Sony Recalls Video Game for 'Islam Insult'

Koran quotes discovered in music track
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 20, 2008 6:00 AM CDT
Sony Recalls Video Game for 'Islam Insult'
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Sony has held up distribution of a top video game after the discovery that it contains quotations from the Koran in a background music track, reports the BBC. Copies of Playstation 3 game LittleBigPlanet have been recalled and Sony has apologized. A modified version will be released next month. The Koran quotes were discovered by a blogger, who warned that their use alongside music could be considered deeply offensive.

Sony apologized last year for using the Manchester Cathedral as a setting for another game.
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