Comments on: LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due to Qur’an Misuse

By: Nemo

Nemo — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:38:45 +0000

why is everyone criticizing muslims because their offended> of course we are offended! you people didnt even try to undertans why we were! it is hated in islam to listen to music though many muslims listen to it anyway and mixing the quran which is the main symbol of islam with music is terrible! i am muslim i listen to music im not proud of it but i do and i also read the quran regularly whenever music and the quran are mixed thats where i cross the line its a horrible line to cross believe me! and even though the artist of the song himself is muslim doesnt make it ok to use quran in music it is still haram in islam (sinful) he is wrong! and just because some muslims believe its ok to incorporate quran with music it doesnt make it ok in islam its still wrong and offending to all others so the fact that they removed the song from the game is greatly appreciated and if they left it they probably wouldve caused themesleves a lot of trouble

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:09:35 +0000

Imaptience. People just want to play it. It’s a shame the servers aren’t yet turned on.

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:11:28 +0000

Man people are willing to pay $120 for LBP. Man what the heck, I mean I understand it’s like a “rare” game now supposedly but I just buy a game to play it and for entertainment not for value.

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:24:50 +0000

@Julie: You’re kidding right?

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:44:30 +0000

Yeah good point there Pat. I mean if everyone (big company) were to take one person’s offended nature and make it effect millions of peoples’ enjoyment then I think ALL games would be delayed or banned from places. I honestly think this Qu’ran issue has been taken out of proportion, and as I’ve mentioned before I mean no disrespect to the Muslim people.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:04:50 +0000

Meg: To respect a view is very different to agreeing to be ruled by their views yourself. Often atheists respect the views of the religious (and seldom have similar respect in return) but that does not mean they should change their way of life or entertainment to appease the religious. So I can respect that this fellow finds it offensive, but he should have no power to censor entertainment. At most, he should ask only for the ability to choose the song at the begining of the level.

He should also realise that the musicion is a fellow Muslim and not project his interpretations of Islamic faith on that individual. This is one of religions great “evils,” presuming that your religion is the right one, and further that your interpretaion of your religion is the right one. That an old book has a precedence of the languages created by human beings to enjoy is another “sin” in my book.

There are a host of Muslims that believe music in general is neither worthwhile and a work of evil. That is a belief they can abide by. To project that belief on others would be very wrong. If you don’t agree with this Muslim muscian’s use of the Qur’an, you must question your interpretation of your religion.

The man who was offended was right to express his questions and it is wrong to attack him for it – but to say “we Muslims are offended” is quite a big and inaccurate presumption. Sony weren’t worried about offending an individual, they were worried about a percieved backlash that paints all Muslims as orthodox and easily offended. This interpretation is both inaccurate and a stereotype. If anything, the majority of Muslims will be offended that a big company is pandering to them after presuming they’d make a steam about a great song referencing their holy book.

By: Megulito

Megulito — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:31:02 +0000

@ retards i got no problem offending the offensive you cant respect his views i dont see any reasons for me to respect yours cuz u prob wont respect now so dont get all emotional n sensitive now
@ patrick
hey thanks for responding yeah i definatly know what you mean i dont think art should be censored either im not muslim im christian but i know that people that feel offended are offended its sounds stupid but it like his feeling is valid for only the sake of having it i am not offended by this but i respect the fact that sony took thee time to change it because of the possibilty of offending hhim and possibly many others i do not feel like they had to but the thing that annoys me is how people respond to this person (or these people)taking offense and offese doesnt always have to do with being attacked something these people hold sacred they feel is being exploited and or misuses or spoken in a public light that isnt reverent so just because he is muslim doesnt mean its ok like people in diff religions do things that make not be kosher i am not very sure about what ur post means tone wise but im not projecting my views and just as you suggest someone to keep it to themselves how they feel you are also welcome to do the same

By: BeauRosser

BeauRosser — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:59:24 +0000

I think we should lock further comments on this thread. *wink

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:26:22 +0000

Way to be mature Megulito.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:17:13 +0000

Thanks for the comment Meg, and I certainly respect your opinion. But neither art nor entertainment should be censored for faith reasons, that is unless something is said which incites hatred. Not all Muslims find the combination of music and the Qur’an offensive, indeed there’s a whole genre of music doing just that.

