The Pokemon Go game, which is currently endemic in society, has made the game forget about time. Most of the fans are young people, in games that use it, also not a few people are met in certain places where they are looking for Pokemon.
The slanted news circulating about Pokemon Go that had circulated on several social media, stated that the game released by Nintendo, Pokemon Corps, and Niantic Labs contained an invitation that the Islamic religion could not tolerate. Because many are circulating on social media that Pokemon Go actually has its own meaning.
In Syriac or Syriac this Pokemon means "I am Jewish", while the Pokemon named Pikachu means "Be a Jew". While Charmander also has its own meaning, namely "God is Weak".
The rumor has become a heated debate on social media, because many people have their own opinions, some think that it is just something that is linked, and not a few also believe in the existence of these rumors. Because they felt it was the truth in the rumors.
But the issue is still a big question mark, the Los Angel Times in its article on April 24, 2011 once reviewed Pokemon Go, in its news it said that at that time countries such as Qatar, Oman, Dubai, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were also widely circulated. On this Pokemon Go rumor, many connotations emerged that the game promotes anti-Islamic behavior and believes in Judaism.
And this made everyone in the country feel uneasy, and the things that were reported were also denied by the party from the game production. but the leaders of that country still can't accept Pokemon Go into their country.
Rumors that emerged in Arab countries of cultural assimilation emerged amid concerns that had occurred, but there was no strong evidence for the circulation of these rumors at that time. in a statement in a Jordanian Amman newspaper.
The Syriac Orthodox Christian Church denies this accusation, because in the ancient Syriac language the meaning of the word Pokemon does not have the meaning of insulting Islam. And church officials were also surprised by the arrival of a letter stating that Pokemon contained an invitation from the Jews.