10/13/2023
Hamas chief is now threatening all Americans on Friday by telling all Muslims to head to the streets and show anger and send a message to Zionists.
So we are being told to hide in our homes on Friday. If you still don’t think there is a need to have a weapon in todays America, you are a fool!
'Day of Jihad' Sparks Warnings for Americans to Stay Inside
Khaled Mashal, who now heads the militant group's diaspora office in Qatar, told Reuters on Wednesday that Muslims should "head to the squares and streets of the Arab and Islamic world on Friday" and hold mass protests in support of Palestinians as the conflict with Israel intensifies.
In a video posted on YouTube, but since removed, he also called for Muslims "to show anger" on Friday and "send a message of rage to Zionists and to America," according to a transcript posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Americans are "armed" and will not be intimidated, commenters including Rep. Matt Gaetz have said, after a former Hamas chief called for a "Day of Jihad" by Muslim communities around the world on Friday, October 13.
Gaetz, a Florida Republican, reshared a post about Mashal's comments on X, adding: "FAFO [F*** around and find out]. Floridians are armed. We won't be intimidated."
Joey Mannarino, a conservative podcast host, took a more cautious tone, posting: "Do not leave your homes that day unless there is an emergency. Avoid public transit. Avoid airplanes. Avoid public events."
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Khaled Mashal speaks during a meeting of Fatah and Hamas members on May 4, 2011. Mashal is calling for mass protests to take place on Friday, October 13.
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Jason Howerton, an X user with more than 108,000 followers, wrote: "Do not be paranoid. But absolutely be strapped."
Another social media user, who runs a fi****ms business in Tennessee, asked followers on X what weapons they would be carrying on Friday.
Salam Al-Marayati, president of U.S. nonprofit the Muslim Public Affairs Council, rejected Mashal's calls on Thursday, telling Newsweek: "Hamas is a terrorist organization and this is what you expect from them.
"We denounce their terrorist activities and definitely don't even consider their calls for more fighting to be heeded by any Muslim because the No 1 thing you must abide by in Islam is if you are in any fight, you should not target civilians."