Basij

From The Islamic Counterterrorism Institute

No doubt, terrorist mullahs are liabilities to their communities!

The Basij (Persian: بسيج) is the mobilization militia of the oppressive Velayat-e Faqih regime of Iran. The Basij was established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

بروبغاندا البسيج

This is a Basij propaganda flyer featuring Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei symbolically overseeing his Basij forces through a Basij scarf. Also prominent in the flyer is a militant teenage boy sporting a shrunken Basij scarf.

In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution of 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (Arabic for edict) for the establishment of a 20-million-man mobilization force to protect the Islamist revolution from both its domestic and foreign enemies. And so was born the Basij militia. It included among its members the very young, the very old, and every thing in between. Its membership was open to both males and females.

إرهابيوا البسيج!

Basij terrorists parading in Isfahan, Iran.

The Basij became highly popular among the Khomeinist masses in both Iran and foreign countries.

Nowadays, Basiji enthusiasts can be found throughout the United States, where they are active at pro-Velayat-e Faqih Islamist centers such as Fatimiyya Islamic Center of Hayward, California, and Shia Association of Bay Area (Saba Islamic Center) of San Jose, California.

خمينيو سابا
هداهم الله

The Height of Hypocrisy!

The Khomeinists of Shia Association of Bay Area wearing Basij scarves, symbols of militancy and loyalty to the oppressive anti-American Iranian regime, during their so-called Husayn Day "Peace" Walk! So much for SABA's definition of peace...

Notes and references

Also see

• Basijis Marching
• The Husayn Day "Peace" Walks of SABA Mosque

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