An imam from Dearborn, Michigan, said in a speech during a fundraising event for families in Lebanon who were displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah that it was a blessing to have "known" and been "attached with" slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and all the "martyrs" in Lebanon.
Michigan: Imam says Hassan Nasrallah and others who were killed in Lebanon and Yemen are 'real winners' -
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Mohammad Ali Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom made these remarks on January 8th. Elahi, an Iranian-born imam who immigrated to the United States in the early 1990s, has been accused of his longstanding ties with the Iranian regime.
"We are so blessed with knowing these people [Hassan Nasrallah and the martyrs] being attached with these people, being honored that they are part of Lebanon,” Elahi said.
Elahi also said that “Sayyed [Hassan Nasrallah] and the people who sacrificed in Lebanon and Yemen to support the cause of the oppressed in Gaza” are the “real winners of 2024” and “The victorious,” adding that “the other guys who continued their violence and viciousness” such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are “the real losers.”
Maybe thsi guy can also be a winner
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“[Allah says in the Quran:] 'And the Party of Satan are the losers.' They are not going to be remembered with honor. They will be remembered as war criminals, as warmongers, and insane people, evil. So really, these people who showed that much faith, that much love, that much heart – they deserve every support.” Elahi further claimed.
Elahi even talked about his vow, where he is willing to sell an apartment he has back home” to build a little home for someone in southern Lebanon.
"I even made a vow that, Allah willing, when things are settled in Lebanon, I have a little apartment in, you know, back home... so I said that if I have to sell that and make a little house for somebody in southern Lebanon, I am ready to do that,” Elahi claimed.
For Shia idolators dying and losing your king is victory
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"You did your job, our beloved martyrs. We send our salam and our salutations to you,” he added.
He then prayed for the “Zionists” to be defeated and for support to the mujahideen.
"Oh Allah, humiliate their enemies, the corruptor, criminal, occupying Zionists. Asking for Your mercy, oh most Merciful One, on the souls of the martyrs, for curing the ill and the wounded among them, and to support the mujahideen, we will recite the Fatiha chapter in the Quran after the blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad and His family." Elahi said.
