If this were satire, it would be considered horribly racist, anti-Islam, and probably a hate crime. Instead, since it’s real, it passes with nary a murmur. A British company is publishing a CD-ROM game for kids called “Islamic Fun!”, where players in one game get to join “The Resistance!”
You are a farmer in South Lebanon who has joined the Islamic Resistance to defend your land and family from the invading zionists.
Said game involves answering multiple choice questions (“What was the crime of the Jews of Khayber?”) in order to get ammunition to shoot Israeli tanks that trundle across the screen.
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 game is designed for three age ranges of children, starting at 5.
(Via InstaPundit, who notes, If it were made up as a parody by Americans it would be called a viciously bigoted slur on a religion of peace.)
Can you graduate from gunner to suicide bomber?? Maybe they’ll come out with “pick your fascist group” option next. You know, when the kids get tired of being part of the islamic resistance, maybe they can join the skin heads. Good times.
On a different note, I’m attaching a link to a Boston Globe article. I thought it was itneresting reading.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/146/focus/Targeting_a_myth+.shtml