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May 27 2008
May 22 2008
African Immigrants killed and beaten
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For more than a week, South Africa’s poor have unleashed their fury on migrants. At least 24 people have died in the attacks.
South African leaders are now trying to bring the situation under control.
Kalay Maistry, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in South Africa, says that police are out in force, but thousands of foreign workers who fled their homes in Johannesburg’s townships after gangs of youths began targeting them, say they are still too terrified to go back. AlJazeeraEnglish
Jojo’s Bizarre Koranic Adventure and Fatwa
Here we go again…
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Dio in JoJo’s Bizarre AdventuresSheikh Abdul Hamid Atrash said :‘‘This scene depicts Muslims as terrorists, which is not true at all’’. |
In a nut shell, Chairman of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar, the highest Sunni authority based in Cairo, Sheikh Abdul Hamid Atrash has issued a Fatwa regarding JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, due to the fact that Sheikh Abdul Hamid Atrash deems a scene in one of the episodes as being an insult to the Koran.
This morning while listening to a podcast from America by Hugh Hewitt (( Erwin Chemerinsky, John Eastman, Brent Rutemiller With Hugh Hewitt source )) there was a short segment on this emerging story. Hugh read from an article in Japan Today ((Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion source )) .
Sheikh Abdul Hamid Atrash said ‘‘This scene depicts Muslims as terrorists, which is not true at all’’.
‘‘This is an insult to the religion and the producers would be considered to be enemies of Islam.’’ ((Publisher to suspend cartoon sales after Muslims say it insults Islam › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion source )) While I have not watched this particular scene I have done a little checking and there is nothing that I can see that would suggest that there is any malice intended.
The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures have nothing to do with politics or religion at all, at least nothing that I can see, unless you consider Vampires religious. While searching through multiple videos to try and find the actual offending image, I saw nothing that appeared to indicate that there was a negative portrayal of Islam, Muslims or Arabs in this series. My wife commented(she actually watched a whole episode of Jo Jo’s Bizarre Adventures) “they are in Cairo, there are people in Burkas and kaftans, there is a tram and an explosion, but the villain is causing all the violence, not the Muslims.” This whole stink created by the Fatwa seems totally unfounded.
Will the Japanese get their MoJoJo going or will they kowtow?
Japanese people’s JoJo battlecry
[youtube width=”600″ height=”501″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6dUmHY-s08[/youtube]
Somehow I doubt the Japanese are going to rise against the Fatwa from the Egyptian Sheikh Abdul Hamid Atrash. Who is this Sheikh anyway? Well, in Egypt during an invasion of locusts, Abdul Hamid Atrash issued an edict allowing people to eat locusts. encouraging people to “hunt the locusts and eat them to combat the crisisâ€, “contribute actively in wiping them out, instead of the fear that has consumed the hearts of millions of people.†((Locust fatwa at The Arabist source )) This seems quite sensible, although it may be a bit disgusting to some people. Millions of people are going hungry, and the locusts are eating all the crops. Locusts are a high source of protein…, so it kind of makes sense to eat the locusts. That to me doesn’t seem to be the act of an irrational man, although I’m not sure that locusts are actually halal. Then we have the situation from back in 2005, where the US Embassy in Cairo refused to give Sheikh Abdul Hamid Al-Atrash, the head of the Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee, an entry visa. ((Al-Azhar Boycotts US Over Visa Denial source )) This prompted Grand Imam Sheikh Mohammad Sayyed Tantawi’s decision to ban US officials from entering the headquarters of the Al Azhar Sheikhdom in Cairo. I don’t recall much about that. I don’t really know how many US officials que up to get into the headquarters of the Azhar Sheikdom in Cairo anyway, so that Fatwa seemed to be a measured and reasonable one.
The publisher of the various JoJo products has suspended sales of the original comic book and DVDs. We don’t know if this is going to turn out to be another Motoons crisis ((Gates of Vienna: The Modoggie Archives source )) ((Conservative Swede: Join the art project! source ))as the one we saw when Jyllands-Posten published 12 Mohammad cartoons to illustrate how the Media in the West has self censured itself with regards to anything relating to Islam.
This whole thing here with Jojo’s Bizarre Advanture would be BIZARRE if it weren’t such a typical example of the overreaction and orchestrated maneuvers of extreme elements in the Islamic world. Will people die because of this as was the case with Theo Van Gogh? ((Paul Belien – Vdare: “Islamic Immigration and Murder Among the Tulips” source )) .
In a free society we should not have to walk on eggshells or have to consider the hypersensitivities – real or feigned – by political design. This case regarding Jojo is innocent, without malice. There was no political point being made by the writers and producers of the anime.
