It’s Qods Day in Iran!
Thousands took to the streets after prayers to rally against Israel and the West.
Fars News has the latest from Ahmadinejad:
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Millions of Iranians once again held annual International Qods Day rallies on Friday, with a call by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Israel to be relocated, away the Middle East and the Islamic world. “Canada and Alaska have vast lands, why don’t you relocate them (Israel) over there and keep helping them over there with (aid of) 30 to 40 billion dollars per year for building a new existence over there,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech.
Here are a few photos from the Qods Day rally in Iran:
Notice the absence of Israel on this Iranian map of Palestine. (ISNA)
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More on the Qods Day protests:
The Late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, had declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan to be “the International Qods Day”, intended to be a day to call for the liberation of Qods (Jerusalem) from Israeli occupation.
After Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, or Qods in Arabic, is the holiest place for Muslims.
Hundreds of thousands attended the International Qods Day rallies in Tehran.
Ahmadinejad and ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani held speeches after the demonstration at the Friday prayer ceremony at Tehran University.
Iran does not recognize Israel and insists on a referendum to clarify the geographic and political status of the “occupied territories of Palestine” in which also millions of Palestinian refugees should be allowed to vote.
The Jerusalem Post has more on Ahmadinejad’s rant.
Snapped Shot has more photos of the Al-Quds Day celebrations from around the world.
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