00:00All right then, welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:03Today is 4-29-26, September 2, 2026, and today is the 20th of Rabid al-Awwar.
00:13Once again, may God have mercy on the victims of the Algeria fires.
00:17For example, the number of victims in Algeria is over 400 people.
00:22But until this moment, as far as I know, Algeria has not announced the official toll of the victims.
00:29If it is announced, we hope our people in Algeria will mention it in the comments.
00:35But who knows the victims?
00:37A video clip has spread over the past few hours on social media of a person.
00:42And he is specifically from Jejal province.
00:45This clip, because you know Jejal province had the lion's share of these massive fires.
00:50Honestly, there are two strange things.
00:53I mean, two clips we want to talk about.
00:55This is the first clip.
00:56You will start to see it in front of you on the screen of a person who filmed and documented
01:01this situation
01:02and said that it was in Jejal, this area, in Jejal.
01:07Everything burned except the mosque.
01:10Everything burned except the mosque.
01:12Just as you can see in front of you on the screen.
01:16That means the fire consumed everything.
01:18But it didn't come near the mosque.
01:20And he said that this is not the first mosque he's seen that didn't burn while everything around it did.
01:27He said this is actually the fifth mosque he's seen like this in Jejal.
01:32It didn't burn or catch fire while everything around it was burned.
01:37The people of Algeria disagreed.
01:39People had different opinions about the reasons.
01:42Some said this is a blessing.
01:44Some said it's a miracle.
01:45And that fire does not touch the mosque.
01:47And so on.
01:49Others simply said it's because of the people of this mosque or those who attend this mosque.
01:55They took precautions.
01:56They took the necessary measures and anticipated it.
02:00And they were always prepared.
02:02An empty area around the mosque.
02:04They cleared it of grass and trees.
02:07For every mosque here, the people of the area make an empty space or a space cleared of trees and
02:15grass around it.
02:16He said that this thing, this taking of precautions is what prevented the fire and the flames from reaching the
02:22mosque.
02:23Because fire always needs something to consume when it arrives.
02:27And if it doesn't find anything to consume except dirt, it stops.
02:30And that's what happened with the mosque.
02:32The fire didn't find anything.
02:33No trees, no grass.
02:34So it stopped and burned what was around it.
02:37But it didn't reach the mosque.
02:39Let me move on from this scene.
02:41I'm interested in hearing what our people in Jijel have to say about this topic.
02:46But let me move on to a more serious scene.
02:49Very serious footage also surfaced in Jijel over the past few hours.
02:54After the fires, after the massive fires, people found a candle.
03:00People found a burning candle among the dry trees and plants in Jijel province after the massive fires.
03:17Is there really someone trying again to burn Jijel or start new fires in Algeria?
03:28Anything is possible, but certainly this matter needs official confirmation.
03:33We are waiting for it.
03:34We are waiting for it.
03:35Of course, we and you are waiting for an official statement from the Algerian government about this matter.
03:41May God protect everyone.
03:42This is Ahmad al-Zama Awad, host of the show, Shastair.
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