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The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series and the MEMRI TV Project. Special Dispatch No. 3500—U.S. and the Arab &Muslim World Former Guantanamo Inmate Talks about the Prisoners' 'Nuclear Weapon' on Al-Jazeera TV: We Would Throw Feces at the Guards and Officers; 'Not a Single U.S. General was Spared' The following are excerpts from an interview with Walid Muhammad Hajj, a Sudanese national who was released from the detention center at Guantanamo. The program aired on Al-Jazeera TV on December 19, 2010. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2751.htm. Walid Muhammad Hajj: "The Americans in the prison used to employ a form of psychological warfare. This 'Koran method' really affected the guys." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4905.htm. Special Dispatch No. 3501—Pakistan/Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project/South Asia Studies Project Discussion About the Concept of Jihad on Pakistani Television: 'Other Prayers Can be Postponed... But Jihad Cannot be Deferred'; 'Muhammad Said That a Person Who Dies Not Having Waged Jihad... Is Like One Who Died in a State of Hypocrisy'; 'It Has Been Stated Most Explicitly In The Koran... Fight Those Who Interfere With Establishing the Rule Of Allah; 'Today, In Every Part of the World, Muslims are Being Forced to WageJihad in Their Own Defense' Talk show host Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain The popular religious program Alim Online (Scholar Online) talk show, on Pakistan's Geo TV, recently devoted an exclusive episode to the subject of jihad in Islam. The talk show featured host Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, former religious affairs minister of Pakistan and Islamic scholar, journalist, politician, and physician, and two prominent Islamic scholars – Qari Mansoor Ahmad, an Islamic cleric and columnist for the Urdu-language jihadist magazine Zarb-e-Momin, and Mohammad Hanif Tayyab, former Pakistani federal minister and Islamic scholar. As part of their discussion of the issue of jihad, the three scholars took several calls from viewers. One key point in the discussion was made by Qari Mansoor Ahmad, who said that the requirement that only the head of an Islamic state can order jihad is only one aspect of the issue; the other aspect is that Muslims are under attack and therefore are waging jihad as required by Islamic law, and ethically, in self-defense. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4906.htm. Special Dispatch No. 3502—Afghanistan/Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project/South Asia Studies Project Poem on Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan Website Celebrates Jihad, Says: 'We Can Afford Every Danger for the Holy Religion of Islam; It is Our Decision to Drive Out the Infidels from Our Homeland' A poem recently published by Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, the second largest militant organization in Afghanistan, celebrates jihad. Titled "Shariat Ya Shahadat" (Islamic Law or Martyrdom), the poem was posted on oqab1.com, the official website of Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan. Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, which is led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, works alongside Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants to oust the U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan. The militant group has called upon the U.S. to declare a time-table for the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan as a pre-condition of any peace talks. To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4907.htm. Special Dispatch No. 3499—Iraq/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World Iraqi Shi'ite Leader Muqtada Al-Sadr Calls to Support the Government and Leads Anti-U.S. Chants in Najaf Rally Following are excerpts from an address by Iraqi Shi'ite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr at a public rally in Najaf, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 7, 2011. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2754.htm. Muqtada Al-Sadr: "Iraq has been through difficult conditions, which have stricken everybody with fear, have upset everybody, and have not pleased anybody – with the exception of our common enemy – America, Israel, and Britain." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4904.htm.