Frankie Avalon he ain’t. “Egyptian Performer Sha’ban Abd Al-Rahim Sings Against Denmark: ‘When You All Meet in Hell, the Flames Will Burn Your Faces,'” from MEMRI:
Egyptian singer ‘Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rahim first made headlines with his pre-9/11 hit, “I Hate Israel, I Love Amr Moussa.” He followed up with an album featuring the song “Hey People, It Was Only a Tower and I Swear by God that They [the U.S.] Are the Ones Who Pulled it Down.” [1]
The following are excerpts from a March 1, 2006 Dream2 TV interview with Al-Rahim that featured two new songs – one against Denmark and the other on the avian flu.
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[I Told My Producer] “We Must Wake up Islam and Write a Song Right Now”
Sha’aban ‘Abd Al-Rahim: “I have liked news broadcasts and such things for a long time. I began with the song ‘I Hate Israel.’ I used to watch Al-Jazeera, Al-Arabiya, and so on, and all those things on the news. Then I started to sing, and when the song about Israel became a hit, and there was such a big fuss, I decided to follow these things so I could pick up things that people like, and which help angry people to let off steam.”
[…]
“One morning at six, when I finished working, I turned on the TV, and heard about those bad cartoons [in Denmark]. I got really mad, and called my producer, ‘Alaa Wahaba, [and told him] we must wake up Islam and write a song right now. He said it was in the middle of the night, but I said: ‘right now.'”
[…]
“Denmark? They are Nothing but Pagans”
Song by Sha’aban ‘Abd Al-Rahim:
“We are completely fed up.
“We are completely fed up.
“We are completely fed up.
“But there are no solutions.
“Humiliation has reached even the religion and the Prophet.
“Humiliation has reached even the religion and the Prophet.
“The religion and the Prophet.“Allah’s messenger, Muhammad the Imam of Prophets.
“They want to distort his image – those despicable fools.
“They want to distort his image – those despicable fools.
“Those despicable fools.”[…]
“Denmark? They are nothing but pagans.
“Who are they to say anything about the Prophet?
“Who are they to say anything about the Prophet?
“About the Prophet.“Our Islam is innocent of them, and what they say is all lies.
“Our Islam is a religion of love, not of injustice and terrorism.
“Our Islam is a religion of love, not of injustice and terrorism.
“Not of injustice and terrorism.“When you all meet in Hell, the flames will burn your faces.
“The flames will burn your faces.
“They will burn your faces.
“I will speak and won’t be silent, and others will say along with me:
“We want a total boycott, and even that is not enough.”
“Our Islam is a religion of love, not of injustice and terrorism….When you all meet in Hell, the flames will burn your faces.” Catchy!