{"id":2578939,"date":"2026-03-12T07:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dearborn-mosque-mourns-the-death-of-martyr-ayatollah-khamenei-after-u-s-and-israel-took-him-out\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T07:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T11:59:55","slug":"dearborn-mosque-mourns-the-death-of-martyr-ayatollah-khamenei-after-u-s-and-israel-took-him-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dearborn-mosque-mourns-the-death-of-martyr-ayatollah-khamenei-after-u-s-and-israel-took-him-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Dearborn Mosque Mourns the Death of &#8216;Martyr&#8217; Ayatollah Khamenei After U.S. and Israel Took Him Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdearborn-mosque-mourns-the-death-of-martyr-ayatollah-khamenei-after-u-s-and-israel-took-him-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578939&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An event in Dearborn, Michigan, marked the so\u2011called martyrdom of Iran\u2019s leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei following a claimed February 28 strike by the United States and Israel, according to a report cited by The christian Post. Shiite cleric Hassan Salamey described the gathering at the Hadi Institute as a tribute to \u201cthe great leader of our time\u201d and harshly attacked the United States, calling it \u201cdevil-worshipers\u201d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/land-back\/\" title=\"\u2018Land Back!\u2019\">stolen land<\/a> and accusing it of being controlled by \u201cFreemasons.\u201d Another speaker, Usama Abdulghani, said Khamenei had earned the \u201cultimate honor\u201d after \u201c86 years of jihad,\u201d and echoed conspiratorial rhetoric about U.S. and global power.<\/p>\n<p>The piece ties the memorial to broader U.S. and Middle East politics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-ready-to-hit-democrats-for-picking-illegal-immigrants-over-americans\/\" title=\"GOP ready to hit Democrats for picking illegal immigrants over Americans\">including social-media posts<\/a> and remarks that frame American policy in sensational terms.It also notes Dearborn\u2019s large Arab\/Middle Eastern-American population (about 55% of its roughly 110,000 residents have MENA ancestry) and provides context on the region\u2019s history in the United states, including early Arab immigrants who were mostly Christians and later Muslim refugee arrivals.The article references coverage from the Christian Post and MEMRI and situates the event within ongoing debates about U.S. foreign policy and identity politics in America.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, an Islamic leader much closer to home openly mourned his &ldquo;martyrdom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hassan Salamey, a Shiite Muslim cleric, said at an event in Dearborn, Michigan, that the attendees were &ldquo;gathered here today to commemorate the martyrdom of the great leader of our time, Sayyid Ali Hussein Khamenei.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The event, held at the Hadi Institute, occurred on March 1, only one day after the United States and Israel killed Khamenei and several other Iranian leaders, per a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/dearborn-mosque-holds-memorial-for-martyr-ayatollah-khamenei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East Media Research Institute d footage of the event, during which Salamey spoke from behind a picture of Khamenei.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dearborn Shiite Mosque Memorial for Khamenei: This Country Was Built by Devil-Worshipers; Statue of Liberty Is Lucifer; Khamenei Was the Great Leader of Our Time, Received Martyrdom After 86 Years of Jihad &ndash; We Want Our Children to Grow Up with This Culture <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PDYfHMi9A4\">pic.twitter.com\/PDYfHMi9A4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEMRIReports\/status\/2028766446315036694?\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); 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whose regime was one of the largest backers of Islamic terror groups in the world &mdash; Salamey said that the United States was built by &ldquo;devil-worshipers&rdquo; on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-was-never-the-homeland-of-mexican-invaders\/\" title=\"California Was Never The &#039;Homeland&#039; Of Mexican Invaders\">stolen land&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and is run by &ldquo;devil-worshiping Freemasons.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We might think this was an attack led by Zionist Jews, but the commander of their mission is the very one who was trying to prove that Adam was not worth prostrating to,&rdquo; Salamey described.<\/p>\n<p>The cleric added that &ldquo;Iblis,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >primary satanic figure found<\/a> in the Quran, &ldquo;is the one behind the scenes, leading their camp; in the shadows, lurking, irking in their symbology, their ideologies, their psychology, their economy, claiming they follow the laws of Moses in Deuteronomy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Salamey also contended that &ldquo;regardless of the stooge we put at the desk of the Oval Office, Republican or Democrats, or even if 1,000 elections come to pass, it is clear that this country was built for and built by the Epstein class and that, just like Palestine, we live on stolen land.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another speaker, Usama Abdulghani, asserted that Khamenei had attained the &ldquo;ultimate honor&rdquo; of martyrdom following &ldquo;86 years of jihad in the way of Allah,&rdquo; per The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Abdulghani mourned the deaths of other Islamic leaders, telling his followers that they should &ldquo;enjoy&rdquo; Khamenei &ldquo;while he is still alive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have a Muslim problem in America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lNzcz0Zygs\">https:\/\/t.co\/lNzcz0Zygs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Congressman Randy Fine (@RepFine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepFine\/status\/2028803067999662291?\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the memorial over the weekend, he thanked the women who brought their families &ldquo;so that our children will grow up with this culture, where we remember our martyrs and we&rsquo;re not ashamed of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dearborn, Michigan, is known for having one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 55 percent of the 110,000 residents have ancestry from the Middle East or North Africa, per a 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/a-brief-history-of-dearborn-michigan-the-first-arab-american-majority-city-in-the-us-216700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Conversation.<\/p>\n<p>While most of the Arabs who came to the United States in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-introduces-bill-to-decriminalize-psychedelic-drugs\/\" title=\"California Introduces Bill To Decriminalize Psychedelic Drugs\">early 20th century<\/a> were Christians, various civil wars and conflicts in the Middle East prompted Muslim refugees to enter the country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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MEMRI shared footage of the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Salamey suggested the United States is built on \u201cdevil-worshipers\u201d on stolen land and is run by \u201cdevil-worshiping Freemasons.\u201d He argued that the power behind Western policy and symbols comes from Satanic influence, and he claimed the country is guided by a hidden \u201cEpstein class\u201d and sits on land that was taken, with references to Zionist Jews as part of a broader conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A second speaker, Usama Abdulghani, said Khamenei achieved the \u201cultimate honor\u201d of martyrdom after \u201c86 years of jihad,\u201d and, in 2024, mourned the deaths of other Islamic leaders, telling followers to \u201cenjoy\u201d Khamenei while he is alive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A tweet from Rep. 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