Iranian news agencies have - for the past year at least - been spreading false propaganda against Dar al-Hadith Dammaaj, claiming that "Takfiri militants" are arriving in the region to attack al-Houthi Shias. In a typical recent propaganda piece from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency makes dated 30/10/2013 and titled, "Saudi Arabia provokes takfiris to launch war on Houthi Shias in Yemen", it is claimed:

Saudi-backed takfiri extremists are set to attack al-Houthi Shias in the north of Yemen.

Takfiri militants have opened three different fronts in Sa'ada and other northern provinces to raid al-Houthi strongholds there.

One of the fronts is in Hajour District in Hajjah Province, another in Kataf District of Saada Province and the third in Hashid District in Ta'izz province.

Informed sources in Yemen say some 4,000 Wahhabi Salafists have been dispatched to the region to prepare the ground for a war on Houthis in the provinces.

The takfiris also have established checkpoints to avoid transferring of food and aids to Sa'ada Province. They have also begun arresting al-Houthi supporters in the areas.

On October 23, several people, including two children, were injured after militants belonging to takfiri groups opened fire at Yemenis in Hajjah Province.

Most takfiris have identified themselves with the shadowy al-Qaeda terror network and are widely known to have committed countless atrocities against people opposing their views.

Yemen's Shia Houthi movement draws its name from the tribe of its founding leader Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi.

This is part of Iranian-sponsored propaganda to justify the Houthi aggression against peaceful Sunni, Salafi students who have come for no other reason but to study at Dar al-Hadith Dammaj. This centre of study has been in operation since the 1980s, initiated by Shaykh Muqbil bin Haadee who had a significant role in converting hundreds of thousands (a BBC report mentions millions) of Zaydi Shias into mainstream Sunnni Muslims. Attempts to portray students at Dammaj as "Takfiri militants" are blatant lies and part of an organized propaganda campaign to win local and international sympathy for the Houthi aggressors. In the late 1990s certain prominent Houthis converted to Twelver Shi'ism and thereafter received support and funding from the Rafidah of Iran. The Twelver Shites hold the belief that before the arrival of their alleged Mahdee there will be revolutions that signal his coming, and this is confirmed by the Iranian, Ali al-Kawraani, who says that the leader of this revolution will be from the offspring of Zayd bin Alee and that the narrations mention his name as Hasan or Husayn and that he will emerge from Yemen from a town called Kar'ah and which is - as al-Kawraanee states - near to Sa'dah (north Yemen, close to Saudi border). This is an insinuation (by al-Kawrani) to the Hoothee revolution, and support of it through the belief and claim that it is the precursor revolution for the (world) revolution of their awaited Mahdee. To understand the mind of the Twelver Shi'ite a bit more clearly consider this answer giving by the Kuwaiti Rafidi named Yasir (al-Bagheed) [as documented in our article "Kuwaiti Rafidi Yasir Al-Habib: All Children Are Offspring of Fornication (Born of Prostitutes) Except Those of the Shia" (see here)] in relation to a question about the offspring of the Sunnis:

Glad tidings to you, and welcome to traversing upon the ship of deliverance, that which he who rides upon it will be delivered and he who holds back from it will drown (and be destroyed), and this is as our noble Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said. [As for the answer], legislatively, no (they are not), but as for a matter of fact, in reality, and topically, then yes. To use another expression, the opposers in the life of this world, their marriages are judged as valid. But as for the era of the emergence of the Mahdi, and in the Hereafter, their invalidity will become manifest. Hence, their children will consequently be the children of fornication and of slaves. The evidence for that is what has been related by al-Kulayni (upon him be mercy) with his chain from Abu Hamzah from Abu Ja'far al-Baaqir (alayhis salaam). Abu Hamzah said: I said to him, "Some of our associates (the Shia) fabricate and accuse those who oppose them." He said, "Withholding from them is better." Then he said, "By Allaah O Abu Hamzah, indeed all of mankind are the offspring of prostitutes (lewd women) with the exception of our Shia." ... (al-Kaafee 8/285). And the meaning of the hadeeth is that Abu Hamzah al-Thimaalee (Allaah's pleasure be upon him) informed our Imaam al-Baaqir (alayhis salaam) that some of the Shia accuse the opposers of fornication when they fall into severe (heated) argument with them or when they come across them in the fields. So he (alayhis salaam) said, "To withhold (from this) is better," meaning to leave doing that is better, in terms of manners. Then he followed up to clarify the reality of the matter and said, swearing by Allaah, the Sublime that all of mankind, save the Shia, are the offpsring of prostitutes (i.e. lewd, unchaste women).

The Rafidah have fabricated much against the Ahl al-Bayt who are innocent of their filthy lies. To learn more about the aims and objectives of the Houthi Rafidites in cooperation with the Rafidites of Iran, please refer to our more detailed article, "Uncovering the Hidden Realities of Hizbollah: The Hoothees in Yemen" (see here).