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	June 30, 2013   MEMRI TV Weekly - PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmous Habbash: Hamas More Dangerous Than Israeli Occupation; Indonesian Islamists Volunteer To Join Syria Jihad; Egypt Defense Minister Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi: We Will Not Allow Egypt To Enter Civil War; Former Egyptian Soccer Star Ahmed Shobair Slams MB Over Murder Of Shi'ites   MEMRI | MEMRI TV | JIHAD AND TERRORISM THREAT MONITOR | SOUTH ASIA STUDIES PROJECT
	IF YOU LIKE THE FOLLOWING RELEASES, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING NOW TO MEMRI'S SUMMER CAMPAIGN The following are MEMRI TV clips released this past week. To view the clips and read the transcripts, click on the link below the excerpt from each clip. The clips can easily be shared to social media from the MEMRI TV website using the "share" button. MEMRI TV Clip No. 3884 PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud Habbash: Hamas 'More Dangerous Enemy' Than Israeli Occupation Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon delivered by PA Minister of Religious Endowments Mahmoud Habbash, which aired on Palestinian Authority TV on June 2, 2013: Mahmoud Habbash: "The external enemy is clear and has its obvious characteristics. It cannot disappear or hide. It declares its enmity loud and clear, and adopts clear and unambiguous hostile positions. The enemies of the Islamic nation are openly hostile, and they openly target it and terrorize it. "Our duty, which has been imposed upon the believers by Allah, is to respond to this external enemy, to confront it, to fight it, to oppose it, and to wage Jihad for the sake of Allah, in order to repel this enemy, which declares its enmity loud and clear." Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. MEMRI TV Clip No. 3879 Note to media and government: For a full copy of this report, send an email with the title of the report in the subject line to media@memri.org. Please include your name, title, and organization in your email. Indonesian 'Ansarullah Of Solo' Islamists Volunteer To Join The Jihad In Syria   Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM).  For membership information, send an email tojttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line. MEMRI TV Clip No. 3880 Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi: We Will Not Allow Egypt To Enter A Civil War Following are excerpts from a public address delivered by Egyptian Defense Minister General Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi, which aired on MBC Misr TV on June 23, 2013:   Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi: "It would be wrong for anyone to believe that under any circumstances, the army's firm bond of conscience with the great Egyptian people could be undermined." Applause from military audience "The only thing we respect and abide by is the will of the Egyptian people. We do so with the purest, objective, and genuine intentions. It would be wrong for anyone to think that this will could be confronted with violence. We bear complete responsibility for protecting the will of this great people. Let me ask you: How can we, the officers of the military, feel like real men, when we sense that the entire Egyptian people lives in fear and terror? We would rather die." Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. MEMRI TV Clip No. 3885 Former Egyptian Soccer Star Ahmed Shobair Slams MB Over Murder Of Shi'ites Following are excerpts from a statement by Egyptian sports commentator Ahmed Shobair, national team goalkeeper and former MP, which aired on Modern Kura TV and was posted on the Internet on June 24, 2013: Ahmed Shobair: "Four Egyptian citizens were dragged on the ground until they died, just because they were Shiites. It was all because of the takfir campaigns, with people shouting: "Let's crush them!" "Let's kill them! "If they spray us with water, we'll spray them with blood!" This was said by Islamic preacher [Safwat Higazi]. These are their preachers. "We'll crush you! We'll kill you! With bullets, with blood!" This was said by an Islamic preacher." Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. MEMRI TV Clip No. 3886 Egyptian Women Demonstrate Against Mursi: Mubarak The Pilot Was Replaced By An Ass Following are excerpts from a video of an anti-Mursi women's demonstration in Manufiyya, Egypt, which was posed on the Internet on June 24, 2013: Demonstrator: "Down with the regime of the dog!" Crowd: "Down with the regime of the dog!" Demonstrator: "Down with all those sons of bitches!" Crowd: "Down with all those sons of bitches!" [...] Demonstrator: "Mohamed Mursi, you just wait..." Crowd: "Mohamed Mursi, you just wait..." Demonstrator: "We are digging your grave in Manufiyya." Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. *THE FOLLOWING CLIPS ARE FROM THE MEMRI TV ARCHIVES  MEMRI TV Clip No. 3493 Defecting Syrian Ambassador To Iraq Nawaf Al-Sheikh Fares Criticizes Iraqi PM Al-Maliki For His Stance On Syria And Says: Bashar 'Practiced How To Kill On The Iraqis' Following are excerpts from an interview with Nawaf Al-Sheikh Fares, the Syrian ambassador to Iraq who recently defected, which aired on the Al-Jazeera network on July 12, 2012. Nawaf Al-Sheikh Fares: "I have supported the revolution since day one, but due to personal circumstances, the political circumstances, and my mission, very few people were aware of this. They hear me now. I have supported the revolution since day one. "Throughout my career with the government, I've been in the opposition." Interviewer: "We may not be able to go into your personal circumstances, but what about the political circumstances? What prevented you from defecting from the beginning, if you supported the revolution from the start?" Nawaf Al-Sheikh Fares: "I supported the revolution from the beginning, and I have always been against the faulty practices that led Syria to where it is today. "But the regime made many promises to enact reforms, so I waited for a long time. But this was all an illusion. There is no reform, just more killing and destruction." […] Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV.  MEMRI TV Clip No. 3155 Iraqi PM Nuri Al-Maliki: Regime Change In Syria Does Not Serve Anybody's Interests Following are excerpts from an interview with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, which aired on Al-Manar TV on September 28, 2011: Nuri Al-Maliki: "I believe that there are many old plans for the region that were postponed, and it appears that the time has come for their implementation. The Sykes-Picot Agreement divided us into states, and the premeditated Arab Spring, which is backed by [foreign forces], is intended to divide these states into mini-states, so that the only effective large country in the region would be Israel.   "It appears, however, that even Israel has sensed that the change that is taking place is not in its own interests." Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. MEMRI TV Clip No. 2221 Muhammad Al-Shimari, An Al-Qaeda Terrorist Captured In Iraq: I Was Trained In Syria Following are excerpts from the confession of Saudi terrorist Muhammad Al-Shimari, which aired on Al-Iraqiya TV on August 31, 2009.  Muhammad Al-Shimari: "I arrived in Syria using an official Saudi passport. I went to Bahrain, then to the UAE, and from there, to Syria. In Syria, I was met by a man called Abu Maridh. He took me to the Al-Latakiyah camp." Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. MEMRI TV Clip No. 2223 Iraqi Poet Abbas Khidr Recounts His Experience In Iraqi Jail Under Saddam And Criticizes Arab Nationalist Poets For Supporting Tyrants Following are excerpts from an interview with Abbas Khidr, an Iraqi-born poet currently living in Germany, which aired on Alaan TV, on June 19, 2009.  Interviewer: "What was your interrogation like, Abbas?" Abbas Khidr: "The Iraqi interrogation? The Iraqis do not interrogate, brother. All they do is torture. For example, if you give them a piece of information, you get yourself into trouble, because they want more information. They begin by asking you: "Have you heard about us?" Have you heard about the torture in Iraqi prisons?" The interrogator asks you that, in these exact words. "Do you confess or not?" If you say that you are innocent, it begins. There are various methods of torture. There is no interrogation – only torture. They want information and names. The most important thing is names. You are forced to give names, and sometimes these are your friends, which is a problem because you are about to destroy their lives. So you have to endure the torture, and then the torture increases."  Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV. Please remember the environment before printing.