Islamic pro-terrorism hate film gets PG rating in Australia

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* Death Series movies urge children to martyr themselves

* Censor board awarded series PG rating

* Film vilifies Jewish as 'army of pigs'

A pro-terror hate film that urges children to martyr themselves in Islam's war on the West and calls Jews "pigs" has been rated PG by Australia's censors.

Sheik Feiz Mohammed's DVD box set, which also calls for the murder of non-believers, was initially seized by Federal anti-terror police.

But the Office of Film and Literature Classification has ruled that The Death Series is suitable to be bought and watched by children.

The shock decision has seen the nation's peak censorship body slammed as weak and out of touch by family groups and the Jewish community.

It has also made a mockery of the Attorney-General's plans to bring in tough new laws that ban material which "advocates" terrorism.

The PG decision comes as Australian-born Sheik Feiz, who is in exile in Lebanon, is still preaching to Australians by phone.

The films urge parents to make their children holy warriors and martyrs, and praises jihad as the pinnacle of Islam.

The radical sheik makes snorting noises on the films as he vilifies Jews as the "army of pigs".

He blames a lack of courage for martyrdom on the battlefield for the "humiliation" of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Guantanamo.

The censors' finding means children of any age can watch the films - but it is advised under-15s have a parent present.

The OFLC finding said the sheik's calls to "jihad" and "martyrdom" were ambiguous.

And it found that comments vilifying Jews as an "army of pigs" and saying "behind me is a Jew, come kill him" were mitigated by the context.

The Australian/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council said the PG rating proved the current censorship guidelines had dangerous shortcomings.

"In the Feiz Mohammed case, as well as others, there seems to be inadequate consideration to the dangers posed by the non-fiction advocacy of violence and bigotry, as opposed to its graphic depiction," AIJAC head Dr Colin Rubenstein said.

He said he hoped that a review of the laws would deal with the serious problem of incitement.

The Australian Family Association said the Sheik Feiz decision was just the latest ruling by a "hardened" OFLC detached from community values.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21556613-421,00.html

[Scott & Lai 12]

* Death Series movies urge children to martyr themselves

* Censor board awarded series PG rating

* Film vilifies Jewish as 'army of pigs'

A pro-terror hate film that urges children to martyr themselves in Islam's war on the West and calls Jews "pigs" has been rated PG by Australia's censors.

Sheik Feiz Mohammed's DVD box set, which also calls for the murder of non-believers, was initially seized by Federal anti-terror police.

But the Office of Film and Literature Classification has ruled that The Death Series is suitable to be bought and watched by children.

The shock decision has seen the nation's peak censorship body slammed as weak and out of touch by family groups and the Jewish community.

It has also made a mockery of the Attorney-General's plans to bring in tough new laws that ban material which "advocates" terrorism.

The PG decision comes as Australian-born Sheik Feiz, who is in exile in Lebanon, is still preaching to Australians by phone.

The films urge parents to make their children holy warriors and martyrs, and praises jihad as the pinnacle of Islam.

The radical sheik makes snorting noises on the films as he vilifies Jews as the "army of pigs".

He blames a lack of courage for martyrdom on the battlefield for the "humiliation" of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Guantanamo.

The censors' finding means children of any age can watch the films - but it is advised under-15s have a parent present.

The OFLC finding said the sheik's calls to "jihad" and "martyrdom" were ambiguous.

And it found that comments vilifying Jews as an "army of pigs" and saying "behind me is a Jew, come kill him" were mitigated by the context.

The Australian/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council said the PG rating proved the current censorship guidelines had dangerous shortcomings.

"In the Feiz Mohammed case, as well as others, there seems to be inadequate consideration to the dangers posed by the non-fiction advocacy of violence and bigotry, as opposed to its graphic depiction," AIJAC head Dr Colin Rubenstein said.

He said he hoped that a review of the laws would deal with the serious problem of incitement.

The Australian Family Association said the Sheik Feiz decision was just the latest ruling by a "hardened" OFLC detached from community values.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21556613-421,00.html

What context can possibly "mitigate" evil??

[sereia 0]

the whole idea of this film is absolutely sickening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i always found it insulting muslims call jews "apes and pigs" because jews don't eat pig JUST LIKE MUSLIMS. f@#%$ing propaganda. they are so brainwashed my fiance didn't even know jews don't eat pork. we were at a supermarket in morocco and i saw proscuitto and asked why they had it there. he said "oh so the jews who live here can eat it!!" ugh.... ignorance.

i won't even bother addressing the rest. this film should be nc-17 if they are even going to allow such trash.

