MOSLEM SUPERHEROES COMING TO KIDDIE TV
http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/local/trading_cape_for_the_burqa_SVLKS5gF1HlJugmRPFJepL
Trading cape for the burqa
By ANDREA PEYSER
Hide your face and grab the kids. Coming soon to a TV in your child’s bedroom is a posse of righteous, Sharia-com pliant Muslim superheroes — including one who fights crime hidden head-to-toe by a burqa.
These Islamic butt-kickers are ready to bring truth, justice and indoctrination to impressionable Western minds.
Scheduled for release on the new network The Hub — formerly Discovery Kids — which launches today (Time Warner and DirecTV carry it in the city), is a cartoon beloved in the Arab world and received timidly in Britain last year, “The 99.”
The program chronicles the adventures of 99 superheroes, each of whom embodies an attribute of Allah.
Jabbar is a Muslim Incredible Hulk. Mumita is wicked fast. But Wonder Woman-style cleavage has been banned from the ladies. And, in this faith-based cartoon, hair-hiding head scarves are mandatory for five characters, not including burqa babe Batina the Hidden.
In another break from standard world-saving fare, male and female characters are never alone together. (Imagine the stoning super-strong characters would dish out.) “The 99” even has the seal of approval of a Sharia board — which polices Muslim law — affiliated with an Islamic bank from which the show received financing.
What a great time to come to the United States!
No higher an authority than President Obama praised the work of the comic’s creator, Kuwaiti psychologist Naif al-Mustawa. At an April meeting with Arab entrepreneurs, Obama said, “His superheroes embody the teachings of the tolerance of Islam.”
There was no stopping it.
The Hub, a joint venture with Hasbro toys, announced in May that it would produce and air episodes of “The 99.” But then, murmurs of dissatisfaction turned into a cry.
How can a secular nation endorse a children’s show aimed at pushing one religion?
A Times of London columnist wrote last year that the show’s mission was “to instill old-fashioned Islamic values in Christian, Jewish and atheist children.”
Then last month, the conservative Family Security Matters think tank published a piece titled “Meet the Muslim Superheroes Who Are Ready to Indoctrinate American Kids.”
Acknowledging Mustawa’s efforts to bridge cultures, editor Adrian Morgan asked, “Are we going to see ass-kicking Christian superhero nuns called Faith, Hope and Charity whooping sinners’ butts and sending Satan into hell? It’s doubtful.”
The effect was quick.
The debut of “The 99” has been pushed back at least until January, said a Hub source who asked not to be named. He blamed unspecified “production issues” for the delay.
Some New York parents don’t want to see it at all.
“They’re taking advantage of the fact that in every middle-class household, Mom and Dad are working their asses off,” said Andy Sullivan, a Queens construction worker and dad who’s been fighting the Ground Zero mosque.
“They know the kids are watching TV or on the Internet. So maybe Sharia becomes OK. It’s a game. It gradually becomes more and more in their lives.”
Mom-of-two Trish Mobley said, “I have no problem with Muslim superheroes, but lose the burqa. A female superhero should not wear a symbol of subservience to men. It’s also completely impractical when fighting bad guys.”
“Muslim superheroes?” asked Rich Pecorella, who lost his fiancée on 9/11. “They’re dragging religion into an area that we don’t drag religion into in this country.”
Now we’re getting a comic book based on a wheelchair-bound Muslim superhero. What’s next?
I have no doubt Muslims are as fast and strong as any Supermen. But we don’t need religious icons masquerading as good guys.
Cancel “The 99” before it starts.
It makes mayor ill
Mars-dwelling geniuses on the City Council want to force small businesses to pony up paid sick leave — a move bound to bankrupt firms and put more New Yorkers on the dole.
The mayor is rightly livid.
Like a stopped clock, he gets it right a couple of times a day.
Boozers’ free ride
Kamikaze bicyclists just might be drunk. Researchers asked injured bike riders how they got hurt and — surprise! — 13 percent said they were sloshed. Nobody asked pedestrians, who are threatened daily by entitled two-wheelers.
It seems biking while blotto’s not a crime. No shocker in a city hostile to bipeds.
Mike’s behaving like a soda jerk
Nanny knows best. Mayor Bloomberg wants the feds to put soda on the list of items — like cigarettes and beer — that poor New Yorkers are forbidden to buy with food stamps. What about fried pork rinds, Ho Hos and gallon-sized apple juice, which has made as many children fat as Dr. Pepper?
Personal responsibility does not exist, so this city doesn’t expect indigent folks to control their intake of Sprite any more than it trusts them to care for their kids.
No, damn it, this mom is the one to blame
A defenseless child was starved, beaten and left to die, allegedly by her depraved mother. Who is to blame? If you said the mom, you’re dead wrong or a conservative.
Carlotta Pierce admitted she tied 4-year-old Marchella to a bed for hours after the hungry child raided the fridge. Now Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is blasting not the mother, but the Administration for Children’s Services, for failing to protect the baby, while tacitly forgiving the sins of the mom. Tamika Mallory, executive director of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, actually said, “These types of crimes committed by the system have to stop now.”
No government intervention or taxpayer-paid services can save a child. Innocents must be removed from drug-addled creatures at birth. It’s the only way.
Ride ’em outta town on a rail!
Bus and subway passengers are fed up. Fare hikes voted in by officials zooming to three-martini, expense-account lunches are taking a toll. A $104 MetroCard? Why don’t members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority try something novel? Fire yourselves.
“I am weary of getting up earlier [4:30 a.m.] to wait longer for trains operated by generally rude personnel whose cushy retirement packages I am financing through my higher taxes and the fare hikes,” wrote Jim Monroe of Woodside, Queens. “The MTA stinks from the head down, where accountability is dead on the tracks, competence has gone the way of the 15-cent token, management is detached, aloof and elitist. Where the hell are the politicos on this matter?”
Good question. Andy Cuomo, try auditing transit bigwigs into the stone age. Carl Paladino, for once, really stick up for the little guy. Save us from pickpocket bureaucrats.
NEW YORK POST is a registered trademark of NYP Holdings, Inc.
nypost.com , nypostonline.com , and newyorkpost.com are trademarks of NYP Holdings, Inc.
Copyright 2010 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy | Terms of Use
Comments are closed.
