On January 13, 2021, Abu 'Ali Al-'Askari, the military commander of the Iran-backed Shi'ite militia Hizbullah Brigades (KH), shared a post on his Telegram channeel announcing that the "advisors of the Islamic resistance" are ready to offer counsel and training to what he called "the liberation movements" within the United States, and that special locations will be secured for that purpose.
January 13, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9136
Russian Military Specialist Mikhail Khodarenok: No One In Moscow Is Going To Fight Israel Because Of Strikes On Iranian Targets In Syria
January 13, 2021
Gazeta.ru s military correspondent Mikhail Khodarenok responds to an analysis by Panagiotis Nastos in the Greek news agency Pentapostagma, Nastos claimed that the the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system based in Syria looked on silently while Israeli Air Force planes penetrate Syrian airspace with impunity and attack Iranian positions. Nastos believes that Russia does not want to provoke a fight with Israel because if the Russians attempted to down Israeli aircraft, the Israelis would take out the S-400s thus diminishing their value on the international arms market. Khodarenok believes that such an analysis is superficial. The Iranians have been trying to hide under the umbrella of Russian forces as they build up their forces against Israel. Russia does not have to
Pakistan s Islamic Clerics Debate Normalization Of Relations With Israel
January 13, 2021 | By Tufail Ahmad
Pakistan is once again engaged in an intellectual debate about its religious identity. The issue is whether to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, which, seen as the Jewish state, Pakistanis deem ideologically incompatible with the Islamic State of Pakistan. Pakistanis view their country as the
Medina-e-Saani,
the second Medina, after the holy city of Medina, which was the first Islamic state established by Prophet Muhammad after he proclaimed Islam.
Image courtesy of Tribune.com.pk
Although this debate has been a recurring theme in Pakistan s intellectual life, it re-emerged recently after several Islamic countries – the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco – decided to normalize relations with Israel. In December 2020, Pakistan s top-ranking Islamic scholar, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, reignited this debate by publicly advocating normalization with Israel.
Telegram flooded with death threats and calls for violence amid Trump ban
The app s history is causing concern it could be exploited by groups looking to disrupt Joe Biden s inauguration
13 January 2021 • 5:35pm
The explosion in the use of Telegram has prompted fears that right-wing extremists are embracing the platform, which uses sophisticated encryption and in the past has been linked to use by Islamic extremist groups, in growing numbers.
Multiple Neo-Nazi and extreme right groups could be found operating on Telegram on Wednesday. They include the Nationalist Social Club 131, with more than 2,000 subscribers and the Boogaloo Intel Group, with more than 7,000 subscribers.
Recently, the encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp announced its new privacy policy, which reserves the platform's right to share the data of its users with Facebook. The new policy, which will come into effect on February 8, 2021, has sparked concern among jihadi users, who have been posting warnings on Telegram, saying that the new policy jeopardizes their security.