Egypt Islamist vows global caliphate in Jerusalem

Egypt’s Islamists aim to install a global Islamic caliphate with its capital in Jerusalem, a radical Muslim preacher told thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in a clip released Monday.

“We can see how the dream of the Islamic caliphate is being realized, (Allah) willing, by Dr. Mohamed Mursi,” Safwat Higazi told thousands of Brotherhood supporters at a Cairo soccer stadium as Mursi—the movement’s presidential candidate—and other Brotherhood officials nodded in agreement.

“The capital of the caliphate—the capital of the United States of the Arabs—will be Jerusalem, (Allah) willing,” Higazi said. “Our capital shall not be in Cairo, Mecca or Medina,” he said, before leading the crowd in chants of “Millions of martyrs march toward Jerusalem.”

Higazi is an unaffiliated Islamist who is barred from the United Kingdom for making statements endorsing terror attacks against Israelis. The clip, from Egypt’s Islamist-oriented Al-Nas television station, was aired last week and uploaded to YouTube on Monday by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

Members of the crowd carried banners emblazoned with slogans related to next week’s “Nakba Day,” when Palestinians and other Arabs mourn Israel’s creation in 1948.

“Tomorrow, Mursi will liberate Gaza,” an unidentified man cheers in the video before leading the crowd in chants of “Allahu Akbar.”

“Banish the sleep from the eyes of all Jews,” the man repeats, accompanied by drumming. “Come on, you lovers of martyrdom, you are all Hamas… Forget about the whole world, forget about conferences. Brandish your weapons, say your prayers and pray to the Lord.”

Returning to the stage, Mursi vowed to pray in Jerusalem. “Yes, Jerusalem is our goal. We shall pray in Jerusalem, or die as martyrs on its threshold.” …

We shall pray in Jerusalem, or die as martyrs on its threshold.” …

They can pray in Jerusalem now but they don’t let that
stop them, what they want is for jews not to able to
pray there.

If they want to die as martyrs we should help them,
it’s the neighborly thing to do.

On my trip to the Holy Land last Fall, I didn’t realize until I got there just how deeply emotionally moved I would be standing at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. I was, of course ushered to the little section on the right where the women (separated from the men) go. Doing, as the women around me were doing, I put my hand on the wall and looked leftward towards where the Temple Mount once stood, and mere words cannot describe the rush of emotions I felt .... thankfulness just for the privilege of being there, heartache for the tumultuous history of the Jewish people, wanting to add my prayers, and trying to remember what it was that I had finally decided the night before to pray for when I got to the Wall.

I am still not sure what it was that I was feeling about Islam who now wrongfully occupies where this Holy Temple once stood. It might have been Hatred, yes, thinking back on it, I’m sure I felt loathing and disgust. I know that I wanted to cry out loud to God, “We need you Holy Father, intervene NOW!” But my western inhibitions, held me to just silent prayers ... though many of the Jewish women around me unabashedly and openly sobbed as they prayed out loud.

It was dribbling rain, and juggling my umbrella, camera and other tourist paraphernalia, I rummage through my bag for a pen and another scrap of paper to write on. Because the prayer I had written out on the little piece of paper the night before that I had planned to leave in a crack in the Wall, suddenly seemed so insignificant. It was a prayer for blessings for my family, but I realized that we already had so much. I think that day, I was seeing a bigger picture, so-to-speak. Perhaps God was saying to my heart, all your families’ blessings depend on your prayers for Jerusalem. So I scribbled a different prayer, and wedged it in to a crack alongside the many others already placed there. God had led me to pray for Jerusalem.

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