“The enemies of God will not be safe.… Ali’s [Shiite Islam’s first imam’s] enemies fear him [Nimr].… We will avenge Sheikh Nimr if he is executed.… Our brigades will roar like a lion.”Phillip Smyth, “Iran's Martyrdom Machine Springs to Life,” Foreign Policy, January 5, 2016, http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/05/irans-martyrdom-machine-springs-to-life/.

“[The Shiites] are advancing towards you… your war with them is undoubtedly approaching… either march forth,…drive [the Shiites] back, or remain asleep and wake up to what the people of Iraq, Sham [Syria], and Yemen awoke to of killing, imprisonment, exile, the destruction of their homes, the looting of their wealth, and the violation of their women.”Thomas Joscelyn, “Islamic State spokesman calls on other factions to ‘repent,’ urges sectarian war,” Long War Journal, June 23, 2015, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/06/islamic-state-spokesman-calls-on-other-factions-to-repent.php.