OMG. Between this and the earlier story about the kids playing terrorist bomber, it's very scary.
-Ben > > Independent NewsMuslim children 'kill' Israelis on UK-made 'Islamic Fun' > CD > > > > http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=301456 > > > > > > � 2002 Independent Digital (UK) Ltd > > > > > > 03 June 2002 20:57 BDST Home > News > UK > This Britain > > > > Muslim children 'kill' Israelis on UK-made 'Islamic Fun' CD > > By Robert Mendick > > 02 June 2002 > > > > A British company is producing an educational CD-Rom that encourages > Muslim children as young as five to "kill" > > Israelis. > > The CD, called Islamic Fun!, is being sold for �19.95 from a suburban home > in Crawley, West Sussex. One of the games on > > the disc, obtained by The Independent on Sunday, is called The Resistance > and tells children playing it: "You are a > > farmer in south Lebanon who has joined the Islamic Resistance to defend > your land and family from the invading > > Zionists." > > Players procure ammunition to fire at Israeli tanks by answering multiple > choice questions and then firing at the > > Israelis as the tanks roll across the screen. There are three playing > levels: for children aged between five and seven > > years, those aged eight to 10, and the hardest level for children aged 11 > and over. > > > > Questions include "What was the crime of the Jews of Khayber?" and "Who > said: 'I know I have been elected thanks to the > > votes of US Jews. I owe my election to them. Tell me what I have to do for > the Jewish people' to Ben Gurion?" > > > > Abbas Panjwani, the director of the company Innovative Minds, which > produces Islamic Fun! said: "The game does not > > target any human beings including soldiers, it targets Israeli tanks. From > that point of view it's no different from any > > other war game. It does not target any religious or racial group including > the Jewish community. In fact its educational > > content teaches children the difference between Judaism and Zionism." > > > > The company has been producing the game for more than three years but it > has come to the notice of the Jewish community > > only in recent weeks and follows a campaign on Innovative Minds' website > calling for a boycott of Israeli goods. > > > > Mr Panjwani said: "Since last December when we started [our] boycott > Israeli goods campaign we have received violent > > threats to my wife and child, abusive phone calls, several hundred hate > e-mails every day, our website was forced to > > close down due to threats against our host providers which have all been > reported to the police. > > > > "This matter of the game is the latest of a whole series of abuse we have > been receiving simply for practising our right > > to oppose illegal occupation and atrocities committed by the state of > Israel." > > > > The Board of Deputies of British Jews, which represents UK Jewry, has > investigated the legal status of the CD-Rom but > > has been advised by lawyers there is no current legislation to make > Islamic Fun! illegal. Fiona Macaulay, the board's > > director of public affairs, said: "This CD is completely inappropriate for > children. This is the sort of material that > > when taught to children breeds violence and hatred. It is a tragedy that > this is coming not from Lebanon but from > > Crawley." > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
