JAKARTA – After its release, Pokemon Go received a lot of response from people. However, this Pokemon Go mobile game raises the suspicion of many parties. The reason is, since 2001, Pokemon games and cartoons, which were banned by a number of scholars in the Middle East, have appeared again. According to them, the characters on Pokemon are un-Islamic and feature Zionist symbols.

Some time ago, several Muslim clerics, among them Sheikh Yousef Qaradawi, said that Pokemon video games and card games were a waste of time and psychologically unhealthy for children. For penetrating Jewish names into children's memories.

The real impact is, many pokemon players take to the streets in search of real-world digital monsters that are part of the game's gameplay. In America, the Pokemon Go fever that 'anesthetized' a number of smartphone users turned out to be quite disturbing the Holocaust Memorial Museum and Arlington National Cemetery in the United States.

The reason, many players are hunting Pokemon in that place. In fact, the museum asked the players not to catch Pokemon anymore when visiting the place.

Pokemon before it was made into a game was a children's film. And pokemon movies have been banned in various countries. One of them is in Iraq. President Saddam Hussein at that time banned it because the name Pokemon was a Jewish mission.

A document states that President Saddam Hussein received information about the film from the state intelligence agency. According to information, the names used in the Pokemon movies contain an invitation that cannot be tolerated.

Apparently, the word Pokemon itself means "I'm Jewish". The name Pokemon is taken from the Syriac language, or the Syriac language which in Indonesian means 'I am Jewish'.

Not only Pokemon that has this surprising meaning, but also in other characters, such as Pikachu, the main character in the Pokemon movie. Pikachu, means 'Be a Jew'. Charmander character, which also means: 'God is Weak'. Of course, the meaning is very offensive to adherents of religion, especially Islam and Christianity. Because, in Islam, it is clearly called Allahu Akbar (God is Great). And in Christianity it is called the Holy God