A television station backed
by a Saudi prince has sparked outrage by broadcasting clips
that show young children being taught to hate Jews —
referring to them as "apes and pigs" — and embrace
martyrdom.
Recent broadcasts on Iqraa Television,
one of the global satellite channels packaged by the Arab
Radio and Television Network (ART), a Saudi-based company,
features anti-Semitic interviews with a father, a
psychologist and even a 3-year-old girl.
Following is
the transcript of an interview with a 3-year-old girl
conducted by Muslim Woman Magazine host Doaa 'Amer
on Iqraa television:
'Amer:
"Our report today will be a little different, because our
guest is a girl, a Muslim girl, but a true Muslim. Allah
willing, may our God give us the strength to educate our
children the same way, so that the next generation will turn
out to be true Muslims who understand that they are Muslims
and know who their enemies are. This girl will introduce
herself immediately.
She is the
daughter of my sister in faith and of the artist, Wagdi
Al-Arabi. Her name is Basmallah and we will ask her as
well."
Toddler:
Allah's mercy and blessing upon you.
'Amer:
What's your name?
Toddler:
Basmallah.
'Amer:
Basmallah, how old are you?
Toddler:
Three and a half.
'Amer:
Are you a Muslim?
Toddler:
Yes.
'Amer:
Basmallah, are you familiar with the Jews?
Toddler:
Yes. '
Amer:
Do you like them?
Toddler:
No.
'Amer:
Why don't you like them?
Toddler:
Because . . .
'Amer:
Because they are what?
Toddler:
They're apes and pigs.
'Amer:
Because they are apes and pigs. Who said they are so?
Toddler:
Our God.
'Amer:
Where did he say this?
Toddler:
In the Koran.
'Amer:
Right, he said that about them in the Koran. Okay,
Basmallah, what are the Jews doing?
Toddler:
The Pepsi company.
'Amer:
[Approving laughter.] You also know about the boycott,
Basmallah? Did they love our master, Muhammad?
Toddler:
No.
'Amer:
No. What did the Jews do to him?
Toddler:
[Pauses, struggling for the right answer.] The Prophet
Muhammad killed someone . . .
'Amer:
Obviously, our master Muhammad was strong and could have
killed them. All right, you know the traditions about the
Jews and what they did to the Prophet Muhammad?
Toddler:
[Mumbled assent.]
'Amer:
Is there a story you know?
Toddler:
Yes, the story about the Jewish woman.
'Amer:
The Jewish woman? What did she do to our master, the Prophet
Muhammad?
Toddler:
The Jewish woman?
'Amer:
Yes.
Toddler:
There was a Jewish woman who invited the Prophet and his
friends. When he asked her, "Did you put poison (in my
food)?" she said to him, "Yes." he asked her, "Why did you
do this?" and she replied, "If you are a liar you will die
and Allah will not protect you; if you speak the truth Allah
will protect you."
'Amer:
And our God protected the Prophet Muhammad, of course.
Toddler:
And he said to his friends, "I will kill this lady."
'Amer:
Of course, because she put poison in his food, this Jewess.
Toddler:
Oh.
'Amer:
[Speaking directly into the camera.] Basmallah, Allah be
praised, Basmallah, Allah be praised. May our God bless her.
No one could wish Allah could give him a more believing girl
than she. May Allah bless her and her father and mother. The
next generation of children must be true Muslims. We must
educate them now while they are still children so that they
will be true Muslims.
During a May 7 episode of Muslim
Woman Magazine, anchorwoman Doaa 'Amer asks her special
guest, a 3-year-old girl named Basmallah, a series of
questions the youngster quickly and calmly answers.
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