The fact that the artist is Muslim is enough to illustrate that one forum poster saying they are offended by the use of words in a song which in no way attacks another human being, is not enough to justify the censoring of art or entertainment.

If it offends you, don’t play the game. Or note that it offends you, and simply ignore it. Or even better, do some research to discover the artist and his values, don’t project your values on that artist and understand that noone is trying to cause harm.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:00:53 +0000

@Megulito,

Nice to see that someone who is defending an offended individual is running around making offensive comments.

By: INCOGNITO

INCOGNITO — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:58:49 +0000

Wow so much bullshit amongst people

By: Megulito

Megulito — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:29:23 +0000

Wow to read you guys comments saddens me its not the fact that he is offended its the fact that you all are so ignorant that you cant understand no matter the reason, he feels offended and thatin itself makes it valid your insensitivity is appalling. It’s a games you retards you all get up in arms for every little thing have a life if it comes out a couple weeks later h well there is no fault here sony put in a great renouned cu;tura; track and ddi what they thought was a good thing it turns out that though many people like the track its offensive to some case closed so stop bitching you bunch of bitches

By: Aziraphale

Aziraphale — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:01:04 +0000

I had Faith that videogames would eventually overcome barriers between people,but if you keep giving credit to people that thinks that they are the only right in the world,the bearers of the secret words Eki patang and mooooo-shi,we’ll never really Play Create & Share.

As you can see,you got a very negative response from the fans by doing something For Not Getting a Negative Response of the Fans.

By the way,Did I miss something or in fact,all religious text include a vast amount of expressions and words we use everyday? How Come people I don’t Know decided to randomly take away some time from me?

And How come we agnostics don’t steal time or censor behaviours of our religious counterparts like they are doing?
MM,Think of your message,and think what you’ve done.

By: The Whaler

The Whaler — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:58:24 +0000

It’s cool that SONY is dealing with this seeing as alot of Muslims would flip out and protests would erupt and that’d be just a huge uneccesary mess for SONY to deal with. Hell SONY even got some shit for using a Cathedral look alike in England for Resistance. I’m part Middle Eastern (not Muslim but my ancestors were) and I think Muslims take these things out of proportion when I’m sure SONY means no disrespect by using these lyrics and Muslims need to see that, I understand the Qur’an is to be respected and all but not so much that it ruins fun for others when it’s nothing that’s going to destroy the world. It’s usually the older generation of Muslims who get erked by this stuff.

Anyways to long of a post, sorry folks x[

By: BeauRosser

BeauRosser — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:52:48 +0000

I just think it is interesting that there was no complaint when the song was released, but only when it is put into a video game.

Hmm.

By: DavidGX

DavidGX — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:13:35 +0000

Who gives a crap other than religious whackos. Just release the damn game and let the crazies complain.

By: Patrick Steen

Patrick Steen — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:18:02 +0000

The world is messed up because people are scared by the people who got offended. All the fault lies with Sony here.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:11:54 +0000

Oh, and I also wanted to say that people getting offended by stupid shit like this is why the world is as messed up as it is. In fact, I heard the stock market crashed because some important turkey sandwiches weren’t kosher.

By: Dan Landis

Dan Landis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:08:35 +0000

Obviously not too offended since you’re using the wrong word.

By: Chad Lakkis

Chad Lakkis — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:30:31 +0000

Interesting. You know, I went to go see that Adam Sandler movie, “Don’t Mess with the Zohan”, and being Middle Eastern myself, I was deeply offended by their use of hummus as toothpaste.

I think I will write them an anonymous letter and ask that they remove all hummus use from the film.