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[sundubuman]

Voodoo Antisemitism in Saudi Arabia

Journey with us now to the bizarre world of Middle Eastern soap operas, won��t you?

Today, courtesy of MEMRI TV, we have clips from a show titled ��Stories from Before the Verses Came Down.�� Produced in Jordan and aired on Saudi Arabia��s Iqra TV in February 2005, this soap opera chronicles the schemes of the Elders of Zion as they plot to destroy Muhammad.

Today��s episode is a freakish blend of voodoo and antisemitism, along with a bit of classic blood libel, as the evil Jewish sorcerers (wearing gigantic Star of David medallions and laughing maniacally, to help identify them) conspire to get rid of the upstart Muhammad by stealing some of his hair with the help of a Jewish servant boy, making a voodoo doll out of dough (we never see the doll because representations of Muhammad are forbidden), and piercing it with eleven needles.

Yes, really.

[sundubuman]

here's an excerpt. you can watch at memri


Voodoo Jews Pierce a "Dough Muhammad" with Needles in Jordanian-Produced Soap Opera

The following are excerpts from the Jordanian-produced soap opera "Stories from before the Verses Came Down", which aired on Iqra TV during February 2005.

Labid: Great sage, I see you have joined forces with Satan and his sorcery.

Huyay: I am willing to bow before him and even worship him if he gets rid of this Muhammad for me.

Labid: Relax, Abu Safiya, Relax. You've got what you wanted. No one can resist or reject my spells.

Huyay: I want to see, Labid Ibn Al-A'sam. Let my see it with my eyes, not just with words.

Labid: When Labid promises, he delivers.

Kinana: We hope so, Labid. We hope so.

Labid: Bring me a lock of Muhammad's hair, and make me a statue in the shape of Muhammad out of dough. Take this comb and get Muhammad to use it.

Huyay: Dough we have, since food is abundant in Jewish homes. But how can we get the hair, Kinana?

Kinana: This is where our hypocrites play a role – or our young Jewish boys. They will comb him with this comb and bring us his hair.

Huyay: You are right. Now I remember – we have a young Jewish boy who works for Muhammad. He is a smart boy.

Kinana: Let him bring us the hair.

Labid: Off you go. Finish your work.

Huyay: Get on with it, Ibn Al-A'sam. We've got what you asked for.

Kinana: Here is the comb with Muhammad's lock of hair. We kept it safe. This box contains the statue in the shape of Muhammad.

Labid: Well done. Well done, Jews. Now you've fallen into our hands, Muhammad. Now that you are in the hands of the Jews, we shall see whether there's a god protecting you.

Kinana: What are you going to do, holy man?

Labid: What will I do? You will see what I'll do. Muhammad will regret the day his mother gave birth to him.

Huyay: Can a Muslim fall into the hands of Jews and survive?!

Kinana: You don't have to teach us who we are, uncle.

Labid: This is what I have in store for him. These are eleven needles. This needle goes into his heart.

Huyay: Ouch! You hurt me in the heart!

Labid: This one goes in his right eye. This one goes into his left eye. This one goes into his liver. And this one goes into his leg. Kinana, bring me the comb and the lock of hair. We should thread each hair through a needle and then tie them in a knot with this string here. Now we have eleven knots.

Kinana: Could you explain what you did, so we can understand?

Labid: I've appointed a demon to protect each knot. I have gathered them from all corners of the earth.

Huyay: And how will this help, Labid?

Labid: If Muhammad is a sorcerer, he will know we cast a spell on him. He might be able to untie one or two knots, but no more.

Kinana: And if he unties them all?

Labid: It is impossible with sorcery. Impossible!

Kinana: Why?

Labid: Because I will bury it myself in an abandoned Jewish well called Be'er Dharwan.

Huyay: Well done, Labid Al-A'sam.

Labid: Where are you going, Jews?

Kinana: Anything else, Labid?

Labid: The most important thing – the dinars. The dinars for my work, Jews.

Huyay: We thought you were giving it as a present to the God of Moses.

Labid But I deserve it more than the God of Moses.

Huyay: By God! If I did not know the strength of your spells and powers, you wouldn't have seen a single dinar from me.

Kinana: Uncle, I think that the greatest demons are afraid of you, because they can learn from you.

Huyay: I want to see the results of your actions, Labid.

Labid: You will hear and see them, Huyay.

[mithridates]

Is your opinion just as strong regarding Cowboys and Indians movies? The only thing worse than this drama you've brought up is one dramatizing what you've done after nearly wiping out an entire race.

[sundubuman]

WTF??

The idiotarians on this board are funny.

Mein Kampf is a best-seller in most Arab countries. Recently Palestinian TV aired a sermon by a cleric calling for the destruction of the Jews. And Arab TV constantly broadcasts such dramas designed to incite hatred towards Jews and Israel.

And when the next generation of young Arabs straps on bombs and blows up Jews, you'll probably be able to twist your intellect and contort your conscience so that you'll be able to lay blame on Israel.

[sundubuman]

and again, Mithridates, you exhibit the leftist's typical need to find moral equivalancy (anti-semitic shows DESIGNED to incite hatred EQUALS Comboy and Indian movies)....why not have some tea with Irene "gitmo+gulag" Khan.

The solution to problems is just so easy if you can simply yin and yang yourself into a moral equivalent stupor of stupidity.

[mithridates]

Sorry, I'm not on the left. The only time I've ever voted was conservative.

Also, I plan to live in Israel for a few years in the future, my best friend in junior high was a jew who lived on a kibbutz for a few years, and I plan to learn Hebrew as soon as I'm able to.

Satisfied?

[dogbert]

You know, when I see sundubuman's co-ethnics let their sideburns grow long and curly, wrap paper boxes on their heads and bob back and forth before a brick wall while crying, I think that's just as bizarre.

[sundubuman]

[mithridates]

I am concerned, actually. I told the kids at the hagwon downstairs today that I didn't approve of their Japanese-killing game they were playing on the computer, and I would tell any Arab in one of those countries the same thing if they were having fun watching a tv show that portrayed Jews that way.

On the other hand, I don't see it as a mark of civilization or lack thereof, which is why I pointed out that we enjoy tv shows and movies that are just as bad. The only difference is that the natives portrayed in those western movies have almost all been wiped out and don't really have much of a voice left to oppose them. That's what makes them easy to ignore.

[jaganath69]

Yep, Saudis I have met have been very anti-semitic. I always tell them what I think of their ranting and walk away.

[mithridates]

All the funnier considering the fact that Arabs are semitic.

[Leslie Cheswyck]

[mithridates]

Yeah, it's one of those words that doesn't mean exactly what it should. Kind of like marriage, depending on the country. Doesn't that come from the Latin word for husband?
I heard once that the word 'cleave' is the only word in our language that has two meanings, diametrically opposite each other.

[turtlepi1]

And oddly enough, being "anti-Christian" or "anti-'Jewish'" goes against Islam. The Qur'an identifies these as special people.

Another reason why a secular threat (Bush, Britain and Israel) end up overcoming religious dogma.

[bigverne]