Nasrallah referenced recent incidents of Qurans being burned in Sweden, complaining that the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation did not react strongly enough. The Hezbollah leader additionally repeated a claim that the person burning the Quran was "a Mossad spy."
"If the rulers of the countries of the Islamic world do not have the zeal and courage to defend their sanctities and their Quran, will they have the courage to defend us, you, our land, our country, Lebanon, and even Al-Aqsa Mosque?" questioned the Hezbollah leader, calling on Muslim youth to respond on their own initiative to the buring of the Quran.
"We say to the Palestinian people, if they behave like this with the Qur’an, then how about if the attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque happened? You will only hear statements of disapproval from them," added Nasrallah. "Bet on yourselves, on your fists and blood, and on those who stand with you in the axis of resistance (a term used to refer to the various armed groups backed by Iran throughout the region)."
"When we waited for states, our peoples failed, but when the people rose up, they reached victories, and we bet on our people," continued Nasrallah. "The one who will protect Al-Aqsa Mosque are the guns of the believers and their readiness in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Palestine, and Iraq to defend this holy place, which we will not allow thieves to harm from near or far." READ MORE
