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.
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