Al Walayah, located in Montclair, California, is a Shiite non-profit organization that was founded in 2009.
One of its sheikhs is Hamza Sodagar, a U.S. native, who supports Hezbollah, the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran and thinks that ISIS was created by the U.S. government.
In a speech from May, Sodagar referred to Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, as a great scholar. [1]
“I even saw a brother, unfortunately on Facebook, he posted this clip showing people having pictures of some our great ulama (scholars), like Al Sistani, like Syed Hassan Nasrallah and others, and these people are walking on those images and chanting slogans against Shi’as,” he said in his speech.
In the same speech he said that ISIS was created by the Americans. “ISIS was created by the Americans. This is documented. They will release further information about this later in the years to come,” he said.
In the past, Sodagar also explained five ways gays can be put to death in the Islam, as reported by Clarion Project.
[1] Shiatv.net, Unity of the Ummah and Supporting Palestine, https://www.shiatv.net/video/401694664
[2] Pushing the Iranian Regime Message in America, Clarion Project, November 21st, 2018, https://clarionprojstg.wpengine.com/pushing-the-iranian-regime-message-in-america/