Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh toured an exhibition of "Islamic lands" in Tehran on July 30, 2024 with the mayor of Tehran and leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Ziyad Nakhalah, where he gave an interview to SNN.ir that was uploaded to the media outlet's Telegram channel. Haniyeh said that 'false civilizations' that are based on plundering and bloodshed are not destined to last, while the Islamic civilization, which is based on "divine shari'a" is destined to last for eternity.
Well, he wasn't destined to last.
Meanwhile, in New York, the protests about Haniyeh's assassination make explicit what was always implicit in these gatherings: it's all about Islam:
On July 31, 2024, following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and top Hizbullah military leader Fuad Shukr, Within Our Lifetime held a rally in New York City. Protesters, waved flags of Hamas, Hizbullah, Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam, and held up photos of Haniyeh and Shukr. Some protesters made an inverted triangle gesture towards NYPD officers. According to the ADL, the inverted triangle hand gesture is "used to represent Hamas itself and glorify its use of violence in many popular anti-Zionist memes and political cartoons." Nerdeen Kiswani, the leader of Within Our Lifetime accused Israel of raping children. A protester with his face covered by a keffiyeh held up a framed photo of Haniyeh, pointed at it and chanted: "The martyr is beloved by Allah! Israel is the Enemy of Allah!" Abdullah Akl, a student at Harvard University and the advocacy director of MAS Staten Island Center, also led chants at the protest. Footage of the rally was streamed live on Status Coup News on YouTube.
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