"Any affront to a religious symbol is unacceptable under any circumstances, and one must not turn a blind eye to this" says Chairman of the Joint List of Arab parties, fanning religious incitement
Headline: “‘The honorable Arab prophet and his mission are too exalted to be harmed by the right-wing midgets’ – Odeh demands that YouTube remove a song affronting Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him”
“[Israeli Arab Parliament Member and] Chairman of the Joint List of Arab parties Ayman Odeh demanded that the video platform YouTube remove a song by fans of an Israeli football club, which he defined as racist because it affronts Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
The song, which is being disseminated by ‘La Familia,’ the fan club of the Beitar Jerusalem football team, includes obscenities against the prophet, peace be upon him…
In a statement, Odeh said: ‘The honorable Arab prophet and his mission are too exalted to be harmed by the right-wing midgets and “La Familia.” Any affront to any religious symbol is unacceptable under any circumstances, and one must not turn a blind eye to this.’
Odeh added: ‘The “La Familia” fan club is a racist and terrorist club, which encourages hatred and racism. Everyone knows that it attacks Arab citizens in different areas, and in a state that is truly democratic this terror organization would have been illegal for many years. But the rot starts at the top, and this ugly top is the ideology of [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wing, which is poisoned with hatred and racism against anything Arab.’
Odeh turned to the local branch of the YouTube company in Israel with a demand to remove the song, which has been circulating since July 2016, but has received ‘extensive circulation recently, with the escalation of the Islamophobic incitement in the world (refers to cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad; see note below –Ed.).’”
PMW was unable to identify which video on YouTube Odeh refers to, but there is footage of Beitar fans shouting “Muhammad is dead” after defeating an Arab team in 2015.
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