Islamic leader wants more Jew-killin’ in his videogames

We all like a good laugh here at Destructoid, which is why we’re more than happy to chat about Imam Nabil Al Awadi, an extremist Islamic leader who wants more videogames about slaughtering Jews. Oh Mr. Awadi, you do make us laugh.

Back in 2006, the radical Kuwaiti orator discussed the corrupting influence of videogames, and seemed unable to understand why it wasn’t cool to have videogames centered around kicking the sh*t out of Jews. While his comments are quite old, the recently surfaced footage does lend us a disturbing glimpse into the mind of a volatile and hate-filled individual, and how he views videogames as an opportunity to influence children with his rather grim way of thinking.

“As their games corrupt our morals, now they are making games with their current wars,” explains the cheeky chappy. “Their wars, that are not Islamic, in Islamic countries have turned into a computer games. When the child plays, he adopts a character that is not Islamic, that kills Muslims.

“Why, gentlemen, should it not be the opposite? Why can’t we produce a few games like these? Why can’t we make games that instead of teaching children how to slaughter the Muslims, they can teach them how to free the Al-Aqsa mosque. The child will play and slaughter Jews and others.”

The Imam then discusses an Islamic-themed videogame: “Not only children, but adults too, will kill heretics and free the Al Aqsa mosque. There are games with pit battles, it’s nice!”

Of course, no retail game would dare make you kill explictily named Muslims as Awadi suggests. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, for example, certainly had Middle Eastern “insurgents,” but no religious context was ever provided. That kind of renders his argument null and void, but in the meantime, I’m sure he can just play Left 4 Dead and pretend the zombies are Jewish if that’ll help him get his rocks off.