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[ironjester]

Little Big Planet recalled planetwide
Quotations from the Qur'an in soundtrack prompt sudden delay of Sony's platformer in all territories; SCEA says it will ship revised copies to North America week after next.

The confirmation follows rumours that that Singing Safari level of the game features a song with two expressions found in Islam's central

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lol

[ashram_soulkill]

Part of me thinks it's all propaganda just because there's Arabic in a big game.

Even if it's not, those phrases are entirely true for every human and living being EVER (except those cursed immortals out there), but because they talk of death, people get sand in their vaginas. I will admit the second phrase there sounds harsh however.

Also, I highly doubt that 90% of the people who play that game would even figure that out or notice it.

Re: lol

[ironjester]

i think its mostly a big deal because you're using words from The Qur'an. It's not exactly the words that offend the people, its mostly just the fact that the book itself is being used that may offend people, espicially those who cherish the Qur'an as a holy symbol.

Just like the example of the teacher naming the class pet Muhammad. It's a sacred name, something that a lot of Muslims don't like to see tossed around.

Re: lol

[ashram_soulkill]

Ah yes, I guess that is a valid point. However, I think that's being too politically correct (not surprising considering our world today).

Re: lol

[whybothernow]

Just to throw my two cents in....

While it may be "too politically correct" and while I would agree with that sentiment, you have to know a mainstream product like this would ruffle feathers by having such dialogue in it so the publishers/developers are at fault for not seeing the obvious problems inherent. On a game of this magnitude I would have to imagine there's some equivalent of fact checkers for print writers and this is just a gross oversight on all of their parts.