Egypt promotes anti-Semitism and child martyrdom

"Egyptian cleric Sheik Muhammad Sharaf Al-Din appeared on a children's program on Al-Nas television on June 21, 2006, and told a story from Islamic tradition in which a Jewish woman tried to poison Muhammad.

After telling the story, in which the prophet of Islam is miraculously spared, the sheikh took a call from a child viewer. "Ruqaya, what did you learn from today's show?" the sheikh, Muhammad Sharaf Al-Din, asked the child. "I learned that the Jews are the people of treachery and betrayal...."Sheikh Al-Din interrupted the caller, shouting, "Allah Akbar!" Turning to the children in the studio, he instructed:

Say Allah Akbar! What did Ruqiya say? The Jews are the people of treachery and betrayal. May Allah give you success. We want mothers who teach their sons Jihad, the love of Allah and His messenger, sacrifice for the sake of Islam, and love for the countries of the Muslims. Loving the country of the Muslims. May Allah bless you, Ruqaya. That is the most beautiful thing I have heard - that the Jews are the people of treachery, betrayal, and vileness." http://www.memritv.org/default.asp

"An earlier episode (June 15, 2006) of the program for children on the same television station promoted death in the course of Jihad against "infidels." The host of the program, Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Nassar, of the Egyptian ministry of religious endowment, invited the children to "listen to a very beautiful story to learn about the courage of a child, and how, when a child is brought up in a good home, and receives proper education in faith, he loves martyrdom, which becomes like an instinct for him. He can never give it up.""

Egypt. One of the countries already boycotting Israel, seems to be joining extremist Muslims in their attacks against Israel. Egyptian President Mubarrak exudes a world view as a caring, honest person, yet allows this type of promotion to occur in his country. What kind of people would encourage their children to do what adults should be doing? What kind of people would send their children into battle?

Well, we saw the communists do it in Viet Nam. We saw Hitler forming ranks of young people in Germany. Now we see extremist Muslims doing it - not all Muslims, just those bent on world domination.