do their own version in English, according to Faheem Kazimi, chairman of the center’s board of directors.
“These guys, they have a different agenda,” said Zangeneh, who is affiliated with the Organization of Iranian American Communities, a pro-Democracy group with affiliations with Mujahideen-e-Khalq , which the State Department formerly listed as a terrorist group. The U.S. delisted MEK in 2012.a Texas-based Middle East expert who reviewed the video agreed
But it’s perhaps the reaction to the video in the U.S. that has the potential to cause the most damage, they said.
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