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Popular Tunisian Children’s Magazine Shows Kids How to Make…a Molotov Cocktail

Oct. 11, 2012 8:42am Billy Hallowell

Children’s television programs and magazines are known for teaching young people valuable life lessons. From the ABCs to the basic tenets of sharing, these instructions help shape young, impressionable minds. But in Tunisia, the first nation to experience the transformational Arab Spring, the power and influence of “Qawz Quzah,” a popular children’s periodical, is being used to teach kids how to make Molotov cocktails.

Tunisias Qawz Quzah Publishes Molotov Cocktail Directions for Kids

An example of a Molotov cocktail (Photo Credit: Getty Images)

For those unfamiliar with these devices, here’s a basic definition: “a crude bomb made of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid (as gasoline) and usually fitted with a wick (as a saturated rag) that is ignited just before the bottle is hurled.” As startling as this may seem, in a recent issue, this is exactly what “Qawz Quzah,” which translates to “Rainbow” in English, instructed children ages five through 15 to concoct.

The magazine, itself, didn’t seem very interested in hiding what the purpose for the device was either. According to NBC News, a translated line from the article reads, “(A Molotov cocktail) is an improvised weapon that is often used in riots and acts of sabotage because it is easy to make and use” (the startling article appeared in a section of ”Qawz Quzah” called “Knowledge Corner”).

The inclusion of the Molotov cocktail in the kids magazine is particularly troubling, as Tunisia — despite electing a transitional government headed by the Islamist Ennahda party — is still facing religious division and infighting. Aside from the horror associated with teaching children violent mechanisms, there’s also the issue of instability and the notion that the magazine is potentially fueling continued chaos.

These devices have been a primary tool in ongoing religious battles in the country, causing one to wonder if ”Qawz Quzah” was looking to engage impressionable children as tools in these acts of violence. On Tuesday, Monji Chebbi, editor-in-chief of the magazine, apologized for what he called a “professional mistake.”

Photo Credit: Qawz Quzah

As the Daily Mail notes, The Ministry for Women and Family Affairs decried the article and said that it “encourages violent and terrorist thought,” while also urging “acts of vandalism or terrorism” among children. The government said on Monday that it plans to prosecute the magazine for publishing the article, however the issue has already been released and children have likely already seen it.

While an investigation has been launched and a case is highly probably against “Qawz Quzah’s” publishers and others involved in creating the issue, a judge will end up determining the actual charges that the magazine and those associated with it will face. “Incitement of violence” is likely to be one of the alleged offenses brought against those who were complicit.

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mike551
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:26am
Ahhh…..the religion of peace. IMPEACH THE MUSLIM OBAMA NOW!!!!!

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:17pm
  They were invented in Finland during WWII, but named after the Soviet foreign minister who was responsible for the partition of Finland. Vyacheslav Molotov, would obviously be so proud.
  
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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 2:54pm
  No! As this song “That’s Not Right” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789999
  points out they are teaching them to be little Jihad’s That think they are going to heaven by dying fighting the great Satan.
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 7:12pm
  Remember, shake bottle before throwing.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:42pm
  I wonder if it encourages to drink it as well?
  
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GeckoFreak99
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:19am
@BrotherWill—I totally agree with your statement. Radical Islam is on the rise, and will not stop until it’s world wide. In comes the devil, hooded bearing a sword and be-heading all those who oppose him.

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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:45pm
  When will everybody stop saying radical Islam as if there were a difference, as if there were more than one kind of Islam. All Islam is radical and extreme, period. If they appear not to be it is only because they do not have the numbers to act that crazy, they are in the minority and do not have the power to be extreme, or they are somewhat backslidden, but when they come in power and get riled , which they will, you will see the true Islam. All Islam is extreme!
  
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- atechgeek
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 3:21pm
  @WATER:
  You are 100% correct sir. There is not a good muslim anywhere. Ask a muslim why their prophet thought it was ok to marry and have sex with a 9 year old girl. Their response will amaze you.
  
