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Muslim group angry over LittleBigPlanet song

October 19, 2008 in News comments 21

Remember that person who complained about the song from LittleBigPlanet with words from the Qur'an in it? Well, looks like he had good reason. One Muslim group seems to be pissed about the song's inclusion in the game's soundtrack, although Sony has already delayed the game so the song can be removed.

The "social platforming" game is already gathering rave reviews, but it hasn't proven popular with one Muslim group, which issued a complaint to the game's publisher Sony concerning one background music track. Performed by award-winning Malian musician Toumani Diabate, the song quotes two verses from the Qur'an. Many Muslims consider the mixing of music and scripture to be deeply offensive.
HawkMan via videogames.yahoo.com »
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  • 1
    HawkMan Oct 20, 08
    oh snap my first article. awesome!!!!


    (although i misspelled to. I also should've put a quote of the article, so you guys can have a taste, oh well always a tomorrow)
    • 1
      Zero and X Oct 20, 08
      hey congrats dude, try puting a pic next time for some extra neo points.
    • 0
      chautemoc Oct 20, 08
      Fixed. Touched up other things too..make sure your information is accurate. Attaching articles to games is encouraged as well.
      • 0
        HawkMan Oct 20, 08
        thanks for fixing the article.
  • 3
    Sayyed Oct 20, 08
    Even though im a muslim, but seriously they should shut the hell up. It was not soy or MM who put the quran in the song, but the artist himself. So they should be taking a pissy fit to the artist not the devs.

    @hawkman, no problem, I added it for you
    • 0
      chautemoc Oct 20, 08
      Hehe, it's good to hear that. They say "many Muslims", but I get the feeling that may just be assumption. Damn journalists.
  • 1
    kik36 Oct 20, 08
    Sounds like they are referring to the dude who brought it up in the first place.......Yahoo must be owned by fox now since they're beefing up stories and taking things out of context to fit what they need for a story.
    • 0
      chautemoc Oct 20, 08
      Good catch, I think you are correct about that one. I thought it was weird they didn't mention the name of the group.
    • 1
      dmf_dynasty Oct 20, 08
      Yeah, I was about to mention that. I read this when I was on yahoo and could tell that they didn't really know what they were talking about.
      • 0
        chautemoc Oct 20, 08
        Funny that GameGrep readers know better than Yahoo.
        • 0
          Final Blade Oct 21, 08
          I don't find it that surprising actually. Just shows you that most of yahoo people know shit.
  • 0
    HawkMan Oct 20, 08
    so my article isn't news worthy? pwned by yahoo.
    • 0
      chautemoc Oct 20, 08
      Nah, Yahoo owned themselves, and for that, it was worth it.
    • 2
      kik36 Oct 20, 08
      Yeah no worries HawkMan, I'm glad you posted it as it lets me know which "news sites" are inaccurate LOL
  • 0
    Newcloud Oct 20, 08
    this sound something like the church being in resistance
  • 0
    Zerpent Oct 20, 08
    Anyone else that really wants to hear the song? I'm getting more and more curious.

    And on another note, I can't help but laugh at the silly Muslims. I mean, come on! How many people would even notice that the lyrics came from the Qur'an?
  • 1
    Subzer0 Oct 20, 08
    At least SONY is taking action for their mistakes so they really should just shut the hell up.
  • 0
    Zaek Oct 20, 08
    I agree with SubZero. Sony is fixing the problem immediately hopefully this simmers down and everyone can forgive and forget. Such an little innocent game causing such big problems...
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    Capn Droid Oct 22, 08
    Wouldn't this be advertising the Qu'ran? Therefore promoting it so much more than demeaning it? I'm not sure why they're angry.

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