Post by Messenger on Mar 18, 2008 14:03:40 GMT -5
Abbas-Controlled PA Media Lauds Killer as a 'Groom'
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
In an article in the Abbas-controlled Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, the Arab terrorist who murdered eight students in Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav seminary was referred to as a "groom" and his burial, as a "wedding," in the Friday March 14 edition. These terminologies are used by Islamic fundamentalists for those killed in the name of religion. The terrorist was already called a shahid or "martyr" in the same newspaper.
"...the Shahid, Ala'a Abu-Dheim has gone without their participation in his wedding procession."
As explained by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook of the Palestinian Media Watch organization, "The term 'wedding' is the expression commonly used in PA society, and in PA schoolbooks as well, to describe the death of Shahids - Martyrs for Allah. According to Islamic tradition, they will wed the 72 Dark- Eyed Maidens (Virgins) of Paradise."
The Al-Hayat Al-Jadida story describes the nighttime burial of the terrorist by Israeli authorities with a headline saying, "Jerusalem groom, Abu-Dheim, leaves without his wedding procession."
The article opens with the description: "The residents of the town Jabal Mukaber, were surprised by the sounds of loudspeakers blasting from the [mosque] minarets announcing that the Jerusalem groom, the Shahid, Ala'a Abu-Dheim has gone without their participation in his wedding procession."
According to the newspaper, among the residents of Jabal Mukaber, the terrorist's hometown adjacent to Jerusalem, "everyone was in a state of anticipation... preparing themselves for the wedding procession. At five o'clock in the morning the loudspeakers of the mosque minarets announced the shocking news to the thousands who were waiting, that the groom was buried in the morning without a celebration and without a wedding procession... frowning faces...expressing their sorrow for having been denied [the right] to participate in the groom's procession and to accompany him to the town's cemetery..."
The PA newspaper reported that Israeli authorities prevented all but a few adults from accompanying them to the local cemetery for the pre-dawn burial of Abu-Dheim. As Al-Hayat Al-Jadida comments, the Israelis "wanted a quiet wedding without music, thinking that way Jerusalem would forget its groom... But the wedding will not end this way... it will last three consecutive days in which [the town] al-Sawahra will welcome all of those who come to congratulate the groom and will hang his portrait embracing the nation's flags."
Marcus and Crook point out that the view that a shahid goes on to a wedding can be seen in various outlets in PA society. According to PMW, a 2006 Arabic language textbook used by 12th graders in PA schools includes the sentence: "...I will not cry during this wedding, as our Arabness does not want us to cry over the Shahids." A similar message has been conveyed through a PA television video clip running for eight years depicting a shahid being greeted in Heaven by beautiful virgins.
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
In an article in the Abbas-controlled Palestinian Authority newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, the Arab terrorist who murdered eight students in Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav seminary was referred to as a "groom" and his burial, as a "wedding," in the Friday March 14 edition. These terminologies are used by Islamic fundamentalists for those killed in the name of religion. The terrorist was already called a shahid or "martyr" in the same newspaper.
"...the Shahid, Ala'a Abu-Dheim has gone without their participation in his wedding procession."
As explained by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook of the Palestinian Media Watch organization, "The term 'wedding' is the expression commonly used in PA society, and in PA schoolbooks as well, to describe the death of Shahids - Martyrs for Allah. According to Islamic tradition, they will wed the 72 Dark- Eyed Maidens (Virgins) of Paradise."
The Al-Hayat Al-Jadida story describes the nighttime burial of the terrorist by Israeli authorities with a headline saying, "Jerusalem groom, Abu-Dheim, leaves without his wedding procession."
The article opens with the description: "The residents of the town Jabal Mukaber, were surprised by the sounds of loudspeakers blasting from the [mosque] minarets announcing that the Jerusalem groom, the Shahid, Ala'a Abu-Dheim has gone without their participation in his wedding procession."
According to the newspaper, among the residents of Jabal Mukaber, the terrorist's hometown adjacent to Jerusalem, "everyone was in a state of anticipation... preparing themselves for the wedding procession. At five o'clock in the morning the loudspeakers of the mosque minarets announced the shocking news to the thousands who were waiting, that the groom was buried in the morning without a celebration and without a wedding procession... frowning faces...expressing their sorrow for having been denied [the right] to participate in the groom's procession and to accompany him to the town's cemetery..."
The PA newspaper reported that Israeli authorities prevented all but a few adults from accompanying them to the local cemetery for the pre-dawn burial of Abu-Dheim. As Al-Hayat Al-Jadida comments, the Israelis "wanted a quiet wedding without music, thinking that way Jerusalem would forget its groom... But the wedding will not end this way... it will last three consecutive days in which [the town] al-Sawahra will welcome all of those who come to congratulate the groom and will hang his portrait embracing the nation's flags."
Marcus and Crook point out that the view that a shahid goes on to a wedding can be seen in various outlets in PA society. According to PMW, a 2006 Arabic language textbook used by 12th graders in PA schools includes the sentence: "...I will not cry during this wedding, as our Arabness does not want us to cry over the Shahids." A similar message has been conveyed through a PA television video clip running for eight years depicting a shahid being greeted in Heaven by beautiful virgins.