In its Stories from the Koran series, Al-Manar TV, which is affiliated with the Lebanese terrorist organization Hizbullah, aired an Egyptian claymation children's special by the well-known filmaker Dr. Zeinab Zamzam. 1 The following are excerpts are from the program, which aired December 7, 2005. TO VIEW CLIP VISIT http://memritv.org/clip/en/964.htm . Music. A backdrop of the splashing waters of the Red Sea. Fade in to a village on the shore. Grandfather : "How beautiful is our blessed village ...
Middle Eastern music plays in the background of the splashing waters of the Red Sea as the scene fades into focus on the village on the shore. Grandfather: "How beautiful is our blessed village, my child. Look at this great sea the Lord gave us, and placed us on its shore." Boy: "What is this village called, Grandpa?" Grandfather:"Eilat, my child. Do you know why I brought you to the sea today?" Boy: "No, Grandpa Shuhayr." Grandfather: "You must know, my child, that our village is not like any ...
Following the November 9, 2005 hotel bombings in Amman, Jordan, Al-Qaeda in Iraq posted several communiqués on Islamist forums in an attempt to explain the killing of innocent Muslims. The first of these communiqués 1 , posted November 10, was a mere claim of responsibility for the bombings. The second communiqué 2 , also from November 10, explained the reasons for choosing the particular locations that were targeted. The third 3 , from November 11, gave details on the operation and on the ...
Interviewed in 2002 by the Saudi Iqraa TV channel, a three-year-old Egyptian girl, Basmallah, said that she did not like the Jews because they were apes and pigs. When asked what traditions she knows about the Jews, Basmallah said that she knew the story of the Jewish woman who tried to poison the Prophet Muhammad. The interviewer, Duaa Amer, introduced Basmallah as a "true Muslim" and added: "May God give us the strength to give our children the same education." Following are excerpts from the ...
Following are excerpts from an interview with Syrian Deputy Minister of Religious Endowments Muhammad Abd Al-Sattar Al-Sayyed, which was aired on Syrian TV on November 8, 2005. Sheik Abd Al-Sattar Sayyed: Syria now represents the opposition to the Greater Middle East plan. We've discussed this in the past. Syria represents the opposition, the last line of defense. All the forces of the Arab and Islamic nations everywhere must be mobilized to defend this last line of defense. The last line of ...
The following are excerpts from a discussion of Arab and Israeli curricula, which aired on Dream 2 TV on July 28, 2005. Host: Our curricula in Arabic language, history, and geography, and our textbooks - are they really racist curricula, as they are said to be? Dr. Kamal Mughith, Egyptian professor of education: Not only are they racist, but they are backward as well. With all due respect to Dr. 'Asem and Dr. Ahmad, I believe that from a cultural perspective, education should focus on three ...
The following are excerpts from a lecture by Egyptian cleric Sheik Mahmoud Al-Masri, aired by Al-Majd TV on May 4, 2005. Sheik Al-Masri: Allah has subjugated the Islamic nation to the most debased nation of all, to the sons of apes and pigs (i.e. Jews), because we have drifted away from obeying Allah, and from the path of Prophet Muhammad. It seems to me that every child in Palestine and Iraq is saying: "Not so long ago, I had a homeland and a family, and I lived in my mother's bosom. The Jews ...
