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[[File:Egyptian Newspaper Poké-fatwa smear-campaign.jpg|200x200px|thumb|The Poké-fatwa smear-campaign reaching the headline page of an Egyptian newsparer on April 15, 2001.]] | [[File:Egyptian Newspaper Poké-fatwa smear-campaign.jpg|200x200px|thumb|The Poké-fatwa smear-campaign reaching the headline page of an Egyptian newsparer on April 15, 2001.]] | ||
On March 15, 2001 an anonymous user online claiming to be located in {{wp|Saudi Arabia}} | On March 15, 2001, an anonymous user online claiming to be located in {{wp|Qatif}}, {{wp|Saudi Arabia}}, posted a forum thread on the then big Arabic message-board site '''Montada''', making questionable claims of the [[Pokémon]] franchise being tied to {{wp|Darwinism}}, {{wp|Zionism}} and {{wp|Satanism}}. | ||
The post contains the following fabricated evidence of the character's names having anti-Islamic meanings and Zionist undertones when translated in English: | The post contains the following fabricated evidence of the character's names having anti-Islamic meanings and Zionist undertones when translated in English: | ||
* [[Pokémon]] meaning '''I am a Jew''' | * [[Pokémon]] meaning '''I am a Jew''' | ||
* | * {{p|Pikachu}} meaning '''Be a Jew''' | ||
* | * {{p|Charmander}} meaning '''God is weak''' | ||
* | * {{p|Magikarp}} (misspelled as ''{{p|Magmar}}'') meaning '''God is stupid''' | ||
* | * {{p|Growlithe}} meaning '''God is lazy''' | ||
The following months would see those questionable claims get spread around by either word-of-mouth or anonymous printings of those very misleading rumors that originated off of that forum, which spiraled into a perplexing social smear-campaign movement that succeeded in convincing a number of Arabic nations to outright ban and limit the presence of the Pokémon franchise such as in {{wp|Egypt}} where Mufti ''Nasser Fareed Wasel'' declared | The following months would see those questionable claims get spread around by either word-of-mouth or anonymous printings of those very misleading rumors that originated off of that forum, which spiraled into a perplexing social smear-campaign movement that succeeded in convincing a number of Arabic nations to outright ban and limit the presence of the Pokémon franchise, such as in {{wp|Egypt}}, where Mufti ''Nasser Fareed Wasel'' declared a ban on remotely interacting with any of its content on April 6, 2001. | ||
====Claims of Zionist Jewish plot==== | ====Claims of Zionist Jewish plot==== | ||