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And it found that comments vilifying Jews as an "army of pigs" and saying "behind me is a Jew, come kill him" were mitigated by the context.

What context can possibly "mitigate" evil??

I guess to be fair, it's impossible to say whether the OFLC is right or wrong without having actually seen the movie. Context is everything.

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Feel the peace yet?

[homesick_american 1]

Heh, anti-Semitic much? Who was that who was talking about how great Australia was because they'd made racism illegal? I suppose anti-Semitism is OK there?

[Scott & Lai 12]

* Death Series movies urge children to martyr themselves

* Film vilifies Jewish as 'army of pigs'

A pro-terror hate film that urges children to martyr themselves in Islam's war on the West and calls Jews "pigs"

which also calls for the murder of non-believers,

The films urge parents to make their children holy warriors and martyrs, and praises jihad as the pinnacle of Islam.

The radical sheik makes snorting noises on the films as he vilifies Jews as the "army of pigs".

And it found that comments vilifying Jews as an "army of pigs" and saying "behind me is a Jew, come kill him" were mitigated by the context.

What context can possibly "mitigate" evil??

I guess to be fair, it's impossible to say whether the OFLC is right or wrong without having actually seen the movie. Context is everything.

Again, considering both the anti-Semitic c##p, the urging of children to "martyr" themselves to murder non-believers of Islam, and the praise of jihad, what context could there possibly be that could mitigate such evil? Or is there any question that such things are evil?

[Mirorgate 0]

Why is it that the ppl calling for martyrs of the people won't lead by example?

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* Death Series movies urge children to martyr themselves

* Film vilifies Jewish as 'army of pigs'

A pro-terror hate film that urges children to martyr themselves in Islam's war on the West and calls Jews "pigs"

which also calls for the murder of non-believers,

The films urge parents to make their children holy warriors and martyrs, and praises jihad as the pinnacle of Islam.

The radical sheik makes snorting noises on the films as he vilifies Jews as the "army of pigs".

And it found that comments vilifying Jews as an "army of pigs" and saying "behind me is a Jew, come kill him" were mitigated by the context.

What context can possibly "mitigate" evil??

I guess to be fair, it's impossible to say whether the OFLC is right or wrong without having actually seen the movie. Context is everything.

Again, considering both the anti-Semitic c##p, the urging of children to "martyr" themselves to murder non-believers of Islam, and the praise of jihad, what context could there possibly be that could mitigate such evil? Or is there any question that such things are evil?

If the movie is as the article portrays it, then you're right.

But the movie might not be as the article portrays it.

[Ban Hammer 13,678]

But the Office of Film and Literature Classification has ruled that The Death Series is suitable to be bought and watched by children.

sounds like this office lost their grip on reality

[Scott & Lai 12]

If the movie is as the article portrays it, then you're right.

But the movie might not be as the article portrays it.

The only way the movie could differ from the article sufficiently that it is not as the article portrays it, and therefore is not encouraging evil, is if the quotes and content in the article are entirely invented by the article writer and do not in any form appear in the movie; i.e., zero anti-Semitic swill, zero calls to martyrdom/murder, zero praise of jihad.

Edited April 15, 2007 by Scott & Lai

[almaty 19]

the whole idea of this film is absolutely sickening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i always found it insulting muslims call jews "apes and pigs" because jews don't eat pig JUST LIKE MUSLIMS. f@#%$ing propaganda. they are so brainwashed my fiance didn't even know jews don't eat pork. we were at a supermarket in morocco and i saw proscuitto and asked why they had it there. he said "oh so the jews who live here can eat it!!" ugh.... ignorance.

i won't even bother addressing the rest. this film should be nc-17 if they are even going to allow such trash.

amen sister, i am in total agreement and the film can bring no good to anyone....full of hatered and flasehoods

[Alex+R 0]

If the movie is as the article portrays it, then you're right.

But the movie might not be as the article portrays it.

The only way the movie could differ from the article sufficiently that it is not as the article portrays it, and therefore is not encouraging evil, is if the quotes and content in the article are entirely invented by the article writer and do not in any form appear in the movie; i.e., zero anti-Semitic swill, zero calls to martyrdom/murder, zero praise of jihad.

Or if the character who says it is supposed to be a bad guy or something. I would want to see this before I got upset.

[Heracles 417]

Heh, anti-Semitic much? Who was that who was talking about how great Australia was because they'd made racism illegal? I suppose anti-Semitism is OK there?

That was me. I don't know how the heck that got a PG. It seems the racial act is not strict enough to protect the community from rubbish like this. Just another example of the consequences of failing to set 'boundaries' and actually protecting such rubbish, under free speech.

Edited April 16, 2007 by Infidel