The current Pokemon Go game has attracted so much interest from the world community.

The game fever has also been disturbed by negative news about the game.

There are links circulating on social media that say Pokemon has a negative meaning and corners one religion.
Many circulating on social media that Pokemon actually in Syriac or Syriac means "I am Jewish".

While Pikachu is said to mean "Be Jewish", and Charmander means "God is Weak".

The rumor has certainly become a heated debate on social media. Many believed and shared the rumor, many thought it was just something that was linked.

Reporting from the Los Angeles Times edition of April 24, 2001, countries located in the Middle East region have indeed had problems with this.

In the LA Times, it was stated that at that time in Middle Eastern countries such as Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, rumors circulated that Pokemon games had connotations that promoted anti-Islamic behavior and believed in Judaism.

This of course causes anxiety. The LA Times noted that despite Nintendo's denials, the leaders of those countries still couldn't accept Pokemon.

The rumors arose amid concerns Arab countries would assimilate the emerging culture.

Even so, many rumors were not proven at that time.

Mohammed Abu Laila, a professor from Al Azhar University, said that until now there was no solid evidence to confirm the rumors.

He said if he had even asked directly to the party who popularized Pokemon.

Pokemon is actually just an abbreviation of Pocket Monster or pocket monster.

Named Pocket Monster because this pokemon has a pocket ball that can be put in a pocket. Meanwhile Pikachu is a combination of the words Pika and Chu.

Pika is the name of an animal that is still in the same family as rabbits, while Chu in Japanese means squeak.

So the naming of Pokemon and Pikachu actually has nothing to do with religion at all. Especially to corner certain religions.