Thanks to social media, hidden Islamist propaganda, that includes anti-Christian and anti-Semitic messages, was uncovered in Marvel’s “X-Men Gold #1,” a comic book released last Wednesday. The Indonesian artist who worked on the book, Ardian Syaf, is facing unspecified disciplinary action, and Marvel Comics and promised to remove the propaganda from its digital platforms and future published versions.
The hidden messages are meant to reference a hotly contested election for the governor of Jakarta, the capitol of Syaf’s Indonesia. The polarizing and bitter campaign is being fought between the incumbent, a Chinese Christian, and his challengers, Muslims, who have the support of that country’s hardcore Islamists. In other words, it is a fight between the ideals of liberal pluralism and the horror show of fundamentalist Islamists who oppose anyone but Muslims holding public office.
Syaf, who obviously sides with the Islamists, put the Marvel character Colossus in a t-shirt that reads “QS 5:51,” which references a verse in the Quran that prohibits Muslims from allying themselves with Jews or Christians.
According to Quran.com, the verse in question reads…
O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are [in fact] allies of one another. And whoever is an ally to them among you – then indeed, he is [one] of them. Indeed, Allah guides not the wrongdoing people.
On another page, you will find the Jewish character Kitty Pryde with her head next to the word “Jew” — which is part of a background “Jewelry” sign. In the same scene the number “212” is prominent, which is meant to reference a large pro-Islamist march that took place in Jakarta calling for the arrest of the Christian governor.
According to the Jakarta Post, Syaf is a prominent artist in Indonesia and unapologetic. “QS 5:51 is the verse he [the incumbent Christian governor] mocked,” Syaf said. “This is very special to me. I want to put it in my work. … That page was drawn after I got back from the ‘212’ rally.” He added, “Choosing a non-[Muslim] as a leader is forbidden.”
The X-Men series was co-created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
Both men are Jewish.
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