The music video begins with a CNNvideo clip showing US troops shooting an Iraqi individual and then rejoicing,[1][2][3] the clip is then followed by the logo, "Digihad", playing on the terms Digital and Jihad. The beat of Dirty Kuffar is taken from the popular Lumidee song "Never Leave You-Uh Oh."
The soldier being interviewed at the beginning of the video[4] is allegedly called Riddle and was interviewed by CNN.[1][2][5]
"Dirty Kuffar" has been mentioned in the media [8][9][10] and even internationally.[11][12][13]The Globe and Mail on 17 August 2007 have said that: "Since its release, 'Dirty Kuffar' has been downloaded onto millions of computers and remixed by many like-minded web jihadists. You can find it on video-sharing sites such as YouTube."[14]
The news station Al-Jazeera reported on the phenomenon.[15]
The song is a rap/dancehall song that is underpinned by the much-used Diwali Riddim. The video has recently been posted on the British website run by the Islamic extremist Mohammad al-Massari,[9] the UK-based Saudi Arabian dissident who has lived in Britain since 1994. Al-Massari claims that the video has been selling in large quantities at mosques to the younger generation and is in heavy demand overseas. In 2004 al-Massari told the Guardian newspaper that he did not know a single young Muslim who has not either seen or got the video.[16]
Al-Massari also stated that "It is selling everywhere. Everyone I meet at the mosque is asking for it." Al-Massari's Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights in Saudi Arabia—a group which came to Britain in 1994 to publicise injustices in the desert kingdom—also distributes the four-minute video on its website.[17]
The Daily Times of Pakistan stated that "Al Qaeda's newest weapon against the West is a violent English-language rap tune".[18]
The British National Party has stated that "More than a tiny minority of young British Muslims turned the 'Dirty Kuffar' rap video into a cult."[19][20]
On the 2 August 2005 the well-known Bronx artist DJ Damien released an Internet-based tribute single in conjunction with Morcoq, entitled "Dirty Kuffar (Acoustic Tribute)." The lyrics follow the theme of the original, but in this version main Dirty Kuffars include Jacques Chirac and Lap Fung Chan.
In 2005 'Dirty Kuffar' featured extensively in a programme called 'Media Jihad: As Sahab Foundation' , A CBC programme based on a documenaty originally produced in Japan by NHK Television and was updated by the Discovery Times Channel.
2006
On 6 December Channel 4's Dispatches programme aired 'Jihad TV',[22] a documentary investigating the fact that "Internet footage of beheadings has become a vital weapon in al-Qaeda's jihad against the West. Dispatches investigates this powerful propaganda machine and its impact on young Arabs and Muslims in the UK." In this show the Dirty Kuffar video was extensively reviewed.[23]
On 27 November the BBC reported into "Online Jihadism" and exclusively featured the 'Dirty Kuffar' rap video.[24]
In 2007 The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that the 21 July bombers appeared in court and it was witnessed that they had watched the video.[10]
In January 2007 the 'Dirty Kuffar' video was featured in the CNN Behind the Scenes series documentary 'The War Within' about radical Islam in Britain.[25]
In May 2007 Digihad remixed Dirty Kuffar, version 2.1 and released it through the video sharing website YouTube[26] and, in March 2007 another video, 'Dirty Takfiri, with Azzam the American was released.[27] However, although not promoting 'Dirty Kuffar', 'Dirty Takfiri' was an anti-Jihad video spoofing Dirty Kuffar."
In July, online news websites are featuring stories on Islamic extremism and Jihad on the internet, mentioning 'Dirty Kuffar',[28][29] and on 18 August The Globe and Mail ran a story entitled 'Terror goes digital. With Canadian help', reporting how popular the song is still.[14]
2008
In May 2008 Investor's Business Daily reported in the article 'Google's TerrorTube'[30] that: "Among the videos remaining on YouTube is a slick piece of pro-terrorist propaganda called 'Dirty Kuffar'"
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