Tuesday, October 21, 2008

US Islam group responds to LBP recall

Kotaku reported the US group American Islamic Forum For Democracy spoke out against the Little Big Planet recall, stating the recall was an act of "censorship," and that the Prophet, "defended the rights of his enemies to critique him in any way even if it was offensive to his own Islamic sensibilities or respect for Koranic scripture.”
The song lyric was pointed out to Sony edit: on Sony's online forums by a person who identified himself as a Muslim gamer, which incited yesterday's game recall. Many gamers and non-gamers have weighed in online on both sides of the issue.
It should be noted the song, which quotes Qur'an passages and was the cause of the game's recall, has been out for two years and has received a Grammy. The song does not critique the religion, though the scripture passage's presence clearly is offensive to some.

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