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- roodstr2
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 7:20pm
  Here is a list of troubling verses from their Koran. It should be noted that the FAITHFUL Muslim is the one who kills the unbeliever. (Be thankful that as few of them study the Koran as Christians study the Bible, or we’d be at perpetual war with Islam!)
  
  www. internet-grocer. net/ koran. htm
  
  (Take out the spaces.)
  
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Grillmark55
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:06am
The Sesame Street of Islam?

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- Patriot Z
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:53pm
  true the sad part is that building bombs is a far more useful tool over there than other lessons. we beeter learn the lessons too
  
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brotherwil
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:59am
when is america going to learn that she is in a fight not with a few radical individuals but with a ideology that has no other end but to rule the world….islam is a satanic effort to stop the gospel of Jesus Christ from being preached in all the earth….men can die…nations crumble…all red herrings beside the truly nefarious plan of the true adversary of man….”when this gospel is preached in all the world, then shall the end come.”-Jesus Christ-. make no mistake, be not deceived..when the good news of God’s salvation touches the entire globe the end will come and the Devil”s reign of terror will end….fact check this: around the top of the dome of the rock there is an inscription, perhaps the same inscription that encircles obama’s ring, ‘GOD HAS NO SON’….islam is the anti-christ religeon spoken of in the new testament..”every spirit that denies that God has come in the flesh in Jesus Christ is the spirit of anti-Christ”1john 4:3….one of islam’s basic tenets is GOD HAS NO SON…rise up saints of God and believe on the one mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ…America return to your roots…we are a christian nation…the prophet of islam is a liar…he tries to make God a liar by denying the Son Jesus Christ.. we advise all men everywhere, saints and sinners, christians, jews muslims etc…etc..bow your heart to Jesus Christ an live forever in God’s blessed presence….if you deny Jesus. no love or peace or joy will ever be yours..

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- GeckoFreak99
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:15am
  I could not agree more with what you just stated. You are so right!! Radical Islam is the devil, bearing a sword, beheading all of those who oppose him!
  
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- TEARS FOR AMERICA
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:14pm
  You do have to wonder why of all things Obama brings up to the U.N., despite the huge dangers in our world today, that a video is still the evil reason for all of the terrorism against American soil…just like he has in the past…he is never condemning of radical Islam. Guess that is why he had no problem being friends with Bill Ayers and Company…
  
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apexmoon
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:59am
How come the kids in the magazine look so “white”?

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- Spyderco
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:37pm
  Because only white people can hate and are racist.
  
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thibx
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:45am
it’s probably taught in mosques here. would not suprise me.

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theotherberean
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:33am
Mush brained kids are a tool of those with an agenda. That’s why Mormons just lowered the age requirement for their missionaries. The tools are different, but the results are similar. What is worse, losing your life or losing your salvation?

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- Wayner
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:38am
  @THEOTHERBEREAN… Please elaborate on your statement that salvation can be lost…. Which sin is it that God would withdraw salvation seeing that the Bible says there is no difference in a big sin and a little sin? The Bible says that no one could pluck one of His out of His hand…. Are you saying there is a mistake in the Bible?
  
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- theotherberean
  Posted on October 13, 2012 at 12:22pm
  @WAYNER
  
  Blasphemy. Look it up.
  
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Hodmokrin
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:10am
The little girl with red **** is standing next to the globe, identifying and assessing potential targets.

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Meyvn1
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:43am
This is likely the kind of education the US taxpayer is funding with financial aid we send to 3rd world countries. Enough! Cut the funding to all of them that carry on like this.

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poorrichard09
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:40am
I’m surprised they aren’t taught to set themselves of fire-like the Tunisian vendor who started arab spring-and be a martyr for allah. Maybe that’s in next month’s issue!

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Eastinfection
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:39am
“Boy’s Life” taught me how to start fires with my corrective-lens glasses when i was a Cub Scout.

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- ThomasUSA
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:04am
  NOTICE: From : Department of Homeland Insecurity
  You are now on our Boy Scouts of America, terrorist watch list.. You are FORBIDDEN to own lighters, matches, any magnifying object, or wooden sticks… Please report to your local reeduction center for further instructions..
  