Here are two videos that will give you the background to the Jojo series – and it really doesn’t take much to figure out who the villain is:
History of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure part 1
History of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure part 2
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More details coming…, so stay tuned…
Update:
Apology Letter |
May 22, 2008
Dear Muslim audience of “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure”, We, Shueisha and A.P.P.P Co. Ltd. Would like to express our sincerest apology to the Muslim audience of the animation “JoJO’s Bizarre Adventure”for the inappropriate scenes that appear in Part 3. A.P.P.P Co., Ltd. created the images for this animation, based on the original cartoon book published by Shueisha. Shueisha reviewed the content of the animation on behalf of the original author. The animation, “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” is an adventure fantasy about JoJo and his friends traveling all over the world. We recently discovered that a scene in Episode 6 of the animation offended our Muslim audience. In the scene, JoJo’s enemy, Dio is shown reading a book that contains some text from the Holy Qur’an. The Holy Qur’an does not appear in the same scene in the original cartoon book published in 1991, and the author did not know that text from the Holy Qur’an was added to the animation. Immediately after becoming aware of the situation, we investigated how this alteration happened in Episode 6. We discovered the staff added Arabic text to the book., because the scene appears to take place in the Arabic world. Unfortunately, the staff could not read a single word of Arabic, and therefore was not aware that the text they used was a part of the Holy Qur’an. Shueisha and A.P.P.P Co. Ltd. also overlooked this important detail. We would like our Muslim audience to know there was never any intention to insult Islam and Muslims. Shueisha and A.P.P.P Co. Ltd. had no intention to show any disrespect for the Holy Qur’an or to describe Muslims as enemies. We are continuing to review all episodes of the animation and cartoon books in “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” Part 3. Unfortunately, during the first stage of our investigation, we found additional inappropriate scenes. Buildings that look like mosques were illustrated in fight scenes in the animation and the cartoon books. We would like to express our sincerest apology to Muslims for these incidents. Please accept our heartfelt apology. We have stopped shipment of “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” DVDs and the relevant volumes of the books to ensure they will no longer contain improper scenes. We will not make new copies without correcting these problems. These incidents have made us more aware of our responsibility to the worldwide audience that enjoys our animation. We will work Harder to learn more about Islam and Muslims and avoid giving misconceptions. Pleas know that we deeply value our audience and your support. Sincerely,
Shueisha Inc. A.P.P.P. Co. Ltd. source |
So a few things strike me in the apology letter. First, they say “In the scene, JoJo’s enemy, Dio is shown reading a book that contains some text from the Holy Qur’an.” Big deal! Is there a difference if they would have been reading from a bible? We have these constant double standards. Then they state that “Buildings that look like mosques were illustrated in fight scenes in the animation and the cartoon books”, can you believe that the elements of Islam have acted in ways that it is deemed necessary to apologize for having buildings that look like mosques, in a cartoon set in the Middle East…
The last paragraph is what really makes me laugh.
“These incidents have made us more aware of our responsibility to the worldwide audience that enjoys our animation. We will work harder to learn more about Islam and Muslims and avoid giving misconceptions.”
You better believe that it is going to be some time before they depict a cartoon with anything to do with a mosque a Qur’an or anything related to the Middle East. I wounder where they are going to learn about Islam and Muslims? I guess they will have to learn about them from watching the News where mosques are not only pictured but pictured with smoke billowing out of them from bomb blasts and fires. Maybe they can watch the various extremists read from the Qur’an and learn about the radical side of Islam.
It seems to me that the majority of Muslims in the world would not take offence to any of the content of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures. The world is walking on eggshells to placate the radical element that has monopolized the media and the restless crowds in the streets.
May 20 2008
Obama’s Plan to Destroy America
[youtube width=”600″ height=”501″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs[/youtube]How do I even begin to express my utter disbelief that we have a candidate for President who would state so succinctly a plan that would cripple America.
Is it even necessary to respond to such leftist dribble?
The President seems to have summed it up pretty well…
Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: ‘Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.’ We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.President George W. Bush |
May 12 2008
SWEDEN: Bicycle lover charged with sexual harassment
This guy definitely gives a whole new meaning to the Queen song “Bicycle”… “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike” – but not after HE’S been riding it!!! |
Cykelälskare fälls för ofredandeÖSTERSUND
Vid rättegången erkände mannen enbart de tillfällen där han både skurit sönder däcken och lämnat sperma på sadeln på cyklar som tillhör tre olika kvinnor. |
May 07 2008
ASYLUM – The game the family can play
This afternoon a buddy of mine sent this over via email. Sadly the sentiments expressed have roots in our various countries immigration policies.
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May 03 2008
UK: It’s because I am Asian
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