I was given a sticker by one of my students and I liked it. It said in Arabic, "Allahu Akbar, Death to America, Death to Israel, Allah curse the Jews, Allah make Islam victorious". I put the sticker on my admin folder and thought nothing more of it until some students came up to me and asked me if I knew what that sticker was really about. I read them the sticker in Arabic and translated it and asked what was wrong with it and they replied, "That sticker is being given out by the Houthis". So I peeled the sticker off my folder.
That is the thing, anyone who says such words will have some pull on the Yemeni people becuase those sentiments are common. So people start leaning towards the Houthis without even knowing the corrupt aqida of the Shiah Houthis, just because they say these tough words. And the Houthis have been actively calling Yemenis to their cause in Change Square, in Universities, in schools...
During the time of the revolution in Yemen the Houthis took the opportunity to seige Dammaj where the Dar al-Hadith Islamic Centre is located. This centre is a salafi one and has been a thorn in the Houthi side for some time.
The Houthis claim to be fighting to reinstate an Islamic state, but a Shiah Islamic state something like what existed before the last revolution in Yemen which saw the demise of the Shiah Imam Ahmad.
The fighting is still going on in Saada, Hajja, Amran provinces and also there have been some lesser reports from al-Jawf. The list of students killed by Houthis when the centre was seiged reached more than 80. Of course the Houthis claim that the Salafis started it.
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Could you imagine a Sunni group going around and fighting state governments, beseiging Islamic centres and killing in order to establish an Islamic state? What would happen to them? We know the answer to that - the American would send some cruise missiles to upset the party. So how are these Houthis going about doing what they are doing and not attracting any missiles?
The counter to Houthi aggression was prompt with fatawat coming from ulema in Saudia Arabia as well as in Yemen calling for defensive jihad against the houthis. All the Salafi centres sent fighters to help liberate Dammaj.
That is the thing, anyone who says such words will have some pull on the Yemeni people becuase those sentiments are common. So people start leaning towards the Houthis without even knowing the corrupt aqida of the Shiah Houthis, just because they say these tough words. And the Houthis have been actively calling Yemenis to their cause in Change Square, in Universities, in schools...
During the time of the revolution in Yemen the Houthis took the opportunity to seige Dammaj where the Dar al-Hadith Islamic Centre is located. This centre is a salafi one and has been a thorn in the Houthi side for some time.
The Houthis claim to be fighting to reinstate an Islamic state, but a Shiah Islamic state something like what existed before the last revolution in Yemen which saw the demise of the Shiah Imam Ahmad.
The fighting is still going on in Saada, Hajja, Amran provinces and also there have been some lesser reports from al-Jawf. The list of students killed by Houthis when the centre was seiged reached more than 80. Of course the Houthis claim that the Salafis started it.
Could you imagine a Sunni group going around and fighting state governments, beseiging Islamic centres and killing in order to establish an Islamic state? What would happen to them? We know the answer to that - the American would send some cruise missiles to upset the party. So how are these Houthis going about doing what they are doing and not attracting any missiles?
The counter to Houthi aggression was prompt with fatawat coming from ulema in Saudia Arabia as well as in Yemen calling for defensive jihad against the houthis. All the Salafi centres sent fighters to help liberate Dammaj.