Huge scandal around the renowned anti-extremism film ” Nasser Hund” (“Wet Dog”)! The film is about the Iranian Jew Soheil, who is ostracised by anti-Semitic Muslims – and therefore conceals his Jewish identity. Now it has become known that one of the main actors, Mohammad Eliraqui (23), who plays a close friend of Soheil, took part in anti-Semitic hate rallies.
Videos on Twitter and TikTok show the actor at a Palestinian anti-Israel demonstration in the Neukölln district of Berlin. Eliraqui is standing there next to a group of young men who worship Hamas terrorist Mohammed Deif and call for violence against Israel and Jews. Israel should be destroyed, they demand.
Eliraqui was also present at the anti-Israel demonstrations on April 16 and 18. This is shown by videos that the actor posted on TikTok and then deleted again. Anti-Semitic terror organisations marched at the demonstrations, chanting slogans such as “Israel kills children”.
Background: The film is based on the book “A Wet Dog is Better than a Dry Jew” by Arye Sharuz Shalicar. Shalicar was born in Germany after his family fled to Germany from Iran because of anti-Semitic hostility.
When he revealed his Jewish identity in the Berlin district of Wedding, he was attacked and ostracised by the people in his surroundings. Shalicar has since moved to Israel to escape the anti-Semitism in Germany.
The fact is that both the book and the film bluntly address the rampant hatred of Jews in Muslim communities, which is why the film was strongly acclaimed by culture and politics.
- The German Film and Media Rating (FBW) awarded the film the rating “especially valuable”.
- The German government put 15,000 euros into the film’s distribution, and the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg also supported the film with 200,000 euros.
Book author Shalicar is appalled when asked: “If Mohammad really marched there, that is regrettable from my point of view, because the story on which the film is based criticises precisely this blatant Muslim anti-Semitism. The film is about what I experienced throughout my youth in the Wedding district of Berlin: That young people, just because they are Jewish, are ostracised.”
Shalicar continues, “As a young actor, Mohammed could be a role model for some young people. All the more important that he stands up for peace and against hate, as I do at every opportunity.”
- The head of the Young Forum of the German-Israeli Society, Aras-Nathan Keul, makes it clear in the newspaper BILD: “The actor is a role model for young Germans with a migrant background. With this action he has disappointed everyone. Because if you want to be a role model, you have to build bridges and live tolerance. Incitement against Israel and Jews – be it in Arabic or German language – is only for losers.”
“A Wet Dog” director Damir Lukacevic told BILD: “Mohammad is Palestinian and stands by his people. He distances himself from any hatred against Jews and against anti-Semitism. He got into an argument with this group of demonstrators who can be seen in this footage chanting hate and anti-Semitism, and then he distanced himself from this group. He distances himself from any violence. Mohammad compares Judaism and Islam like two cousins who belong together. Mohammad stands by the values conveyed in the film A Wet Dog. Mohammad stands for building common bridges between Judaism and Islam and not building walls. Mohammad stands for peace and for reconciliation.”
https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/nachwuchs-star-machte-bei-juden-hetze-in-neukoelln-mit