AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Leading Arab-Israeli politician Ayman Odeh on Wednesday demanded a “racist” song by far-right Israeli soccer fans insulting the Prophet Muhammed posted on YouTube be removed. The social media giant later took down the clip from its platform.
Sung by the hardline “La Familia” fans of Israel’s Beitar Jerusalem soccer club, the Hebrew-language song insults the prophet, questioning his status and the origins of his mother.
“Any offense against a religious symbol is totally unacceptable,” said Odeh, head of the mostly Arab Joint List party.
“‘La Familia’ is a racist group… and in a truly democratic state this terrorist group would have been banned for a long time,” he added.
Odeh said he had written to YouTube to demand the withdrawal of the song, which has been online since July 2016 but has only recently become “popular.”
Beitar Jerusalem has historically been considered anti-Muslim and anti-Arab.
Odeh’s appeal comes amid a wider surge in anger among Muslim communities across the world in reaction to racist French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent defense of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Protesters in the Gaza Strip have burned photographs of Macron, while in the mainly Arab neighborhoods of East Al-Quds (Jerusalem), some grocery stores have boycotted French goods.
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source : Times of Israel
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29 October 2020
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Leading Arab-Israeli politician: YouTube removes Israeli far-right fans' soccer song insulting Prophet Muhammad
Leading Arab-Israeli politician Ayman Odeh on Wednesday demanded a “racist” song by far-right Israeli soccer fans insulting the Prophet Muhammed posted on YouTube be removed. The social media giant later took down the clip from its platform.