  Have a nice day :)
  
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DrunkGOP_Hack
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:38am
Next week kids, Big Bird will teach you how to field strip your AK-47!

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Grand design
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:33am
It’s a shame that the savages treat their children this way! Islam really is a cult of hate and brutality!

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Walkabout
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:31am
Muslims teach kids how to kill Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Chrisitans & atheists.

Our schools teach that it is okay for Johny to touch Mikey.

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- Wool-Free Vision
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:11am
  Muslims teach kids how to kill Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Christians & atheists.
  
  Our schools teach that “Islam is a religion of peace.”
  
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- mike551
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:29am
  If Johny touches me, he’s going to draw back a nub!
  
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cessna152
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:27am
Hello kids, today we’ll learn how to make “shrimp cocktail”, “lobster cocktail” and “Molotov cocktail”…all essential for every occasion.

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Ducky657
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:17am
Really? I Guess they don’t have readers like “Fun with Achmed and Fatima”. Just kidding! Having spent a great deal of time in Southwest Asia and Northern Africa I can tell you I am not surprised they are teaching their young men how to make instruments of terror.

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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:33am
  In the Meantime we will celebrate Gay pride month to 1st Graders.
  
  /sarc on
  
  Paraphiliacs of the World Unite!
  
  /sarc off
  
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momrules
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:15am
We’ve seen things similar to this throughout the Muslim world. Small children taught to hate and how to kill.
While it is disturbing it is not at all surprising as these children are taught from the cradle to war against those the Koran calls infidel.

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- mike_trivisonno
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 10:03am
  Islam is evil incarnate. The minions of Islam, worshippers of the allah deity, they are here in America. They are closer to the bright-eyed, American children than many want to admit. They are holding the blood-stained knife of violent Jihad against the tender throats of American children. They will slaughter and sacrifice American children to their allah deity just as they mutilated, slaughtered, and sacrificed the children in Beslan.
  
  Outlaw Islam. Close the mosques. Deport the muslims.
  
  Or…
  
  Or, do nothing, turn a blind eye, and allow American children to be sacrificed on the altar of an alien god, to the amusement of muslims the planet over.
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 1:54pm
  Mike what scares me is that the idiots that comprise the American populace have no clue what ENEMY means, they think they are OK, that we can all get along… How sad it will be when what you say comes true! Only when their daggers are slicing through our necks will they understand.
  
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bikerdogred1
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:10am
Islam,just a peaceful religion,kinda makes you think what is the rest of the world thinking.

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:16am
  Why do kids in Tunisnia have all the funny and my kids can’t even get fir ecrackers in the land of the “free”
  
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EdtheK
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:09am
Again we see the religion of “peace and love”
Will we be seeing the Children’s Television Workshop with Big Bird and Elmo teaching the kiddies to filed strip and clean an AK47? What happens to poor Oscar the Grouch’s trash can when the Moltov Cocktail made by Bert and Ernie gets lobbed in there?
Where in the Q’ran is the edict to go firebomb thine enemies to death?

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- coldnorth
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:07am
  Oh the humanity, what will happen to Miss Piggy?
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:07am
Anybody still think the US does not need a warrior class? Time to stop the PC, everybody gets a trophy BS attitude. It’s time we get back to being competitive, and aggressive! The wussification of America will leave us vulnerable to these people who wish to do us harm.

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ares338
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:03am
Now…anyone want to disclaim that Islam is a despicable excuse for a religion? Doing this to children is beyond low….especially in the name of religion.

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4xeverything
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:02am
Surprised? Me, not so much.

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goahead.makemyday
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:01am
Next months Issue: The clean and care of your AK, including proper techniques of washing off blood and brains of infidels.

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Jenny Lind
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:55am
There are no words for the sick feeling I have reading this. One thing for sure, those who teach children hate will pay a huge price, and it won’t include a bunch of virgins.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:52am
It goes to show the difference of how much life and love for kids futures is here at home and over there.

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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on October 11, 2012 at 3:09pm
  Yeah, over here kids learn what Molotov cocktails are by seeing them on tv, and if they want to make their own, they have to look it up for themselves on a computer.
  
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